The good folks at Hard Case have served up a heaping helping of holiday hell in the form of Daniel Boyd’s heist novel, Easy Death. The story follows two hired goons charged with the unenviable task of robbing an armoured truck just days before Christmas. Will they succeed in their mission or will a brutal…
As of today, I have read a total of eighty seven books in 2014. I had hoped to crack one hundred but deciding to participate in National Novel Writing Month this past November put me way behind schedule and with a vacation to Ottawa in December, I had no hope of catching up (nor did I…
“Wherever I went, whatever I did, this was what I would come back to. A blank wall in a meaningless room in a meaningless house.” Philip Marlowe is tasked with tailing a young, rich and beautiful woman. The catch? He has no idea why and neither does the shady lawyer who hired him. That is…
When Bob McKenzie decided to write his first book about the National Hockey League, he chose to do so in a rather unexpected way. Rather than write about his years of experience covering the game, he shone the spotlight on those who sit outside the game; a select few who through their actions, influence the…
Nick and Nora Charles are staying at a swanky hotel in Manhattan when word arrives of a missing man. Content to leave his old life behind as a private detective, Nick wants no part of the investigation. However, it isn’t long before Nick is forced into the case and in order to deal with the…
Once upon a time, I would have said we choose our paths at random: this happened, then that, hence the other. Now I know better. There are forces. After a less than stellar shot at crime fiction, King makes a triumphant return to his bread and butter: old school, balls-to-the-wall horror. In his new novel…
The threat of violence in the small Texas town profiled in Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me is so low that the patrolling sheriff, Lou Ford, doesn’t even need to carry a gun. Lou doesn’t worry because hell, who’s more dangerous in Central City than good ol’ Lou himself? While he speaks in clichés and…
Ellie Bennett is out on the streets following a thirteen month sentence behind bars. Having been set up by a rival prison guard, Ellie was imprisoned for unnecessary assault on an inmate. Enjoying the sweet taste of freedom, it isn’t long before Ellie is offered a job. Tasked with locating a missing woman who served…
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