COBRA WOMANBy Len LevinsonRough Edge Press287 pgs When he was a young boy, Sam Wishnefsky saw an old 1944 movie called “Cobra Movie” starring exotic beauty Maria Montez. In it, the South Seas temptress dances the alluring snake dance and is forever imprinted on Sam’s psyche. Years later, at 26,
GET OUT OF TOWNAn Aaron Mackey WesternBy Terrence McCauleyPinnacle Western341 pgs This is book three in Terrence McCauley’s series featuring ex-Cavalry Captain Aaron Mackey and his black former Sergeant, Billy Sunday. If you haven’t read the first two entries, we’d advise you to put this volume back on your bookshelf
RELENTLESSA Gray Man NovelBy Mark GreaneyBerkley512 pgs Imagine the cloak and dagger finesse of Ian Fleming’s James Bond spy novels blended with Tom Clancy military techno-thrillers and you get the Gray Man. Author Mark Greaney, according to the publisher’s promotional write-ups, traveled the world to research the locations of his
SHOOT-OUT AT SUGAR CREEKA Caleb York WesternBy Mickey Spillane & Max Allan CollinsKensington BooksAvailable April 27 – 2021222 pages The sixth chapter in the Caleb York series picks up where the fifth ended, with the people of Trinidad New Mexico dealing with the aftermath of the worst winter recorded in
BENEDICT & BRAZOS # 2 Badge For BrazosBy E. Jefferson ClayBold Venture Press Yank Duke Benedict and Reb Hank Brazos need a stake to continue their hunt for outlaw Bo Rangle who knows the whereabouts of $200,000 dollars stolen at the end of the Civil War. To that end, they
EVOLUTION MANBy Charles E. MillhouseStormgate Press265 pgs Young Caidin Wells is a thrill seeker. Anything from fast cars to skydiving, he willing signs regardless of the risk. Only in his twenties, he thinks himself invulnerable. Then one day his hand slips off a mountain face and Caidin plunges hundreds of
BARNSTORMERS Book TwoBy Matthew BieniekAvailable at Amazon207 pgs College grads Kristina “Kiki” Hansen and Bridget Doyle continue their adventures as high-flying barnstormers while continuing their undercover work as agents for the international police agency known as ICPO. In this volume, the girls find themselves in gangster-ridden Chicago still chasing after
THE BLOODY SPURA Caleb York WesternBy Mickey Spillane & Max Allan CollinsPinnacle Books270 pgs This is the third of Max Collins’ five Caleb York adventures. York was a western character created by the late Mickey Spillane in a movie script possibly intended for his pal John Wayne. Collins adapted that
BENEDICT & BRAZOS# 1 Aces WildBy E. Jefferson ClayBold Venture Press Writer Paul Wheelahan was born in 1930 in Bombala, New South Wales Australia the son of a mounted policeman. He grew up in the Great Depression and in 1947 moved to Sydney, to work for his idol, comic creator
ARCHIE GOES HOMEA Nero Wolfe AdventureBy Robert GoldsboroughMysteriousPress.com233 pgs As we’ve said in previous reviews, series such as this one appeal to readers not so much for the actual mysteries, though it is fun to try and outguess the detectives before the finale, but rather for the characters themselves. Aside
A COWBOY IN CARPATHIABy Teel James GlennPro Se Press184 pgs Every so often a book comes along that is so pulped, it reverberates this fact gloriously on every single page. From inception to execution and finally, in print, it proudly tells the reader this is what true pulp fiction is
REINCARNAL & Other TalesBy Max Allan CollinsWolf Pack Publishing326 pages This book collects eleven horror tales by Collins, several in radio script form, that were written over the years for different anthologies. Note, the Table of Contents only lists ten. But hey, quality control ain’t what it used to be.
