07 December 2008
By Adam
In Thrillers & Mysteries
Friends don’t let friends struggle through the winter without a good mystery. Looking back on this year’s books, I see that thrillers about frothing-at-the-mouth serial killers appear to be in decline, but there are choice offerings in just about every other category of crime novel.
While it’s tempting to slap a bow on whatever’s at the [...]
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Andrew Martin, Andrew Pyper, Anne Perry, Ariana Franklin, Art Dealer, Best Seller List, Catherine O’Flynn, Chiller, Choice Offerings, Christine Barber, Crime Fiction, Crime Novel, Debra Ginsberg, Decline, Denise Mina, Donna Leon, Frank Tallis, Genius, George Pelecanos, Ian Rankin, Jesse Kellerman, Karen Maitland, Karin Fossum, Lawrence Goldstone, Little Cherubs, Michael Connelly, Monumental Work, mystery, Nevada Barr, Novels, Originality, Psycho, Putnam, S Books, Serial Killers, Struggle, Thomas H. Cook, Thrillers
13 October 2008
By Adam
In Thrillers & Mysteries
D.C. Noir 2: The Classics (Akashic Noir)
Rather than just traveling the same mean streets as the first “D.C. Noir” — a much-lauded gathering of original tales — this new anthology of 16 works (stories, novel excerpts and one poem) draws on more than a century of published writings. Stretching from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s story “A [...]
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Akashic Noir, Anthology, Book Reviews, Edward P. Jones, elizabeth hand, Female Journalist, George Pelecanos, Insight, James Grady, Jean Toomer, Julian Mayfield, Julian Mazor, Langston Hughes, Larry Neal, Marita Golden, Mean Streets, Nora, Novel Excerpts, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poem, Possibilities, Relevance, Richard Wright, Roach Brown, Ward Just
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