Cannonball Read 11

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Black Friday by David Goodis

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A few months ago, a journalist whose newsletter I follow posted about how much he loved David Goodis’ books. We had exchanged e-mails in the past; he turned me on to the fabulous Martin Beck series (bless him forever). Hearing him laud Goodis made me want to read more of the man’s work. When I saw a Black Lizard (bless them forever) copy for sale, I pounced. My favorite avenue to explore existentialism is not in the philosophical novels of graying old men but in the brief, shot-to-your-head explorations of crime in noir tales. You get to know the main […]

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12/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:127 |

Whodunnit, meet Breakfast Club

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

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The Breakfast Club goes slightly wonky as five students enter detention, but only four leave. The nerd, the princess, the jock and the criminal are those left standing, while the deceased – the gossip blogger – had been about to ruin each of their lives by publishing their deepest secrets in his latest post. So who did the deed? It’s a slow burn to find out, following each of the group as they deal with the fall out from Simon’s death, the media having turned their lenses on them and blown their secrets wide anyway, further fuelling the fire of […]

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11/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:46 |

Look at Flawed Detectives Taking Place in Denmark

The Tenant by Katrine Engberg

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. So this was a really good thriller. I have never read a book taking place in Denmark before. Or at least I don’t think I have. It was interesting to see how the partners in this book (Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner) deal with the murder of a young woman and then the twists and turns the murder case takes. We do get to see more of Jeppe in this one, or least his emotional state. The main reason why I didn’t give […]

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11/5/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:289 |

War and Drugs

Every Man A Menace by Patrick Hoffman

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Patrick Hoffman’s Every Man a Menace is everything I want from a crime novel: suspenseful, dialogue that cuts yet isn’t cute, and an attempt at a realistic plot. It has all of those things and more. Writers can take note. A beloved work from the guys at The Watch podcast, where I’ve gotten many a good recommendation, this book never takes its foot off the gas. But not in a pulpy, cheap thrills kind of way. These characters are real, the circumstances are legit, and the atmosphere claustrophobic. Everything centers around this massive drug shipment that’s coming in from overseas to San Francisco. […]

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8/31/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:87 |

Oh Margaret. You can do so many things, but rapping is not one of them. (CBR 11 Bingo: Remix)

Hag-Seed: William Shakespeare's The Tempest Retold by Margaret Atwood

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I love a good Shakespearean remix. I devour everything Margaret Atwood has to offer. I was delighted to come across Hag-Seed, as I am still haunted by her addition to the Canongate Myth Series (Penelopiad) 14 years after reading. Atwood sets her storm in the “summer-stock” theater world of world of far flung Canada. Our Prospero is a wrongfully toppled director of a prestigious theater; toppled by schemes, toppled by loss, and toppled by grief. His island takes the form of a prison, where he rises once again as the lord of all he sees by teaching inmates literacy through Shakespeare. They’ve […]

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8/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:10 |

Boardwalk Empire

Casino Moon by Peter Blauner

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I collect Hard Case Crime books as a hobby. I love crime novels and I love the simplicity of HCC works: nothing pretentious, just good ol’ fashioned pulp fiction. However, I’m really bad at reading what I collect. I think I take it for granted that these books may be around for awhile and that, unlike most books I purchase, I’m not giving them up. So I only read about two a year in a collection of sixty or so. One of the great things about library summer reading challenges is how they encourage me to read things in my […]

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8/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:76 |

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Savage Season by Joe R. Lansdale

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Read as part of CBR11 bingo: First in the Hap and Leonard series. Joe R. Lansdale is one of those writers I’ve always been meaning to get to but never had the time for. His bibliography, while prolific, is not as readily available at the used bookstores I enjoy perusing, nor are many of them at my local library (I had to buy this copy from The Mysterious Bookshop). And when I did try one of his popular ones, The Bottoms, I found it to be too much of a Harper Lee knockoff to finish. But, as said above, when I […]

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7/31/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:69 |

Consider my Pot, Boiled

A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

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It started with John Constantine, grouchy creepy detective magician, solving petty punk mysteries and sassing demons.  I love a good pot boiler, but I like them with wizards, or gods, or most preferably ghosts.  My collection is an embarrassment of sassy magicians solving ghost crimes. An anonymous Twitter surfaced in my feed one day to recommend the short story A Dead Djinn in Cairo. Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities must investigate the potential suicide of powerful djinn and oh my god five pages in I already knew I was going to buy […]

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5/21/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:2 |


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