by Philip Rafferty | Mar 28, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
At the time of his death, in March of 1970, Erle Stanley Gardner was the bestselling American author of the 20th century. Most famous for his character Perry Mason, a sleuthing criminal defense lawyer that invented and defined a genre. Outside of Mason, Gardner’s...
by Philip Rafferty | Feb 16, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
Teddy Rinaldi, an ambassador to a Persian Gulf king, gets a call from his wife Christina explaining that their 8-year-old son Toby has been kidnapped while flying from NY to San Francisco. With no sign of their son anywhere, and nowhere else to turn, Ambassador...
by Howard Leighton | Nov 7, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Hard Case Crime Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Donald Lam has just been hired by Bertha Cool as one of her detective agency operatives. Bertha’s...
by Philip Rafferty | Oct 18, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Hard Case Crime Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle, Audiobook, Audible Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Max Allan Collins’ Quarry in the Black is the latest installment in a pulp...
by Julia Gaskill | Jan 11, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Hard Case Crime Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Kindle, Audible Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound[/alert] Look, it’s no secret, Stephen King has writing down to a science. The man has written over...
