Ken Bruen’s Purgatory
As someone who has come to enjoy crime fiction, it’s no surprise I have my favorites. Edgar Allen Poe, Raymond Chandler, Jim Thompson, among the ageless.…
Reprise » Muy Bruen
Some years ago, with encouragement by my friends Jen Forbus and Corey Wilde, I finally took the plunge and dived into a novel by author Ken Bruen. I reserve the right to insert…
Hitting The Slide: Year of Bests – 2012
As I mentioned in April, last year I did not have a chance to publish a year-end piece on those web articles (many of them on…
Reblogged » Don Winslow’s Top 5 Crime Novels
Last week, Publishers Weekly got Don Winslow, who as they say has “… had a busy summer. His prequel to Savages, The Kings of Cool, published last month, and the Oliver Stone-directed film based on Savages just hit theaters…”, to share his top 5 favorite crime novels with them.
January Reads Part 2
« Part 1 Many times, I write in reaction to others. And what I write about is supposed to be across the popular arts. Of late,…
A Bit of the Requiem in The Dramatist
Working a case is like living a life. You could be going along with your head down, pulling the plow as best you can, but then…
It Rains... You Get Wet 