Publisher: William MorrowPages: 280Buy from Amazon! Author Website Why the hell didn’t we get A-Game Ellis with his prose debut? This is just barely his B-Game. Warren Ellis is one of my favorite writers, and Transmetropolitian, flaws and all, is one of my top five comic series ever. I just wanted to get that out … Continue reading
PUBLISHER: Putnam Adult PAGES: 356 BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE! AUTHOR’S WEBSITE: www.BarryEisler.com (Be sure to read his fantastic political blog, THE HEART OF THE MATTER while you’re there) In the first several pages, something magical happens in Requiem for an Assassin: all the exposition you’ll need on the world of this series and … Continue reading
Sean Chercover’s first novel, Big City, Bad Blood, was a surprising debut. Just when I thought the Private Investigator sub-genre was on life support, along came this gritty, realistic story. Sean Chercover used his real experiences as a PI to make his writing better and I got a kick out of it. He knows and … Continue reading
PUBLISHER: EccoPAGES: 272BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!AUTHOR’S WEBSITE: Larry Doyle, Writer-American I love teen movies*. I really do. I remember Molly Ringwald as being an early crush when I was a little boy and I thought it was the coolest thing ever that a guy named Cameron got to hang out with Ferris Bueller … Continue reading
Will Beall writes what he experiences and he talks the way he writes. He told me to ask him whatever I wanted and he gave me no BS and was honest about touchy subjects like racism in the LAPD and police corruption. His debut novel L.A. REX was a force to be reckoned with and … Continue reading
Duane Swierczynski is one of the hardest working men in the writing business. He runs a fairly decent sized newspaper and has a wife and two very young children. He treats his writing career as a full-time job and is the author of three critically acclaimed novels. I received a signed advance copy of The … Continue reading
Buy it!: Click Here Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 368 Author Website: Click Here If you think plot is the most important thing in a novel, leave now. This book is not for you. For those of you that enjoy movies like The Royal Tenenbaums or T.V. shows like Gilmore Girls or the Rockford Files, … Continue reading
I want to apologize for my long absence. It was not out of laziness or a lack of things to write about. To make a long story short, you’ll understand if you know anyone that has suffered from pressure sores and if you research them, you’ll understand how bad they are. I have been bed-ridden … Continue reading
Buy it!: Amazon.com: The Blonde: Books: Duane Swierczynski Publisher: St. Martin’s Minotaur Pages: 240 pages AUTHOR WEBSITE: Secret Dead Blog Duane Swierczynski’s The Blonde is a crazy kick in the face chase action comedy. It took me by the balls and threw me against the wall again and again with each development and twist. Jack … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PUBLISHER: Forge BooksMSRP: $24.95PAGES: 336 Mad Dogs by James Grady is a slam dunk of adrenaline that does not stop to let you breathe and you’ll beg it to keep going harder and harder until you’re gasping for air. It is an insane comic drama and it kicked my ass. … Continue reading