Misery

Acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon, badly injured in a car accident, is held captive by deranged super-fan Annie Wilkes.  A former RN, she vows to aid him back to health until he’s well enough to make the trek to a hospital.  However, it’s on one condition; he write a new novel featuring his signature character Misery…

Everybody Dies

“The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.” –Thomas Jefferson Lawrence Block’s fourteenth entry in his long running Matt Scudder series is by far the most tragic.  The loss of life within these pages is astounding and there came a time near the end where I thought very few would make it out alive.…

Heart-Shaped Box

Jude Coyne, a middle aged former front man of an immensely popular metal band, is obsessed with the occult.  His assistant finds a post online advertising a ghost-for-sale and being the collector he is, Jude decides that he must have it.  When a heart-shaped package shows up, it contains nothing but an old raggedy suit.…

Borderline

I wonder if Juarez and El Paso were inspirations for George Lucas when he created the town of Mos Eisley as the two border towns are both wretched hives of scum and villainy. Seeing the public eye for the first time in over fifty years, and released through renowned publisher Hard Case Crime, Borderline (originally…

Deadpool vs. S.H.I.E.L.D

After the hellish events that took place in North Korea, Deadpool decides it’s time for Shield to come clean with the money they owe him for knocking off all those zombie presidents.  When the coin doesn’t show, Deadpool takes matters into his own hands and pursues the keeper of the cash himself, rogue special agent…