GIRL MOST LIKELY By Max Allan Collins Thomas & Mercer 287 pgs Available April 1st, 2019 Books by one’s favorite writers are always a welcome treat for any reviewer. Whereas we’ve enjoyed Max Allan Collins work over the years, we always do our best to be honest and truthful with
KARILYNE Heart Cold As Ice By Van Allen Plexico White Rocket Books 333 pgs. Hell hath no fury like an Ice Goddess tricked. Here’s hoping you’ll forgive my twising the Bard’s famous phrase to kick off this review of Van Allen Plexico’s latest entry in his grand space saga. Karilyne
THE TIME ROADS By Beth Bernobich Tor Books 302 pgs. Two of science fictions’ most often used plots revolve around time travel and alternate worlds. Whereas this book merges the two conceits in a twisty, compelling story that is nothing short of brilliant. The tale opens in the early 1900
WILD JUSTICE A Page Murdoch Novel By Loren D. Estleman Forge Books 224 pgs For decades, U.S. Deputy Marshal, Page Murdoch rode out of Helena, Montana chasing all manner of outlaws and killers at the orders of the Honorable Harlan Blackthorne. When the judge dies suddenly of heart failure, he
THE KNIFE SLIPPED The Lost Cool & Lam Mystery By Erle Stanley Gardner Writing as A.A. Fair Had Case Crime 218 pgs There is no specific reason we’ve never read an Erle Stanley Gardner book before. Truth be told, we were never impressed with the highly popular Perry Mason TV
TOMMY ONE and the APOCALYPSE GUN By John Simcoe Pre Se Press 205 pgs Comics and pulps, they are literary cousins. They have been from the 20s and 30s on to today’s paperbacks and Marvel & DC offerings. As long as it has colorful heroes, dastardly villains and tons of
THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES THE RIPPER LEGACY By David Stuart Davies Titan Books 234 pgs As someone who publishes Sherlock Holmes anthologies, we are obviously fans of Conan Doyle’s wonderful characters. We are also naturally curious as to what other publishers have done or are presently doing with
The Earth Station One Book Club is Alive! Alive! Mike, Mike, Kirby, and the award-winning artist Mark Maddok conclude this year’s Countdown to Halloween with a look at Mary Shelley’s tale of a Modern Prometheus. Plus, Silver Scream Spookshow queen Madeline Brumby shrieks, cries, and howls in the Geek Seat
THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS By Robert A. Heinlein A Tom Doherty Associate Book 382 pgs I discovered science fiction while a high school. As it was always intended to do, the genre fired my imagination aided me to looking beyond the every day world I inhabited and explore
CITY OF ENDLESS NIGHT A Pendergast Novel Preston & Child Grand Central Publishing 358 pgs We absolutely love modern pulp thrillers and there is no better series on the market today than Preston and Child’s Special Agent Pendergast books. Pendergast is a wealthy FBI agent who lives in New York
CAVE OF THE BLOOD DEMONS A Man of the Mist Adventure By Darryle Purcell Digital Parchment Press 160 pgs This is the second in writer Darryle Purcell’s new pulp series, featuring his Man in the Mist and the second of his books to land on my review stack. The first
THE GANGSTER An Isaac Bell Adventure By Justin Scott (& Clive Cussler) Putnam Books 416 pgs Of all the cottage spin-off series to come from Clive Cussler, my favorite remains the Isaac Bell stories, as writer Justin Scott knows his history and can write smooth, fast paced action better than
