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By: The Lizard’s Bite » Bookgasm

The Lizard’s Bite » Bookgasm — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:54:51 +0000

[...] BITE is part of the Nic Costa series, focusing on a cop who works mainly in Rome. It seems he did something bad in the last book, since his superiors have sent him and his partner down to Venice to work. The story takes a leisurely pace; I’m talking walking-around-the-seven-hills-of-Rome pace. The aforementioned fire kills the husband and wife who run the place. Slowly – and again, let me state, slowly – we learn that the couple might not have been married for the right reasons, with the wife’s family also in the glass buisness and looking down on her hubby’s operation. [...]

By: The Widow of Slane and Six More of the Best Crime and Mystery Novellas of the Year » Bookgasm

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:47:02 +0000

[...] OTHER BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THESE AUTHORS: • THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING DETECTIVE AND 19 OF THE YEAR’S FINEST CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES edited by by Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg • THE BEST HORROR STORIES OF ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE edited by Frank D. McSherry, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh • BLACK RIVER FALLS by Ed Gorman • DEAN KOONTZ’S FRANKENSTEIN: BOOK TWO – CITY OF NIGHT by Dean Koontz and Ed Gorman • DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEAD AND OTHER TALES by Ed Gorman • GHOST TOWN by Ed Gorman • GRAVES’ RETREAT by Ed Gorman • GUNSLINGER AND NINE OTHER ACTION-PACKED STORIES OF THE WILD WEST by Ed Gorman • INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS: A TRIBUTE edited by Kevin McCarthy and Ed Gorman • NIGHTMARES ON ELM STREET: FREDDY KRUEGER’S SEVEN SWEETEST DREAMS edited by Martin H. Greenberg • WOLF MOON by Ed Gorman [...]

By: NEWSGASM >> 9.15.06 » Bookgasm

NEWSGASM >> 9.15.06 » Bookgasm — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:50:05 +0000

[...] BEATEN TO A ‘PULP’ When we reviewed Otto Penzler’s anthology PULP FICTION: THE CRIMEFIGHTERS last week, we wondered if the subtitle didn’t indicate a series in the making. Now we have official word from the good people at Quercus Books that that is indeed the case. The British-based publisher has two more volumes planned, with PULP FICTION: THE VILLAINS set for release next year and PULP FICTION: THE DAMES in 2008. [...]

By: WEEKEND REGASM >> 9.10.06 » Bookgasm

WEEKEND REGASM >> 9.10.06 » Bookgasm — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:34:04 +0000

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