Little Girl Lost (Hard Case Crime)
 Worthy Effort: Worthy effort, but I felt the author could have done more to enliven the main character. I felt distanced from him, and didn't have a sense of the strong emotions that must have driven his actions. Strippers Mobsters Murder: John Blake, a [... more]
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Home Is The Sailor (Hard Case Crime)
As Hard-Boiled As They Get!: I can't remember the last time I have had such an enjoyable reading experience! This book is rather legendary in pulp fiction circles and I have read about it for years. I was really excited when Hard Case Crime announced [... more]
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Plunder Of The Sun (Hard Case Crime)
An underrated noir crime-fiction novel brought back from obscurity: I am not sure how one goes about the process of having a particular institution declared a national treasure, but I would love to get the ball rolling today for the Hard Case Crime [... more]
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Night Walker (Hard Case Crime)
Red Blooded Commies and Southern Belles...I Declare!: I like HARD CASE CRIME. I love it. I love that they not only publish superb new fiction, but also reprints of classics by such authors as Cornell Woolrich, Lawrence Block, and Charles Williams. Which [... more]
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A Touch of Death (Hard Case Crime)
Thank you Hard Case Crime.: Sure, the plotting of A Touch of Death by Charles Williams isn't 100% airtight. But that's easy to forgive in view of the wonderfully hardboiled dialogue and the compellingly captivating and suspense filled narrative. It wasn' [... more]
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The Last Quarry (Hard Case Crime)
Reviewing: The Last Quarry: Quarry was a hit man and very good at his job. These days he is retired and not so good at that. He retired not because his conscience was getting to him, but because he had amassed enough money to live comfortably and not [... more]
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The Guns of Heaven (Hard Case Crime)
Still timely, despite 1983 copyright: I have never been one to follow the ongoing political and religious difficulties among the different factions of Ireland. Everything I know about the IRA, I learned from the books of Daniel Silva and Frederick [... more]
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The Last Match (Hard Case Crime)
Great Book: I don't understand why people compare this book to other Hard Case Crime offerings. Yes, it's "different" but so are many of their other books. One of the teriffic things Hard Case has done has been to introduce me to some people I [... more]
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Grave Descend (Hard Case Crime)
enjoyable!: Pros: Fast-paced, readable, never boring. No padding or extra fat on this one. One surprise twist at the end. Intelligent ruthless villain. Sharks. Cons: Not a lot of depth, occasionally confusing, some character motivations rather fuzzy. [... more]
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Robbie's Wife
Several nice surprises: This book contains many nice surprises. Here are just a few: 1) The writing quality is considerably more sophisticated than most noir. 2) This book evolves in surprising, but justified ways. 3) The 'writer as protagonist' [... more]
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The Wounded and the Slain
Pertinent to this day: David Goodis is not a household name on the order of Dashiell Hammett or James M. Cain, and it's hard to understand why. Goodis was as equally well known in mid-20th century pulp fiction as his contemporaries, not only for his [... more]
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Blackmailer (Hard Case Crime)
real writers with brilliant stories: Wonderful series of books some old some new but all tremendous. up to book 50 so far in the series every one a winner classic pulp fiction: Definitely an old-fashioned pulp thriller from the noir era, and that's a [... more]
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