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Author: Brian Lindenmuth

Brian loves both kinds of books -- fiction and non-fiction. He is an all around book john and reviewing roustabout.

Three Days to Never by Tim Powers Review

On June 6 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Tim Powers’s novels are so unlike anything else that I think John Shirley said it best over at Emerald City “Tim Powers is his own genre”. Or maybe he is the most unpredictable predictable writer …

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Black Crime Fiction: An Introduction

On June 5 By Brian Lindenmuth In Books & Comics

I. Introduction II. The Holy Trinity – Chester Himes, Iceberg Slim and Donald Goines III. Gone, Forgotten and Waiting for Discovery – Robert Deane Pharr & Clarence Cooper Jr. IV. The Best of the Rest …

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Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane Review

On March 30 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

It becomes immediately apparent from the opening pages of Darkness, Take My Hand that Dennis Lehane has upped the ante since A Drink Before the War. Darkness, Take My Hand stands in stark contrast to A …

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The Best Mystery Crime Fiction of 2009

On December 30 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

2009 was without question one of the best years for crime fiction in many years, and trust me when I tell you that my top ten has changed so many times in the last six …

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West Coast Blues by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Patrick Manchette Review

On October 29 By Brian Lindenmuth In Comics

Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French crime novelist who wrote 10 novels. He is held in the highest possible regard by his English-speaking audience. To date only two of his novels have been translated. Let me …

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Top 50 Favorite Novels of the Decade: 2000-2009

On October 20 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Not too long ago I decided to make a list of my top 10 favorite books of the decade, from 2000-2009. I easily knocked out a list with a couple of dozen titles then decided …

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The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville Review

On October 6 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Those who believe that the short story is dead and/or irrelevant, and those who don’t see the value in publishing stories in e-zines that pay very little, if at all, to a circulation that is in …

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Notes on Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

On October 6 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

I’m picking my way through Inherent Vice, and I’m not even quarter of the way through it yet but I wanted to post some informal thoughts. By the end of the first chapter I was …

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A Bad Day For Sorry by Sophie Littlefield Review

On September 9 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

When young mother Chrissy Shaw asks Stella for help with her no-good husband, Roy Dean, it looks like an easy case. Until Roy Dean disappears with Chrissy’s two-year-old son, Tucker. Stella quickly learns that Roy …

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MPD – Psycho No.1 by Eiji Otsuka Review

On August 31 By Brian Lindenmuth In Comics

MPD Psycho was a mini-series that came out in 2002 and was inspired by a Manga that came out in 1997. Dark Horse has been releasing the book in America since 2007. I’ve been meaning …

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Level 26: Dark Origins by Anthony Zuiker & Duane Swierczynski Review

On August 26 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Level 26 is problematic at best. I’m going to take a more personal approach to this review then I have in the past because that just seems like the best approach. When I first started …

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Bookspot 2009 Summer 6-pack of Books

On July 2 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Summer is here and BSC has the car packed up and we’re taking a road trip. We called some friends and the only thing left to do is load up the cooler with potluck 6-packs. …

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Craig McDonald Interview – Rogue Males

On May 30 By Brian Lindenmuth In Interviews

With Art in the Blood Craig McDonald wrote one of the indispensable non-fiction books of the the mystery/crime fiction genre. How does one follow that up? First, by starting what is shaping up to be, …

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Torn and Frayed – The Electric Mayhem

On March 30 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Saturday’s Child by Ray Banks Saturday’s Child is the first Cal Innes book. It’s a couple of years old at this point and all I can say is that it kicks 10 kinds of ass. …

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Some Kind of Ride – Favorite Books of 2008

On December 19 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

This will be brief. As I’ve said before our strength lies in our diversity. If you want a unified chorus of voices singing hosannas to the pre-approved “best” books of the year then stop reading …

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Every Last Drop by Charlie Huston Review

On December 12 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

As much as I really enjoyed Every Last Drop, and there is a lot to like, I can’t help but being just a little disappointed. You can check out an interview with Charlie Huston as …

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Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse + Vampire A Go-Go by Victor Gischler Review

On November 10 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Accompanied by his cowboy sidekick Buffalo Bill, the gorgeous stripper Sheila, and the mountain man Ted, Mortimer journeys to the lost city of Atlanta — and a showdown that might determine the fate of humanity.

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Patrick O’Leary Interview + Door Number Three Review

On November 1 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews, Interviews

Behind Door Number Three is The Gift of The Impossible Bird… When I decided to re-read Patrick O’Leary’s novels to see if they were as good as I remembered them to be I also set …

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Severance Package by Duane Swierczynski Review

On September 11 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

At a time when workers feel increasingly insecure about their positions with The Company Severance Package acts as a pretty savage critique of corporate culture.

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A Mystery/Crime Fiction Primer

On June 25 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Awhile ago here at BSC we had a contest to win a copy of The Blonde. And when the person who won the contest finished reading it he placed his thoughts in the review comments …

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Post Mortem: Uncovering the Real Ending of The 50/50 Killer by Steve Mosby

On June 4 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

I almost feel like this doesn’t need to be said but I’ll say it anyway. This isn’t a review; it’s a critical piece that deals with text specific examples. In other words there WILL be …

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Kill Clock – an Allan Guthrie Interview

On January 27 By Brian Lindenmuth In Interviews

Today we present an interview Allan Guthrie, writer, editor, and agent, best known for his Crime Fiction. His first novel, Two-Way Split, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award, won the Theakston’s Old Peculier …

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Scalped: Indian Country Review

On October 7 By Brian Lindenmuth In Comics

Indian Country collects the first five issues of the monthly series Scalped. The art in Scalped is very good. Offering up shadows with hidden depths at times and bright, clear and detailed panel at others …

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The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall Review

On October 7 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Some reviewers have been comparing The Raw Shark Texts to the movie Memento. It’s a largely uninspired comparison based solely on the fact that both protagonists share some form of memory loss. But it’s a …

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The Shotgun Rule by Charlie Huston Review

On August 28 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Over the course of his brief career Huston has very quickly become one of the top crime fiction writers. One of the things that is the most impressive about Huston’s career so far is that …

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Best Books of 2007 – Summer Edition

On July 28 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

With the first half of 2007 behind us we wanted to gather the BSC think-tank and stop to smell the pages. To look in the rear-view mirror and take stock of the books that we …

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The Best Books of 2006

On July 25 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

This article was supposed to have been posted a couple of weeks ago and I take full responsibility. As has been said before one of the great things about Bookspotcentral is the diversity of the …

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Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis Review

On July 23 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Michael McGill is a burned-out private detective and self-described “shit magnet” who is enlisted by the White House Chief of Staff to retrieve the Constitution of the United States, not the one taught about in …

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To the Power of Three by Laura Lippman Review

On November 6 By Brian Lindenmuth In Book Reviews

Laura Lippman, author of the popular Tess Monaghan series, takes a break to explore a stand alone novel. In To the Power of Three she takes an old mystery novel concept, the locked room mystery …

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