The Semantics of Murder by Aifric Campbell – review
What does an unsolved murder from over thirty years ago have to do with the semantics of language, mathematics, and the rules of logic? If the murder in question happens to be that of genius professor of mathematical linguistics at UCLA, Robert Hamilton (based upon the unsolved 1971 murder of the real-life UCLA Professor of Philosophy [...]
Pariah by Dave Zeltserman review
Just like the song Nerd can be an excitable boy but he was so excited by Pariah by Dave Zeltserman from Serpents Tail that his email was just down right gooey.
That and his review contains one of his funniest lines as far as I’m concerned. One to add to the collection. Which one is it?
Read the review to find out and see why this book has him so excited….
BSC Radar Screen: Things that look interesting
I take a quick look at some interesting books that are coming out later this year.
Check’em out……
Contest – Small Crimes by Dave Zeltserman (3 copies – signed!)
A little crime for the BSC readers today! Today we have three signed of copies of Dave Zeltserman’s Small Crimes. It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and was released by Sepent’s Tail last October. Synopsis: Crooked cop Joe Denton gets out of prison early after disfiguring the local district attorney, which doesn’t help [...]
Book Review – Skin Lane
Author: Neil Bartlett Cover Artist: Jeff Cottenden Publisher: Serpent’s Tail Binding: Paperback Publication Date: November 2008 “The stories we are told as children do, undoubtedly, mark us for life. They are often stories of dark and terrible things, and we are usually told them just before the lights are turned out and we are left [...]
Book Review – Rilke on Black
Author: Ken Bruen Publisher: Serpent’s Tail Binding: Paperback Publication Date: April 2005 Rilke on Black tells the story of three people who form a precarious partnership to kidnap a local Rilke quoting businessman. On the surface they all seem to be on the same page, kidnap the man, collect the ransom, and split the money. [...]
Book Review – Fags and Lager
Author: Charlie Williams Publisher: Serpent’s Tail Binding: Paperback Publication Date: May 2006 An extraordinarily dense and complex book whose central character is endlessly fascinating though utterly irredeemable Fags & Lager is the second novel in the Royston Blake trilogy by British crime novelist Charlie Williams. It also seems to possess one of the more eye [...]
