http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-gutter-and-the-grave/ reading material to get excited about Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:15:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-gutter-and-the-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-50326 Bookgasm: Reading Material to Get Excited About » Blog Archive » BULLETS, BROADS, BLACKMAIL & BOMBS >> Hail to the King Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:50:50 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=253#comment-50326 [...] OF ED MCBAIN: • 80 MILLION EYES by Ed McBain • EVERY LITTLE CROOK AND NANNY by Evan Hunter • THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE by Ed McBain • LEARNING TO KILL: STORIES by Ed McBain • LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE DEAF MAN by [...] [...] OF ED MCBAIN: • 80 MILLION EYES by Ed McBain • EVERY LITTLE CROOK AND NANNY by Evan Hunter • THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE by Ed McBain • LEARNING TO KILL: STORIES by Ed McBain • LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE DEAF MAN by [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-gutter-and-the-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-4855 Learning to Kill: Stories » Bookgasm Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:56:09 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=253#comment-4855 [...] Other highlights include “Good and Dead,” in which private eye Matt Cordell (the drunken detective of the recent Hard Case Crime reissue THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE) infiltrates Chinatown to solve the murder of a bum, and “Death Flight,” a novella-length piece concerning an investigation into a plane crash; the change in setting and scenario is enthralling. It was nice to read “See Him Die,” a precursor to his 87th Precinct series, and “The Merry Merry Christmas,” which has the distinction of being the first McBain I ever read. [...] [...] Other highlights include “Good and Dead,” in which private eye Matt Cordell (the drunken detective of the recent Hard Case Crime reissue THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE) infiltrates Chinatown to solve the murder of a bum, and “Death Flight,” a novella-length piece concerning an investigation into a plane crash; the change in setting and scenario is enthralling. It was nice to read “See Him Die,” a precursor to his 87th Precinct series, and “The Merry Merry Christmas,” which has the distinction of being the first McBain I ever read. [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-gutter-and-the-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Bookgasm » The Confession Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:55:14 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=253#comment-252 [...] I confess: I am addicted to the Hard Case Crime line of novels. They’re all so good. Case in point: Dominic Stansberry’s THE CONFESSION, which represents Hard Case’s first (but certainly not last) Edgar Award winner. [...] [...] I confess: I am addicted to the Hard Case Crime line of novels. They’re all so good. Case in point: Dominic Stansberry’s THE CONFESSION, which represents Hard Case’s first (but certainly not last) Edgar Award winner. [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-gutter-and-the-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-187 » Blog Archive » That was the Thanksgiving weekend that was Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:22:10 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=253#comment-187 [...] THURSDAY: While the rest of the family watched the parade (I hate parades), I finishing reading Ed McBain’s THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE and started reading (and loving) IT’S SUPERMAN! by Tom De Haven. Late in the morning, I sat down with the kids to watch LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS. It was the second time I had seen it, and I think I loved it even more than the first. I stand by my statement that it’s one of the most overlooked and underappreciated films of the last 10 years. Hell, the end-credit sequence alone is a masterful work of art. Then it was off to my parents’ house to eat good food and drink good wine. Wanted to watch WAR OF THE WORLDS when we got home, but it was too late. [...] [...] THURSDAY: While the rest of the family watched the parade (I hate parades), I finishing reading Ed McBain’s THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE and started reading (and loving) IT’S SUPERMAN! by Tom De Haven. Late in the morning, I sat down with the kids to watch LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS. It was the second time I had seen it, and I think I loved it even more than the first. I stand by my statement that it’s one of the most overlooked and underappreciated films of the last 10 years. Hell, the end-credit sequence alone is a masterful work of art. Then it was off to my parents’ house to eat good food and drink good wine. Wanted to watch WAR OF THE WORLDS when we got home, but it was too late. [...]

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