Pulp Fiction Reviews

KILLING CASTRO By Lawrence Block Hard Case Crime 206 pages As a writer, Lawrence Block may be the stingiest man in the world. He never was...

THE SPY WHO CAME FOR CHRISTMAS By David Morrell Vanguard Press 228 pages I’m somewhat ambivalent about what I call “gimmick” books. These ...

GUN WORK By David J. Schow Hard Case Crime 249 pages Barney is a gunman. He makes his living as a firearms expert. There is very little, o...

FLYGIRL By Sherri L. Smith Putnam Books 269 pages In the winter of 1941, Ida Mae Jones has graduated from high school in Slidell, Louisiana...

The Eldritch New Adventures of BECKY SHARP By Micah S. Harris Minor Profit Press 113 pages One of the true rewards of this job is being abl...

THE WOODS ARE DARK By Richard Laymon Leisure Fiction 215 pages This horror book defines the term, page-turner. Sherri and Neala are travel...

DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST By Joel Jenkins Pulpwork Press 295 pages A few years ago an internet outfit called Frontier Publishing came on the ...

BABY MOLL By John Farris Hard Case Crime 217 pages John Farris is a smooth story teller who writes with both economy and style. His protag...

PULP HEROES – More Than Mortal By Wayne Reinagel Knightraven Studios 413 pages I’m not a big fan of pastiches; writing a thinly disguised c...

RED SKY IN MORNING (A Novel of World War II) By Patrick Culhane A William Morrow Book 331 pages Life aboard a Navy ship in the South Pacifi...

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...