Tag: recommended reading

  • S.A. Cosby: Blacktop Wasteland

    S.A. Cosby: Blacktop Wasteland

    Beauregard Montage is in danger of losing his garage. Well, much more than that really as “Bug” can lose everything close to his heart if he takes part in a diamond heist. Bug is known over several states as the best wheel-man around. He’s been straight for a few years, but circumstances have him in…

  • E.A. Barres: They’re Gone

    E.A. Barres: They’re Gone

    Deb Linh Thomas and Cessy Castillo have something in common. Both of their husbands were murdered the same night. For Thomas, it’s devastation. Her husband died at the hands of a crazed sex worker. For Castillo, it was no great loss. Her husband was physically abusive. Each woman will be drawn into something they want…

  • Dietrich Kalteis: Cradle of the Deep

    Dietrich Kalteis: Cradle of the Deep

    Bobbi Ricci makes her way in the world the best she can. These days, she’s the girlfriend of Lonzo ‘Maddog’ Palmieri. He’s pretty long in the tooth and not quite the fearsome mobster he used to be, but he likes to play-up the mad dog persona. Bobbi has plans for the money hidden in his…

  • Brian Selfon: The Nightworkers

    Brian Selfon: The Nightworkers

    Don’t open it, don’t weigh it, don’t hold it up to the light Welcome to Brooklyn Noir and the neighbourhood of Bushwick. In one tidy home lives Shecky, Kerasha and Henry. Kerasha, 21, is a cousin who had a heroin addicted mother and rotating doors of foster homes. Henry 23, is his nephew, once a…

  • Three Autumn Page Turners

    Three Autumn Page Turners

    Time for a few books to get the blood moving in your veins. Ebook available now! Available for Amazon pre-order TOMORROW. What more can I say about Melissa Yi, than I have over the years? Only then, that she continues to write this amazing series I’m totally hooked on. Dr. Hope Sze and her fiancé…

  • Sue Coletta: Pretty Evil New England

    Sue Coletta: Pretty Evil New England

    Sue Coletta Interview + Pretty Evil New England Book Giveaway! As you know, I like to shake things up now and again. This time, it’s featuring crime fiction author Sue Coletta, writing her first true crime book. Not just that, Coletta has provided an interview on how she managed the writing transition from crime fiction…

  • Stephen J. Golds: Say Goodbye When I’m Gone

    Stephen J. Golds: Say Goodbye When I’m Gone

    The nail that sticks out will be hammered down My waiting with veiled patience for Say Goodbye When I’m Gone has paid off. This debut by Stephen J Golds is one urgent, breathless trip and certainly not for the prim and squeamish. It’s noir with a capital N. It’s the blunt end of the sword…

  • Simone St. James: The Sun Down Motel

    Simone St. James: The Sun Down Motel

    With Halloween 2-weeks away, here’s some deliciously spooky crime fiction. The Sun Down Motel has been around for years, and so have the ghosts haunting it. The cigarette smoker, the battered woman in the floral dress, and the little boy who drowned in the pool. They all appear in this story, but not all are…

  • Late Summer Hiatus

    Late Summer Hiatus

    Taking a break and back in a few weeks. Stay Safe – Wear a Mask. ~ June Lorraine

  • Jeff Miller: The Bubble Gum Thief

    Jeff Miller: The Bubble Gum Thief

    THIS IS MY FIRST CRIME. MY NEXT WILL BE BIGGER.  Yes, it starts with a pack of gum. And as each crime escalates, there is no doubt that mass murder will be an ending result. They have to find the Bubble Gum Thief before that happens. First though, the FBI has to go back to…

  • Joe R. Lansdale: More Better Deals

    Joe R. Lansdale: More Better Deals

    “Murderers always get caught. Except the ones that get away with it.” Ed Edwards is weary of the game. He’s been working at Smiling Dave’s used car lot for awhile and is tired of the rolled back odometers, and cars held together with electrical tape and a prayer to get them off the lot. “Buyer…

  • David Hill: The Vapors

    David Hill: The Vapors

    A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs – America’s Forgotten Capital of Vice A bit of a departure here – crime history for your consideration. The place at play in this book is Hot Springs, Arkansas, when it was a sanctum of gambling and horse racing, organized…

  • Andrew James Greig: Whirligig

    Andrew James Greig: Whirligig

    Each measured drop…provides fresh impetus to bone gears transmitting rotary movement via the main pulley, meshing with each interconnected neighbour in an intricate ballet of bone wheels, cogs and spindles, held in place within a skeleton case of polished branches and carved twigs. With exacting precision a killer with a meticulous hand is at work…

  • David Hewson: Shooter in the Dark

    David Hewson: Shooter in the Dark

    Available July 18th Tom Honeyman isn’t having much luck with writing since his double murder, true crime bestseller came out in 2008. Retreating to his unpopulated island to write something, anything, Honeyman finds himself with company. A man is holding his daughter hostage on the island. He wants Honeyman to write the truth about what…

  • Otho Eskin: The Reflecting Pool

    Otho Eskin: The Reflecting Pool

    Detective Marko Zorn loves the beauty and luxury of life. He collects art, drives a Jag and wears upscale clothing. He has a finely tuned sense of aesthetic. In his words, “I like nice things.” A woman’s body is found in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. A member of the Secret Service and no one…