Monthly Archives: December 2019

Death Lit: Reviewing That Neo-Noir

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Don

After I put up the link to my review of the most recent Donald Westlake reissue, I had the thought that I’d reviewed several other books since the previous one I’d linked to. Checked, and found four titles. Oops. They … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: San Francisco — and California — Mysteries

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Don

Just got tipped off to a recent interview with librarian Randal Brandt on CrimeReads, if you’d care to drift over and check it out. Randal took up the search for mysteries set in San Francisco after I donated my collection … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Working the Electronic Morgue

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Don

Speaking of the epic sale of Otto Penzler’s mystery library, you may recall that I used Evan Lewis as my man on the street covering the events, since he was interested in hunting down the auction lists and putting up … Continue reading →

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Hammett: More Zobeck v. Otto

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Don

Terry Zobeck popped in a micro review related to the sale of Otto Penzler’s mystery library a few months ago, which sucked all the oxygen out of the room for awhile. The word, from Terry: My copy of Otto Penzler’s … Continue reading →

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Death Lit: A Couple of Westlakes

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Don

— but both Westlakes are in the same book. Just like I did almost exactly a year ago, I got to review a repackaging of a Donald E. Westlake — originally titled Enough, back in 1977. If interested in that … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Unearthed — The Samuels’ Campaign

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Don

We haven’t seen a lot of Tenderloin Terry Zobeck recently, but you know he’s out there, ever sleuthing the Mean Streets. He’s been working on finalizing his biblio of Lawrence Block, but when he gets scent of a Hammett quest, … Continue reading →

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