BUSTED BOOTLEGA Red Jackal MysteryBy Jonathan W. SweetA Brick Pickle Pulp152 pgs Of all the New Pulp avengers now battling from various publishers, one of our personal favorites is Jonathan W. Sweet’s Red Jackal. It is as if Sweet mixed up old classic pulp heroes with comic characters. Where as
INTO THE NIGHTBy Cornell Woolrich & Lawrence BlockHard Case Crime240 pgs. Madeline is an introspective young woman caught in the depths of depression. Toying with a loaded revolver, she contemplates taking her life. Then, when setting the gun down on a desk causes it to fire accidentally, the bullet goes
LEVON’S PREYLevon Cade Book # 10By Chuck DixonRough Edge Press164 pgs This being the tenth of twelve books, we can with a sigh announce that we are finally getting caught up with Chuck Dixon’s fantastic series. In “Levon’s Prey,” he learns almost too late that his destroying a child sex
DEATH COMES TOO LATEBy Charles ArdaiHard Case Crime399 pgs What we have here is a collection of crime short stories by writer/editor Charles Ardai. Twenty in all and each is a gem. Though somewhat depressing in large part, there is no denying Ardai’s writing chops. He knows how to spin
THROUGH THE WILD GATEBy Dale CozortChisel & Stone Publishing198 pgs Science fiction writer Dale Cozort has a flair for writing alternate time-line adventures and cross-dimensional platforms. In this novel, he offers up a world where very rich men discovered strange gates that lead to an alternate Earth still existing in
LEVON’S TIME(Levon Cade Book Seven)By Chuck DixonRough Edge Press227 pgs Happily, this reviewer, with this book, has filled in the gaps and will now be able to catch up with the series as they move forward. With “Levon’s Time,” we pick up Cade after his rescue mission back in Iraq
NOBODY’S ANGELBy Jack ClarkHard Case Crime218 pgs Eddie Miles is a world weary Chicago taxi-cab driver. He’s divorced; his ex-wife packed her bag and moved away taking his daughter with her. He has no clue where she went. Whatever dreams Eddie had have long ago evaporated and his life is
SHERLOCK HOLMES – The Vanishing ManBy Philip Purser-HallardTitan Books279 pg We love Sherlock Holmes mysteries and were recently made aware that Titan Books has published a new series of Holmes novels by various authors. If all of them are as good as “The Vanishing Man” by Philip Purser-Hallard, then Holmes
THE HINDENBURG MURDERSBy Max Allan CollinsThomas & Mercer245 pgs This is one of writer Max Collins’ murder mysteries centered on outstanding historical events. Other books in the series involved the sinking of the Titanic and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In this tale, he sets his sights on the
THE COMPLETE IVY FROSTBy Donald WandreiEdited by Stephen HaffnerHaffner Press698 pgs We always attempt to make our reviews personal and not cookie-cutter dissertations that simply say yea or nea. That has never been more vital than with this review of a really unique pulp character which we not only love
LEVON’S WAR(Levon Cade # 6)By Chuck DixonRough Edges Press267 pgs As we continue to fill in the holes in our Levon Cade collection, we come to volume six which is by far one of the most dramatic, action packed installments. Cade returns to Iraq to honor a promise his made
THE TERRORSBy Brian K. MorrisRising Tide Pub.245 pgs Any comic fan upon seeing the gorgeous Jeffrey Hayes cover to this book would have done a double-take. Here is a black man wearing the all too familiar costume of The Black Terror. The Black Terror appeared in Exciting Comics # 9.
