“The Ivory Grin” Has Teeth
by Title: The Ivory Grin Series: Lew Archer (Book 4) Author: Ross Macdonald US Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard (an imprint …
Book Reviews
Beyond the Badge: The Beautiful Wreckage of “The Guards”
The Guards Jack Taylor (Book 1) Ken Bruen Minotaur Books / St. Martin’s Press (an imprint of Macmillan Publishers) …
“The Galton Case”: Family as Crime Scene
For a long time, the literary establishment treated Ross Macdonald as Raymond Chandler’s slightly less glamorous understudy. But with …
“Dead Lions”: The Worst Spies in Britain Are the Only Ones Worth Saving
Title: Dead Lions Series: Slough House (Book 2) Author: Mick Herron US Publisher: Soho Crime (an imprint of Soho …
“Eight Million Ways to Die”: The Longest Case Is Staying Sober
There is a specific kind of loneliness reserved for the fictional private eye, but in Lawrence Block’s 1982 masterpiece …