NO MORE HEROES by Ray Banks

Polygon, February 2007, £9.99, ISBN 978-1846970139 It seems almost like a tradition that each year we write a near love letter to the work o...

BURIAL GROUND by John Rickards

Penguin Books, £7.99, ISBN 978-0141021171 With each installment of his series featuring ex-FBI agent Alex Rourke, John Rickards seems to be ...

THE FEVER KILL By Tom Picirilli

Creeping Hemlock Press, 2007, 978-0976921745, $16.95, Hands up, straight out of the box, let me admit I have more than a soft spot for Picc...

THE BLONDE By Duane Swierczynski (featuring the original novella, REDHEAD)

St Martin's Press, ISBN 978-0312374594, $13.95 Who is Duane Swierczynski? In a relatively short space of time he’s hopped from subgenre ...

Lady's Night

Featuring SECOND SHOT By Zoe Sharp Allison & Busby, £10.99, ISBN 978-0749080167 HELL OF A WOMAN Edited by Megan Abbot Busted Flush Press...

OLD SCHOOLS OF HARD KNOCKS

THE BLUE CHEER By Ed Lynskey Point Blank Press, 2007, ISBN: 9780809556670, $12.95 DEAD STREET By Mickey Spillane Hard Case Crime, Oct. 30 20...

WHO IS CONRAD HIRST? by Kevin Wignall

Simon and Schuster US, November 2007, ISBN 9781416540724 It’s a pity Wignall isn’t better known in the UK. His third novel, Among the Dead ...