Safecracker
Safecracker is a fast, fun read with the genre’s tropes blended down into a delicious cocktail. Continue reading Safecracker
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Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland is crime fiction noir that guns away at The Life like a muscle car with an open throttle on an endless highway. Continue reading Blacktop Wasteland
Providence
Providence is standard sci-fi fare; a fun, wild ride but one only on impulse speed. Continue reading Providence
Framed
Framed is a straight-minded LA noir drugs-and-murder mystery that has all the feel of a late-90s direct-release indie film. Continue reading Framed
The Deep
The Deep has a tightly-researched and well-executed plot; the ghostly play comes too late in the game becoming flotsam and jetsam Continue reading The Deep
Deep State
Deep State is an average political thriller that will no doubt make for an above-average Netflix film. Continue reading Deep State
Origami Man
Matthew FitzSimmons crafts fun and unique thrillers that sidestep the usual procedurals and exorcises deus ex machina contrivances. Origami Man skillfully continues this excitement. Continue reading Origami Man
One Day You’ll Burn
One Day You’ll Burn proves that there is originality in the town that has seen it all. Detective Jarsdel is not a hard-boiled copycat who pounds away at both villainy and Scotch but a hip cat who fights LA traffic and sips rosé. Continue reading One Day You’ll Burn
A Season for the Dead
Hewson never allows the reader to play the guessing game, to try out their Poirot mustache or Holmes pipe. Instead, details are fed at an unusual pace, and are often times repetitive. Continue reading A Season for the Dead
