Boise Longpig Hunting Club
Written by Nick Kolakowski — Idaho bounty hunter Jake Halligan’s relationship with the Boise police force is difficult enough without any extra complications. The police take a dim view of bounty hunters as it is – trigger happy cowboys without the guts or discipline to carry…
The Syndicate
Written by Clarence Cooper Jr — There aren’t many books that grab you from the first line and don’t let go. There are even fewer books that repulse you from the first line, making you want to throw the book away immediately. The Syndicate somehow…
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities
James Lovegrove’s literary crossbreed – half Sherlock Holmes, half otherworldly horror – is tremendous fun. Following the events of the first book, The Shadwell Shadows, Holmes and Watson have been inducted into Mycroft’s Dagon Club – its purpose to protect London’s population from the mind-altering terrors…
NTN: Choose Your Parents Wisely
Written by Tom Trott — Joe Grabarz is a young private investigator on the south coast of England. The streets in Brighton are more gentrified than mean, but it has its share of dirty secrets. Grabarz has the wise-mouthed street smarts to dig them up. When…
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities
Written by James Lovegrove — Last year’s Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows was a hugely enjoyable crossover that pitted HP Lovecraft’s eldritch horrors against Arthur Conan Doyle’s master detective. The contest ended in a draw with Holmes and Watson’s worldview irrevocably altered to assimilate the…
Sherlock Holmes vs Cthulhu: The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions
Written by Lois H Gresh — The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions is the second mash-up this year combining HP Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos with Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. The first, James Lovegrove’s Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows, was a thoroughly enjoyable romp. The author…
The Wrong Goodbye
Written by Chris F Holm — Chris Holm comes with some serious pedigree as a short story writer. Nominated for the Anthony and Derringer Awards, and winner of the Spinetingler in 2008, his stories have appeared in numerous on-line and print anthologies including The Best…