Pulp Curry: Top five books of 2011
A couple of brief caveats before I give up my top five crime books for 2011. First, my tastes veer strongly towards the darker side of crime fiction, particularly noir, hard-boiled and pulp fiction, and this list is skewed accordingly. Second, I’m going to cheat…
CriFiLover: Top five books of 2011
There seem to have been so many great new crime books in 2011 that it’s hard to select a top five. It’s a time when publishing in general seems to be entering a new dimension and new writers are using digital media to reach readers…
The Killer is Dying by James Sallis
Written by James Sallis — Although this book is set in Pheonix, Arizona, it’s by no means hot and fiesty crime fiction. There are no chases, gunfights or shadowy figures jumping out from behind doors to bash the hero in the face. In fact, the…