Book Review: Vanilla Ride by Joe Lansdale
The Nerd of Noir reviews Vanilla Ride by Joe Lansdale. The older titles are now being re-released so now is a great time to catch up with Hap & Leonard.
The Electric Mayhem: Richie Dagger’s Crime
In this edition of The Electric Mayhem I look at Vanilla Ride by Joe Lansdale, Engelbrecht Again! by Rhys Hughes and Fugue State by Brian Evenson.
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Jan-Ken-Pon: Tomio’s Want List – Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro
The guy is probably my favorite writer on the planet. Most recently we’ve been talking the film adaptation of his fantastic Never Let Me Go at BSC. Today, I ran across this book trailer for Nocturnes, a collection by Ishiguro coming out this month.
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Book Review – Tender Morsels
Readers who miss the days of reading fairy tales should really enjoy this book. Readers who still enjoy the retellings of fairy tales by authors such as Terri Windling, Ellen Datlow, and Angela Carter will enjoy this book even more.
Tender Morsels is a dark original fairy tale of a mistreated . . .
The Electric Mayhem: Ghost Wiring
In this edition of The Electric Mayhem Charlie Huston, Joe Lansdale and Brian Evenson meet up in Donald Ray Pollock’s hometown of Kockemstiff to discuss The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death needed to clean up after Leather Maiden’s Last Days.
Book Review – Once Upon a Time in the North
Author: Philip Pullman Cover Artist: John Lawrence Publisher: Knopf Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: April 2008 This is not a children’s story. Marketed as a companion piece to HDM, this short piece is rife with sophisticated themes and adult language, along with an elegant sarcasm that operates well from an adult perspective. No prior experience with [...]
Book Review – Lyra’s Oxford
Author: Philip Pullman Cover Artist: John Lawrence Publisher: Knopf Binding: Paperback Publication Date: October 2003 As a short story companion to the author’s His Dark Materials trilogy, this attractive volume offers a diverting look at Lyra two years after the events in The Amber Spyglass. The majority of the book is devoted to the telling [...]
Book Review – Bangkok Haunts
Author: John Burdett Publisher: Knopf Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: June 2007 Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep reflects the mysticism and apparent contradiction of Thailand that those of us of ‘Western’ origin just cannot understand. Yet he stands somewhat apart from Thai society as a half-caste who spent a significant time abroad while growing up. Firmly rooted in [...]
Book Review – Cast of Shadows
Author: Kevin Guilfoile Publisher: Knopf Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2005 Cast of Shadows begins with every parent’s worst nightmare, when Davis Moore’s teenage daughter is brutally raped and murdered by an unknown assailant. It gets worse. For Davis Moore is a fertility doctor, dealing with cutting-edge genetic reproductive techniques. It’s a controversial and dangerous occupation: [...]
Contest – win Peter Spiegelman’s Red Cat
Mystery Book Spot is pleased to announce a new contest. Peter Spiegelman’s Red Cat. Here is my review. What is Red Cat about? With a troubled past, and a job that attracts too much attention from the law, March has always been the black sheep of his staid merchant-banking family. Which makes the identity of [...]
Book Review – Red Cat
Author: Peter Spiegelman Publisher: Knopf Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: February 2007 John March is the black sheep of a powerful banking family. One of his brothers comes to him seeking his help. He had an affair with a woman who is now making trouble for him, stalking him and is threatening to out the affair. [...]
Book Review – The Golden Compass
Author: Philip Pullman Cover Artist: Ericka Meltzer O’Rourke Publisher: Knopf Binding: Paperback Publication Date: September 2002 Lyra is a young orphan girl, raised by the masters of Jordan College at Oxford, knowing little of the outside world and caring for little beyond her carefree existence playing with the other children. The story opens with Lyra’s [...]
