FRIDAY'S FORGOTTEN BOOKS

December 10, 2010

2010-12-26T14:16:00.001-08:00

December 10, 2010

Patricia Abbott, November, Georges Simenon
Paul Bishop, Atlanta Deathwatch, Ralph Dennis
Paul Brazill, The Man with the Iron Badge, Lee Goldberg
Bill Crider, As Tough as They Come, Will Oursler, editor
Scott Cupp, Body Politic, Paul Johnston
Martin Edwards, Big Business Murder, G.D. H. and M. Cole
Ed Gorman, Darker Than You Think, Jack Williamson
Gar Anthony Harwood, Fault Lines, Teri White
Jerry House, A Grave Matter, Lionell Purnell Davis
Randy Johnson, Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X, Victor Appleton
George Kelley, Dangerous Liaisons, Choderlos de Laclos
Rob Kitchin. We are Alone, David Howorth, The Mask of Dimitrios, Eric Ambler
K.A. Laity, Kleinzeit, Russell Hoban (and other works)
B.V. Lawson, The Dancing Man, P.M. Jubbard
Evan Lewis, Brass Knuckles, Frank Gruber
Steve Lewis, Someone Walker Over My Grave, J.B. O'Sullivan
Todd Mason, Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous, Robert Arthur editor; Trophies and Dead Things, Marcia Muller
Nik Morton, The Phoenix Tree, Jon Cleary
Richard Pangborn, Money, Money, Money, Ed McBain
David Rachels, The Long Rider, James McKimmey
James Reasoner, Passage to Samoa, Day Keene
Gerard Saylor, Blood Safari, Deon Meyer
Ron Scheer, Troublemakers, John McNally
Kerrie Smith, The Kimberley Killing, Peter Corris

December 17, 2010

2010-12-26T14:14:00.000-08:00

Paul Bishop, Red Diamond, Private Eye, Mark Schorr
Bill Crider, Glitterburn, Heywood Gould
Scott Cupp, Feester in the Lake, Bob Leman
Pat Downey, Varney, the Vampire, James Malcolm Ryner
Martin Edwards, The Crime at Diana's Pool, Canon Victor Alonzo Whitechurch
Cullen Gallagher, Before She Kills, Fredric Brown
Ed Gorman, A Touch of Death, Charles Williams
Jerry House, Don't Speak of the Rope, Harlan Ellison and Avram Davidson
Randy Johnson, Jack Strait, Bogeyman, Frank Rich
George Kelley, Tarnsman of Gor, John Norman
B.V. Lawson, Red Christmases, Patrick Ruell
Evan Lewis, Decay, Cleve F. Adams
Steve Lewis/Marv Lachman, JOHN DICKSON CARR
Brian Lindenmuth, The Jones Men, Verne E. Smith
Todd Mason, The Shape of Things, Damon Knight
Kent Morgan, In a True Light, John Harvey
David Rachels, The Score, Richard Stark (Donald Westlake)
James Reasoner, Shotgun Gola, W.C. Tuttle
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, P.D. James
Ron Scheer, The Rhodes Reader, Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Kerrie Smith, Sleight of Body, Ralph McInerny

December 24, 2010

2010-12-26T14:13:00.001-08:00

Paul Bishop: And All Through the House by Ed McBain
Bill Crider: The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald
Scott Cupp: The Ship of Ishtar by A. Merritt
Martin Edwards: A Private Inquiry by Jessica Mann
Cullen Gallagher: Stop This Man! by Peter Rabe
Ed Gorman: Danger is My Business by Lee Server
Jerry House: The Reformed Gun by Marvin H. Albert
Randy Johnson: Passage to Samoa by Day Keene
George Kelley: Downtown by Ed McBain
K. A. Laity: Puckoon by Spike Milligan
Todd Mason: Dolls are Murder edited by Harold Q. Masur
David Rachels: The Damsel by Richard Stark
James Reasoner: A Corpse for Christmas by Carter Brown and A Holiday for Murder by Agatha Christie
(Scott also chimes in with various editions of the "Carter Brown")

October 15-December 3, 2010

2010-12-05T11:32:00.000-08:00

The Summing Up, Friday, December 3, 2010

Paul Bishop, Meet Morocco Jones, Jack Baynes (Bertram B. Fowler)
Bill Crider, Double Bang, Heywood Gould
Scott Cupp, Thunder Jim Wade, Henry Kuttner
Martin Edwards, The Boat House Riddle, J.J. Connington
Ed Gorman, The Innocent Mrs. Duff, Elizabeth Sanxay Holding
Jerry House, Three to Conquer, Eric Frank Russell
Randy Johnson, Outlaw, Frank Gruber
George Kelley, Terror in the House, Henry Kuttner
B.V. Lawson, Tangle Meg Elizabeth Atkins
Evan Lewis, Family Honor, Robert B. Parker
Steve Lewis/William F. Deeck, They Hunted a Fox, Alice Campbell
Michael Lipkin, Street of the Lost, David Goodis
R. Narvaez, Am Thinking of My Darling, Vincent McHugh
Todd Mason, The Best of Margaret St. Clair, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Thirteen O'Clock, C.M. Kornbluth, The Green Flash, Joan Aiken
Richard Prosch, A Time for Hanging, Bill Crider
David Rachels, Five Million in Cash, Tiffany Thayer
James Reasoner, Rescued in the Clouds or Ted Scott, Hero of the Air, Franklin Dixon )Frank Duffield
Ron Scheer, Solo Faces, James Salter
Kerrie Smith, The Man Who Played Spoons, Gary Disher
Kevin Tipple, Techno Noir, ed. Eva Batonne and Jeffrey Marks

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, November 26, 2010

Paul Bishop, Breaks, Kevin Miles
Bill Crider, Control, William Goldman
Scott Cupp, The Night Life of the Gods, Thorne Smith
Mike Dennis, The Brat, Gil Brewer
Martin Edwards, Before the Fact, Francis Iles
Richard Godwin, Hunger, Knut Hamsen
Jerry House, Tarzan of the Movies, Gabe Essoe
Randy Johnson, The Yellow Overcoat, Frank Gruber
George Kelley, Letters, Saul Bellow
K.A. Laity, Lord Malquist and Mr. Moon, Tom Stoppard
Evan Lewis, Schlomo Raven, Bryon Preiss, Tom Sutton
Steve Lewis/Geoff Bradley, A Press of Suspects, Andrew Garve
Heath Lowrance, The Name of the Game is Death, Dan Marlowe
Todd Mason, The Hugo Winners, Vol. 1 & 2, edited by Issac Asimov
Juri Nummelin, Death Train, Gordon David (Leonard Levinson)
James Reasoner, Lawnmover Bliss, Rex Anderson
Ron Scheer, White Crosses, Larry Watson
Kerrie Smith, A Perfect Match, Jill McGown
James Thompson, Dr. Frigo, Eric Ambler
Kevin Tipple, Hardboiled, edited by Michael Bracken

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, November 19, 2010

Joe Barone, Affirmative Reaction, Aileen Schumacher
Paul Bishop, The Jade Figurine, Bill Pronzini
Michael Carlosn, Mandeville Talent, George Higgins
Bill Crider, Supernatural Sleuths, Martin Greenberg and Charles G Waugh, editors
Quinn Cummings, Portable Dorothy Parker
Scott Cupp, Of Men and Monsters, William Tenn
Martin Edwards, Laidlaw, William McIlvanney
Jose Ignacio Escribano, Murder at the Savoy, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
Ed Gorman, Scandal on the Sand, John Trinian
Jake Hinkson, The Condemned, Jo Pagano
Randy Johnson, Dealing of The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Bick Lost Bag Blues, Michael Douglas Lois Karlin, Forgotten Books Online
George Kelley, The Last Hieroglyph, Clark Ashton Smith
Rob Kitchin, I, the Jury, Mickey Spillane
B.V. Lawson, Ghost of a Chance, Kelly Roos
Evan Lewis, Let Them Eat Bullets, Howard Shoenfeld
Steve Lewis/Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, Mr. Fortune Objects, H.C. Bailey
Steve Lewis/Jeff Meyerson, Circle of Fear, Mark Sadler
Todd Mason, Reverse Angle, John Simon, The Other Glass Teat, Harlan Ellison
Andrew Nette, The Wandering Ghost, Marin Limon
Juri Nummelin, The Night Watch and Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
Eric Peterson, The Green Eagle Score, Richard Stark
James Reasoner, The Iron Trail, Jackson Cole (Peter Germand)
Ron Scheer, Bat Wing Bowles, Dane Coolidge
Kerrie Smith, Planning for Murder, Anne Morice
Kevin Tipple, Fedora 11, Michael Bracken
Yvette, The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders, Marshall Browne

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, November 5, 12, 2010

Ian Ayris, Maggie, A Girl of the Streets, Stephen Crane
Joe Barone, Double Deuce, Robert Parker
Paul Bishop, The Burning Season, Wayne D. Dundee
Paul Brazill, Andy Warhol's Dracula, Kim Newman
Bill Crider, Death by the Day, Lawrence Fisher
Scott Cupp, Expiration Date, Duane Swierczynski
Martin Edwards, The Second Shot, Anthony Berkley
Jose Ignacio Escribano, The Poisoned Chocolate Case, Anthony Berkley
George Kelley, The Naked Sun, Issac Asimov
Ed Gorman, Secret Window, Secret Garden, Stephen King
Randy Johnson, The Lone Wolf, Louis Joseph Vance
B.V. Lawson, Ghost of a Chance, Kelley Roos
Steve Lewis/Jeff Meyerson, A Three-Pipe Problem, Julian Symons
K.A. Laity, Renegade, Mark E. Smith
Evan Lewis, Spurs West, edited by Joseph T. Shaw
Todd Mason, Forgotten Magazines: Weird Tales, ed. Dorothy McIlwraith, Fantastic Adventures, Howard Browne
Eric Peterson, Impossibly Funky: A Cahiers du Cinemart Collection, Mike White
James Reasoner, Gangland's Doom, Frank Eisgruber
Gerard Saylor, Eleven Days (1998), Known Dead (1999), Big Thaw (2000), Code 61 (2002)
A Long December (2003) Don Harstad
Jeff Segal, The Fiend in You, edited by Charles Beaumont
Kerrie Smith, Bergerac: Crimes of the Season, Andrew Savill
Kevin Tipple, Tequila Sunrise, Michael Bracken

From November 5, 2010

Paul Bishop: Whiteout and Black Camelot by Duncan Kyle
Bill Crider: The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker
Scott Cupp: Pixie Dust by Henry Melton
Martin Edwards: Heir Presumptive by Henry Wade
Ed Gorman: The Crime Lover's Casebook (aka The New Mystery) edited by Jerome Charyn
Glenn Harper: The Coast Road by John Brady
George Kelley: The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (the new edition)
Steve Lewis's The Mystery File, as usual, has a plethora of arguably FFB reviews.
Todd Mason: Death Qualified by Kate Wilhelm; In Deep by Damon Knight
Ann Parker: Rose by Martin Cruz Smith
Eric Peterson: Men, Women and Chainsaws by Carol Glover
James Reasoner: Tarzan and the Lion Man by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Kerrie Smith: Deadly Variations by Paul Myers

The Summing Up, Friday, October 29, 2010

Joe Barone, Rounding the Mark, Andrea Camilleri
Paul Bishop, The Heavenly World Series, Frank O'Rourke
PaulBrazill, Killer Year, edited by Lee Child
Bill Crider, The Hardboiled Lineup, edtied Harry Widmer
Scott Cupp, Born to Exile, Phyllis Eisenstein
Loren Eaton, Swords and Deviltry, Fritz Leiber
Martin Edwards, Six Dead Men, Andre Steeman
Ed Gorman, A Purple Place for Dying, John D. MacDonald
Glenn Harper, The Ambassasdor's Wife, Jake Needham
Randy Johnson, His Name Was Death, Fredric Brown
George Kelley, The Borderland Series, edited Thomas F Monteliore
Rob Kitchin, Halo in Blood, John Evans (Howard Browne)
B.V. Lawson, The Ethnic Detective, edited by Martin Greenberg and Bill Pronzini
Evan Lewis, The Coming of the Fairies, Arthur Conan Doyle
Steve Lewis. Curt J. Evans, The Warrielaw Jewel, Winnifred Peck
Ed Lynskey, Wives at War, Jessica Stirling (Hugh C. Rae)
Todd Mason The New Mystery (Charyn), The New Gothic (Morrow & McGrath), The New Weird (VanderMeers at al), Conjunctions 14, Morrow
Eric Peterson, The Nocturnals, Dan Breterton
James Reasoner, Hangin' Pards, Gordon D. Shirreffs
Kerrie Smith, Death Beyond the Nile, Jessica Mann
Sarah J. Wesson, The Case of the Lucky Legs, Erle Stanley Gardner
Kevin Tipple, Vengeance, Brian Pinkerton
Glenn Harper, The Ambassasor's Wife, Jake Needham

The Summing Up, Friday, October 22, 2010

Joe Barone, Pastime, Robert B. Parker
Paul Bishop, The Man From T.O.M.C.A.T, Mallory Knight
Paul Brazill, Cocaine Nights, J.G. Ballard
Bill Crider, The Open Shadow, Brad Solomon
Scott Cupp, Norman Saunders, David Saunders
Mike Dennis, Slayground, Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake)
Martin Edwards, Trent Intervenes, E.C. Bentley
Elizabeth Foxwell, The Chocolate Cobweb, Charlotte Armstrong
Ed Gorman, His Name Was Death, Fredric Brown
Glenn Harper, The Last Llanelli Train, Robert Lewis
Randy Johnson, Come Seven, Come Death, ed. Henry Morrison
George Kelley, Amos Walker, The Complete Story Collection, Loren De. Estleman
B.V. Lawson, Speaking of Murder, edited by Gorman and Greenberg
Evan Lewis, The Virgin Kills, Raoul Whitfield
Steve Lewis/Allen J. Hubin, Target of Opportunity, Max Byrd
Tom Llewellyn, Mr. Mysterious and Company, Sid Fleischman
Todd Mason, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great, edited by Rick Meyerowitz
Eric Peterson, The Rainbow Cadensa, J. Neil Schulman James Reasoner, The Clue of the Forgotten Murder, Erle Stanley Gardner
Gerald So, The Graduate, Charles Webb
Kerrie Smith, Crime for the Connossieur, Gerald Sparrow
Kevin Tipple/Barry Ergang, Small Game, John Blades

The Summing Up, Friday, October 15, 2010

Patricia Abbott, True Grit, Charles Portis
Joe Barone, Stardust, Robert B. Parker
Paul Bishop, Sexpionage and other Sixties Serials
Paul Brazill, Rogue Males, Geoffrey Household
David Cranmer, Unaccutomed As I Am to Public Dying, Larry Maddock
Bill Crider, The Eureka Years, Annette Peltz McCormas, editor
Scott Cupp, Sea King of Mars, Leigh Brackett
Martin Edwards, The Layton Court Mystery, Anthony Berkley
Dan Fleming, A Gypsy Good Time, Gustave Hasford
Ed Gorman, The Crimes of Jordan Wise, Bill Pronzini
Glenn Harper, Black August, Timothy Williams
Randy Johnson, Climb a Broken Ladder and B Girl, Robert Novak
George Kelley, Tragg's Choice, Clifton Adams
B.V. Lawson, Exeunt Murders, Anthony Boucher
Evan Lewis, The Case of the Six Coffins, by The Mysterious Wu Fang
Steve Lewis/William F. Deeck, A Corpse for Christmas, Henry Kane
Todd Mason, Adventures in Time & Space, Healy & McComas; Great Tales of the Supernatural
Herbert Wise and Phyllis Fraser
James Reasoner, Escape Across the Cosmos, Gardner Fox
Kerrie Smith, Shoestring, Paul Ableman
Kevin Tipple, Bullets, Steve Brewer

Late August-Early October

2010-10-10T09:42:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, October 8, 2010

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, October 8, 2010

Paul Bishop, Darker Than You Think, Jack Williamson
Paul Brazill, In La La Land We Trust, Robert Campbell
Bill Crider, The Last Buffoon, Leonard Jordan
Scott Cupp, The Beasts of Valhalla, George C. Chesbro
Mike Dennis, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Geroge C. Higgins
Martin Edwards, The Complete Curious Mr. Tarrent, C. Daly King
Jose Ignacio Escribano, Brighton Rock, Graham Greene
Ed Gorman, Dig My Grave Deep, Peter Rabe
Glenn Harper, Headbanger, Hugh Hamilton
Glenn Harper 2. Personl Non Grata, Timothy Williams
Randy Johnson, Dupe, Liza Cody
George Kelley, Case and the Dreamer, Theodore Sturgeon
Rob Kitchin, South of No North, Charles Bukowski
B.V. Lawson, The Yellow Turban, Charlotte Jay (Geraldine Halls)
Evan Lewis, A Comprehensive Index to Black Mask, 1920-51, E. R. Hageman
Steve Lewis, Turnaround Jack, Richard Abshire
P.M. Angel, Gil Brewer
Todd Mason, Learning to Drive, Katha Pollitt, Seducing the Demon, Erica Jong
Jeff Meyerson, Sam 7, Richard Cox
Andrew Nette, The Song is You, Megan Abbott
Eric Peterson, Warday, Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka
James Reasoner, Tickets for Death, Brett Halliday (Davis Dresser)
Richard Robinson, Jeopardy is My Job, Stephen Marlowe
Kerrie Smith, Wedding Treasure, David Williams
Kevin Tipple, Closing Time, Jim Fusili

October 1, 2010

Bill Crider: The Gone Man by Brad Solomon
Scott Cupp: Dread Island by Joe R. Lansdale
Ed Gorman: The Dead Beat by Robert Bloch
George Kelley: Four Color Fear edited by Gregg Sadowski
Todd Mason: The Final Solution by Michael Chabon
Richard Robinson: 12 Worlds of Alan E. Nourse by Alan E. Nourse

The Summing Up, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010

THE SUMMING UP. Friday, Sept. 24, 2010

Nigel Bird, Murder on the Yellow Brick Road, Stuart Kaminsky
Paul Bishop, The Black Swan Series, J.J. Montague
PaulBrazill, The Distant Echo, Val McDermid
Bill Crider, Night Never Ends, Frederick Lorenz
Scott Cupp, The Reproductive System. John T. Sladek
Ed Gorman, Peeper, Loren Estleman
Glenn Harper, The Red Citroen and Comparing Parallels, Timothy Williams
Randy Johnson, Secret Service, Smith RTM Scott
Alex Jurek, The Secret Adversary, Agatha Christie
George Kelley, They Walked Like Men, Clifford Slimak
Rob Kitchin, The Green Ripper, John D. MacDonald
B.V. Lawson, Through a Glass Darkly Helen McCloy (Clarkson)
Evan Lewis, The Double Take, Roy Huggins
Steve Lewis/Allen H. Hubin, At Death's Door, Robert Barnard
Todd Mason, Firsts: New Black Mask, Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology, New World Writing, Triquarterly, Works in Progress, Evergreen
Jeff Meyerson, Out of the Blackout, Robert Barnard
Terrie F. Moran, The Recycled Citizen, Charlotte Macleod
Juri Nummelin, Hell Harbor, Gordan Davis
Eric Peterson, Toy Soldier, William Kennedy
J. Kingston Pierce, Breakheart Pass, Alistair MacLean
James Reasoner, One for Hell Jada M. David
Richard Robinson, Assignment Budapest, Edward S. Aarons
Kerrie Smith, The Crime of My Life, Brian Garfield
Kevin Tipple, Final Cuts. J.R. Lindermuth

Friday, September 17, 2010

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, September 17 2010

Paul Bishop, Kiai, Anthony and Fuentes
Paul Brazill, On Tenderness Express, Maxim Jakubowski
Bill Crider, The best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sixth Series, Anthony Boucher
Scott Cupp, Young Adult Novel, Daniel Pinkwater
Martin Edwards, The Fifth Point of the Compass, Miles Tripp
Jose Ignacio Escribano, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, Italo Calvino
Ed Gorman, On the Loose, Andrew Coburn
Glenn Harper, Goat Song, Chantal Pelletier
Randy Johnson, Hopalong Cassidy Returns, Clarence E. Mulford
George Kelley, The Soace Born, E.C. Tubb
B.V. Lawson, The Saint in Europe, Leslie Charteris
Evan Lewis, The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, John D. Carr and Adrian Conan Doyle
Steve Lewis & Curt J. Evans, The Umbrella Murder, Carolyn Wells
Steve Lewis & William F. Deeck, Death Catches Up with Mr. KLuck, Xantippe
Todd Mason, How-to Suppress Women's Writing, To Write Like a Woman, The Country You Have Never Seen, Joanna Russ
Russel McLean, Stone City, Mitchell Smith
Sam Millar, Up at the Villa, W. Somerset Maugham
Richard Prosch, Massacre River, John Benteen
James Reasoner, Pushover, Harry Whittington
Chris Rhatigan, The Crimes of Richmond City, Frederick Nebel
Kerrie Smith, Sinner's Never Die, A. E. Martin
Kevin Tipple, Money Shot, Christa Faust

THE SUMMING UP, FRIDAYS, Sept. 3 & 10, 2010

Friday, September 3, 2010

Paul Bishop, The Patch, Cherokee Paul McDonald
Paul Brazil, The Cutting Crew, Steve Mosby
Bill Crider, The Man I Killed, Shel Walker
Scott Cupp, Baby's First Mythos, C.J. and Erica Henderson
Martin Edwards, Heart to Heart, Pierre Boileau & Thomas Narcejac
Glenn Harper, Poachers's Trail, John Brady
Randy Johnson, The Dice of God, Hoffman Birney
George Kelley, Detour to Otherness, Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore
B. V. Lawson, Death of an Old Girl, Elizabeth Lemarchand
Evan Kewis, To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
Todd Mason: Firsts" Magazines and Periodical Books, F & SF, Fantastic, Whispers, Shadows, TZ, Ariel Weird Tales, Other Worlds and before
James Reasoner, Fundamentals of Fiction Writing - Arthur Sullivant Hoffman
Richard Robinson, Nineteen Stories, Graham Greene
Kerrie Smith, Blow Your House Down, Pat Barker
Kevin Tipple, The Concrete Maze, Steven Torres

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, September 9, 2010
Paul Bishop, The Sweet Summer, William Kelley
Paul Brazill, Them, Jon Ronson
Bill Crider, No Questions Asked, Oliver Bleeck
Scott Cupp, The Atomic Knights, John Broome, and Murphy Anderson
Mike Dennis, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, Horace McCoy
Martin Edwards, Mizmaze, Mary Fitt
Ed Gorman, Pity Him Afterward, Donald Westlake
Glenn Harper, Cobbleston, Peter Lengyel
Randy Johnson, A Martian Odyssey, Stanley G. Weinbaum
George Kelley, Stranger in Town, Brett Halliday
Rob Kitchin, The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett
B.V. Lawson, Death on Remand, Michael Underwood
Evan Lewis, Operator 5, Frederick C. Davis
Steve Lewis, The Roped Square, John G. Rowe
Todd Mason, Fantasy, The Shapes of Things Unknown, Edited by, Farrell, Gage, Pfordresher, Rodrigues
Jeff Meyerson, Future Shock, Alvin Toffler
Eric Peterson, The Tall Dark Alibi, Carol Jerina
James Reasoner, The Sudden Guns, Giff Cheshire
Richard Robinson, Interrupted Aria, Beverle Graves Myers
Kerrie Smith, Mandarin, Robert Elegant
Kevin Tipple, Pilikia is My Business, Mark Troy
Mike Wilkerson, In Cold Blood, Truman Capote

Friday, August 27, 2010

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, August 27, 2010

The Summing Up, Friday, August 27, 2010

Joe Barone, Crimson Joy, Robert B. Parker
Paul Bishop, Undercover Run, Lew Dykes
Milton Burton, Earth Abides, George R. Stewart
Bill Crider, Death of a Source, Richard Moore
Scott Cupp, Jackets Required, Steven Hiller and Seymour Chwast
Martin Edwards, The Scarf, Francis Durbridge
R,J. Ellory, The Prone Gunman, Jean Patrick Manchette
Ed Gorman, Missionary Stew, Ross Thomas
Glenn Harper, Rain, Karen Duir, Willenbrock, Christopher Hein
Randy Johnson, Dance Back the Buffalo, Milton Lott
George Kelley, Nine Hundred Grandmothers, R. A. Rafferty
Rob Kitchin, The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza, Lawrence Block
B.V. Lawson, Death of a Busybody, Dell Shannon (Elizabeth Linington)
Evan Lewis, Brand of the Cougar, Norwell Page
Steve Lewis/David L. Vineyard, The Only Girl in the Game, John D. MacDonald
Todd Mason, Life of the Party, Mary Fleener
James Reasoner, The Power of Positive Loving, William Johnston
Richard Robinson, Maigret and the Death of a Harbor Master, Georges Simenon
Kerrie Smith, Backhand, Liza Cody

Mid July-Mid August, 2010

2010-08-22T12:14:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, AUGUST 20, 2010 (Books from our college years)

Patti Abbott, East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Paul Bishop, TV TIE-IN, Verzion, Witchblade
Paul Brazill, Run for Home, Sheila Quigley
Bill Crider, Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
Scott Cupp, Nova, Samuel R. Delaney
Martin Edwards, The Talkative Policeman, Rupert Penny
Glenn Harper, Passing Time, Michel Butler
Ed Gorman, On the Road, Jack Kerouac
Jerry House, The Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series
Randy Johnson, Unaccustomed As I Am to Public Dying, Larry Maddock
George Kelley, The Sot-Weed Factor and Giles Goat Boy, John Barth
Evan Lewis, Roget's Thesaurus
Todd Mason, Dream Makers II: Interviews by Charles Platt; Essential Works of Anarchism, edited by Marshall Shatz
Jeff Meyerson, The Harrad Experiment, Robert H. Rimmer
Terrie F. Moran, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, Bernard Edelman
Eric Peterson, Transmetropolitan Volume I: Back on the Street, Warren Ellis
J. Kingston Pierce, Breakheart Pass, Alistair MacLean
James Reasoner, The Book of Robert E. Howard, edited by Glenn Lord
Kerrie Smith, The Works of Agatha Christie
Kevin Tipple, The One-Minute Assassin: A Novel, Trey Cook

THE SUMMING UP, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2010

Paul Bishop, Crown, Terry Harknett
Bill Crider, The Third Man, Graham Greene
Scott Cupp, The Rakeshells of Heaven, John Boyd
Jose Ignacio Escribano, "Man on Pink Corner," Jorge Luis Borges
Martin Edwards, Which I Never, L.A.G. Strong
Jen Forbus, The James Deans, Reed Farrell Coleman
Ed Gorman, Saturday Games, Brown Meggs
Glenn Harper, Per Wahloo Retrospective
George Kelley, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, James Warner Bellah
Rob Kitchin, Point Blank (The Hunter), Richard Stark
B.V. Lawson, Dover One, Joyce Porter
Evan Lewis, Action Stories, Dent, Nebel & others
Todd Mason, Sixgun in Cheek, Bill Pronzini and Fairport Convention's "Heyday"
James Reasoner, The Tavern, Orrie Hitt
Richard Robinson, The Case of the Caretaker's Cat, Erle Stanley Gardner
Kerrie Smith, The Stone Hawk, Gwen Moffet
Kevin Tipple, The One-Minute Assassin, Troy Cook

The Summing Up, Friday, August 6, 2010

Joe Barone, The Immaculate Deception, Iain Pears
Paul Bishop, Yellowthread Street, William Marshall
David Cranmer, past review links
Bill Crider, One for Hell, Jada Davis
Scott Cupp, Vermillions Sands, J.G. Ballard
Martin Edwards, Green Grow the Tresses-O, Stanley Hyland
Jose Ignacio Escribano, 120 Rue de la Gare, Leo Malet
Ed Gorman, Death of a Citizen, Donald Hamilton
Glenn Harper, Cat Catcher, Caroline Shaw
Randy Johnson, The Eyes of Buddha, John Ball
Liam Jose, Crooked Little Vein, Warren Ellis
George Kelley, The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson
Rob Kitchin, Client, Parnell Hall
B.V. Lawson, Rising of the Moon, Gladys Mitchell
Evan Lewis, A Study in Terror, Ellery Queen
Steve Lewis/Dan Stumpf, They Don't Dance Much, James Ross
Todd Mason, Hotwire#2, edited by Glenn Head
Terrie Moran, Legacy, James A. Michener
Jeff Meyerson, Something from the Nightside, Simon R. Green
James Reasoner, Ringmaster of Doom, Brant House (Paul Chadwick)
Kerrie Smith, Supernatural Sleuths, edited by Peter Haining
Kevin Tipple, Homicide, My Own, Anne Argula

The Summing Up, July 30, 2010

Joe Barone, A Catskill Eagle, Robert Parker
Paul Bishop, The Neon Flamingo, W. R. Philbrick
Bill Crider, Even the Wicked, Richard Marsten
Scott Cupp, Lisa Kane, Richard Lupoff
Alec Cizak, Pop. 1280, Jim Thompson
Loren Eaton, Nightmare Alley, William Lindsay Gresham
Martin Edwards, The Man Whose Dreams Came True, Julian Symons
Cullen Gallagher, Prairie Raiders, Harry Whittington
Ed Gorman, Someone is Bleeding, Richard Matheson
Glenn Harper, Riotous Comedy, Tom Sharpe; Indecent Exposure, Tom Sharpe
Randy Johnson, The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman, Ed Gorman and Marin Greenberg
George Kelley, Pedigree, Georges Simenon
B.V. Lawson, The Spoilt Kill, Mary Kelly
Evan Lewis, Gene Autry and the Ghost Riders, Lewis B. Patten
Steve Lewis/David Vineyard, It Couldn't Matter Less, Peter Cheney
Todd Mason, Anno Dracula, Kim Newman, The Cipher, Kathe Koja, Prime Evil, edited by Douglas Winter
Eric Peterson, Dutch Uncle, Peter Pavia
Steven Powell, The Other Girl, Theodora Keogh
James Reasoner, Combat General, William Chamberlain
Richard Robinson, The Philosophical Corps E. B. Cole
Kerrie Smith, The Director, John Gardiner
Kevin Tipple, Memory of a Murder, Earl Skaggs

THE SUMMING UP, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2010

Cameron Ashley, Guns, Ed McBain
Joe Barone, Valediction, Robert Parker
Paul Bishop, Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
Bill Crider, The Greatest Crime, Sloan Wilson
Scott Cupp, A Mirror for Observers, Edgar Pangborn
Martin Edwards, The Small Hours of the Morning, Margaret Yorke
Christopher Fowler, Here, Away from it All, Maryann Forrest
Cullen Gallagher, The Song Saturday Night, Charles Williams
Ed Gorman, Plunder Squad, Richard Stark
Glenn Harper, Money to Burn, Ricardo Piglia
Randy Johnson, Capture the Saint, Burl Barer
George Kelley, The Dark Country, Dennis Etchinson
K.A. Laity, You Can't Do Both, Kingsley Amis
B.V. Lawson, The Habit of Fear, Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Frank Loose, The Blue Room, Georges Simenon
Evan Lewis, Seven Slayers, Paul Cain
Steve Lewis/Max Collins, The Hoods, Harry Grey
Brian Lindenmuth: List of Forgotten Books for Future Review
Todd Mason, Superhorror, edited Ramsey Campbell; The Moon's Wife, A. A. Attanasio
Terrie Moran, Mongoose, R.I.P, William Buckley
James Reasoner, Malai Woman, A.S. Fleischman
Richard Robinson, Iron Lake, William Kent Krueger
Pete Rozovsky, Song Dog, James McClure
Kerrie Smith, Case for Three Detectives, Leo Bruce
Kevin Tipple, Jasmine's Fate, Randy Rawls

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, July 16, 2010

2010-07-20T16:48:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, July 16, 2010

Paul Bishop, The Outcasts, Steve Frazee
Bill Crider, The Hundred Dollar Girl, William Campbell Gault
Scott Cupp, The Lovecraft Papers, P.H.Cannon
Mike Dennis, Jimmy Bench-Press, Charlie Stella
Martin Edwards, Dead Man's Bag, Catherine Arley
Cullen Gallagher, Buchanan on the Prowl, Jonas Ward
Ed Gorman, Baby Come on Inside, David Wagoner
Glenn Harper, The Going Rate, John Brady
Randy Johnson, The Last Hunt, Milton Lott
George Kelley, Cahena, Manly Wade Wellman
Rob Kitchin, Cogan's Trade, George V. Higgins
Clair Lamb, The Secret Lovers, Charles McCarry
Chris La Tray, The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
Evan Lewis, The Dada Caper, Ross H. Spencer
Steve Lewis/Dan Stumpf, Of Tender Sin, Dave Goodis
Steve Lewis/David Vineyard, The Tiger in the Smoke, Margery Allingham
Todd Mason, Fast Lanes, Jayne Anne Phillips, Quick Shots of False Hope, Laura Kightlinger
Terrie Moran, Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith
James Reasoner, Gun Hand, Frank, O'Rourke
Richard Robinson, South of Sula, George F. Worts
Sandra Ruttan, Wait Until Twilight, Sang Pak
Ron Scheer, The Blind Corral, Ralph Beer
Kerrie Smith, The Hyde Park Murders, Elliott Roosevelt
Ronald Tierney, Diva, Delacorta
Kevin Tipple, Seven by Seven, edited by Tony Burton

Friday's Forgotten Books, July 9, 2010o

2010-07-20T16:46:00.000-07:00

Bill Crider, The Tell-Tale Tart by Peter Duncan
Scott Culp, The Spider vs the Empire State by Norvell Page
Ed Gorman, No Way To Treat a Lady by Harry Longbaugh (William Goldman)
Glenn Harper, Obsessions by Julia Kristeva
Randy Johnson, The Kissed Corpse by Asa Baker (Davis Dresser, aka "Brett Halliday")
BV Lawson, Shroud of Canvas by Isobel Mary Lambot
Le0pard13, Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, plus film and song choices
Steve Lewis, Die a Little by Megan Abbott
Todd Mason, This Fabulous Century edited by J. Korn(?), and The Brittanica Book of the Year edited by divers hands

July 9, 2010

Patti Abbott. Iron Gates, Margaret Millar
Paul Bishop, Offside, Manuel Vazquez Montalban
Bill Crider, Shakedown, Richard Ellington
Scott Cupp, The Orphan, Robert Stallman
Martin Edwards, Shadows Before, Dorothy Bowers
Jose Ignacio Escribano, Trouble is My Business, Raymond Chandler
Jen Forbus, The Killing of the Tinkers, Ken Bruen
Cullen Gallagher, Homicidal Lady, Day Keene
Ed Gorman, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Judith Rossner
Glenn Harper, Dark Angel, John Dale
Randy Johnson, The Stalking Moon. Theodore V. Olsen
George Kelley, Hard-Luck Diggings, Jack Vance
Chris LaTray, The Education of an American Soccer Player, Shep Messing and David Hirshey
Evan Lewis, Tros, Talbot Mundy
Todd Mason, Or All the Seas With Oysters, Avram Davidson; The Persistence of Vision, John Varley
James Reasoner, Tonkking, Dan Cushman
Richard Robinson, The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
Kerrie Smith, Witness Before the Fact, Elizabeth Ferras

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, June 25, 2010

2010-06-26T06:52:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, June 25, 2010

Patti Abbott, The Church of the Dead Girls, Stephen Dobyns
Joe Barone, The Man Who Went Up in Smoke, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo
Paul Bishop, The Miracle of Castel di Sangro, Joe McGinnis, Dynamo: Triumph & Tragedy in Nazi Occupied Kiev, Andy Dougan
Bill Crider, Maracaibo, Stirling Silliphant
Scott Cupp, A Vampire Named Fred, Bill Crider
Martin Edwards, The Crime of the Century, Kingsley Amis
Ed Gorman, The Killer, Devil on Two Sticks, Wade Miller
Glenn Harper, The End of Lieutenant Boruvka, Josef Skvorecky
Maxim Jakubowski, Tony & Susan, Austin Wright
Randy Johnson, Star Surgeon, Alan E. Nourse
George Kelley, The Leavenworth Case, Ann Kathering Green
Evan Lewis, Cold Death (Doc Savage) Laurence Donavan
Steve Lewis & Curt J. Evans, The Problem of the Green Capsule, John Dickson Carr
Brian Lindenmuth, Four Corners of the Night, Craig Holden
Todd Mason, Dames, Danger, Death, edited (probably) by Leo Marguiles
Laurie Powers, Sandhill Boy, Elmer Kelton
James Reasoner, The Crime Spectacularist, Lester Dent
Richard Robinson, In Kensington Gardens Once, H.R.F. Keating
Kerrie Smith, FORGOTTEN AUTHOR: Joan Fleming
Steve Weddle, The Boys on the Bus, Tim Crouse

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, June 18, 2010

2010-06-22T17:12:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, June 18, 2010

Joe Barone, Ceremony, Robert B. Parker
Paul Bishop, Red Coat, Richard Hoyt
Bill Crider, Malay Woman, A.S. Fleischman
Scott Cupp, Blind Voices, Tom Reamy
Ed Gorman, The So-Blue Marble, Dorothy B. Hughes
Glenn Harper, Violetta, Pieke Biermann
Randy Johnson, Davy, Edgar Pangborn
George Kelley, The Prisoner, Thomas M. Disch
Chris La Tray, The Real Cool Killers, Chester Himes
B.V. Lawson, Death Watch, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Evan Lewis, Mike Hammer, The Comic Strip, Mickey Spillane
Steve Lewis/Art Scott, Trinity in Violence, Henry Kane
Todd Mason, My Name is Aram, William Saroyan, Ride With the Sun, Harold Courlander, The Storytelling Stone, Susan Feldman
Terrie Moran, Friday, the Rabbi Slept Late, Harry Kemmelman
James Reasoner, Brand of the Black Bat, G. Wayman Jones (Norman A. Daniels)
Mark Terry, Out on the Rim, Ross Thomas
Stanley Trollip, The Song Dog, James McClure
Kerrie Smith, The Secret of Hanging Rock, Joan Lindsay

SUMMING UP, Friday, June 11, 2010

2010-06-22T17:10:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, June 11, 2010

Paul Bishop, The World Cup Murder, Pele with Herbert Resnicow
Bill Crider, Embassy, Keith Laumer
Scott Cupp, Stress Patterns, Neal Barrett, Jr.
Pete Dragovich, The Mortal Nuts, Pete Hautman
Martin Edwards, Three Core Lead, Clare Curzon
Ed Gorman, Women of Wonder ed, Pamela Sargent
Jerry House, Lois the Witch, Mrs. Gaskell
George Kelley, ...in their memory was a bitter tree, Robert E. Howard
Randy Johnson, The Death in the Willows, Richard Forrest
Leopard 13, Fail Safe, Eugene Harvey & Burdick Wheeler
Even Lewis, Murder in the Mudhouse, Jonathan Lattimer
Steve Lewis/David Vineyard, Midnight Plus One, Gavin Lyall
Brian Lindenmuth, Lethal Injection, Jim Nisbet, Circus Parade, Jim Tully, Shark-Infested Custard, Charles Willeford
Todd Mason, The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher, Martin Gardner, The BS Factor, Arthur Herzog, Completely Doomed, ed. Anon
Jeff Meyerson, B Movies, Don Miller
Richard Prosch, Drygulch, Harry Whittington, First Blood, David Morrell, Infinity Beach, Jack
McDevitt
James Reasoner, Starhaven Ivar Jorgenson )Robert Silverberg)
Rick Robinson, The Detective in Hollywood, John Tuska
Kerrie Smith, Ask a Policeman, Detection Club
Steve Wylder, Up Til Now, Eugene McCarthy

The Summing Up-May-June 4, 2010

2010-06-04T13:38:00.000-07:00

Friday Forgotten Books: the summing up

May 14, 2010

Bill Crider: Shoot the President, Are You Mad? by Frank McAuliffe 

David Cranmer: Land of Always Night by Kenneth Robeson 

Ed Gorman: The American Vein: Directors & Directions in Television By Christopher Wicking & Tise Vahimagi

Evan Lewis: Mr. Strang by Carroll John Daly 

George Kelley: How Like an Angel by Margaret Millar

James Reasoner: Outlaw Canyon by Lewis B. Patten

Kerri Smith: Looking for Mr. Goodbar by Judith Rossner 

Martin Edwards: Sweet Adelaide by Julian Symons 

Paul Bishop: Black Bartlemy’s Treasure by Jeffery Farnol 

Randy Johnson: Downtown by Ed McBain 

Richard Robinson: The Wolves of Savernake by Edward Marston

Steve Lewis: Lady With the Dice by Joel Townsley Rogers

Thomas Kaufman: The Black Path of Fear by Cornell Woolrich

Todd Mason: Romances by A Cast of Thousands 

May 21, 2010

B.V. Lawson: Emily Dickenson is Dead by Jane Langton

Bill Crider: Shoot the President, Are You Mad? by Frank McAuliffe 

Ed Gorman: With Folded Hands…and Searching Mind by Jack Williamson

Evan Lewis: Is A Ship Burning? by Richard Sale

George Kelley: The John Thunstone stories by Manly Wade Wellman

James Reasoner: The Star Smasher by Edmund Hamilton

Kerri Smith: Coma by Robin Cook

Le0pard13: Different Seasons by Stephen king

Martin Edwards: Murder at Shots Hall by Maureen Sarsfield 

Patrick Lennon: Thumbprint by Friedrich Glauser

Patti Abbott: The Clockmaker by Georges Simenon

Paul Bishop: The Killer Mine by Hammond Innes

Randy Johnson: The Vampire Affair (Man From U.N.C.L.E #9) by David McDaniel

Richard Robinson: The Wall Around he World by Theodore R. Cogswell

Steve Lewis: The Valley of the Creeping Men by Rayburn Crowley

Todd Mason: Best SF, 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian Aldus,

May 28, 2010

Bill Crider:  The Slavers by Richard Telfair

Craig Clarke: The Farm by Scott Nicholson

Evan Lewis: Secret Agent X-9 by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond

George Kelley: Of All the Bloody Cheek by Frank McAuliffe

Irene Fleming: Drink to Yesterday by Manning Coles

James Reasoner: Kingdom of the Blue Corpses by Brant House

Kerrie Smith: The Greenway by Jane Adams

Le0pard13: (film) The Dirty Dozen

Martin Edwards: The Cambridge Murders by Adam Broome

Paul Bishop: This is a Bust by Ed Lin

Paul Brazill: Ritual in the Dark by Colin Wilson

Randy Johnson: Girls on Sin Street by Larry Maddock (Jack Jardine)

Richard Robinson: The Case of the Real Perry Mason by Dorothy B. Hughes

Steve Lewis: Death and the Chapman by Kate Sedley

Terrie Farley Moran – A Nun in the Closet by Dorothy Gilman

Todd Mason: Uncollected Crimes edited by Bill Pronzini and Martin Greenberg

The Summing Up, Friday, June 4, 2010

Lou Alin, The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
Joe Barone, The Shape of Water, Andrea Camilleri
Paul Bishop, Double Play, Ed McBain
Craig Clarke, The Big Rock Candy Mountain, Wallace Stegner
David Cranmer: The Stonor Case (play) by Conan Doyle
Bill Crider, A Cool Breeze on the Underground, Don Winslow
Mike Dennis, Cassidy's Girl, David Goodis
Loren Eaton, Starman Jones, Robert Heinlein
Martin Edwards, Julian Symons Remembered, John Walsdorf and Kathleen Symons.
Gar Elliott, Ladies' Man, Richard Price
Ed Gorman, Murder Among Children, Tucker Coe (Donald Westlake)
George Kelley, The Infinite Cage, Keith Laumer
Randy Johnson, The Sword of Lankor, Howard L. Cory (Jack Jardine)
B.V. Lawson, A Night at the Cemetery, Anton Chekhov
Le0pard13: Fail-Safe by Eugene Harvey and Burdick Wheeler
Evan Lewis, 77 Sunset Strip, Roy Huggins
Steve Lewis/Edward D. Hoch, The Big Bow Mystery, Israel Zangwill
Steve Lewis: The Invisible Host by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning
Todd Mason, The Years with Ross, James Thurber
James Reasoner, Lawless Guns, Dudley Dean
Rick Robinson, Beginning Operations, James White
Kerrie Smith, Death in Dreamtime, S. H. Courtier
Andrew Taylor, Caleb Williams, William Godwi

April 9, 2010

2010-04-29T14:11:00.001-07:00

The Summing Up, Friday, April 9, 2010

Paul Bishop, The Man from the Diogenes Club, Kim Newman
Bill Crider, Death of a Citizen, Donald Hamilton
Mike Dennis, Shoot, Douglas Fairbairn
Martin Edwards, Verdict of 13, Julian Symons
Ed Gorman, The Fog, James Herbert
Randy Johnson, Two-Gun Rio Kid, Don Davis (Davis Dresser)
George Kelley, The Curse of the Bronze Lamp, Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr)
Rob Kitchin, Motor City Blues, Loren Estleman
Evan Lewis, Killer's Caress, Cary Moran
Steve Lewis/William Deeck, Doors to Death, Lee Crosby
Todd Mason, The Book of Lists: Horror, Wallace, Howison and Bradley
Eric Peterson, Video Trash and Treasures, L.A. Morse
James Reasoner, One by One, Fan Nichols
Rick Robinson, Dead Folks' Blues, Steven Womack
Kerrie Smith, The Murders of Richard III, Elizabeth Peters
Hannah Stoneham, Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead, Barbara Comyns
Kevin Tipple, Dead Head, Dr. Allen Wyler

April 23, 2010

2010-04-29T14:09:00.001-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, April 23, 2010

Joe Barone, The Judas Goat, Robert B. Parker
Paul Bishop, Heller-The Oil Rig, Frank Roderus
Jimmy Calloway, Lovers and Losers, Howard Hung
Donis Casey, The Virgin in the Ice, Ellis Peters
Bill Crider, The Spotted Panther, James Francis Dwyer
Martin Edwards, Detection Medley, ed. John Rhode
Ed Gorman, Danse Macabre, Stephen King
Randy Johnson, The Best Western Stories of Steve Frazee, edited by Pronzini and Greenberg
George Kelley, The Selected Stories of Fritz Leiber
K.A. Laity, Lucky Him, Richard Bradford
Even Lewis, The Secret Museum of Womankind
Steve Lewis/ Dan Stumpf, Ghost Gold, Tom West
Brian Lindenmuth, Waste, Eugene Marten
Todd Mason, Scholastic Books of Poetry for Children, Scholastic Books
Jim Napier, Murder Fantastical, Patricia Moyes
Scott Parker, Justice" The Avengers #1, Paul Ernst
Eric Peterson, Yellow Dog Party, Earl Emerson
James Reasoner, Alaska Steel, John Benteen (Ben Haas)
Rick Robinson, A Body for McHugh, Jay Flynn
Kerrie Smith, Science and the Art of Detection, C.R.M. Cuthbert

Friday, April 16, 2010

2010-04-29T12:59:00.001-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, April 16, 2010

Anonymous 9, The Pawnbroker
Paul Bishop, The Big Tour, Robert Upton
Les Blatt, Death of a Peer, Ngaoi March
Bill Crider, Stoner#3 All That Glitters, Ralph H. Hayes
Martin Edwards, The Rasp, Philip MacDonald
Ed Gorman, The Stories of Ray Bradbury
Jerry House, Tarzan and the Silver Globe, Barton Werper
Randy Johnson, The Case of the Chinese Boxes, Marele Day
George Kelley, The Big Gold Dream, Chester Himes
Rob Kitchin, Firing Offense, George Pelecanos
B.V. Lawson, Five Passengers from Lisbon, Mignon Eberhart
Evan Lewis, Red Ryder, Fred Harman
Steve Lewis, Death at Her Elbow, Donald Clough Cameron
Brian Lindenmuth, My Brother's Gun, Ray Lorgia, tr. Kristina Cordero
Todd Mason, Seriously Funny, Gerald Nachman
Scott Parker, Doc Savage 2: The Land of Terror
James Reasoner, No Wings on a Cop, Cleve F. Adams (& Robert Leslie Bellem)
Rick Robinson, Curio, Richard Marsh
Kieran Shea, The Graham Kerr Cookbook
Kerrie Smith, Deep Pocket, Michael Kenyon

THE SUMMING UP, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2010

2010-04-09T04:04:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2010

Patti Abbott, Nor Live So Long, Sara Woods
Elspeth Antonelli, Daughter of Time, Josephine Tey
Paul Bishop, The Falcon Strikes, Mark Ramsay
David Cranmer, The Illustrations of Frederic Remmington
Bill Crider, The Wave Hangs Dark, Alan Dipper
Martin Edwards, Deadlier Than the Male, Jessica Mann
Ed Gorman, Sleep with Slander, Dolores Hitchens
Randy Johnson, The Dawn Riders, Frank Gruber
George Kelley, The Bowstring Murders, Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr)
Chris La Tray, Boxing Stories, Robert E. Howard
B.V. Lawson, The Long Shadow, Celia Fremlin
Evan Lewis, The Mouse in the Mountain, Norbert Davis
Steve Lewis/David Vineyard, Bride of the Killer Diller, Paul Savoy
Todd Mason, The Masses: Echoes of Revolt, 1911-1917, ed. William O'Neill; The Smart Set
A History and Anthology, edited Carl Dolmetsch
Eric Peterson, Texas Wind, James Reasoner
Richard Prosch, A Rider of the High Mesa, Ernest Haycox
James Reasoner, Mum's the Word for Murder, Brett Haliday
Rick Robinson, The Deryne Archives, Katherine Kurtz
Kerrie Smith, Gold Mine, Wilbur Smith
David Thayer, Train, Pete Dexter

2010-03-31T16:01:00.001-07:00

Friday, March 26, 2010

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, March 26, 2010

The Summing Up, Friday, March 26, 2010

Miachael Atkinson, The Great Zapruder Hoax, James Fetzel
Paul Bishop, Billingsgate Shoal, Rich Bayer
Bill Crider, The Venetian Blonde, A.S. Fleischman
Martin Edwards, The Lawyer's Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Dan Fleming, The Texas Bank Robbing Company, Giles Tipette
Ed Gorman, The Last Night, John McPartland
Naomi Johnson, A Parade of Cock-eyed Creatures, George Baxt
Randy Johnson, Tarzan and the Valley of Gold, Fritz Leiber
George Kelley, The Crooked Hinge, John Dickson Carr
B.V. Lawson, A Private Inquiry, Jessica Mann
Evan Lewis, And Suddenly Death, Cleve F. Adams
Dennis McGough, Cold Comfort, Don Bredes; Before She Does, Steven F. Havill
Eric Peterson, Detroit P.D. series, Tom Logan
Bill Prozini/Steve Lewis, Trans-Siberian Express, Warren Adler
James Reasoner, Island of Kings, Blaine Stevens (Harry Whittington)
Rick Robinson, Death at Hallows End, Leo Bruce
Pete Rozovsky, The Papers of Tony Veitch, William McIlvanney
Kerrie Smith, Spy Story, Len Deighton
R.T. Foolish Undertaking, Mark De Castrique

Saturday, March 20, 2010

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, March 19, 2010

Alexandra Shulman reading.

Since a lot of people went ahead and reviewed a book yesterday, I thought, for a sense of completion, I would post a list.

The Summing Up, Friday, March 19, 2010

Paul Bishop, Murder in the Marais, Cara Black
David Cranmer, Inventing Wyatt Earp: His Life and Many Legends, Allen Barra
Bill Crider, The Screaming Mimi, Fredric Brown
Loren Eaton, Naomi's Room, Jonathan Aycliffe
Martin Edwards, Wall of Eyes, Margaret Millar
Ed Gorman, The Birthday Murder, Lange Lewis
George Kelley, The Three Coffins, John Dickson Carr
B.V. Lawson, Miss Pink at the Edge of the World, Gwen Moffat
Ed Lin, The Adventures of Max Latin, Norbert Davis
Eric Peterson, The Brendan Voyages, Tim Severn
Richard Robinson, The Case of the Little Green Men, Mack Reynolds
Todd Mason, Forgotten Magazines

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, March 17, 2010

Hopefully I have not missed anyone here, but I am dubious. I apologize to Steven Thompson for not running his bio. It didn't show up for some reason. I have added it now through complicated machinations. Trying to do this from afar is a hassle, so I am very glad George volunteered to do this in May for the three weeks I am gone. Anyway...

Paul Bishop, John Mcnab, John Buchan
Bill Crider, The Soft Arms of Death, Richard Hayward
Mike Dennis, Swag, Elmore Leonard
Loren Eaton, Motherless Brooklyn, Jonathan Lethem
Martin Edwards, Sudden Departures, Jonathan Ross
Ed Gorman, Trauma, Graham Masterton
Randy Johnson, "Drag" Harlan, Charles Alden Seltzer
George Kelley, The White Bikini, Carter Brown
Chris La Tray, Evidence-NYPD Crime Scene Photographs, Luc Sante
B.V. Lawson, The Port of London, Josephine Bell
Evan Lewis, Sabotage, Clive D Adams
Steve Lewis and Marvin Lachman, I Wake Up Screaming, Steve Fisher
Todd Mason, The Meteor, Friedrich Durrenmatt
Scott Parker, Gateway, Frederik Pohl
Eric Peterson, Call It Courage, Armstrong Sperry
Richard Prosch, Blizzard, Roy V. Alleman.
Rick Robinson, Ringworld, Larry Niven
Kerrie Smith, Seven Suspects, Michael Innes
R.T. Dirtmouth, Alan Singer
Stephen Thompson, BATMAN VS THREE VILLAINS OF DOOM, Winston Lyons

Friday, March 05, 2010

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, March 5, 2010

Our entire list is here.
April 30th-forgotten collections
Requests for another forgotten kids' books had been noted. Perhaps the first Friday in June.

THE SUMMING UP, Friday March 10, 2010

Patrick Shawn Bagley, Shadow of the Sun, Richard Matheson
Trey Barker, God is a Bullet, Boston Terran
Paul Bishop Jade for a Lady, M.E. Chaber
Bill Crider, The Splintered Man, M.E. Chaber
Randy Johnson, The Bookman's Wake, John Dunning
Thomas Kaufman, Build My Gallows High, Geoffrey Home
George Kelley, Eighty Million Eyes, Ed McBain
Chris La Tray, The World Swappers, John Bruner
Evan Lewis, No Love Lost, Robert Reeves
Steven Lewis & David Voneyard, No Good From a Corpse, Leigh Brackett
Todd Mason, The Night Bookmobile, Audrey Niffenegger
Eric Peterson, Jack London in Paridise, Paul Malmont
Richard Prosch, Guns Up, Ernest Haycox
James Reasoner, The Range Robbers, Olive Strange
Rick Robinson, Murder a la Mode, Patricia Moyes
Kerrie Smith, Fortress, Gabrielle Lord
Dennis Tafoya, The End of Vandalism, Tom Drury
Richard Wheeler, Moon and Sixpence, W. Somerset Maugham

Friday, February 26, 2010

The Summing Up, Friday, February 26, 2010

The Summing Up, Friday, February, 26, 2010

Joe Barone, The Chinese Parrot, Earl Derr Biggers
Paul Bishop, Marked Man, Mel Stein
Bill Crider, If the Coffin Fits, Day Keene
Martin Edwards, Spells of Evil, Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
Ray Foster, The Sentinel Stars, Louis Charbonneau
Leighton Gage, The Light of Day, Eric Ambler
Ed Gorman, The Inner Circle, Jonathan Fast
Jerry House, A Likeness to Voices, Mary Savage
Randy Johnson, Tales of Well Fargo, Frank Gruber
George Kelley, Preferred Risk, Edson McCann (Lester del Ray & Frederik Pohl)
Rob Kitchin, Old Flames, John Lawton
B.V. Lawson, Voice Out of Darkness, Ursula Reilly Curtis
Evan Lewis, Dead and Done For, Robert Reeves
Steve Lewis (Frances Nevins) The Campion Books, Margery Allingham
Brian Lindenmuth, Tapping the Source, Ken Nunn
Todd Mason, Rita Rudner: I STILL HAVE IT...I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I PUT IT (2008) and Dick Gregory: FROM THE BACK OF THE BUS (1965)
Eric Peterson, The Zoot Marlowe Books, Mel Gilden
James Reasoner, Abu-The Dawn-Maker, Perley Poore Sheehan
Brian Ritt, The Gangland Sagas of Big Nose Serrano, Anatole Feldman
Rick Robinson, Sherlock Holmes by Gaslight, Philip A. Shreffler, editor
Kerrie Smith, The Case of the Chinese Boxes, Marele Day
Dave White, The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty, Buster Olney

Friday February 20, 2010

2010-02-20T14:12:00.000-08:00

THE SUMMING UP, February 12, 2010

James Benn, No Orchids for Miss Blandish, James Hadley Chase
Paul Bishop, Casting in Dead Water, David Leitz
Bill Crider, A Bullet for Cinderella, John D. MacDonald
Ray Foster, Rawhide, Franc C. Robertson
Ed Gorman, Resurrection Row, Anne Perry
Randy Johnson, Murder in the Guroom, H. Beam Piper
George Kelley, The Three Roads, Ross MacDonald
Steve Langton, Final Cut: Dreams & Disasters in the Making of Heaven's Gate, Steven Bach
Chris La Tray, The Call of the Wild, Jack London
Evan Lewis, Fast One, Paul Cain
Steve Lewis: Curt J. Evans, Trial by Jury, Craig Rice
Calum MacLeod, The Most Dangerous Game, Gavin Lyall
Todd Mason, Paper and Ink Fiction Magazines
Scott Parker, The League of Frightened Men, Rex Stout
Eric Peterson, The Strange Case of Edward Gorey, Alexander Theroux
James Reasoner, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
Rick Robinson, Star Surgeon, James White
Kerrie Smith, The Long Way to Die, James N. Frey

Friday, February 19, 2010

Eric Beetner, The Real Cool Killers, Chester Himes
Paul Bishop, Pay the Devil, Jack Higgins
David Cranmer, Ava Gardner: Love is Nothing, Lee Server
Bill Crider, To Kiss or Kill, Day Keene
Mike Dennis, The Gambler, William Krasner
Brian Drake, The Black Mask Boys, ed. William Nolan
Martin Edwards, Double Blackmail, GDH and M Cole
Ray Foster, Andersonville, MacKinley Kantor
Ed Gorman, The Beats by Seymour Krim
George Kelley, The Grifters, Jim Thompson
Rob Kitchin, The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett
Randy Johnson, Primary Target, Max Allan Collins
Chris La Tray, The Island of Dr. Moreau, H.G. Wells
Evan Lewis, Not Too Narrow-Not Too Deep, Richard Sale
Steve Lewis Thomas Baird, Forfeit, Dick Francis
Todd Mason, The Book of Sand, Jorge Luis Borges. The Castle of Crossed Destinies, Italo Calvino
Karen Olsen, Alley Kat Blues, Karen Kijewski
James Reasoner, The Buntline Special, Lou Cameron
Rick Robinson, The Case of the Vanishing Beauty, Richard Prather
Kerrie Smith, Rumpole for the Defence, John Mortimer
R.T. Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters, Lellenberg, Stashower, and Foley
Fred Zackel, Dashiell Hammett

The Summing Up, Friday, February 5, 2010

2010-02-07T12:49:00.000-08:00

The Summing Up, Friday, February 5, 2010

Milton T. Burton, The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
Paul Bishop, Blue Line Murder: Johnny Canuck, James Moffat
Paul Brazill, Rat Pack COnfidential, Shawn Levy
Bill Crider, Never Say No to a Killer, Jonathan Gant (Clifton Adams)
Loren Eaton, The Death of Grass, John Christopher
Ray Foster, Young Love, Johannes Allen
Ed Gorman, The Scarf, Robert Bloch
Randy Johnson, Lord Kalvin of Otherwhen, H. Beam Piper
George Kelley, The Getaway Man, Andrew Vachss
B.V. Lawson, Picture Miss Seeton, Heron Carvis
Evan Lewis, Doc Dillahay (Six-Gun Doctor) Paul S. Power
Steve Lewis, Detour, Matrin M. Goldsmith
Todd Mason, Razored Saddles, edited by Joe R. Lansdale and Pat LoBrutto
Kent Morgan, Crazy Heart, Thomas Cobb
Eric Peterson, Another Fine Myth, Robert Asprin
Matt Benyon Rees, Maigret Goes Home, Georges Simenon
James Reasoner, The Lone Ranger, Fran Striker (Gaylord Dubois)
Rick Robinson, Bullet for a Star, Stuart Kaminsky
Kieran Shea, The Driver, Alexander Roy
Kerrie Smith, The Chelsea Murders, Lionel Davidson
George Wier, The Lost Ones, Ian Cameron (Gordon Payn

Friday, January 29, 2010

2010-01-30T05:14:00.000-08:00

The Summing Up, Friday, January 29, 2010

Patti Abbott, Rector of Justin, Louis Auchincloss, Nine Stories, J.D. Salinger
Paul Bishop, The Nebraska Quotient, William J. Reynolds
Bill Crider, Campus Doll, Edwin West (Donald Westlake)
Mile Dennis, Web of Murder, Harry Whittington
Martin Edwards, Suspects, David Thomson
Ray Foster, Tamiko, Ronald Kirkbride
Ed Gorman, The Luck of Ginger Coffey, Brian Moore
Chris Jones, Meg, A Novel of Deep Terror, Steve Alten
Randy Johnson, The 13th Immortal, Robert Silverberg
George Kelley, Web of Murder, Harry Whittington
B.V. Lawson, Suddenly at His Residence, Chritianna Brand
Leopard 13, Deliverance, James Dickey; Movie: Kelly's Heroes; Tunes: Indiana Wants Me, R. Dean Taylor and Turn Back the Hands, Tyrone Davis
Evan Lewis, Flash Casey-Detective, Geroge Harmon Coxe
Todd Mason, The Year's Best Horror Stories, Gerald W. Page, editor
Terrie Moran, Portraits of Murder, Alfred Hitchcock
Scott Parker, Batman: R.I.P. Grant Morrison & Tony Daniel
James Reasoner, The Window with the Sleeping Nude, Robert Leslie Bellem
Rick Robinson, essay on "The Joy of Discovery"
Kerrie Smith, The Death of the Joyce Scholar, Bartholomew Gill
Kevin Tipple, The Sweet and the Dead, Milton T. Burton
Jeri Westerson, The Body on the Bench, Dorothy B. Hughes

The Summing Up, Friday, January 22, 2010

2010-01-28T16:02:00.000-08:00

The Summing Up, Friday, January 22, 2010: Book and Music Edition

Ace Atkins, The Drowner, John D. MacDonald
Paul Bishop. Early Autumn, Robert Parker
Paul Brazill, The Post Punk Peter Hamill, Richard Sanderson
David Cranmer, Lars Gullin
Bill Crider, Nervous Norvus
Mike Dennis, Street 8, Douglad Fairbairn
Martin Edwards, "What Am I Doing Here" Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Cullen Gallagher, The Avenger #27: The Purple Zombies, Kenneth Robeson (Ron Goulart)
Ed Gorman, The Ham Reporter, Robert J. Randisi
Jerry House, No Man's Land, Eric Bogle
Randy Johnson, Running Jumping Standing Still, Spider John Koerner and Willie Murphy
George Kelley, Goffin and King: Song Collection, 1961-67
B.V. Lawon, The Man Who Didn't Fly, Margot Bennet
Evan Lewis, The Silver Beatles
Julie Lewthwaite, The Man Who Was Magic, Paul Gallico
Todd Mason-see here.
Kent Morgan, Spotlight on Jacy Parker
Scott Parker, Apparat Organ Quartet
Eric Peterson, Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands: Snake in the Radio; Patricia Vonne
James Reasoner, Michael Murphy and Steve Fromholz
Rick Robinson, The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny
Kerrie Smith, The Strange Story of Linda Lee, Dennis Wheatley
Cathi Stoller. The Work of Irwin Shaw
Dave White, LA Requiem, Robert Crais

The Summing Up, Friday, January 15, 2010

2010-01-28T16:00:00.000-08:00

The Summing Up, Friday, January 15, 2010

Patti Abbott, A Kiss Before Dying, Ira Levin
Ray Banks, Dead Man Upright, Derek Raymond
Paul Bishop, Hotel Transylvania, Chelsea Quinn Yabro
Bill Crider, STONE, MIA HUNTER: Miami War Zone, Jack Buchanan
Martin Edwards, Never Come Back, John Mair
Kate Flora, THE GRYPSTRA AND DE GIER series, Janwillen van de Wettering
Ed Gorman, Death's Sweet Song, Clifton Adams
Randy Johnson, The Fallout, Garry Disher
George Kelley, The Ship of Ishtar, A, Merritt
Rob Kitchin, The Last Good Kiss, James Crumley; The Fugitive Pigeon, Donald Westlake
Evan Lewis, Lady Afraid, Lester Dent
Todd Mason, Waiting for Nothing, Tom Kromer
Terrie Moran, The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
Juri Nummelin, Criss-Cross, Don Tracy
Scott Parker, Batman: The Black Glove, Grant Morrispn and Tony Daniel
Laurie Powers , Love Story Writer, Daisy Bacon
Richard Prosch, Sundance, Man of Violence, The Bronco Trail, The Trail Ends at Hell, John Benteen
James Reasoner, The Long Midnight, Daniel Ransom (Ed Gorman
Rick Robinson, The Minerva Club, Victor Cannin, edited by John Higgins
Kerrie Smith, The Swaying Pillars, Elizabeth Ferrars

Friday, January 8, 2010

2010-01-14T15:48:00.001-08:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, January 8, 2010

Paul Bishop, Pomeroy, Gordon Williams
Bill Crider, The Yakuza, Leonard Schrader
Loren Eaton, Mindswap, Robert Sheckley
Martin Edwards, The Blotting Book, E.F. Benson
Ed Gorman, Scratch Fever, Max Alan Collins
Jerry House, Don't Bleed on Me, Basil Cooper
George Kelley, The Case Files of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, Robert Leslie Bellem
Randy Johnson, The Final Affair, David McDaniel
B.V. Lawson, The Black Stage, Anthony Gilbert
Evan Lewis, Simon Lash, Private Detective, Frank Gruber
Todd Mason, Sturgeon's West, Theodore Sturgeon and Don Ward
Juri Nummelin, Eaters of the Dead, Michael Crichton
Eric Peterson, The Cross and the Switchblade, Pastor David Wilkerson
James Reasoner, Three Worlds to Conquer, Poul Anderson
Rick Robinson, Murder in Miniature, Leo Bruce
Kerrie Smith, The Chinese Bell Murders, Robert Van Gulik
R.T. Goodbye Columbus, Philip Roth
Cathi Unsworth, I Am Dora Suarez, Derek Raymond

Friday, December 18, 2009

2010-01-07T15:49:00.000-08:00

The Summing Up, Friday, December 18, 2009

Patti Abbott, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series, Betty McDonald
Paul Bishop, John the Balladeer, Manley Wade Wellman
Bill Crider, Flight to Darkness, Gil Brewer
Mike Dennis, Fires that Destroy, Harry Whittington
Martin Edwards, The Blackheath Poisoning, Julian Symons
Ray Foster, The Edge of the Sword, Anthony Farrer Hockley
Ed Gorman, Cross Country, Herbert Kastle
Randy Johnson, Phoenix Without Ashes, Edward Bryant and Harlan Ellison
George Kelley, Tom Swift and the Caves of Nuclear Fire, Victor Appleton
Toni P. Kelner, The Brains Benton Series, Charles Span Verral, George Wyatt
B.V. Lawson, Home is the Prisoner, Jean Catherine Potts
Leopard 13, The Ninth Configuration, William Peter Blatty
Evan Lewis, Kid Wolf of Texas, Paul S. Powers
Todd Mason, Fiasco, K.A. Laity, How to Win, Maria Bamford, Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi and Lew Tabackin
Russel D. McLean, How the Dead Live, Derek Raymond
Scott Parker, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
James Reasoner, A Slice of Death, Bob McKnight
Rick Robinson, Storm Canvas, Armstrong Sperry
Kerrie Smith, Death is a Red Rose, Dorothy Eden.

Friday, December 11, 2009

2009-12-12T10:10:00.001-08:00

The Summing Up, Friday, December 11, 2009

Patti Abbott, The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, Margaret Sidney
Paul Bishop, X Marks the Spy, Jack Laneer
Bill Crider, Joyce of the Secret Squadron, R. R. Winterbotham
Loren Eaton, The Prince in Waiting, John Christopher
Ray Foster, The Offenders, R.H. Ward
Ed Gorman, Bonjour Tristesse, Francoise Sagan
John Harvey, The Devil's Home on Leave, Derek Raymond
Jerry House, Five Thousand Miles Underground, Roy Rockwood
Randy Johnson, The Hardy Boys Series, Franklin W. Dixon
George Kelley, Mickey Mouse and His Space Ship, LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS
B.V. Lawson, An Overview of Finding Books for Kids at Libraries
Evan Lewis, Have Gun Will Travel, Barlow Meyer; Maverick, Charles Combs, Zorro, Steve Frazee (Whitman Authorized Versions)
Todd Mason, My Brother Stevie, Eleanor Clymer, Voyager in Time, edited by Robert Silverberg, Alfred Hitchcock Monster Museum.
Jeff Meyerson, The Tomorrow Series, John Marsden
Terrie Moran, June B Jones books, Barbara Park and the YA books of Chris Grabenstein
Kent Morgan, The Southpaw, Donal Hamilton Haines
Scott Parker, The Sign of Four, Arthur Conan Doyle
Eric Peters, My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craghead George, Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls
Laurie Powers, Man O'War, Walter Farley
James Reasoner, Freddy the Detective, Walter R. Brooks
Rick Robinson, Winnie the Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, A.A. Milne
Kerrie Smith, The Amateur Cracksman, E.W. Hornung
R.T. Red Planet, Robert A. Heinlein

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, December 4, 2009

2009-12-08T12:31:00.000-08:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, December 4, 2009
Paul Bishop, Love and Glory, Robert B, Parker
Tony Black, He Died With His Eyes Open, Derek Raymond
Bill Crider, The Tooth & Nail, Bill Billinger
Martin Edwards, Detective Fiction-the Collector's Guide, John Cooper and B.A. Pike
Ed Gorman, Evil Days, Bruno Fischer
Randy Johnson, Dick Tracy, William Johnston
George Kelley, Dr. Syn Returns, Russell Thorndike
B.V. Lawson, A Different Kind of Summer, Jennie Melville (Gwendolyn Butlet)
Evan Lewis, Murder Wears a Halo, Howard Browne
Todd Mason, First World Fantasy Awards, Gahan Wilson
Jeff Meyerson: John Sladek, INVISIBLE GREEN (1977) Bari Wood, THE TRIBE (1981) Walter Mosley, WALKIN' THE DOG (1999)
Juri Nummelin, Experience with Evil, Ross MacDonald
Scott Parker, A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle
Eric Peterson, Please Kill Me (McNeil 7 McCann); We Got the Neutron Bomb, Marc Spitz Gimme Something Better,
Neil Plakay, The Zoo Gang, Paul Gallico
James Reasoner, Roadside Night, Erwin N. Nistler and Gerry P. Broderick
Rick Robinson, The Case of the Velvet Claws, Erle Stanley Gardner
Kerrie Smith, The Satan Bug, Ian Stuart (Alistair Maclean)
R.T. Murder in the Rough, edited by Otto Penzler

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, November 27, 2009

2009-12-08T12:29:00.000-08:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, November 27, 2009
THE SUMMING UP, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2009
Paul Bishop, Dead Reckoning, Sam Llewellyn
Bill Crider, Cry at Dusk, Lester Dent
Martin Edwards, The Last of Philip Banter, Julian Symons
Ray Foster, Mrs. Dale's Bedside Book, Jonquil Antony
Ed Gorman, A Hidden Place, Robert Charles Wilson
George Kelley, Tropic of Night, Michael Gruber
Evan Lewis, Homicide, Johnny Fisher
Todd Mason, "Goldbrick" (novella), Edward Wellen (in Fantasy and SF)
Terrie Moran, A Prayer for Owen Meaney, John Irving
Eric Peterson, Lemons Never Lie, Richard Stark
James Reasoner, White Indian, Donald Clayton Porter (Noel Gerson)
Rick Robinson, Midnight Specials, Bill Prozini, Editor
Kerrie Smith, Black as He's Painted, Ngaio Marsh
R.T. Earth Abides, George R. Stewart

THE SUMMING UP, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009

2009-11-28T18:38:00.001-08:00

THE SUMMING UP, FRIDAY, November 20, 2009

Paul Bishop, The Jane Bond Adventures, Mable Marley
Michael Carlson, Box Nine, Jack O'Connell
Bii Crider, The Girl on the Best Seller List, Vin Packer
Martin Edwards, Victims, B.M. Gill
Ray Foster, The Schoolgirl Murder Case, Colin Wilson
Ed Gorman, A Memory of Murder, Ray Bradbury
Libby Fisher Hellman, The Staked Goat, Jeremiah Healy
Randy Johnson, Danger is My Line, Stephen Marlowe
George Kelley, The Forgotten Touch, Edward Hoch
Evan Lewis, Dead at the Take-off, Lester Dent
Steve Lewis/David Vineyard, The Devil Rides Out, Dennis Wheatley
Todd Mason, SHORT STORY INTERNATIONAL, edited by Francesca Van der Ling, then Sylvia Tankel; ELLERY QUEEN'S ANTHOLOGY, edited by "Ellery Queen," Eleanor Sullivan, et al., and the MAGAZINE OF HORROR edited by Robert Lowndes.

Bill Peschel, The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril, Paul Malmont
Eric Peterson, The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution, Donald Westlake
Laurie Powers, Truth and Beauty, Ann Patchett
Richard Prosch, Go For Your Gun, Coe Williams
James Reasoner, The Nick Adams Stories, Ernest Hemingway
Richard Robinson, Decoys, Richard Hoyt
Kerrie Smith, A Tasty Way to Die, Janet Laurence
R.T. A Garden of Vipers, Jack Kerley

Friday, November 13, 2009

2009-11-21T18:30:00.000-08:00

The Summing Up, Friday, November 13, 2009

Mark Arsenault, The Mysterious Stranger, Mark Twain
Paul Bishop, The Venetian Affair, Helen MacInnes
Bill Crider, The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches, Fredric Brown
Jared Case, Die Dreaming, Terence Faherty
Mike Dennis, The Squeeze, Gil Brewer
Martin Edwards, Woman at Risk, Miles Tripp
Ray Foster (granddaughter) God's Little Acre, Erskine Caldwell
Ed Gorman, Loser Take All, Graham Greene
Randy Johnson, Clayburn, Al Conroy
George Kelley, The Silver Eggheads, Fritz Leiber
Evan Lewis, Sinful Woman, James Cain
Steve Lewis/David Vineyard, Fire Burn, John Dickson Carr
Todd Mason, Living in Fear: A History of Horror in the Mass Media, Les Daniels
Jeff Meyerson, Life Among the Savages and Raising Demons, Shirley Jackson
Eric Peterson, Trouble is What I Do, Rob Kantner
Laurie Powers, They Went Thataway, James Horwitz
James Reasoner, The Death Committee, Noah Gordon
Kerrie Smith, Killers at Large, Alfred Hitchcock
Kelli Stanley, Nightmare Alley, William Lindsay Gresham
Kieran Shea Our Word is Our Weapon: Selected Writings of Subcommandant Insugente Marcos
R.T. Terrorist, John Updike

Friday, November 6, 2009

2009-11-10T14:16:00.000-08:00

The Summing Up, Friday, November 6, 2009

Patti Abbott, Secret Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson, Judy Oppenheimer
Paul Bishop, Blackstone's Fancy, Richard Falkirk
Lou Boxer, Black Friday, David GoodisPaul Brazill, Confessions of a Black Dog, Jason Michel
Bill Crider, We All Killed Grandma, Fredric Brown
Loren Eaton, "Golden Trabant" (short story), R.A. Lafferty
Martin Edwards, Who Goes Hang, Stanley Hyland
Ray Foster, Wings Day, Sydney Smith
Ed Gorman, Danse Macabre, Stephen King
Randy Johnson, Have Gat, Will Travel, Richard S. Prather
Evan Lewis, Six Deadly Dames, Frederick Nebel
Brian Lindenmuth, Cruddy, Lynda Barry
Kent Morgan, Squeeze Play, Paul Benjamin
George Kelley, One Lonely Night, Mickey Spillane
B.V. Lawson, Murder at the Villa Rose, A.E.W. Mason
Todd Mason, Argyll: A Memoir, Theodore Sturgeon
Scott Parker, The Lone Ranger Forever, various authors
Eric Peterson,"Lucky Bastard" (story), Jason Starr, from Expletive Deleted (Jennifer Jordan)Richard Robinson, Diamond Head, Charles Knief
L.J. Sellers, First Deadly Sin, Lawrence Sanders
Kieran Shea, Loot, Joe OrtonKerrie Smith, Death for a Dancer, Doris Shannon
James Reasoner, King of the World's Edge, H. Warner Munn
R.T. Long in the Tooth, David Turrill

October 30, 2009

2009-10-31T18:57:00.000-07:00

The Summing Up, Friday, October 30, 2009

Paul Bishop, First Blood, David Morrell
Tom Cain, The Dolly Dolly Spy, Adam Ament
Bill Crider, Hot Cargo, Orrie Hitt
Mike Dennis, The Blonde on the Corner, David Goodis
Pete Dragovich, Bird Dog, Philip Reed
Martin Edwards, The Man Who Killed Himself, Julian Symons
Jerry House, The Bad Children, Shirley Jackson
Ray Foster, Billy, G.F. Newman
Ed Gorman, The Dark World, Henry Kittner
Randy Johnson, The Whispering Master, Frank Gruber
George Kelley, The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
Margot Kinberg, Going for the Gold, Emma Lathen
Rob Kitchin, The Small Back Room, Nigel Baldwin
Steve Lewis/Mike Tooney, Whodunit? Houdini?, edited by Otto Penzler
Terrie F. Moran, The Anastasic Syndrome and Other Stories, Mary Higgins Clark
Todd Mason, Welcome, Chaos, Kate Wilhelm, A for Anything, Damon Knight
Eric Peterson, Darkly the Thunder, William Johnsonte
James Reasoner, Secret of Death Valley, William Heuman
Rick Robinson, Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens, Michael Gilbert
Kerrie Smith, Fallen in the Pit, Ellis Peters
R.T. Garden of Vipers, Jack Kerley
Wallace Stroby, The Killing, Lionel White

Friday, October 23, 2009

2009-10-25T10:24:00.001-07:00

The Summing Up, Friday, October 23, 2009

Russell Atwood, Freaks, Michael Collins
Jack Bates, Empire of the Ants, Bernard Werber
Paul Bishop, Point of Honour, Madeleine Robins
Claire2E, Pirate, A.B.C. Whipple
Bill Crider. Among the Gently Mad, Nicholas Basbanes
Deb, The Parasites, Daphne du Maurier
Martin Edwards, Faces in the Dark, Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcefac
Cullen Gallagher, It's Always Four O'Clock Iron Man, W.R. Burnett
Ed Gorman, Hardboiled America, Geoffrey O'Brien
Randy Johnson, Top Ten, Ryne Douglas Pearson (reissue of 1956 book)
George Kelley, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym on Nantucket, Edgar Allen Poe
B.V. Lawson, Night and Fear, Cornell Woolrich
Steve Lewis/Frances Nevins, The Crime of the Century (and other work) Anthony Abbot
Todd Mason, Anthologies from AMAZING edited by Joseph Ross, Ted White, Martin H. Greenberg and Isaac Asimov, and MH Greenberg on his own.
Eric Peterson, Plunder of the Sun, David Dodge
Richard Prosch, West of Abilene, Vingie Ross
James Reasoner, Baal, Robert McCammon
Rick Robinson, The Way the Future Was, Frederik Pohl
Kerrie Smith, Maigret and the Madwoman, George Simenon
Charlie Stella, The Ripley Books, Patricia Highsmith
R.T. Darkness and Light, John Harvey
Steve Weddle, All the President's Men, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Jim Winter, Neuromancer, William Gibson

October 16, 2009

2009-10-25T10:21:00.000-07:00

The Summing Up, October 16, 2009

THE SUMMING UP

Paul Bishop, The Bruiser, Jim Tulley
Marshall Browne, Who Killed Palomino Molero, Mario Vargas Llosa
Bill Crider, Murder, Harold Adams
Martin Edwards, The Jackals, Frederic Valmain
Randy Johnson. Marooned, Martin Caidin
George Kelley, Gideon's Day, John Creasey
B.V. Lawson, BOUCHERCON 1997-review
Donna Moore, The Corpse Who Moved Upstairs, Frank Gruber
Open Range, God's Little Acre, Erskine Caldwell
Scott Parker, Batman & Tarzan-Claws of the Cat Woman, Darkhorse Comics
Eric Peterson, I Want to Be Your Joey Ramone, Stephanie Kuehnert
Richard Prosch, Adventure, edited Chris Roberson
J.R. Big Lobo, Marshall McCoy & Leonard F. Meares
Rick Robinson, The Double Take, Roy Huggins
Kerrie Smith, Murder's Little Sister, Pamela Branch
R.T. The Minotaur, Barbara Vine
Jim Winter, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway

October 9, 2009

2009-10-11T16:45:00.001-07:00

Friday, October 9, 2009

Dick Adler, The Cracked Earth, John Shannon
Victor J. Banis, Island Song, Alan Chin
Paul Bishop, The Mystery Box, Fredrick Highland
Bill Crider, Family Values, K.C. Constantine
Martin Edwards, Patterns in the Dust, Lesley Grant-Adamson
Ed Gorman, In Dubious Battle, John Steinbeck
Randy Johnson, Ballroom of the Skies, John D. MacDonald
Lois Karlin, Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
George Kelley, The Other in the Mirror, Philip Jose Farmer
B.V. Lawson, Good Cop, Bad Cop, Barbara D'Amato
Steve Lewis/Bill Prozini, Stiffs Don't Vote, Geoffrey Homes
Todd Mason, Fatal Rendevous, Milo Manning
Donna Moore, Ashes by Now, Mark Timlin
Eric Peterson, Hicksville, Dylan Horrocks
Richard Prosch, Trail Town, Ernest Haycox
James Reasoner, The Hide Hunters, Lewis B. Patten
Rick Robinson, Trouble in Bugland, William Kotzwinkle
Kerrie Smith, Satan in St, Mary's, P.C. Doherty
Jay Stringer, The Walkaway, Scott Phillips
R.T. The Limehouse Text, Will Thomas
Jim Winter, Beyond the Beyond, Lee Goldberg
Dave Zeltserman, Mixed Blood, Roger Smith

Friday, October 2, 2009

2009-10-11T16:43:00.001-07:00

Friday, October 2, 2009

Paul Bishop, The Princess Stakes Murders, Kin Platt
Bill Cameron, The Last One Left, John D. MacDonald
Bill Crider, The Assassinator, David Vowell
Martin Edwards, Dupe, Liza Cody
George Kelley, The Mind Thing, Fredric Brown
Ed Gorman, Danger is My Business, Lee Server
Randy Johnson, Wine of the Dreamers, John D. MacDonald
Rob Kitchin, The Lime Pit, Jonathan Valin
Steve Lewis/Bill Prozini, Rogue Male, Geoffrey Household
Steve Lewis/Newell Dunlop, The Brass Go-Between, Ross Thomas
Todd Mason, I'm Dying Here, Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes
Terri Moran, Story Poems, Louis Untermeyer, editor
Scott Parker, The Beasts of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Eric Peterson, Torsos, Brian Michael Bends
Misa Ramirez, Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
James Reasoner, Trail of the Hunter, Dudley Dean
Rick Robinson, Used and Rare, Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
Kieran Shea, M31-A Family Romance, Stephen Wright
Andi Shechter, No Human Involved, Barbara Seranella
Kerrie Smith, The Perfect Murder, H.R.F. Keating
R.T. A Sound Like Thunder, Sonny Brewer
Terry Thayer, B is For Burglar, Sue Grafton
James Winter, Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein Posted by pattinase (abbott) at

Friday, September 25, 2009

2009-09-27T16:50:00.000-07:00

Friday, September 25, 2009

Jennie Bentley, Suspicious Circumstance, Quentin Patrick
Paul Bishop, The Finger in the Sky Affair, Peter Leslie
Michael Carlson, Face of Evil, John McPartland
Elizabeth Spann Craig, Some Must Watch, Ethel Lina White
Bill Crider, AUGUSTUS MANDRELL SERIES, Frank McAuliffe
Martin Edwards, The Second Curtain, Roy Fuller
Ed Gorman, The Man With the Iron-On Badge, Lee Goldberg
Randy Johnson, The Moonshine War, Elmore Leonard
George Kelley, The Glass Cell, Patricia Highsmith
Todd Mason, Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf, Algis Budrys
Stuart Neville, Jack's Return Home, Ted Lewis
Richard Prosch, Black Storm, Thomas Hinkle
James Reasoner, The Mediterranean Caper, Clive Cussler
Rick Robinson, Free Reign, Rosemary Aubert
Kerrie Smith (Christmas Triptych) Maigret's Christmas, George Simenon, Tied Up in Tinsel, Ngaoi Marsh, Hercule Poirot's Christmas, Agatha Christie
R.T. Tilt A Whirl, Chris Grabenstein
Art Taylor, Room to Swing, Ed Lacy
James Winter, Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein

Friday, September 18., 2009

2009-09-27T16:49:00.000-07:00

September 18, 2009

Bernadette (B2) Ligny's Lake, S.H. Courtier
Paul Bishop, Two Heads Are Better, Elliot Lewis
Jeff Cohen, Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe, Nan & Ivan Lyons
Bill Crider, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Ken Kesey]
Martin Edwards, In Stony Places, Kay Mitchell
Randy Johnson, Armageddon 2419 AD, Philip Francis Nowan
George Kelley, Plotting and Writing Suspense, Patricia Highsmith
Rob Kitchin, Rommel? Gunner Who? Spike Milligan
B.V. Lawson, Bleeding of the Innocents, Jo Bannister
Steve Lewis, The Silence of the Rain Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Margaret, The Brading Collection, Patricia Wentworth
Todd Mason, Total Television, Alex McNeil and 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons
Eric Peterson, The Trouser Press Record Guide, Ira A Robbbins, Editor
James Reasoner, Scarlet Riders, Don Hutchinson
Rick Robinson, Case for Three Detectives, Leo Bruce
Clea Simon, Thank You for Not Reading, Dubravka Ugresic
Kerrie Smith, The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
RT, Long Time Gone, J.A. Jance
Richard Wheeler, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, A. Scott Berg

Fritday's Forgotten Books, September 11, 2009

2009-09-12T04:39:00.001-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, Sept 11, 2009 (Includes books from the two-week hiatus)

Paul Bishop, Assignment: Maria Tirana, Edward S. Arronsi, The Chic, Chick Spy, Bob Tralins

Bill Crider, The McBain Brief, Ed McBain; Manhunt is My Mission, Stephen Marlowe. Murder in the Navy, Richard Marsten

Cullen Gallagher, Texas Wind, James Reasoner
Martin Edwards, The View from Daniel Pike, Bill Knox
Ed Gorman, The Dame, Richard Stark
Glenn Harper, The Finner Faction, Bernard Share

George Kelley, The Anthony Boucher Chronicles, 1942-1947, Anthony Boucher; Wettermark, Elliott Chaze, Planets of Adventure, Murray Leinster

Randy Johnson, The Gunfighter, Richard Matheson
B.V. Lawson, First Cases: First Appearances of Private Eyes, Robert Randisi
John Marr, Hanover Square, Patrick Hamilton
Todd Mason, The Craft of Science Fiction, edited by Reginald Bretner
Natalie, The Collector, John Fowles
Juri Nummelin, Striptease Macabre, Leonard Gribble
Scott Parker, Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Eric Peterson, You Call it Madness, Lenny Kaye
Richard Prosch, Man-Size, William MacLeod Raine
James Reasoner, The Golden Widow, Floyd Mahannah
Mike Ripley, Solomon's Vineyard, Jonathan Latimer
Rick Robinson, Three Times a Victim, F.L. Wallace; Killer in the Rain, Raymond Chandler, Night Ferry to Death, Patricia Moyes

Kieran Shea, Jack Fish, J. Milligan
Kerrie Smith, The Mind Reader, Margery Allingham
R.T. The Patriots Club, Christopher Reich

Friday's Forgotten Books, August 21, 20009

2009-08-25T17:44:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2009

Movies

Patti Abbott, THE LATE SHOW
Anthony Ambrigo, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
Claire2E, IN LIKE FLINT
Bill Crider, THE GOOD HUMOR MAN
Gary Dobbs, RIDER OF DESTINY
Cullen Gallagher, THE HOUSEMAID
Jack, BOYS DON'T CRY
Randy Johnson, LAST OF THE DOGMEN
George Kelley, THE GIFT
Jeremy Lynch, ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED, ALWAYS OUTGUNNED
Todd Mason, * See bottom
Kent Morgan, PAPERBACK HERO
Jake Murdoch, ALLIGATOR PEOPLE
Scott Parker, PI
Eric Peterson, DUDES
Rich Robinson, GREEN FOR DANGER
Kieran Shea, SECUESTRO EXPRESS
John Weagley, BARTLEBY

BOOKS

Paul Bishop, Kill Me in Yoshiwara, Earl Norman
Vicki Delany, Modesty Blaise, Peter O'Donnell
Ed Gorman, The Power, Frank M. Robinson
Kerrie Smith, Death of a Dormouse, Reginald Hill
R.T. The Empress of India, Michael Kurland

Todd Mason's movies

THREE CASES OF MURDER
CASTAWAY
12:01
IT'S IN THE BAG
CITY NEWS
CITY LOVERS
NEW YORK EYE & EAR CONTROL
BORN IN FLAMES
THE MAGIC BOX
CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN

August 14, 2009

2009-08-15T06:55:00.000-07:00

The Summing Up, Friday, August 14, 2009

Paul Bishop, Dead Man's Letters, Erle Stanley Gardner
Bill Crider, Goodnight, Moom, Jack MacLane
Martin Edwards, The Lucky Policeman, Rupert Penny
Travis Erwin, Bridie & Finn, Harry Cauley
Cullen Gallagher, Difficult Lives, James Sallis
Jack, The Raging Moon, Peter Marshall
Randy Johnson, Spares, Michael Marshall Smith
George Kelley, The Maze of the Enchanter, Clark Ashton Smith
Rob Kitchin, M*A*S*H, Richard Hooker
B.V. Lawson, The Hand in the Glove, Rex Stout
Todd Mason, Going Our of Our Minds, Sonia Johnson; Magic Mommas Trembling Sisters, Puritans and Perverts, Feminist Essays. Joanna Russ
Stephen Miller, Modus Operandi, Robin Winks
Donna Moore, Walk the Dark Streets, William Krassner
Kent Morgan, Paul Hemphill's Novels
Eric Peterson, The Chuckin; Whatsit, Richard Sala
Kathy Ryan. LIFE LESSONS:Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler.\
James Reasoner, The Man from Lordsburg, Jack Slade (Peter Germano)
Richard Robinson, Traitor's Purse, Margery Allingham
Kerrie Smith, The Vanished, Bill Prozini

Charlie Stella, The Boy Who Followed Ripley, Patricia Highsmith
R.T. Rendevous at Kamakura Inn Marshall Brown
David Vineyard, One Man's Muddle, E. Baker Quinn

Friday, August 7, 2009

2009-08-15T06:53:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP

Friday, August 7, 2009

Paul Bishop, Evans Above, Rhys Bowen
Eric Beetner, Bank Job, Steve Brewer
Lisa Bork, The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Michael Carlson, Streets of Fire, Thomas Cook
Bill Crider, Bury Me Deep, Harold Q. Masur
Blake Crouch, Testament, David Morrell
Cullen Gallagher, Allan Dwan: The Last Pioneer, Peter Bogdanovich
Ed Gorman, The Disenchanted, Budd Schulberg
George Kelley, Med Ship Saga, Murray Leenster
Randy Johnson, Cut Short, Leigh Russell
Ellen Lamb, Paperback Thriller, Lynn Meyer
Jack Martin, The Trap, John Burke
Todd Mason. The Best Detective Stories of the Year, 1961, edited by Brett Halliday
Terrie Moran, The Concubine's Tattoo, Laura Joh Rowland
James Reasoner, Exile's Request, Richard Meade (Ben Haas)
Kerrie Smith, Friday, the Rabbi Slept Late, Harry Kemelman
Kieran Shea, On the Heights of Despair, C.M. Cioran
R.T. Shotgun Opera, Victor Gischler

Friday, July 31, 2009

2009-08-01T10:24:00.001-07:00

The Summing Up, Friday, July 31, 2009

Patti Abbott, Spies, Michael Frayn
Michael Carlson, Whaleboat House, Mark Mills
Bill Crider, They Thirst, Robert McCammon
Martin Edwards, THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER by Philip Macdonald
Craig Johnson, Doctor Dogbody's Legs, James Norman Hill
Randy Johnson, Time and Again, Jack Finney
George Kelley, A Twist of Sand, Geoffrey Jenkins
Todd Mason, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1973, ed.Edward Ferman
Clayton Moore, Fuel-Injected Dreams & Boy Wonder, James Robert Baker
Donna Moore, Shadow Boxer, Eddie Muller
Terrie F. Moran, Naked Comes the Manatee, Carl Hiassen
Scott Parker, The Tar-Aryam Krang, Alan Dean Foster
J, Kingston Pierce, The Eighth Circle, Stanley Ellin
James Reasoner, Love Me and Die, Day Keene and Gil Brewer
Kieran Shea, Memoirs of a Caddy, David Noonan
Kerrie Smith, Doon to Death, Ruth Rendell
R.T., The Investigation, Dorothy Uhnak

Friday;s Forgotten Books, July 24, 2009

2009-07-31T10:26:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, July 24, 2009

Patti Abbott, The Joe Binney series, Jack Livingston
Paul Bishop Crossroad Blues, Ace Atkins
David Cranmer, The Hidden Stone Mystery, Fran Striker
Bill Crider, Charlie Opera, Charlie Stella
Martin Edwards, The 31st of February, Julian Symons
Cullen Gallagher, The Western Film Charlie Silver
Ed Gorman, A Shot Rang Out, Jon L. Breen
Randy Johnson, Death Rides the Pecos, Davis Dresser
George Kelley, The Given Day, Robert Van Gulik
B.V. Lawson, Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton
Todd Mason, Explainers, Jules Feiffer, Impollutable Pogo, Walt Kelly
Kathryn Miller Haines, The Woman Chaser, Charles Willeford
Juri Nummelin, Action Girls, Floyd Smith
Scott Parker, The Commanche Scalp, William Colt MacDonald
James Reasoner, Conquerors from the Darkness, Robert Silverberg
Peter Rozovsky, Hare Sitting Up, Michael Innes
Stephen Jay Schwartz, The Brotherhood of the Grape, John Fante
Kerrie Smith, The Dark Side of the Island, Mark Hebden
R.T. Zadig, Voltaire

Friday, July 10, 17, 2009

2009-07-19T12:36:00.001-07:00

Friday's Forgotten Books, July 17, 2009

Paul Bishop, Dead Ball, Barry Cork
Booked For Murder, Crippen, John Boyne
Bill Crider, The Anthony Boucher Chronicles, edtied, Francis Nevins
Gary Dobbs, Wilt, Tom Sharpe
Martin Edwards, The Nursemaid Who Disappeared, Philip MacDonald
Ray Foster, Choice of Straws, E. R. Braithwaite
Cullen Gallagher, Writer’s Digest (Vol. 36, No. 1),Gold Medal Books: In Their Own Words, edited Inez Salinger
Ed Gorman, The Collected Stories of Stephen Crane
Randy Johnson, The Navy Colt, Frank Gruber
George Kelley, Wild Thyme, Green Magic, Jack Vance
Michael Kortya, Tomato Red, Daniel Woodrell
William Landay, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Geoge V. Higgins
B.V. Lawson, The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, edited by Robert B. Parker
Rafe MacGregor, Falling Angel, William Hjortsberg
Todd Mason, First Hubby, Roy Blount, Jr.
Scott Parker, Naked in Death, J.D. Robb
Eric Peterson. Devil Born Without Horns, Michael A; Lucas
James Reasoner, The Girl in the Golden Atom, Ray Cummings
Kerrie Smith, Wobble to Death, Peter Lovesey
Louis Willis, The Conjure Man Dies, Rudolph Fisher

Friday, July 10, 2009

Ray Banks, GBH, Ted Lewis
Paul Bishop, Solo Hand, Bill Moody
Michael Carlson, Low Rider, Philip Reed
David Cranmer, Wolf to the Slaughter, Ruth Rendell
Bill Crider, A Twist of Sand, Geoffrey Jenkins
Martin Edwards, A Clerical Error, C.E. Vulliamy
Cullen Gallagher, Thirty Corpses Every Thursday, Fredric Brown
Ed Gorman, On the Loose, Andrew Coburn
Randy Johnson A Case of Conscience, James Blish
George Kelley, Robots Have No Tails, Henry Kuttner
Rafe McGregor, The Mournful Demeanor of Lieutenant Boruvka, Josef Skvorecky
Todd Mason, Delight, JB Priestley; Fancies and Goodnights, John Collier
Nik Morton, The Third Secret, Michael Parker
Eric Peterson, M*A*S*H, Richard Hooker
James Reasoner, Armed, Dangerous, Brett Halliday, Robert Terrall
Kerrie Smith, Death in Kashmir, M.M. Kaye
Frederick Zackel, Fantastics and Other Fantasies, Lafcadio Hea

Friday, July 3, 2009

2009-07-06T04:12:00.001-07:00

The Summing Up, Friday, July 3, 2009

Paul Bishop, Joss, David Fulmer
Michael Carlson, Outside Man, Richard North Patterson
Bill Crider, Pagoda, James Atlee Phillips
Betsy Dornsbusch, Feed, MT Anderson
Chad Eagleton, The Red Right Hand, Joel Townsley Rogers
Martin Edwards, Excellent Intentions, Richard Hull
Nate Flexer, The Criminal, Jim Thompson
Cullen Gallagher, Fires That Destroy, Harry Whittington
Ed Gorman, A Fistful of Empty, Benjamin M Schutz
Charles Gramlich, Five-Yard Fuller, Bob Wells
Randy Johnson, The Defenders, Edward S. Aarons
George Kelley, The Chinese Gold Murders, Robert Van Gulik
B.V. Lawson, Detective Fiction, Charles J. Rzepka
Todd Mason, Gummitch and Friends, Fritz Lieber
Terrie F. Moran, Red Lobster, White Trash and Blue Lagoon, Joe Queenan
Scott Parker, The Adams-Jefferson Letters, edited by Lester J. Cappon
Eric Peterson, Trace, Warren Murphy
Mary Saums, Deadly Duo, Margery Allingham
Kieran Shea, Panama, Thomas McGuane
Kerrie Smith, The Chalk Pit Murders, Edgar Lustgarten

Friday's Forgotten Books, June 26, 2009

2009-06-28T15:09:00.001-07:00

Craig Clarke, Road to Purgatory, Max Allan Collins
Bill Crider, You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up, Richard Hallos
Tim Davis, Double Cross Bind, Joel Ross
Martin Edwards, Praying Mantis, Hubert Moneteilhet
Ed Gorman, The Lodger, Marie Belloc Lowndes
Randy Johnson, Los Angeles A.D. 2017, Phillip Wylie
Chris Jones, Shannon's Express, Charles E. Friend
George Kelley, Miracle in Three Dimensions, C.L. Moore
Todd Marson, Partners in Wonder, Harlan Ellison
Eric Peters, The Takers, Jerry and Sharon Ahern
Stephanie Pintoff, Trent's Last Case, E.C. Bentley
Kerrie Smith, Murderous Remedy, Stella Shepherd
R.T. Sentenced to Die, J.A. Jance.
John Weagly, Hard-boiled, edited by Bill Pronzini and Jack Adrian

Friday, June 19, 2009

2009-06-28T05:07:00.001-07:00

The Summing Up, Friday, June 19, 2009

Paul Bishop. The Pulp Jungle, Frank Gruber
David Cranmer, The Camera Clue, George Harmon Coxe
Bill Crider, Chandler, Willian Denbow
Martin Edwards, Israel Rank, Roy Horniman
Ray Foster, Live Now, Pay Later, Jack Trevor Story
Cullen Gallagher, On Crime Writing, Ross MacDonald
Ed Gorman, Live Girls, Ray Garton
Jerry House, The Man Who Called Himself Poe, edited by Sam Moskowitz
Randy Johnson, Kindred, Octavia E. Butler
George Kelley, Maigret's Pickpocket, Georges Simenon
Adrian Magson, Snowline, Berkeley Mather
Todd Mason, Somewhere There's Music, George Lea
Kyle Minor, The Buddha in Malibu and Other Stories, William Harrison
Scott Parker, The History of Mystery, Max Allan Collins
Eric Peterson, Never the Same Again, Jesse Sublett
James Reasoner, I Should Have Stayed Home, Horace McCoy
Kerrie Smith, The Mysterious Mr. Quin, Agatha Christie
R.T. Beautiful Somewhere Else, Stephen Policoff

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, June 12, 2009

2009-06-17T14:25:00.000-07:00

The Summing Up for Friday, June 12, 2009

Anonymous 9, Serenade, James Cain
Paul Bishop, Billie's Ghost, Chad Hautmann
Bill Crider Doubled in Diamonds, Victor Canning
Martin Edwards, Hopjoy Was Here, Colin Watson
Cullen Gallagher, .44, H.A. DeRosso
George Kelley, The Sword of Rhiannon, Leigh Brackett
Diane Killian, Black as the Colour of My True Love’s Heart, Ellis Peters
Kathryn Magendie, Tomorrowland, Howie Good
Todd Mason, Beyond, edited by Thomas Dardis
Juri Nummelin, Day of Wrath, Jonathan Valin
Scott Parker, Uncommon Grounds, Mark Pendergast
Eric Peterson, Let Us Prey, Bill Brannon
James Reasoner, Try Anything Once, Erle Stanley Gardner (A.A. Fair)
Kerrie Smith, THE JANE WHITEFIELD series by Thomas Perr

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, June 5, 2009

2009-06-07T07:13:00.001-07:00

The Summing Up, Friday, June 5, 2009

Patti Abbott, Duke of Deception, Geoffrey Wolff
This Boy's Life, Tobias Wolff
Paul Bishop, Oversteer, Ken Vose
Ann Cleves, The Depths of the Forest, Eugenio Fuentes
David Cranmer, Through the Indian Eyes, Readers' Digest
Bill Crider, Bloodletters and Badmen, Jay Robert Nash
Martin Edwards, A Catalogue of Crime, Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor
Randy Johnson, Bitter Blood, Jerry Bledsoe
Chris Jones, Miles Beyond: Electric Explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1999, Paul Tingen
George Kelley, The Pound Era, Hugh Kenner
Todd Mason, Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour, Scott Skelton and Jim Benson
Kent Morgan, Into the Badlands, John Williams
Scott Parker, Red River Companion, Ludwell H. Johnson
Eric Peterson, Job Jumper, The Whiskey Rebel
James Reasoner, Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck
Kathleen Ryan, Fatal Vision, Joe McGinnis
Kieran Shea, The Crossing, Jim Flanagan
Kerrie Smith, Killing for Pleasure, Debi Marshall

Friday, May 22, 2009

2009-05-24T07:52:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, FRIDAY, May 22, 2009

Patti Abbott, THE CLUE: THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE, Lawrence Treat and George Hardie
Paul Bishop, LYNX, Julian Jay Savaria
Bill Crider, THE CHISHOLMS, Even Hunter
Martin Edwards, TRIAL AND ERROR, Anthony Berkley
Ray Foster, IN MY SOLITUDE, David Stuart Leslie
Cullen Gallagher, THE HOTEL MURDERS, Stewart Sterling
Ed Gorman, THE KIDNAPPER and THE WILL TO KILL, Robert Bloch
Jenn Jilks, RAISIN WINE, James Bartleman
Randy Johnson, LEGENDS IN BLUE STEEL, Spider Page
George Kelley, GUNNER CADE, by Cyril Judd (C.M. Kornbluth and Judith Merril)
Alan Orloff, THE UNORIGINAL SINNER AND THE ICE CREAM GOD, John Powers
Stephanie Padilla, RESOLUTION, Denise Mina
Scott Parker, HARD REVOLUTION, George Pelecanos
Eric Peterson, THE WORDSMITH, R.G. Taylor
J. Kingston Pierce, SNOWBOUND, Ladd Hamilton
James Reasoner, TABOO THRILLS, Orrie Hitt
Kerrie Smith, THE LITTLE WORLD OF DON CAMILLO, Giovannu Guarsechi
Michael Walters, PUTTING THE BOOT IN, Dan Kavanagh

Friday's Forgotten Books, May 15, 2009

2009-05-18T14:45:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2009

Paul Bishop, Morgan's Assassin, John Whitlach
David Cranmer, The Way Some People Die, Ross McDonald
Bill Crider, The Child Killer, Edson & Hamill
Martin Edwards, Testkill, Tex Dexter
Ray Foster, Gun Feud, Frank Arnside
Cullen Gallagher, Pick-up, Charles Willeford
Ed Gorman, The Corkscrew, Dashiell Hammetet
Andy Henion, God is a Bullet, Boston Teran
George Kelley, Deep Secret and The Merlin Conspiracy, Diana Wynne Jones
Kathryn Magendie, The Book of Fred, Abby Bardi
Todd Mason, Blood Runs Cold, Robert Bloch
Eric Peterson, King Suckerman, George Pelecanos
Andi Shechter, I See By My Outfit, Peter S. Beagle
Kieran Shea, Beaituful Losers, Leonard Cohen
Kerrie Smith, From Doon to Death, Ruth Rendell
Michael Solender, One Nation Under Blog, David Wallace

Friday, May 8, 2009

2009-05-09T05:38:00.001-07:00

Patti Abbott, PAST CARING, Robert Goddard
Jeremiah Ayres. THEY DON'T DANCE MUCH (more on it)
Col Bury, SWITCH, William Bayer
Bill Crider, LIVE BAIT, William Herber
Jason Duke, YELLOW MEDICINE, Anthony Neil Smith
Martin Edwards, MANY A SLIP, Freeman Wills Crofts
Ray Foster, A WALL FOR SAN SEBASTIAN, William Barby Faherty
Cullen Gallagher, THE BURGLAR, David Goodis
Ed Gorman, NIGHT WALKER, Donald Hamilton
Charles Gramlich, TEOT'S WAR, Heather Gladney
George Kelley, THE MUSIC LOVERS, Jonathan Valin
Todd Mason, MASTERS OF THE MAZE, Avram Davidson
Scott Parker, STAR TREK LOGS, Alan Dean Foster
Richard Prosch, GHOST GOLD by Tom West.
James Reasoner, SECRET AGENT X: THE SINISTER SCOURGE, Brant House (
Kerrie Smith, THE FLAXBOROUGH CRAB by Colin Watson

Friday, May 1, 2009

2009-05-02T13:38:00.001-07:00

Jedidiah Ayres, They Don't Dance Much, James Ross
Michael Carlson, The Criminalist, Eugene Izzi
David Cranmer, The Big Knockover, Dashiell Hammett
Bill Crider, Blues for the Prince, Bart Spicer
Hilary Davidson, Fletch, Gregory McDonald
Martin Edwards, 29 Herriott Street, John Hilton
Cullen Gallagher, 77 Rue Paradis, Gil Brewer
Ed Gorman, Pity Him Afterward, Donald E. Westlake
Randy Johnson, True Detective, Max Allan Collins
George Kelley, Fire Lake, Jonathan Valin
Todd Mason, HAUNTINGS: Stories of the Supernatural, Henry Mazzeo
Terrie Moran, In the Name of the Father, Gerry Conlon
Kent Morgan, Shoeless Joe and Shoeless Joe Comes to Iowa, W. P. Kinsella
Scott Parker, Imzadi (Star Trek), Peter David
Richard Prosch, The Motor Boys, Overland 1906, Clarence Young
Wallace Stroby, The Long Winter, John Christopher
Kerrie Smith, Watcher in the Shadows, Geoffrey Household.

Friday, April 24, 2009

2009-04-29T13:52:00.001-07:00

Eric Beetner, A Midnight Clear, Willian Wharton

Michael Carlson, The Pistoleer, James Carlos Blake

Bill Crider, Mystery, Clark Dimond

Gary Dobbs, Montana Dead Shot, Chuck Martin

Martin Edwards, Treason in the Egg, Lag Strong

Cullen Gallagher, Spring Fire, Vin Packer (Marijane Meaker)

Sunnie Gill, The Coroner, M.R. Hall

Ed Gorman, Paper Doll, Robert Parker

Jake Hinson, Bunny Lake is Missing, Evelyn Piper

George Kelley, Chronopolis: The Science Fiction of J.G. Ballard; The Crystal World, Ballard

Randy Johnson, The Ed Noon Series, Michael Avallone

Kathryn Magendie, The Maggie Valley Trilogy, Kerry Madden

Todd Mason, The 10th Annual of the Year's Best S-F, edited by Judith Merril

Scott Parker, Star Trek Fotonovels

James Reasoner, Dead Game, Michael Avallone

John Shannon, Sympathy for the Devil, Kent Anderson

Kerrie Smith, Maigret the the Enigmatic Lett, Georges Simenon

Friday, April 17, 2009

2009-04-18T13:47:00.000-07:00

THE SUMMING UP, Friday, April 17, 2009

Eric Beetner, Atta, Francis Rufus Bellamy
Stephen Booth, The Quiet Stranger, John Buxton Hilton
Fleur Bradley, Rat Life, Tedd Arnold
Michael Carlson, The Shot, Philip Kerr
David Cranmer, The Shadow, The Creeping Death, Maxwell Grant
Bill Crider, Mad for Kicks, Jack Lynn
Gary Dobbs, Montana Dead, Chuck Martin
Ray Foster, Captain Blood, Rafael Sabatini
Cullen Gallagher, Shadow at Noon, Harry White (Harry Whittington)
Ed Gorman, The Long Saturday Night, Charles WilliamsMic
Martin Edwards, The Documents in the Case, Dorothy L. Sayers
Randy Johnson, In the Heat of the Night, John Ball
George Kelley, Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon)
P.K. Madsen, Kate Ross Mysteries
Todd Mason, Nelson Algren's Own Book of Lonesone Monsters
Scott Parker, Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Eric Peterson, Agents of Chaos, Norman Spinrad
Richard Prosch, Hell's Corner, Peter Field
James Reasoner, Green Ice, Raoul Whitfield
Kieran Shea, Larousse Gastronomique
Joanna Campbell Slan, The Ugly American, William Ledrerer and Eugune Burdick
Kerrie Smith, The Curse of Kings, Victoria Holt

Friday, April 3, 2009

2009-04-06T14:43:00.000-07:00

April 3, 2009
James R. Benn, No Orchids for Miss Blandish, James Hadley Chase
Paul Bishop, Semi-Tough, Dan Jenkins
David Cranmer, The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian, Lawrence Block
Bill Crider, The Winter Spy, MacDonald Lloyd
Gary Dobbs, The Dangerous Book for Boys, Hal Iggulden
Martin Edwards, Behind the Screen, The Detection ClubE
d Gorman, Rogue Cop, William P. McGivern
Jerry House, Mass Market Publishing in American, Allen Billy Crider
Alison Janssen, Some Rain Must Fall, Michel Faber
Randy Johnson, Drury Lane's Last Case, Ellery Queen (Barnaby Ross)
George Kelley, Can You Forgive Her, Anthony Trollope
Evan Kilgore, The Wind-up Bird, Haruki Murakami
Todd Mason, Botteghe Oscure Reader, edited by George Garrett and Katherine Garrison Biddle
Scott D. Parker, Gotham by Gaslight, Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola
PK, The Bookee Monster, The Books of Mary Willis Walker
Ray, Up the Junction, Nell Dunn
James Reasoner, The Phantom Spy, Max BrandGerald So, Private Eyes edited by Mickey Spillane and Max Allen Collins
Kerrie Smith, Peter Corris' Cliff Hardy series

Friday, March 27, 2009

2009-03-28T15:42:00.001-07:00

Joe Barone, Around the World with Mrs. Polifax, Dorothy Gilman
Paul Bishop, The Vampirella Novels, Ron Goulart
Michael Carlson, I Should Have Stayed Home, Horace McCoy
Craig Clarke, White Star, James Thayer
Cathy Coles, Sharon Fiffer's Jane Wheel Mystery Series
David Cranmer, A Family Affair, Rex Stout
Bill Crider, An Eye for an Eye, John B. West
Martin Edwards, The Scoop, The Detection Club
Dave Fuller, War Music, Christopher Logue
Cullen Gallagher, 13 French Street, Gil Brewer
Ed Gorman, The Best 100 Crime and Mystery Books, HRF Keating
Matt Hilton, War Against the Mafia, Don Pendleton
Jerry House, The Steve-Sim Novels, August Derleth
Randy Johnson, Chiefs, Stuart Woods
George Kelley, From the Terrace, John O'Hara
PK, The Works of Janet Dawson
Judy Larsen, Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner
Todd Mason, The Unexpected, edited by Leo Margules
Steve Myall, Joe Blade. Matt Chisholm
Juri Nummelin, Raymond Chandler's screenplay for Double Indemnity (issued as book.
Scott D. Parker, The Sins of the Father, Lawrence Block
Eric Peterson, The Last Days of Disco, Whit Stillman
Ray, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Alan Sillitoe
James Reasoner, Pushover, Orrie Hitt
Sandra Ruttan, The Long-Legged Fly, James Sallis
Kerrie Smith, Anatomy of a Murder, Robert Traver

Friday, March 20, 2009

2009-03-21T08:22:00.001-07:00

Paul Bishop, Harvard Lampoon's J*ames B*ond Alligator, I*n Fl*m*ng
Paul Brazill, Suckers, Anne Bilson
Michael Carlson, Joe Gores' Interface
Craig Clarke, Walk in Shadows, Nicholas Kaufmann
Cathy Coles, Art History Mystery Series, Iain Pears
Bill Crider, The Way to Dusty Death, Alistair MacLean
Martin Edwards, Sunspot, Desmond Lowden
Elizabeth Foxwell, Philip Bennion's Death, Richard Marsh
Cullen Gallagher, Murder Plus, Marc Gerald
Ed Gorman, Go Home, Stranger, Charlie Williams
Lesa Holstine, The Old Man in the Corner, Baroness Orczy
George Kelley, Kiss for Killer, (Honey West) G.G. Fickling
Randy Johnson, The Gift Horse, Frank Gruber
Todd Mason, The Horror Hall of Fame, edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin Harry Greenberg
Kris Neri, The Tightrope Walker, Dorothy Gilman
Charlie Newton, God's Pocket, Pete Dexter
Scott D. Parker, First Evidence, Ken Goddard
Eric Peters, Horror Show, Greg Kihn
James Reasoner, Strictly for Cash, James Hadley Chase
Kerrie Smith, Memento Mori, Muriel Spark

Friday, March 6, 2009

2009-03-11T16:18:00.001-07:00

The Summing Up, Friday, March 6, 2009

Paul Bishop, The Canvas Coffin, William Campbell Gault
Paul Brazill, Suckers, Anne Billson
Craig Clarke, A Man Called Brazos, T.V. Olsen
Cathy Cole, The Kate Ellis Mysteries, Kate Ellis
David Cramner, Branded Outlaw, L. Ron Hubbard
Bill Crider, Nothing Burns in Hell, Philip Jose Farmer
Chris, Wicked Things, Thomas Tessier
Martin Edwards, Close-up, Len Deighton
Elizabeth Foxwell, Death Wears a White Gardenia, Zelda Popkin
Cullen Gallagher, The Scarf, Robert Bloch
Ed Gorman, Catch a Falling Starlet, Douglas Sanderson
Lesa Holstine, Dekok and the Dead Harlequin, A.C. Baantjer
Randy Johnson, The Star Kings, Edward Hamilton
George Kelley, The Fourth Dimension is Death, Donald Westlake
K.A. Laity, Shrieks at Midnight: Macabre Poems, Eerie and Humorous Selected, Sara and John E. Brewton, Drawings by Ellen Raskin
Claire Langley Hawthorne, Johnny, I hardly knew you, Edna O'Brien
Todd Mason, Time of the Wolves: Western Stories, Marcia Muller
Juri Nummelin, Roots, Alex Hailey
Scott D. Parker, Poe's Mystery Stories, Edgar Allan Poe
Eric Peterson, The Long Haul, A.I. Bezzerides
Gary Phillips, Daddy Cool, Donald Goines
Keith Rawson, Safe Harbor, Eugene Izzi
James Reasoner, Yesterday's Flame, Elizabeth Hallam (Livia Washburn)
Ray, Warlock, Oakley Halls
Kerrie Smith, The End of the Affair, Graham Greene

THE SUMMING UP, February 27, 2009

2009-02-28T05:27:00.000-08:00

THE SUMMING UP, FRIDAY, February 27, 2009

Paul Bishop, Bombship, Bill Knox
Nathan Cain, Carny Kill, Robert Edmond Alter
Michael Carlson, Something in the Shadows, Vin Packer
Cathy Cole, Tory Bauer Mysteries, Kathleen Taylor
David Cramer, Inventing Wyatt Earp: His Life and Many Legends, Allen Barra
Bill Crider, Pink Vodka Blues, Neal Barrett Jr.
Gary Dobbs, Shatterhand and the People, B.J. Holmes
Martin Edwards, Death and Transfiguration, Stephen Murray
Elizabeth Foxwell, Doctor Syn, Russell Thorndike
Cullen Gallagher, Miami Purity, Vicki Hendricks
Ed Gorman, The Cutie, Donald Westlake
Lesa Holstine, Shirley McClintock series, B. J. Oliphant
Jerry House, Children of the Night, John Blackburn
Randy Johnson, Ingathering, Zenna Henderson
George Kelley, The Mordida Man, Ross Thomas
Eric Mayer, A Case in Camera, Oliver Onions
Scott D. Parker, Star Wars, George Lukas
Eric Peterson, River, Roderick Thorp
R2, The Metropolis Series, Lonnie Cruise
Ray, Triggernometry, Eugene Cunningham
James Reasoner, Stirrup High and Western Word Wrangler, Walt Coburn
Kerrie Smith, Madam Will You Talk, Mary Stewart
Jason Starr, Edith's Diary, Patricia Highsmith
Steve, The Dream Detective, Sax Rohmer
Paul A. Toth, An American Tragedy, Theodore Dreiser

Friday, February 20, 2009

2009-02-20T10:32:00.001-08:00

Patricia Abbott, This Beast Must Die, Nicholas Blake
Elaine Ash, The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde, Erle Stanly Gardner
David Jack Bell, South of the Big Four, Don Kurtz
Paul Bishop, The Cold Light of Dawn, Graham Ison
Michael Carlson, A Better Valkyrie, Stephen Marlowe
Cathy Cole, David Cole's Laura Winslow mysteries
David Cranmer, The Religion of the Founding Fathers, David L. Holmes
Bill Crider, The Blue Kimono Kill, Walt Sheldon
Martin Edwards, Dust and Heat, Michael Gilbert
Travis Erwin, Prey, Ken Goddard
Cullen Gallagher, The Weeping and the Laughter, Vera Caspary
Ed Gorman, Paper Doll, Robert Parker
Charles Gramlich, Kalak of the Ice, Jim Kjelgaard
Lesa Holstine, The Last Song Dogs, Sinclair Browning
Randy Johnson, Agent of the T.E.R.R.A. Series, Larry Maddock
George Kelley, Accounting for Murder and other books in the series, Emma Lathen
Terrie Moran, Vendetta, Ed Gorman
Juri Nummelin, Hester Roon, Norah Lofts
Scott D. Parker, Gotham Central, Vol. 1, Brubaker, Rucka, Lark
J. Kingston Pierce, Night of the Panther, E.C. Ayres
Ray, The First Fast Draw, Louis L'Amour
James Reasoner, Anarchaos, Curt Clark (Donald Westlake)
Kerry Smith, Such is Life, Joseph Furphy
Jim Winter, Killer's Wedge and Till Death, Ed McBain

FRIDAY'S FORGOTTEN BOOKS

2009-02-13T10:31:00.000-08:00

Week One, April 25th
Patti Abbott, Desperate Characters by Paula Fox
Patrick Shawn Bagley The Dog of the South by Charles Portis
Bill Crider, City by Clifford D. Simak
Josephine Damian, Don't Let's Go to the Dog Tonight by Alexandria Fuller
Clair Dickson, The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
Ello, When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza
Travis, Erwin, The Rock Orchard by Paula Wall
Eudamonia, The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Brian Lindenmuth, The God Files by Frank Turner
Sandra Ruttan, Dust Devils by James Reasoner
Sandra Scoppettone, Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
Anthony Neil Smith, Scar Lover by Harry Crews

Week 2
Steve Allan, The Temple of Gold, Goldman
Jennifer Archer, The Bronze Horseman, Pauline
William Boyle, Father and Son, Larry Brown
Declan Burke, Thieves Like Us, Anderson
Clair Dickson, The Westing Game, Raskin
Christa Faust, Run, Douglas Winter
Angie Johnson-Schmidt, Sally's in the Alley, Norbert Davis
Ali Karim, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Saint
Katrina Kimble, The Red Tent, Diamant
Brian Lindenmuth, Generation Loss, E. Hand
Todd Mason, The Enquires of Dr. Erhazy, Davidson
James Reasoner, Seven Faces, Max Brand
Gerald So. Spadework, Prozini and Collected Poems, Justice
Kay Sexton, Fred and Edie, Jill Dawson
Sandra Ruttan, The 50/50 Killer, Steve Mosley

Week 3
David Terrenoire, Cruddy, Lynda Barry
Sarah Weinman, The Late Man, James Preston Girard
Tom Piccirilli, The Hunter, Richard Stark (Donald Westlake)
Travis Erwin, The Me I Used to Be, Jennifer Archer
Bookwitch, Sapper, Herman Cyril McNeile
James Reasoner, The Siamese Twin Mystery, Ellery Queen
Megan Powell, Cuckoo's Egg, C.J. Cherryh
Bill Crider, The Night Remembers, Ed Gorman
Declan Burke, Wild at Heart, Barry Gifford
Kirsty, Other Stories and Other Stories, Ali Smith
Jeff Shelby, The Standoff, Chuck Hogan
Shauna Sturge, Crossfire, Jeanette Windle
Steve Allan, Splinters of the Mind's Eye, Alan Dean Foster
Ed Gorman, The Kidnappers, Robert Bloch and 361 by Donald Westlake
Baglady, The Crystal Cave, Mary Stewart
Kevin Burton Smith, The January Corpse by Neil Albert
Todd Mason, The Aleph and Other Stories 1933-1969, Jorge Luis Borges

Week 4

Bill Crider: The Assistant (Malamud), Passing Strange (Sale)
J. Kingston Pierce: The Lunatic Fringe (DeAndrea)
Keith Raffel: Kolymsky Heights (Davidson)
Steven Torres: Moony's Road to Hell (Ramas)
Terrie Farley Moran: The Great Divide (Terkel)
Jen Jordan: One Man's Chorus (Burgess)
R2: The Criminalist (Izzi)
Peter Rozovsky: Harper and Iles series (Bill James)
Daniel Hatadi: Gun in Cheek (Bill Prozini)
Sara Crowley: The Trick is to Keep Breathing (Janice Galloway)
Declan Burke: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye , Horace McCoy
Jim Winter: Blunt Darts, Healy)
Todd Mason: The Lively Lives of Crispin Mobey, Gary Jennings)
Brian Lindenmuth: Scalped , Jason Aaron
Lisa Kenney: A Fine and Private Place, Peter Beagle
Stephen Blackmoore: On Strange Tides (Tim Powers)
Steve Allan: The Giant's House (Elizabeth McCracken)
Patti Abbott: Roseanna (Sjowal and Wahloo)

Week 5
Steve Allan, The Temple of Gold, (Goldman)
Jennifer Archer, The Bronze Horseman (Pauline Simmons
William Boyle, Father and Son (Larry Brown)
Declan Burke. Thieves Like Us (Anderson)
Clair Dickson, The Westing Game, (Raskin)
Ello, Silk (Alessandro Barrico)
Christa Faust, Run (Douglas Winter
Angie Johnson-Schmidt, Sally’s in the Alley (Norbert Davis)
Ali Karim. Memoirs of An Invisible Man, (Saint)
Katrina Kimble, The Red Tent (Diamant)
Brian Lindenmuth, Generation Loss ( E. Hand)
Todd Mason, The Enquiries of Doctor Esterhazy (Davidson)
James Reasoner, Seven Faces, (Max Brand)
Sandra Ruttan, The 50/50 Killer (Steve Mosley)
Kay Sexton, Fred and Edie (Jill Dawson)
Gerald So, Spadework (Prozini) and Collected Poems (Justice)

Week 6
Patti Abbott: Roseanna (Sjowal and Wahloo)
Steve Allan: The Giant's House (Elizabeth McCracken
Stephen Blackmoore: On Strange Tides (Tim Power)
Declan Burke: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Horace McCoy
Bill Crider: The Assistant (Malamud), Passing Strange (Sale
Sara Crowley: The Trick is to Keep Breathing (Janice Galloway)
Daniel Hatadi: Gun in Cheek (Bill Prozini)
Jen Jordan: One Man's Chorus (Burgess)
Lisa Kenney: A Fine and Private Place (Peter Beagle)
Brian Lindenmuth: Scalped (Jason Aaron
Todd Mason: The Lively Lives of Crispin Mobey (Gary Jennings)
Terrie Farley Moran: The Great Divide (Terkel
J. Kingston Pierce: The Lunatic Fringe (DeAndrea)
Keith Raffel: Kolymsky Heights (Davidson)
Peter Rozovsky: Harper and Iles series (Bill James
R2, The Criminalist, Eugene Izzy
Steven Torres: Moony's Road to Hell (Ramas))
Jim Winter: Blunt Darts (Healy)

Week 7
Steve Allan, Splinters of the Mind's Eye, Alan Dean Foster
Baglady, The Crystal Cave, Mary Stewart
Bookwitch, Sapper, Herman Cyril McNeile
Declan Burke, Wild at Heart, Barry Gifford
Bill Crider, The Night Remembers, Ed Gorman
Travis Erwin, The Me I Used to Be, Jennifer Archer
Ed Gorman, The Kidnappers, Robert Bloch and 361 by Donald Westlake
Kirsty, Other Stories and Other Stories, Ali Smith
Todd Mason, The Aleph and Other Stories 1933-1969, Jorge Luis Borges
Megan Powell, Cuckoo's Egg, C.J. Cherryh
Tom Piccirilli, The Hunter, Richard Stark (Donald Westlake)
James Reasoner, The Siamese Twin Mystery, Ellery Queen
J.D. Rhoades, THE BEASTS OF VALHALLA by George C. Chesbro
Jeff Shelby, The Standoff, Chuck Hogan
Kevin Burton Smith, The January Corpse by Neil Albert
Shauna Sturge, Crossfire, Jeanette Windle
David Terrenoire, Cruddy, Lynda Barry
Sarah Weinman, The Late Man, James Preston Girard

Week 8
Dick Adler, When the Sacred Ginmill Closes, Lawrence Block
Steve Allan, Horse Latitudes, Robert Ferrigno
Bookwitch, Home, Sweet Homicide, Craig Rice
Bill Crider, Revenge, Jack Ehrlich
Lonnie Cruse, We Have Always Lived in a Castle, Shirley Jackson
Jenny Davidson, Colors Insulting to Nature, Cintra Wilson
Martin Edwards, Reputation for a Song, Edward Grierson
J.T. Ellison, Songs of Innocence, Richard Aleas (Charles Ardai)
Victor Gischler, Clans of the Alphane Moon, Philip K. Dick
Ed Gorman, Spree, Max Allan Collins
Lynne Hatwell (Dovegreyreader), The Scapegoat, Daphne Du Maurier
Laura Lippman, A Novel Called Heritage, Margaret Dukore
John McFetridge, Cutter and Bone, Newton Thornburg
Todd Mason, Trouble Valley, Lee Hoffman
A.R. Pickett(Woodstock’s Blog) Alas Babylon, Pat Frank
James Reasoner, Day of the Moon, Bill Prozini and Jeffrey Wallman
Linda Richards, Swann, Carol Shields

Week 9
Joe Boland, Lightening of the Sun, Robert Bingham
Gerard Brennan, Sacrifice of the Fools, Ian McDonald
Ken Bruen, Michigan Roll, Tom Kakonis
Bill Crider, The Hot-Shot, Fletcher Flora
Deborah (Knit Lady) Brat Farrar, Josephine Tey
Stephen Elliott, (an extensive list: see link from yesterday)
Alison Gaylin, The Dice Man, Luke Reinhart
Charles Gramlich, Desert Dog, Jim Kjelgaard
Lisa Kenney, The Dogs of March, Ernest Hebert
Kristy Kiernan, Into the Road, Adrienne Richard
Steve Lewis, Too Much Poison, Anne Rowe
Brian Lindenmuth, (an extensive list of forgotten Sci-Fi: see link)
Dick Lochte, The Honest Dealer, Frank Gruber
Stuart MacBride, Shooting Dr. Jack, Norman Green, Diamond Dove, Adrian Hyland
Todd Mason, Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to be Read with the Door Locked, edited by Harold Q. Masur
Jason Pinter, The Long Walk, Stephen King
Sandra Seaman, The Quiet Game, Greg Iles
Andi Shechter, Cut to the Quick, Kate Ross
Clea Simon, A Place of Greater Safety, Hilary Mantel
Wallace Stroby, The Rare Coin Score, Richard Stark
Dave Zeltserman, The Captain, Seymour Shubin

Week 10
Robin Agnew, The Last Witness, K.J. Erickson
Patrick Shawn Bagley, When the River Flows North, Howard Frank Mosher
John Baker, Murphy, Samuel Beckett
Joe Boland, The Art of Losing, Keith Dixon
Julia Buckley, I Don't Kow How She Does It, Allison Pearson
Sean Chercover, Derek Rayond's Factory Series
Bill Crider, Down and Dirty, W.B. Murphy
Travis Erwin, You Never Believe Me: And Other Stories, Davis Grubb
Anne Fraiser, Uther and Igraine and Sorrell and Son, Warwick Deeping
Steve Hockensmith, I Am the Cheese, Robert Cormier
Caroline Leavitt, After Life, Rhian Ellis
Steve Lewis, 57, Chicago, Steve Monroe
Lee Lofland, Postmortem, Patricia Cornwell
Jeff Marks, Home, Sweet Homicide, Craig Rice
Russel McLean, The Shark-Infested Custard, Charles Willeford
Medora, Guard of Honor, James Gould Cozzens
James Reasoner, The Sharpshooters, John Benteen
Clea Simon, Crooked Man, Tony Dunbar
Jay Tomio, Brittle Innings, Michael Bishop

Week 11
Patti Abbott, October Light, John Gardner
Joe Boland, Freak's Amour, Tom DeHaven
Gerard Brennan, Father Music, Dermot Bolger
Steve Brewer, The Tango Briefing, Adam Hall
Mark Coggins, Samurai Boogie, Peter Tasker
Bill Crider, One for Hell, Jada Davis
Deborah, Mother Love, Domini Taylor
Chris Holm, The Elementals, Michael McDowell
Ruth Jordan, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, George V. Higgins
Vince Keenan, Violence, Nudity and Adult Content, Vince Passaro
Larry, The Famished Road, Ben Okri
Steve Lewis, Pangolin, Peter Driscoll
Brian Lindenmuth, Four Kinds of Rain/Red Baker, Robert Ward
Tim Maleeny, Chinaman's Chance, Ross Thomas
Terrie Farley Moran, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
James Reasoner, The Dark Brand, H. A. De Rosso
Rochelle Jewel Shapiro, Jamaica Inn, Daphne DuMaurier
Gerald So, The Spy Who Loved Me, Ian Fleming
Jay Tomio, Sarah Canary, Karen Joy Fowler

Week 12
Gerard Brennan, Joseph O'Connor, The Salesman
Lyman Feero, Robert Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
James Reasoner, Lewis B. Patten, Rope Law
Joe Boland, Thomas Perry, Island
Lesa Holstine, Stephen Cannell, King Con
David Corbett, Pete Dexter, God's Pocket
Bill Crider, Henry Kane, Too French and Too Deadly
Ed Gorman, John D. MacDonald, Border Town Girl
Steve Lewis, Donald Hamilton, The Ambushers
Robin Gorman Newman, Patrick McDonnell, The Gift of Nothing
Susan, Todd Borg, Tahoe Deathfall
Todd Mason, William Kotzwinke, The Exile
Lee Gold, Henrik Van Loon, Van Loon's Lives
Jim Ingraham, Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Week 13
Lori Armstrong, Naked in Death, J.D. Robb
Patrick Bagley, The Great Brain, John D. Fitzgerald
Joe Boland, Up in the Air, Walter Kirn
Gerard Brennan, The Salesman, Joesph O'Connor
Tony Broadbent, Funeral in Berlin, Len Deighton
Shannon Clute, New York Trilogy, Paul Auster
Bill Crider, Wolf House, Jack Lynch
Ed Gorman, Dog Soldiers, Robert Stone
Libby Hellman, Briarpatch, Ross Thomas
Lesa Holstine, Charms for the Easy Life, Kay Gibbons
Randy Johnson, The Mushroom Planet series, Eleanor Cameron
J.A. Konrath, Blackburn, Bradley Denton
Steve Lewis, Don Sturdy on the Desert of Mystery, Victor Appletion
Todd Mason, The Loner, Ester Wier
James Reasoner, The Ghosts of Elkhorn, Kerry Newcomb and Frank Schaefer
Peter Rozovsky, Bertie and the Seven Bodies, Peter Lovesey
Barry Summy, The Chrysalids, John Wyndham
Susan, Corpse de Ballet, Lucy Cores
David Thompson, The David Handler Series
Mary Ellen Walsh, Salvation, Lucia Nevai
Sarah Weinman, The Golden Road, L.M. Montgomery

Week 14-Kid’s Books
Patti Abbott-The Return of the Twelves, Pauline Clarke
Steve Allan-Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
Patrick Shawn Bagley, The Great Brain, John Fitzgerald
David Cranmer, Dig Alley Space Edxplorers' Series by Joseph Green
Bill Crider, The 21 Balloons, William Pene DuBois
Travis Erwin, Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls
Lesa Holstine, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, Betty MacDonald; Snow Treasure, Marie McSwigan, The Happy Hollisters, Jerry West
Randy Johnson, The Mushroom Series, Eleanor Cameron
Steve Lewis, Don Sturdy on the Desert of Mystery, Victor Appleton
Brian Lindenmuth, The Mouse and His Child, Russell Hoban
Todd Mason, The Loner, Ester Wier
Terrie Farley Moran, The Paperbag Princess, Robert Munsch
James Reasoner, The Rocket's Shadow, John Blaine
Sandra Ruttan, Twenty and Ten, Claire Huchet Bishop and Janet Joly
Susan Smith, The Ghost Next Door, Wylly Folk St. Jo

Week 15
Robert Gregory Browne, Control, William Goldman
Bill Crider, Death Tour, David J. Michael
Al Guthrie, Portrait in Smoke, Bill Ballinger
Woody Haut, Hard Rain Falling, Don Carpenter
Lesa Hostine, Bachelor Brother's Bed and Breakfast, Bill Richardson
Randy Johnson, Gone South, Robert McCammon
Claire Lamb, Kate Vaiden, Reynolds Price
Todd Mason, On Wings of Song, Thomas M. Disch
Craig McDonald, Four Corners of Night, Craig Holden
Karen E. Olson, Lockout, Lillian O'Donnell
Barrie Summy, The Sweet Second Season of Kitty Malone, Matt Cohen
Louise Ure, No Human Involved, Barabara Seranella

Week 16
Barbara D'Amato-HMS Ulysses, Alastair MacLean
David Cranmer, A Treasury of Great Mysteries, Haycraft and Belcroft
Bill Crider, Rafferty: Wrong Place, Wrong Time, W. Glenn Duncan
Jack Getze, Sleeping Dogs, Thomas Perry
Ed Gorman, Don't Cry for Me, William Campbell Gault
Lesa Holstine, A Dangerous Road, Kris Nelscott
Charlie Huston, Complicity, Iain Banks
Randy Johnson, Booked to Die, John Dunning
Colman Keene, Paco's Story, Larry Heinemann
Ken, The Anvil of the World, Kage Baker
Larry, Camp Concentration, Thomas Disch
Medora, Kristen Lavranstatter, Sigrid Undset
David Montgomery, Chinaman's Choice, Ross Thomas
Sandy Parshall, We Have Always Lived in a Castle, Shirley Jackson
James Reasoner, The Hangman of Sleepy Valley, David Dresser
Barrie Summy, Crackpot, Adele Wiseman
Jay Tomio Dossier, Stepan Chapman, Black Brillion, Matthew Hughes, Pandora, Holly Hollander, Coelestis, Paul Park, Sarah Canary, Karen Fowler, Brittle Innings, Michael Bishop
Dave White, Honor Among Thieves, Jeffrey Arch

Week 17

Steve Allan, Getting Away With It, Steven Soderbergh
Patrick Shawn Bagley, Gunsights, Elmore Leonard
Joe Boland, Quick Change, Jay Cronley
David Cramner, A Trap for Fools, Amanda Cross
Bill Crider, Assault on Ming, Alan Caillou
Ed Gorman, The Pat Hobby Stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Kevin Guilfoile, The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
Lesa Holstine, The Pershing Pickle, Sandra Dallas
Randall Johnson, The Man Who Moved a Mountain, Richard C. Davids
Ed Lynskey, A Feast of Snakes, Harry Crews
John McAuley, The New Centurions, Joseph Wambaugh
Craig McDonald, Death Will Have Your Eyes, James Sallis
Paul McGoran, Deadlier Than the Male, James Gunn
Bill Peschel, Forgotten News, Jack Finney
Robert J. Randisi, The Falling Man, Mark Sadler
James Reasoner, Hopalong Cassidy, Clarence E. Mulford
Stephen Rogers, Death of a Citizen, Donald Hamilton
S.J. Rozan, This Perfect World, Ira Levin
Andi Shechter, Raising Demons and Life Among the Savages, Shirley Jackson
Jay Tomio, The Last Hot Time, John M. Ford

Week 18
Paul Bishop, The Power of One, Bryce Courtney
Joe Boland, A Stranger in This World, Kevin Cantry
Jackie Corley, The Painted Bird, Jerzy Kosinski
David Cranmer, A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
Bill Crider, Arizona Kiss, Ray Ring
Judith Cutler, Daughter of Time, Josephine Tey
Martin Edwards, Woman of Straw, Catherine Arley
Travis Erwin, Outlaw, Warren Kiefer
Robert Fate, Sunset and Sawdust, Joe R. Lansdale
Lesa Holstine, Silver Lies, Ann Parke
Randy Johnson, And Justice for All, John Clarkson
Brian Lindenmuth, After Silence, Jonathan Carroll
Terrie Farley Moran, Painting as a Pastime by Winston S. Churchill.
Scott Parker, Mascaranda Pass, William Colt MacDonald
Lynne Patrick, Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver
James Reasoner, Puzzle for Fiends, Patrick Quentin
Kerry Smith, Daughter of Time, Josephine Tey
Roz Southey, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Tobias Smollett
Jochem Steen, Pretty Ballerina, John Wessell
August West, Valdez Is Coming, Elmore Leonard

Week 19

D.Z. Allen, The Oblivion Society, Marcus Hart
Paul Bishop, Sir, You Bastard, G.F. Newman
Tony Black, Rilke on Black, Ken Bruen
Joe Boland, Fletch, Gregory MacDonald
David Cranmer, Quantum of Solace, Ian Flemming
Bill Crider, A Game for Heroes, James Graham
Timothy Hallinan, The Christopher West series by Christopher West
C.T, Henry, Old Bones, Aaron Elkins
Lesa Holstine, The Blue Edge of Midnight, Jonathan King
Jay, Tamsin, Peter S. Beagle
Medora, Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, Walter Besant
Christopher Moore, Dirty Snow, George Simenon
Amy Myers, The Golden Crucible, Jean Stubbs
Scott Parker, Guns Along the Brazos, Day Keene
James Reasoner, The Hottest Fourth of July in the History of Hangtree County, Clifton Adams
A.N. Smith, Live is a Racket, John Ridley
Kerrie Smith, Don't Look Now, Daphne DuMaurier
August West, An Eye for An Eye, Leigh Brackett
Dan Wickett, The Blind Pig, Jon Jackson
Dave Zeltserman, Dead City, Shane Steven
Week Seventeen

Week 20

Patrick Balester, The Unquiet Night, Patricia Carlon
Charles Benoit, Uncle Dynamite, P.G. Wodehouse
Bill Castanier, Crooked Tree, Robert C. Wilson
Bill Crider, The Black Glove, Geoffrey Miller
David Cranmer, The Crime of Colin Wise, Michael Underwood
Jen Forbus, White Doves at Morning, James Lee Burke
Lesa Holstine, Triple Play, Elizabeth Gunn
Scott Parker, The Case of the Velvet Claws, Erle Stanley Gardner
Louise Penny, The Franchse Affair, Josephine Tey
Kerrie Smith, Halloween Party, Agatha Christie
Delores Gordon-Smith, The 12:30 from Croyden, Freeman Wills Croft
August West, The Last Detail, Darryl Ponicsan

Week 21

Suzanne Aruda, Trader Horn, Alfred Aloysius Horn
Patrick Shawn Bagley, Hell House, Richard Matheson
Paul Bishop, The Golden Keel, Desmond Bagley
David Cranmer, High Lonesome, Louis L'Amour
Bill Crider, (writing from the Kroger's store in Alvin, TX) The (Old) Man in the Corner (Baroness Orczy
Jane Finnis, The Caves of Steel, Issac Asimov
Lesa Holstine, The Good Friday Murder, Lee Harris
Randy Johnson, The Other, Tom Tryon
Brian Lindenmuth, The Jones Men, Verne Smith
Rafe McGregor, The Night of the Generals, Hans Hellmut Kirst
Medora, The Sense of the Past, Henry James
Terrie Farley Moran, First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped Presidents, Bonnie Angelo
Scott D. Parker, Top of the Heap, Erle Stanley Gardner
Nancy Pickard, Why They Kill, Richard Rhodes
James Reasoner, The Fast Buck, Ross Laurence
Kerrie Smith, When in Rome, Ngaio Marsh
Susan Smith, The Last Refuge, Chris Knopf
Barry Summy, The Last of the Crazy People, Timothy Findley
Wallace Stroby, The Out is Death, Peter Rabe
Tom Whitmore, King & Joker, Peter Dickson

Week 22

Archavist, The Goodnight Trail, Ralph Compton
Linwood Barclay, Marathon Man, William Goldman
Cara Black, Mayhem, J. Robert James
Bill Crider, Tough Guy Writers of the Thirties, David Madden, editor
Josephine Damian, The Good Brother, Chris Offutt
Martin Edwards, The Dying Alderman, Henry Wade
Chris Ewan, Love and War in the ApenninesL, Eric Newby
Lesa Holstine, A Medieval Mystery, Kathryn Swinebrooke
Randy Johnson, Jirel of Joiry, C. L. Moore, A Collection of Fantasy Stores
Juri Nummelin, Half Breed, Clint McCall
Scott D. Parker, America at War: The Best of DC War Comics, Michael Uslan; Stolen Woman,
Wade Miller
Andrew Pyper, How Insensitive, Russell Smith
Ray, The Leather Boys, Gillian Freeman
James Reasoner, West on 66, James H. Cobb
Kerrie Smith, Maigret Takes the Waters, Georges Simenon
Susan Smith, Iron Lake, William Kent Kruger

Week 23

Patrick S. Bagley, John, the Balladeer, Manley Wade Wellman
Paul Bishop-Embrace the Wolf, Benjamin M. Schultz; Hazell and the Three Card Trick, P.B. Yuell
David Cranmer, The City in the Sky, Max Brand
Bill Crider, Fat Chance, Keith Laumer
Martin Edwards. Five Minutes With a Stranger, Miles Tripp
R.J. Ellory, The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
Robert Eversz, Despair, Vladamir Nabokov
Rae Helmsworth, The Last Goodbye and The Blood of Angels, Reed Arvin
Lesa Holstine, Andy Broussard/Kit Franklyn Crime Novels, D.J. Donaldson
Terrie F. Moran, Thornyhold, Mary Stewart
Scott Parker, The Godwulf Manuscript, Robert Parker
James Reasoner, Fox #1 The Press Gang, Adam Hardy (Kenneth Bulmer)
Ray, Dark Warrior, Peter Cheyney
Shauna Roberts, Websters New Intl Dictionary, Second Edition, Unabridged
Kerry Smith, Quiet as a Nun, Antonia Fraser
Barrie Summy. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Mordecai Richter

Week 24

Patricia Abbott, Dead Men Don't Ski, Patricia Moyes
Sandy Balzo, Ammie Come Home, Barbara Michaels
Paul Bishop, Morgan's Rebellion, John Whitlach
David Cranmer, While the Clock ticked, Franklin W. Dixon
Bill Crider, Preacher, Ted Thackery Jr
Charles Cumming, Journey Into Fear, Eric Ambler
Martin Edwards, Thus Was Adonis Murdered, Sarah Caudwell
Lesa Holstine, Ghostly Connection, Elena Santangelo
Scott D. Parker, The Halloween Tree, Rat Bradbury
Ray, Horn Silver, Frank C. Roberts
James Reasoner, Rogue Cop, William McGivern
Sandra Ruttan, The Works of Margaret Laurence
Kerrie Smith, The Collected Stories, W. Somerset Maugham
Barry Summy, Galliano's Circus, Enid Blyton
Dan Wagner, A Dry White Tear, Stephen F. Wilcox
Sarah Weinman, The Pugilist at Rest: Stories, Thom Jones
August West, Thin Air, Howard Brown
Women of Mystery, Come Closer, Sara Gran

Week 25

Archavist, The Riders of High Rock, Louis L'Amour
Paul Bishop, Just Another Day in Paradise, A. E. Maxwell
Cathy Coles, The Work of Stan Jones, Stan Jones
David Cranmer, The Saint in New York, Leslie Charteris
Bill Crider, Crockett on the Loose, Brad Lang
Joolz Denby, The Persian Boy, Mary Renault
Martin Edwards, Fear and Miss Betony, Dorothy Bowers
David Fulmer, The Bloody Bokhara, William C. Gault
Lesa Holstine, Every Crooked Nanny, Kathy Hogan
Becky Levine, Danny Dunn books, Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin
Terrie F. Moran, Nam: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There, Mark Baker; Cops: Their Lives in Their Own Words, Mark Baker
Scott D. Parker, Secret of Terror Castle, Robert Arthur
Cathy Pickens, Your Life in Christ, George MacDonald
Kerrie Smith, The Unquiet Night, Patricia Carlon
August West, Fat City, Leonard Gardner

Week 26

Archavist, Blood on the Big River, Shad Denver
Paul Bishop, Hang Dead, Hawaiian Style, Patrick Morgan
David Cranmer, Death In Ecstasy, Ngaio Marsh
Cathy Coles, The PF Chisolm books, Patricia Finney
Bill Crider, Jitter Joint, Howard Swindle
Martin Edwards, The Big Clock, Kenneth Fearing
Ed Gorman, The Handle, Richard Stark
Sophie Hannah, Jill McGowan's Lloyd and Hill series
Dana King, Levine, Donald Westlake
Steve Lewis, The Midnight Special Larry Karp
Patti-O. The Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast, Bill Richardson
Scott D. Parker, Legacy, James Michener
Ray, Passion Flower Hotel, Rosalind Erskine
James Reasoner, Climb a Broken Ladder, Robert Novak
Barrie Summy, Perry Mason-The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece, Erle Stanley Gardner

Week 27

Paul Bishop, The Prime Roll, Eugene Izzy
Bill Crider, The Dada Caper, Ross H. Spender
Gary Dobbs, Gene Autry and the Badmen of Broken Bow, Snowden Miller
Martin Edwards, Woman of Straw, Catherine Arley
Regina Harvey, "The Girl" series, Charles Mathes
Lesa Holstine, The Dead Cat Bounce, Sara Graves
Cameron Hughes, The Ax, Donald Westlake
Steve Lewis, The Last Man Standing, Jim Wright
Juri Nummelin, The Magus, John Fowles
Scott Parker, Double Indemnity, James Cain
Megan Powell, Return to Brookmere, Rose Estes
James Reasoner, River Queen, Charles N. Hechelmann
August West, The Big Kissoff of 1944, Andrew Bergman
Simon Wood, A Clubbable Woman, Reginald Hill
Dave Zeltserman, He Died with His Eyes Open, Derek Raymond

Week 28

Paul Bishop, Casca-The Eternal Mercenary, Barry Sadler
Robin Burcell, "The Death In" books by M.M. Kaye
David Cranmer, The Big Westerner: A Max Brand Biography, Robert Easton
Bill Crider, Hardman#1 Atlanta Deathwatch, Ralph Dennis
Chris, Garfield at Large, Jim Davis
Gary Dobbs, Get Carter, Ted Lewis
Martin Edwards, The Girl Who Loved Crippen, Ursula Bloom
Charles Gramlich, The Secret of the Martian Moons, Donald A. Wolheim
Lesa Holstine, Pierre Chambrun series by Hugh Pentecost
Ali Karim, Salem's Lot, (The Illustrated Version) Stephen King
Dana Kaye, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
Chris Knopf, The Grifters, Jim Thompson
Terrie F. Moran, My Antonia, Willa Cather
Edward Pettit, The Quaker City or The Monks of Monks Hall, George Lippard
James Reasoner, To Tame a Land, Louis L'Amour
Kerrie Smith, The Council of Justice, Edgar Wallace
Barrie Summy, The Nero Wolfe books, Rex Stout

Week 29

Trey Barker, The Church of the Dead Girls, Stephen Dobyns
Kaye Barley, "The Pierre Chambrun series" by Hugh Pentecost
Paul Bishop, Skylark Mission, Ian Macalister
Cormac Brown, Heads You Lose, Brett Haliday
David Cranmer, Border Guns, Eugene Cunningham
Bill Crider, "The Inquisitor Series," Simon Quinn
Gary Dobbs, The Shooter, Leon Claire Metz
Martin Edwards, Loving Geordie, Andrea Badenoch
Michael G. Jacobs, The Ebony Tower, John Fowles
Randy Johnson, "Three Shells," Richard S. Prather
Ali Karin, Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane
Scott D. Parker, Pure Drivel, Steve Martin
Steve Lewis, Death of a Harvard Freshman, Victoria Silver
James Reasoner, A Fighting Man of Mars, Edgar Rice Borroughs
Kieran Shea, Warlock, Jim Harrison
August West, Purple Aces, Robert J. Hogan
Kerrie Smith, Sugartown, Loren Estleman

Week 30

Debby Atkinson, Gun, With Occasional Music, Jonathan Lethem
Paul Bishop, Crimson Skies, Eric Nylund
Paul D. Brazill, Blue Heaven, Joe Keenan
John Peyton Cooke, The Scarf, Robert Bloch
Bill Crider, Drive East on 66, Richard Wormser
Chris, The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg
Gary Dobbs, Journey of the Mountain Man, William W. Johnstone
Martin Edwards, Constable Guard Thyself, Henry Wade
Lesa Holstine, Swing, Swing Together, Peter Lovesey
Randy Johnson, Calhoon, A Rancho Bravo Novel, Thorne Douglas
Ali Karim, Terror, Dan Simmons
Scott D. Parker, Holmes for the Holiday, Anne Perry
James Reasoner, Arizona Guns, William MacLeod Raine
Cathy Skye, 23 Shades of Black, KJA Wisnia
Kerrie Smith, "Charles Paris series," Simon Brett
Eric Stone, The Caveman's Valentine, George Daves Green
August West, Sharky's Marchine, William Diehl

Week 31

Patti Abbott, Vanished, Mary McGarry Morris
Rick Blechta, A Walk Through Wales, Anthony Bailey
Paul Bishop, Head of the Force, James Barnett
David Cranmer, Maigret and the Wine Merchant, Georges Simenon
Bill Crider Sci-Fi, William Marshall
Gary Dobbs, Dawn of the Fury, Ralph Compton
Nan Higginson, "The Bobbsey Twin series," Laura Lee Hope (Edward Strathmeyer)
Julie Hyzy, The War of Art, Steven Pressfield
Lesa Holstine, Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, Connie Willis
Randy Johnson, The City at World's End, Edmond Hamilton
Ali Karim, The Sirius Crossing, John Creed
Ali Karim, A Coffin for Dimitrios, Eric Ambler
Scott Parker, The Man Who Invented Christmas, Les Standiford
James Reasoner, World of Weird, Leo Marguiles, Editor
Kieran Shea, 92 in the Shade, Thomas McGuane
Kerrie Smith, The Killing Gift, Bari Wood

Week 32

Steve Allan, Asylum, Patrick McGrath
Paul Bishop, Dead in the Water, Ted Wood
David Cranmer, Jonny Quest's Adventure with the Secret Tunnel, Horace J. Elias
Bill Crider, After Things Fell Apart, Ron Goulart
Vicki Delaney, Modesty Blaise, Peter O'Donnell
Peter Dragovich, Big Town, Doug J. Swanson
Charles Gramlich, Pawn to Infinity, edited by Fred and Joan Saberhagen
Randy Johnson, Tunnel in the Sky, Robert Heinlein
Frank Loose, House of Flesh, Bruno Fischer
Ed Lynskey, Shackles, Bill Pronzini
Todd Mason, The Dark Side, Edited by Damon Knight
Terrie Moran, Plain Speaking, Merle Miller
James Reasoner, Solomon's Vineyard, Jonathan Latimer
Kerrie Smith, The Secret of the Chimneys, Agatha Christie
Simon Wood, The Overseer, Jonathan Rabb
Mike White, Future X, Kent Smith

Week 33

Paul Bishop, Bury the Past, Richard Reinsmith
Joe Boland, Lucky Bastard, Charles McCarry
David Cranmer, The Man Who Went Up in Smoke, Sjowall and Wahoo
Bill Crider, The Brass Cupcake, John D. MacDonald
Martin Edwards, The Doll, Frances Durbridge
Lesa Holstine, The Hydrogen Murder, Carmille Miniichino
Roberta Isleib, Take the Bait, SW Hubbard
Larry Karp, The House of Fear, Robert W. Service
George Kelley, The Dreaming Jewels, Theodore Sturgeon
Todd Mason, Stories of Suspense, edited by Mary MacEwen
Scott D. Parker, The American President, Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr.
J. Kingston Pierce, The Double Take, Roy Huggins
Ray, Von Ryan's Express, David Westheimer
James Reasoner, Dwellers on the Mirage, A. Merritt
Kerry Smith, A Morbid Taste for Bones, Ellis Peters
Jacob Weaver, Rendevous in Black, Cornell Woolrich

Week 34

Paul Bishop, A Nickel Jackpot, J.J. Lamb
David Cranmer, Odds Against Tomorrow, William P. McGivern
Bill Crider, The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, Will Cuppy
Martin Edwards, Murder Rehearsal, Roger East
Gary Dobbs, Ice Breaker, John Gardner
Cullin Gallagher, Night of the Jabberwock, Fredric Brown
Charles Gramlich, The Works of Donald Wollheim
Lesa Holstine, Dying to Sing, Meg Chittenden
Randy Johnson, Adventures in Time and Space, Edited by Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas
Rob Kantner, Death of a Citizen, Donald Hamilton
Vince Keenan, When Gravity Fails, George Alec Effinger
George Kelley, The Complete Brandstetter, Joseph Hansen
Rafe McGregor, Sherlock Holmes in Russia, Alex Auswaks
Todd Mason, Nine Strange Stories, Betty M. Owen
Scott Parker, Doc Savage #1 The Man of Bronze, Lester Dent
Ray, The Big Pickup, Elleston Trevor
James Reasoner, Odds Against Linda, Steve Ward
Cathy Cole, Restoration World of Crime, Fidelis Morgan
Kerrie Smith, Last Bus to Woodstock, Colin Dexter
Jacob Weaver, The Gutter and the Grave, Ed

Friday, January 23

Patti Abbott, The Universal Baseball Association, Robert Coover
Paul Bishop, Dead Game, Gerald Hammond
Cathy Cole, Kirk Mitchell mysteries
Mark Combes, Walking the Perfect Square, Reed Farrel Coleman
David Cranmer, What Really Happened, Brett Haliday
Bill Crider, Murder of a Mistress, Henry Kuttner
Chris, Flesh Gothic, Edward Lee
Gary Dobbs, Flint, Louis L'Amour
Martin Edwards, Tragedy at Law, Cyril Hare
Ed Gorman, Christine, Stephen King
Rosemary Harris, Promise Not to Tell, Jennifer McMahon
Lesa Holstine, Masao Masuto mysteries, E.V. Cunningham
Randy Johnson, The Fabulous Clipjoint, Fredric Brown
George Kelley, This Girl's For Hire, G.G. Fickling
Todd Mason, The Futurians, Damon Knight
Scott D. Parker, It Ain't No Sin to Be Glad You're Alive, Eric Alterman
James Reasoner, Murder on the Side, Day Keene
Kieran Shea, Lancelot, Walker Percy
Kerrie Smith, Rumpole of the Bailey, John Mortimer
Brian Thornton, The Doomsters, Ross MacDonald

January 30th

Paul Bishop, Presler John, John Buchan
Cathy Cole, Helter Skelter; And the Sea Will Tell, Vincent Bugliosi
Pete Dragovich, Dark Ride, Kent Harrington
Bill Crider, Hoodtown, Christa Faust
Cullen Gallagher, The Jugger, Richard Stark
Chris Grabenstein, Mad Al Jaffe Spews Out Snappy Answers, Al Jaffe
Pete Dragovich, Dark Ride, Kent Harrington
Martin Edwards, Gory Night, Margaret Rivers Larminie & Jane Langslow
Lesa Holstine, Engineered for Murder, Aileen Schumacher
Randy Johnson, Hombre, Elmore Leonard
George Kelley, The Well of the Unicorn, Fletcher Pratt
Mack Lundy, Have Spacesuit, Will Travel; Tunnel in the Sky, Robert Heinlein
Todd Mason, The Unknown 5, D. R. Bensen
Juri Nummelin, Give Me This Woman, John Jakes
Scott D. Parker, The Night of the Assassin (THE WILD WEST #3) Robert Vaughn
J. Kingston Pierce, The Bigger They Come, A.A. Fair
James Reasoner, Way Station, Clifford D. Simak
Barrie Summy, The Watch That Ends the Night, Hugh MacLennan
Ray, Peyton Place, Grace Metalious
Jacob Weaver, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Horace McCoy

February 6

Paul Bishop, High Hat, Greg Mandel
Jan Brogan, New Years Eve, Lisa Grunwald
Bill Crider, Afternoon of a Loser, Tom Pace
Martin Edwards, Payment Deferred, C. S, Forester
Elizabeth Foxwell, A Diplomatic Woman, Huan Mee
Cullen Gallagher, Cry Hard, Cry Fast, John D. MacDonald
Charles Gramlich, Cap Kennedy, Gregory Kern (E.C. Tubb)
Ali Karim, Paranoia, Joe Finder
George Kelley, The Eighth Circle, Stanley Ellin
Juri Nummelin, The Black Rose, Thomas B. Costain
Scott D. Parker, The Little House, Virginia Lee Burton
Eric Peterson, Resume with Monsters, William Browning Spencer
Norman Price, The Locked Room, Sjowall and Wahloo
Anthony Rainone, The Andromeda Strain
Ray, The Night of the Tiger, Al Dewlen
James Reasoner, Slice of Hell, Mike Roscoe
Kerrie Smith, A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton
James Winter, Deadfolk, Charles Williams

Friday, February 13, 2009

Patti Abbott, THE MAGIC BARREL, Bernard Malamud
Kaye Barley, FIVE SMOOTH STONES, Ann Fairbairn
Paul Bishop, TIEBREAKER, Jack Bickham
Paul Brazill, TOP 10, Alan Moore
Cathy Cole, K.J. Erickson's series and PL Gaus' Amish series
David Cranmer, OUR MAN IN HAVANNA, Graham Greene
Bill Crider, SHERLOCK HOLMES'S WAR OF THE WORLDS, Manley W. Wellman and Wade Wellman
Gary Dobbs, CUSTER, Will Henry
Martin Edwards, THE PLOT AGAINST ROGER RIDER, Julian Symons
Cullen Gallagher, RED GARDENIAS, Jonathan Latimer
Lesa Holstine, THE BILL DONOVAN MYSTERIES, Michael Jayns
Randy Johnson, BIMBOS OF THE DEATH SUN, Sharyn McCrumb
George Kelley, FACE TO FACE, Ellery Queen (Jack Vance)
Keith Raffel, DEATH OF A UNICORN, Peter Dickinson.
Ray, CHUKA, Richard Jessup
James Reasoner, THIEVES FALL OUT, Cameron Kay
Mary Reed, TILL THE CLOCK STOPS, J.J. Bell
Kerrie Smith, VENOM HOUSE, Arthur Upfield
Jim Winter, LADY KILLER, Ed McBain