KILL ME, DARLING By Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins Titan Books Available in March 2015 241 pages Every now and then the universe offers up such an unexpected surprise, we are left with such a euphoric rush as to describe the feelings as miraculous. That was our experience just
THE EXECUTIONER’S HEART A Newbury & Hobbes Investigation By George Mann Tor Books 349 pages George Mann is quickly becoming one of our favorite writers. In fact, we actually nominated one of his two Ghost novels for the Pulp Factory Awards a few years ago. He’s a bonafide writer of
ATHENA VOLTAIRE – COMPENDIUM By Steve Bryant Dark Horse 240 pages When’s the last time you were able to buy a terrific comic book hardback for $20? You’re probably scratching your head right now and coming up with squat. That’s because it’s been that long a time since a superb,
THE ADVENTURES OF FORTUNE McCALL By Derrick Ferguson Pro Se Press 149 pages One of the problems faced by any reviewer is simply not having enough time to read all the books delivered to us over time. In our attempts to examine a wide variety of pulp fiction, we often
QUARRY’S CHOICE By Max Allan Collins Hard Case Crime 227 pages If you’re a fan of hard-hitting crime novels, a new Quarry book is always a case for celebration. “Quarry’s Choice,” is no exception. In this one, Collins takes us back in time to the early 70s when our Vietnam
MOONLIGHT WEEPS (A Dick Moonlight Thriller) By Vincent Zandri In & Out Books 236 pages Dick Moonlight is Private Eye working in Albany, New York. At one time he tried to take his own life by blowing his brains out. Against all odds, he survived only to learn that the
THE GODS OF GOTHAM By Lyndsay Faye Berkley Books 427 pages One of the joys of reading any Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes mystery is their settings. It is unlikely Doyle’s purpose was ever to offer an historical travelogue but nonetheless we are given such in each and every tale.
THE SHOTGUN ARCANA By R.S. Belcher Tor Books 396 pages One of our favorite books of last year was “The Six-Gun Tarot,” by R.S. Belcher which we reviewed at that time as one of the most original, audacious weird western novels ever written. Now comes its sequel and we totally
DOCTOR OMEGA AND THE SHADOWMEN Edited by J.M. & Randy Lofficier Black Coat Press 278 pages Earlier in the year we saw the cover to this anthology and were greatly intrigued by it. Till then we had never head of Doctor Omega. This was obviously a sequel of sorts to
GIDEON SMITH & THE BRASS DRAGON By David Barnett Tor Books 352 pgs. Last year we discovered a truly marvelous steampunk title, “Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl,” by David Barnett. It was so audacious in its alternate-steam world presentation mixing original characters with figures from various literary classics. It
ADONIS MORGAN (Nobody Special) By Frank Byrns 115 pages Pro Se Press There are several respected writers in the New Pulp movement who specialize in tales of realistic superheroes. One of the best is writer Frank Byrns as he amply demonstrates in this paperback collection starring his metahuman character, Adonis
WAIT FOR SIGNS Twelve Longmire Stories By Craig Johnson Viking Penguin 183 pages We reviewers are always trying to come up with fancy descriptions that will instantly cue the reader into exactly what kind of experience awaits them in the title we are reporting on. It’s that tight-wire routine of
