Hard Bite by Anonymous-9 (Blasted Heath, 2014) Damn you, Anthony Neil Smith, you’ve turned me onto Anonymous-9 (Elaine Ash) with her over-the-top thriller, Bite Hard. It’s not enough that you keep me wishing for…
Kim Oh #5: Real Dangerous Fun by K. W. Jeter (Editions Herodiade, 2014) K. W. Jeter’s femme fatale is back again for another round in Kim Oh #5: Real Dangerous Fun. In a just…
Over the Wall by Duncan Thorpe (Pinnacle, 1972) Over the Wall by Duncan Thorp is one of the many men’s action novels turned out by Pinnacle in the 1970’s. I can find very little information…
The Beast Within by James Daniels (47North, 2011) 2011 came to a close with the best Dead Man series book yet, The Beast Within by James Daniels. Matt Cahill finds himself in Michigan and caught in…
The Face of the Lion by John Blackburn The Face of the Lion was originally published by John Blackburn in 1976. More cheers to Valancourt Press for reprinting this book. Blackburn was an established mystery…
The Essex Man: 10 SECONDS TO DEATH by Gary Phillips (2013, Over The Edge Books) This was sent to me a few weeks ago by Over The Edge Books for review. Over The…
The Alex Archer Collective barrels forward with The Spider Stone, the third entry in the Rogue Angel series. In this episode Annja is called into the American South to investigate a mass murder at the beginning of the Civil War.
With all the “new pulp” talk these days, it’s time to start looking at some contemporary novel series. The 70’s and 80’s were good for the men’s action adventure books, this millennia, not so good. I keep expecting kindle and e-book publishing to solve that little problem, but in the meantime, Let’s see what else is out there.
GHOST MONEY by Andrew Nette (2012, Kindle Books) Most accounts of the war in Cambodia treat it as a cola to the Vietnam conflict. There were similarities jungle-based communist guerrillas fighting against a government backed…
Kim Oh 4: REAL DANGEROUS PLACE (The Kim Oh Thrillers) by K.W. Jeter (2012, Kindle Books) The Kim Oh series by K.W.Jeter just keeps getting better. I was frustrated after finishing Real Dangerous Place because…