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Nigel Bird: Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
Totally stealing the review from my UK blogging buddy Colman over at Criminal Col’s Library: Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
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Dietrich Kalteis: Under an Outlaw Moon
Stella Mae and Bennie met at a roller rink. She was fifteen, he was in his 20s and fresh out of the Missouri State Penitentiary for bank robbery. Stella dreams of a house with a nice yard. Bennie ponders and plots how to get that for her. I’s not the straight life. He teaches Stella…
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Rhett C. Bruno: The Roach
A Dark Vigilante Thriller Let’s make that former vigilante, as Reese Roberts has been in a wheelchair for 5-years. His life and spirit are on a downward drop. For years he was know as The Roach, a bane to the criminal underworld and significant or petty criminals at large in Iron City. A bullet from…
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Arthur Herbert: The Cuts That Cure
Alex Brantley is a highly skilled surgeon in the wrong profession. So what does he do? Well the choice is limited as his license is revoked and he is pilloried by the media. So change professions and become a high school science teacher and track coach is the answer. In small town Three Rivers, Texas,…
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John Greco: Dark Secrets
Let’s start off the Autumn season of short stories with this selection by John Greco. Inside, what is now his fourth book, are stories of murder, enticement and betrayal. The Bombay Hook Incident was a bit of fun and I loved when the character Dee said: “Call me girl one more time, and I’ll shoot…
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Trace Conger: Five Will Die
In a departure from some of his earlier books, Trace Conger offers up the tale of Sheriff Tim Burke whose town is at the mercy of a serial killer. Burke moved to Lincoln, Ohio, when an anxiety disorder forced him to leave the Cleveland Police Department. Now confronted with the certainty that a previously trashed,…
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Summer Hiatus
Time once again for my summer break. Take care, be well, and thanks as always for your support. ~ June Lorraine
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Joe R. Lansdale: Moon Lake
In 1968, Daniel Russel was only 13-years old when his father drove them off a bridge in a murder-suicide attempt. Luckily, Ronnie Candles and her father were nearby and he was rescued and taken into their home. At night though Russel is haunted by visits from his father in his dreams. Ten years later when…
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LaVonne Griffin-Valade: Dead Point
Maggie Blackthorne is a Sergeant in the Oregon State Police. She’s back in her home town in the eastern Oregon high desert after 20-years. The same faces, and the drunks and pushers, poverty and feuds are all in place. Finding the twin Nodine brothers shot dead along with their dog is a shocking site. Blackthorne…
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June Lorraine Roberts, Crimeucopia & Murderous Ink Press
So this happened last month and if you’re wondering what I’m going on about, keep reading the names in the list of featured authors. I was incredibly pleased to have my flash fiction included along with the short stories of these talented authors. For the editors at Murderous Ink Press, it was considered a ‘Lick…
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James L’Etoile: Black Label
Jilly Cooper wakes up, naked in bed with a brutal migraine. She’s in a condo that she’s never seen before and has no idea where she is. Nearby is an empty tequila bottle and a framed photo of her and her boss at Dynalife Pharmaceutical, CEO Jonathan Mattson. She’s only ever had a professional relationship…
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R.B. Young: Crimes of Disrespect
Pamela Renard is an exchange student from the Coyote River First Nation high school to the Woodmore Academy, a private school. It’s a rough start, another student Rose Molloy throws racial slurs at Renard making her time there difficult. As the school and Renard try to educate the students about the unceded land taken from…
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Moonlight & Misadventure
Moonlight & Misadventure is a journey into the devilish minds of several crime fiction authors. Some I’d read before and some new reads. The discovery and re-discovery is always an entertaining process. Here’s a quick overview to whet your appetite: Michael A. Clark – Scavenger Hunt, has an undercover FBI agent in a skiff with…
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Mark Leichliter: The Other Side
It starts with a missing girl, like those that are so often never found. And the beginning of the search brings us into the realm of Detective Steve Wendell. As we move into the investigation and no trace of Brittany Rogers can be found, Wendell doesn’t give-in. It’s not obsession, but as a good cop,…
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David Heska Wanbli Weiden: Winter Counts
This incredible book by David Heska Wanbli Weiden has been received with wide acclaim and my blogging friend Meredith Rankin gives Winter Counts it’s full due in her review. Click Here to read it now and know that I agree with everything she writes, up to and including examining food choices. Also, the LA Times…