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Reviewed by Tony Baer: JIM THOMPSON – The Criminal.Reviewed by TONY BAER: JIM THOMPSON – The Criminal. Lion #184, paperback original, 1953. Reprinted many times....
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Covid Woes.I tested positive yesterday again for the Covid virus. I had this sh*t once before, and I thought it was one and done. Not so....
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Reviewed by Tony Baer: PAUL BOWLES – Let It Come Down.Reviewed by TONY BAER: PAUL BOWLES – Let It Come Down. Random House, hardcover, 1952. Signet #1002, paperback,...
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An Archived Review by Barry Gardner: MICHAEL CONNELLY – Trunk Music.REVIEWED BY BARRY GARDNER: MICHAEL CONNELLY – Trunk Music. Harry Bosch #5, Little Brown, hardcover, 1996....
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Locked Room PI Stories I’m Reading: BILL PRONZINI “Booktaker”.BILL PRONZINI . “Booktaker.” Nameless PI. First appeared in Shosetsu Shincho, 1982, apparently a Japanese collection of four...
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A 1001 MIDNIGHTS PI Revew: JACK EARLY – A Creative Kind of Killer.A 1001 MIDNIGHTS Review by Bill Crider JACK EARLY – A Creative Kind of Killer. Fortune Fanelli #1. Franklin...
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Back Online.I say that with my fingers crossed, since I haven’t tested everything, but with only a few casualties, the recent outage...
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Site Under Renovation.WARNING: Construction Zone. The underpinnings of this blog are old and outdated, and the seams are starting to show. (In fact you may not even...
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A PI Mystery Review: RICHARD ABSHIRE – Dallas Deception.RICHARD ABSHIRE – Dallas Deception. PI Jack Kyle #3. William Morrow, hardcover, 1992. Penguin, paperback, 1993....
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Reviewed by Tony Baer: PETER RABE – The Box.Reviewed by TONY BAER: PETER RABE – The Box. Gold Medal 632, paperback original, 1956 (cover by Barye...
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Locked Room PI Stories I’m Reading: BILL PRONZINI “Booktaker.”BILL PRONZINI. “Booktaker.” Nameless PI. First appeared in Shosetsu Shincho . 1982, apparently a Japanese collection of four novellas,...
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A 1001 Midnights PI Mystery Review: JACK EARLY – A Creative Kind of Killer.A 1001 MIDNIGHTS Review by Bill Crider JACK EARLY – A Creative Kind of Killer. Fortune Fanelli #1....
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An Archived Review by Barry Gardner: ED McBAIN – Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear.REVIEWED BY BARRY GARDNER: ED McBAIN – Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear. Matthew Hope #12. Warner, hardcover, 1996;...
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Locked Room Stories I’m Reading: JOHN DICKSON CARR “The Third Bullet.”JOHN DICKSON CARR. “The Third Bullet.” Colonel Marquis #1. Novella. First published as a novel in 1937 under Carr’s “Carter Dickson”...
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A PI Mystery Review by Tony Baer: MICHAEL Z. LEWIN – The Way We Die Now.Reviewed by TONY BAER: MICHAEL Z. LEWIN – The Way We Die Now. Albert Samson #2. Putnam, hardcover, 1973....
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A PI Mystery Review: HARRY WHITTINGTON – Married to Murder.HARRY WHITTINGTON – Married to Murder. Joel Palmer #1 (and done). Phantom #503, digest-sized paperback original. Berkley Diamond D2019,...
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Reviewed by Dan Stumpf: ARTURO PEREZ-REVERTE – The Flanders Panel.REVIEWED BY DAN STUMPF: ARTURO PEREZ-REVERTE – The Flanders Panel. Harcourt Brace, hardcover, 1994....
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Diary Review: MANNING COLES -The House at Pluck’s Gutter.MANNING COLES -The House at Pluck’s Gutter. Tommy Hambledon #26 (including one collection of short stories). Pyramid X-1782; paperback, first US...
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An Archived PI Review by Barry Gardner: JAMES CRUMLEY – Bordersnakes.REVIEWED BY BARRY GARDNER: JAMES CRUMLEY – Bordersnakes. C. W. Sughrue & Milo Milodragovitch #3...
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Reviewed by Tony Baer: OCTAVUS ROY COHEN – Midnight.Reviewed by TONY BAER: OCTAVUS ROY COHEN – Midnight. Dodd Mead & Co., hardcover, 1922....
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A 1001 Midnights Review: DOROTHY DUNNETT – Dolly and the Bird of Paradise.A 1001 MIDNIGHTS Review by Julie Smith DOROTHY DUNNETT – Dolly and the Bird of Paradise. Johnson Johnson...
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SF Diary Review: MACK REYNOLDS – Computer War.MACK REYNOLDS – Computer War. Ace Double H-34; paperback original, December 1967. Previously serialized in Analog SF , June...
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A Book! Movie!! Review by Dan Stumpf: SLAVOMIR RAWICZ – The Long Walk // THE WAY BACK (2010).REVIEWED BY DAN STUMPF: SLAVOMIR RAWICZ – The Long Walk. Constable, UK, hardcover, 1956. Lyons Press,...
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A Movie Review by Mike Tooney: THE FULLER BRUSH MAN (1948).REVIEWED BY MIKE TOONEY: THE FULLER BRUSH MAN . Columbia Pictures, 1948. 93 minutes. Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don...
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Reviewed by Tony Baer: MEZZ MEZZROW – Really the Blues.Reviewed by TONY BAER: MILTON “MEZZ” MEZZROW & bERNARD WOLFE – Really the Blues. Random House,...
