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A Man Named Doll by Jonathan Ames

By Paul Burke

13 May, 2021

Jonathan Ames is perhaps best known for his tense and emotionally draining psychological drama You Were Never Really Here, published in 2013. It was his first noir novel and told the story of a man driven by his own childhood trauma to rescue victims of…

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Chester Himes returns in a new set of Penguin Classics

By Paul Burke

11 May, 2021

With strikingly designed covers, new editions of five novels by Chester Himes have appeared the shelves. Featuring Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones, the reprinting of these hardboiled detective stories is good news – Himes was an American crime fiction genius who is still underappreciated. When…

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A Certain Man's Daughter by Timothy J Lockhart

By Paul Burke

6 May, 2021

Stark House Press does a grand job bringing classic American pulp novels to a new audience and occasionally publishes contemporary tales that catch the spirit of those mid-20th century originals. Timothy J Lockhart’s A Certain Man’s Daughter, the title drawn from a poem, is in…

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The Plastic Nightmare and While Love Lay Sleeping by Richard Neely

By Paul Burke

19 April, 2021

Like a lot of American pulp authors, Richard Neely started out a newspaperman. He then embarked on a successful career in advertising before turning to crime writing in his 50s. In 14 years he produced 15 novels. This volume contains his second and third books,…

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Like Flies from Afar by K Ferrari

By RoughJustice

18 March, 2021

Translated by Adrian Nathan West — It’s difficult to know where to begin when discussing this short novel from Argentina. Is it a sharp piece of pulp exploitation? It is certainly full of sex, drugs and violence, and the quotes at the beginning from David…

Audiobook Reviews

Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby audiobook

By Vicki Weisfeld

10 December, 2020

When our reviewer Rough Justice says ‘believe the hype’ about SA Cosby’s rural noir novel, Blacktop Wasteland, he isn’t kidding. His review sketches the fast-paced plot and the significant threats and difficulties the characters face. Suffice it to say that Cosby has achieved that literary…

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Blacktop Wasteland

By RoughJustice

26 October, 2020

American author SA Cosby has delivered this year’s breakout novel. Blacktop Wasteland, set in Virginia, is the story of the downfall of Bug Montage, family man and small-business owner, who has never been able to quite kick the thrills of drag racing and armed robbery….

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The Kingdom by Jo Nesbo

By crimefictionlover

14 October, 2020

Translated by Robert Ferguson — Though Jo Nesbo is famous for his Harry Hole series, which details the trials and tribulations of an Oslo police detective, some of his finest writing is found in his standalone novels. They’re where he explores ideas, characters and atmospheres…

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A Man Named Doll by Jonathan Ames

Chester Himes returns in a new set of Penguin Classics

A Certain Man's Daughter by Timothy J Lockhart

The Plastic Nightmare and While Love Lay Sleeping by Richard Neely

Like Flies from Afar by K Ferrari

Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby audiobook

Blacktop Wasteland

The Kingdom by Jo Nesbo

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