Pulp Fiction Reviews

WITCH HIGH Edited by Denise Little DAW Books 307 pages When I started reading, back in the mid-1950s, through to end of my high school days...

NO HOUSE LIMIT By Steve Fisher Hard Case Crime 218 pages HCC promotes this particular book on the front cover as “A novel of Las Vegas.” Wh...

THE NAVIGATOR By Clive Cussler & Paul Kemprecos Berkley Novel 529 pages Readability is a word you don’t trip over every day. Found in ...

THE GOLIATH BONE A New Mike Hammer Novel By Mickey Spillane With Max Allan Collins Hartcourt Press 267 pages Available Oct.2008 You would h...

THE SECRET BOOK OF THE WEREWOLF By Victor Pelevin Viking 333 pages The real fun of being a reviewer is the surprises you are sent by variou...

FIFTY-TO-ONE By Charles Ardai Hard Case Crime 331 pages Available Nov. 25 Several years ago, Charles Ardai, and then partner Max Phillips, ...

TO BATTLE BEYOND By C.J. Henderson Marietta Publishing 243 pages It isn’t often you get to review a book you helped bring about. As most o...

ANATOMY OF A KILLER – A SHROUD FOR JESSO By Peter Rabe Stark House Noir Classics 308 pages This is the second Stark House title I’ve read a...

THE GHOST BRIGADES By John Scalzi Tor Books 343 pages I’ve always been a sucker for military sci-fi. A few years ago someone gave me a cop...

SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD By Robert McCammon Pocket Books 792 pages Those of you familiar with this column will be aware that I’ve already revie...

SOMEBODY OWES ME MONEY By Donald E. Westlake Hard Case Crime 253 pages Veteran crime writer Donald E. Westlake can write gripping, tough st...

LAMPLIGHTER (Monster Blood Tatoo) By D.M. Cornish Putnam Books 736 pages Last year I had the tremendous joy of discovering the world of Ross...

There use to be a popular television commercial for hair growth products on television that I always got a big kick out. The sales dude ide...

THE FIRST QUARRY By Max Allan Collins Hard Case Crime Available Aug. 08 206 pages Max Allan Collins is one of those writers ...

DOSSOUYE By Charles R. Saunders Sword & Soul Media 193 pages In 1978, writer Charles Saunders submitted a story entitled Abewe’s ...

THE TALE OF URSO BRUNOV AND THE WHITE EMPEROR Story by Brian Jacques Art by Alexi Natchev Philomel Books 45 pages As a biblioph...

THE MAX By Ken Bruen & Jason Starr Hard Case Crime 222 pages Available in Aug.08 Having read and enjoyed the first two b...

UNDERGROUND By Kat Richardson ROC Fantasy 341 pages Availabe Aug. 2008 It seems like ever since Jim Butcher unleashed the Dresd...

OMEGA SOL By Scott Mackay ROC Science Fiction 357 pages I enjoy all kinds of science fiction but all too often am put off by t...

THE MURDERER VINE By Shepard Rifkin Hard Case Crime 254 pages This is one hell of a good book. Unlike a lot of crime titles ...