By Richard Dansky, on March 4th, 2012
Low Town sets up shop in the fantasy noir neighborhood established by Glen Cook with his Garrett, P.I. novels and developed further in recent years by Joe Abercrombie, Richard K. Morgan and the like. Grim, gritty and utterly devoid of poetry, elves and quests against hypothetical Dark Lords, Low Town is instead a straight-up . . . → Read More: Daniel Polansky: Low Town
By Michael M. Jones, on January 10th, 2012
FBI profiler Jace Valchek has been stranded in an alternate world unlike any she could have imagined. Here, pure humans like herself make up a mere one percent of a population otherwise comprised of vampires, werewolves, and golems. Selected for her expertise in understanding insanity and tracking down criminals, she now works for . . . → Read More: D.D. Barant: Better Off Undead
By Michael M. Jones, on May 20th, 2011
Bob Howard works for the Laundry, a top-secret British organization formally known as the Department of Internal Logistics. His job: to help protect the world from things so unnatural, so bizarre, so nasty, even knowing about them could destroy a man’s brain. They’re the ones who deal with mad scientists, Elder Gods, other dimensions, . . . → Read More: Charles Stross: The Jennifer Morgue
By , on December 29th, 2010
Just in time for the holidays, The Fat Man aims to be this year’s stocking stuffer for readers of a noir persuasion. A festive murder mystery set at the North Pole, it even comes complete with its own two thirds sized Marlowe, of sorts. Gumdrop Coal is one of Santa’s more cynical elves, but . . . → Read More: Ken Harmon: The Fat Man
By , on December 29th, 2010
My new favourite Welshman, Jasper Fforde, presents his sophomore effort in the Nursery Crimes detective series. The novel starts out strongly. After a brief first chapter describing a mysterious event (like the teaser trailer before the opening credits in a crime show), we jump into a hilarious stakeout situation with all our old NCD . . . → Read More: Jasper Fforde: The Fourth Bear
By , on December 29th, 2010
You may be familiar with Fforde’s previous (and ongoing) Thursday Next detective series, starring the detective of the same name, whose specialty is crimes of a “literary nature”. The Big Over Easy marks the beginning of the Nursery Crimes series, a slight departure, though still well in the same quirky neighbourhood that Fforde’s chosen . . . → Read More: Jasper Fforde: The Big Over Easy
