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Monday, September 22, 2025
Dead at the Take-Off (Lester Dent, 1946)
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Let's start with the main plot and its subplots. As crazy as this stuff is, it is still the easiest to put into words. A guy escapes an ...
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Some Die Young (James Duff, 1956)
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I really enjoyed Duff’s " Who Dies There? " and was eager to check out the second (and last) instalment of his P.I. Johnny Pelham ...
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Murder in the Raw (Bruno Fischer, 1957)
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Given that Bruno Fischer is more than solid, and given that a lot is happening in this one, it is quite astonishing how boring it is. Unless...
Monday, June 16, 2025
All the Way (Charles Williams, 1958)
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It doesn't exactly start with a bang. Williams opens the book with a merciless unleashing of his blue-water noir: outriggers, halyards, ...
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Who Dies There? (James Duff, 1956)
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Graphic Books has become one of my favourite pulp publishers in recent years. I love their dark covers, and it happened more than once that ...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Blonde on the Rocks (Carter Brown, 1963)
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Let's stay on the rocks for another review, moving from the murder to a blonde. And yes, it's Carter Brown, so we can expect a new ...
Friday, August 23, 2024
Murder On The Rocks (Robert Dietrich, 1957)
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It's bad enough that our hero is a pipe-smoking accountant, but what really kills this one is that he is a self-absorbed, narcissistic s...
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