The Summing Up, Friday, December 28, 2012

 My review of STARLET is up at Crimespree Cinema.

The Summing Up, Friday, December 28, 2012

Patti Abbott, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson
Sergio Angelini, 1954, Donald Hamilton
Joe Barone ,WRACK AND RUNE by Charlotte MacLeod
Les Blatt,Too Many Clients, Rex Stout
Bill Crider, Passage by Night, Hugh Marlowe
Scott Cupp, Roads, Seabury Quinn 
Martin Edwards, Who Saw Her Die, Patricia Moyes 
Elizabeth Foxwell, Crime Hound, Mary Semple Scott    
 Jerry House, Shadows in the Sun, Chad Oliver
Randy Johnson,Getting in the Wind, Harlan Ellison
George Kelley,Desperate Days, Selected Mysteries, Vol 2. Jack Vance
Margot Kinberg, Karin Alvtegen’s Betrayal

Rob Kitchin, Crime at Christmas.CHB Kitchin
B.V. Lawson,Under the Snow, Kerstin Ekman
Evan Lewis,The Crooking Finger, Cleve F. Adams
Steve Lewis,Blye Moon, Peter Duchin and John Morgan Wilson
Todd Mason,Monad, edited by Damon Knight
J.F. Norris,Sunday Pigeon Murders, Craig Rice
Neer,The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
James Reasoner,Private Club, Orrie Hitt
Richard Robinson, The Coroner's Lunch, Colin Cotterill
Ron Scheer,Nevada, Zane Gray
Michael Slind, Clandestine, James Ellroy
Kevin Tipple/Barry Ergang, The Murder's Book, Tage la Cour and Harald Mogensen
Prashant Trikannad ,Atlantic Scramble, Don Pendleton and Gar Wilson
Zybahn, Blood and Water and other Tales, Patrick McGrath
 

The Summing Up, Friday, December 14, 2012

A review of LINCOLN is up on Crimespree Cinema. 

The Summing Up, Friday, December 14, 2012

Patti Abbott, Blue Heaven, C.J. Box
Sergio Angelini  Murder at Cambridge, Q Patrick
Joe Barone, Rest You, Merry, Charlotte MacLeod
Les Blatt , The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin
Brian Busby , Murder in the Rough, Leslie Allen
Bill Crider, When the Killing Starts, Ted Wood
Scott Cupp  Trouble in Bugland, William Kotzwinkle
Martin Edwards, The Imposter, Helen McCloy
Curt Evans , The Ferguson Affair, Ross Macdonald
Jerry House, The Blank Wall, Elizabeth Sanxay Holding
Randy Johnson, The Aluminum Turtle, Baynard Kendrick
Nick Jones , The Deep Blue Goodbye; Nightmare in Pink, John D. MacDonald
George Kelley, Titus Cros, Brian Lumley
B.V. Lawson , Ambush for Anatol, John Sherman
Evan Lewis , Lost Adventures of the Continental Op, Dashiell Hammett
Steve Lewis Follow as the Night, Patricia McGerr
Todd Mason  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF '65? by David Wallechinsky and Michael Medved
J.F. Norris, Death on a Ferris Wheel, Aylwin Lee Martin
Deb Pfeifer, The Widower, Georges Simenon
James Reasoner, The Complete Color Terry and the Pirates Vol. 1, Milton Caniff
Richard Robinson. Roscoes in the Night, Robert Leslie Bellem
Gerard Saylor, Holmes on the Range, Steve Hockensmith
Ron Scheer, Agnes Christina Laut, The Freebooters of the Wilderness
Michael Slind, The Long Embrace, Judith Freeman
Kevin Tipple?Barry Ergang The Jugger, Richard Stark
TomCat, Holiday Mysteries
Zybahn , Song of Kali, Dan Simmons

The Summing Up, Friday, December, 7, 2012

There is a review of SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK up at Crimespree Cinema. Was I too harsh?

Ray Bradbury Works

Patti Abbott, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
Sergio Angelini,, A Graveyard for Lunatics
 Bradbury Media , Naming of Ray Bradbury Square in L.A.
Bill Crider, A Memory of Murder
Jerry House. Links to Bradbury Works
Randy Johnson, A Pleasure to Burn
Nick Jones , The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 & 2
George Kelley, The Stories of Ray Bradbury
B.V. Lawson , Vintage Bradbury
Todd Mason,  An Assortment of Bradbury, Bloch, etc.
Jeff Meyerson, A Memory of Murder
Richard Pangburn, A Discussion of Ray Bradbury
James Reasoner, "Jonah of the Jove Run" PLANET STORIES
Richard Robinson , Dandelion Wine
Ron Scheer, "The Last Night of the World"
Prashant Trikannad, An Impatient Gulliver Above Our Roofs

And other remembered books
Brian Busby , The Sixth of January, Jim Lotz
Martin Edwards, The Department of Dead Ends, Roy Vickers
Curt Evans, Murder of a Matriarch, Hugh Austin
Margot Kinberg, March Violets, Philip Kerr
Evan Lewis, Hammett Homicides
J.F. Norris , Burglars in Bucks, G.D.H. and Margaret Cole
Juri Nummelin, Dirt Rich, Clark Howard
Gerard Saylor , Plays of the 60s Vol 3, Katherine Brisbane
Michael Slind, A Banner of Pegasus, John and Emery Bonett
Kevin Tipple/Patrick Ohl, Mischief, Charlotte Armstrong

The Summing Up, Friday, November 30, 2012

 Check out my review of THE SESSIONS on Crimespree Cinema.

The Summing Up, Friday, November 30, 2012
Patti Abbott, The Elizabeth Stories, Isabel Huggins
Sergio Angelini, The House, Hilda Lawrence
Yvette Banek, Final Curtain, Ngaio Marsh
Joe Barone, The New Shoe, Arthur B, Upfield
Les Blatt, The Nine Tailers, Dorothy B, Sayers
Brian Busby, Bilingual Today, French Tomorrow, J.V. Andrews
Bill Crider, The Mystery Lover's Companion, Art Bourgeau
Scott Cupp, Hannes Bok, edited by Joseph Wrzos
Martin Edwards, Let's Pretend, Jacqueline Wilson
Curt Evans, A Girl Died Laughing, Viola Paradis
Ed Gorman The Plastic Nightmare, Richard Neely
Jerry House, The Man on the Ceiling, Steve Rasnic. Tem and Melanie Tem
Randy Johnson, Alley Girk, Jonathan Craig
Nick Jones, The Big Bounce, Elmore Leonard
George Kelley, Cogan's Trade, George V. Higgins
Margot Kinberg, Desert Wives, Betty Webb
Rob Kitchin, Cypress Grove, James Sallis
B.V. Lawson, I Start Counting, Audrey Erskine Lindop
Evan Lewis, The Return of the Continental Op, Dashiell Hammett
Steve Lewis/Dan Stumpf, Black Friday, David Goodis
Todd Mason, Lucky Come Hawaii, Jon Shirota
Neer, Amerika, Franz Kafka
J.F. Norris, Murder to Come, Isabel Briggs Myers
Richard Pangburn, Courting Disaster, Julie Edelson
Deb Pfeifer, Roadside Picnic, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
James Reasoner, Backfore, Dan Marlowe
Gerard Saylor. The Gentleman's Hour, Don Winslow
Ron Scheer, The Road Builders, Samuel Merwin
Michael Slind, The Dime Museum Murders, Daniel Stashower
Kerrie Smith, Winter Chill, Jon Cleary
Kevin Tipple, Flrank Hawk, Terry W. Ervin II
TomCat, The Case of the Missing Sandals, Nancy Barr Mavity
Prashant Trikannad, The Discovery of India, Jawaharlal Nehru
Zybahn, Inhuman Beings. Jerry Jay Carroll

The Summing Up, Friday, November 23, 2012

The Summing Up, Friday, November 23, 2012

Serge Angelini, NIGHTMARE (1941) by Cornell Woolrich

Brian Busby,  The Lane That Had No Turning and Other Tales Concerning the People of Pontiac
Gilbert Parker

Bill Crider, Tales from Super-Science Fiction -- Edited by Robert Silverberg

 Scott Cupp, Rip Hunter, Time Master by Jack Miller and various artists,

Martin Edwards, The Sweepstake Murders, J. J. Connington

Curt Evans,  One Murdered, Two Dead (1936), by Milton M. Propper

Ed Gorman,  Deadlier Than The Male by James Gunn 

Jerry House, The Green Queen by Margaret St. Clair (1956)

Nick Jones,  Assignment to Disaster, Edward S. Aarons 

George Kelley, CORNELL WOOLRICH LIMITED EDITONS


B.V. Lawson, Red Christmas, Patrick Ruell 

Juri Nummelin, David Hume: Midnight's Last Bow

James Reasoner,  Blonde Bait - Ed Lacy (Leonard Zinberg)

Ron Scheer Gilbert Parker, Northern Lights 

Kevin Tipple/Barry Ergang, SHARKS NEVER SLEEP, William F. Nolan -

Prashant Trikannad, Saddle on a Cloud, Frank C. Robertson

The Summing Up, Friday, November 16, 2012

                                   My brother, Jeff's wedding in  August, 1978.

 The Summing Up, Friday, November 16, 2012

Patti Abbott , The Search for Warren Harding, Robert Plunket
Sergio Angelini , The Zebra-Striped Hearse, Ross Macdonald
Brian Busby , The Kidnapping of the President, Charles Templeton
Bill Crider, The Comeback, Dan J. Maarlowe
Scott Cupp, Hazards, Mike Resnick
Martin Edwards, The Stoat, Lynn Brock
Curt Evans,  Bamburg Bog, Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Ed Gorman, A Touch of Death, Charles Williams
Randy Johnson, Frankincense and Murder, Baynard Kendrick
Nick Jones, Operation Drumfire, Dan J. Marlowe
George Kelly, The Weird, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
Margot Kinberg, The Paris Lawyer, Sylvie Granotier
B.V. Lawson, Mystery of he Queen Mary, Bruce Graeme
Evan Lewis, 42 Days for Murder, Roger Torrey
Steve Lewis/William F. Deeck, The Chinese Doll, Wilson Tucker
Todd Mason, Dark Descent, ed. David Hartwell
J.F. Norris, The Double Death of Frederic Belot, Claude Aveline
Richard Pangburn, Thanksgiving, Michael Dibdin
Deb Pfeifer, Looking Glass Justice, Jeffrey Ashford
James Reasoner, The Brat, Gil Brewer
Richard Robinson, The Mother Goose Murders, Walter Gibson
Gerard Saylor Escape Clause, James O. Born
Ron Scheer, The Hearts of the Red Firs, Ada Woodruff Anderson
Michael Slind,  The Queen is Dead, Ellery Queen
Kerrie Smith, The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender, Marele Day
Kevin Tipple/Patrick Ohl, The John Riddell Murder Case, John Riddell
Prashant Trikannad, The Lone Deputy, Wayne D. Overholser
TomCat, The Moon Rock, Arthur J.Rees

The Summing Up, Friday, November 9, 2012

The Summing Up, Friday, November 9, 2012

Don't forget December 7th is Ray Bradbury Day here. 


Patti Abbott, The Expendable Man, Dorothy B Hughes
Sergio Angelini, The Yellow Dog, Georges Simenon
Yvette Banek, Maigret;'s Christmas, George Simenon
 Brian Busby, The Pioneer Preacher, Neville Trueman
Bill Crider, Bad Monkeys. Matthew Ruff
Scott Cupp, The Blues Ain't Nothin', Tina L. Jens
Martin Edwards. My Brother's Killer. D. M. Devine
Curt Evans , The Hugh Rennert Detective Novels of Todd Downing
Elisabeth Grace Foley , Ten Forgotten Authors
Jerry House , Blood Dance, Joe R. Lansdale
Randy Johnson, The Cutler Books, Pt. 3, H.V. Elkin
Nick Jones, The Volcanoes of San Domingo, Adam Hall
George Kelley, Storm Front and Fool Moon, Jim Butcher
Margot Kinberg, Executive Privilege, Phillip Margolin
B.V. Lawson, The House of Balnesmoor, Hugh C. Rae
Evan Lewis, TV Tie-Ins, Kurt Peer
Steve Lewis/Mike Nevins , Fools Die on Friday, A.A. Fair
Todd Mason, Harlan Ellison: 4 collections, 1 anthology: THE BOOK OF ELLISON, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ON THE PROCRUSTEAN BED, STALKING THE NIGHTMARE, STRANGE WINE, MEDEA: HARLAN'S WORLD
J.F. Norris, Auntie Beardie, Joseph Shearing
Deb Pfeifer, Compulsion, Meyer Levin
James Reasoner, The Case of the Daring Decoy, Erle Stanley Gardner
Richard Robinson, The Private Practice of Michael Shayne, Bret Halliday
Ron Scheer, The Backwoodsman, Charles G.D. Roberts
Ron Scheer, Find a Victim, Ross Macdonald
Michael Slind, A Fatal Inversion, Barbara Vine
Kerrie Smith ,The Color Purple, Alice Walker
Kevin Tipple/Barry Ergang, Catspaw Ordeal, Edward Ronns
TomCat, Ellery Queen
Prashant Trikanna, Journey Toward Death, Amos Aricha

The Summing Up, Friday, November 2, 2012

 A review of SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS is on Crimespree Cinema.


The Summing Up, Friday, November 2, 2012



Anthony Ambrogio, The Boys from Brazil, Ira Levin
Sergio Angelini, The Beast of the Camargue, Xavier Marie Bonnet
Joe Barone, The Sky Took Him, Donis Casey
Brian Busby, The Soul Eater, Thomas P. Kelley
Bill Crider, Angel, Gil Brewer
Martin Edwards, Dead Men's Morris, Glady Mitchell
Curt Evans, Sisters Are Doin' For Themselves: The Sisters of Cain, Mary Collins
Elisabeth Grace Foley, Poor Dear Margaret Kirby, Kathleen Norris
Ed Gorman, House of Flesh, Bruno Fisher
Jerry House, The Dead Boy Detectives, Jill Thompson
Randy Johnson, The Cutler Books, Part 2, H.V. Elkin
Nick Jones, Man Hungry, Alan Marshall
George Kelley, The Leiber Chronicles, ed. Martin Greenbert
Margot Kinberg, Blood and Groom, Jill Edmondson
B.V. Lawson, Aristotle Detective, Margare Doody
Evan Lewis, The Continental Op, Dashiell Hammett
Steve Lewis, The Affair of the 39 Cufflinks, James Anderson
Todd Mason, Ghost and Things ed, Hal Cantor; Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories to Be Read
With the Door Locked, Harold Q. Masur
J.F. Norris, Someone Like You, Roald Dahl
Richard Pangburn, Heaven's Keep, William Kent Kruger
Deb Pfeifer, The Rules of the Game, Georges Simenon
James Reasoner, Flint, Gil Dodge (Arnold Hano)
Gerard Saylor, Multiple Man, Ben Bova
Ron Scheer, Woodsmen of the West, Martin Allendale Grainger
Michael Slind, Doll. Ed McBain
Kerrie Smith, The Scarlett Inheritance, Robert Ludlum
Kevin Tipple, The Surest Poison, Chester D. Campbell
Prashant Trikkanad, The Ninth Configuration, William Peter Blatty
TomCat, The Body Beautiful, Bill S. Ballinger
Zybahn, Children of the Night, John Blackburn

The Summing Up, Friday, October 26, 2012

 The Summing Up, Friday, October 26, 2012

Patti Abbott, Sleep and His Brother, Peter Dickinson
Sergio Angelini,  The Wench is Dead, Fredric Brown
Yvette Banet, River of Darkness, Rennie Airth
Joe Barone, The Laughing Policeman, Sjowall and Wahloo
Brian Busby , The Unchanged East, Robert Barr
Bill Crider, The Good Old Stuff, John D. MacDonald
Scott Cupp, The Weird, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
Martin Edwards, The Death Wish, Elizabeth Sanxay Holding
Curt Evans, The Arm of Mrs. Egan, Willain Henry Harvey
Ed Gorman, The Ever-Running Man, Marcia Muller Jerry House, In His Shadow, Dave Zeltserman
Randy Johnson, The Cutter Book
George Kelley Cold Hand In Mine: Strange Stories, Robert Packman
Margot Kinberg , Dying to Sin, Stephen Booth
Rob Kitchin, Death in Tuscany, Michele Guittiari
B.V. Lawson, Let's Talk of Graves, Worms and Epitaphs, Robert Player
Evan Lewis, Fortress of Solitude, Lester Dent
Steve Lewis/Dan Stumpf, Confesssions of a (English) Opoim Eater, Thomas De Quincey
Todd Mason, The Book of Fritz Leiber, The Best of Fritz Leiber, The Worlds of Fritz Leiber
Neer, Twelve Red Herrings, Jeffrey Archer
J.F. Norris,A Female Detective, Andrew Forrester
Richard Pangburn, Inside Job, Connie Willis
Deb Pfeifer, Uncle Paul, Celia Fremlin
James Reasoner, Raider of the Seas, Warren Hastings Miller
Richard Robinson, Nemesis, Agatha Christie
Ron Scheer, Death Valley Slim and other Stories, Pauline Wilson Worth
Kerrie Smith, A Quiver Full of Arrows, Jeffrey Archer
Kevin Tipple/Patrick Ohl, A Beast in View, Margare Millar
TomCat, Stalking Dragon, Mike Resnick

My review of LOOPER is right here.http://crimespreemag.com/blog/2012/10/film-review-looper-2.html 

The Summing Up, Friday, October 19, 2012

Megan at the Daggers with Ayo Onatade

Patti Abbott Ghost, Alan Lightman(link below)
Sergio Angelini, Veronica's Room, Ira Levin
Yvette Banek, Ethan Frome. Edith Wharton
Joe Barone, Hornswaggled, Donis Casey
Brian Busby, The Fabulous Kelley, Thomas P. Kelley, Jr.
Bill Crider, Frontier Lawyer, Lawrence L. Blaine
Scott Cupp, Road Trip, Mark Finn
Martin Edwards, Les Magiciennes, Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
Curt Evans, The Third Eye, Ethel Lina White
Elisabeth Grace Foley, Wind of Destiny, Sara Lindsay Coleman
Ed Gorman, Having Wonderful Crime, Craig Rice (link below)
Jerry House, No lLade of Grass, John Christopher
Randy Johnson Juvenile Westerns
Nick Jones, Peter George
George Kelley, American Science Fiction, 1953-56; 1956-58, ed. by Gary K. Wolfe
Margot Kinberg , Raven Black, Ann Cleeves
B.V. Lawson, A Time for Pirates, Gavin Black
Evan Lewis, Silent are the Lead, George Harmon Coxe
Steve Lewis, The Jansen Directive, Robert Ludlum
Todd Mason, The Encyclopedia of Folk, Country & Western Music by Stambler & Landon; Blues Who's Who by Harris; The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists ed. Wallace & Manitoba
Neer , V is for (the ) Vision, Dean R. Koontz
Stephen Nester, True Confessions, John Gregory Dunne
J.F. Norris, The Deadly Truth, Helen McCloy
Juri Nummelin, The Captain Must Die, Robert Colby
Richard Pangburn, Thurber on Humor, Thurber
David Rachels, Ask the Parrot, Richard Stark
James Reasoner, The Cage, Talmadge Powell
Richard Robinson , A Caribbean Mystery, Agatha Christie
Gerard Saylor, Blood's a Rover, James Ellroy
Ron Scheer, The Red-Blooded, Edgar Beecher Bronson
Kerrie Smith, Well-Schooled in Murder, Elizabeth George
Kevin Tipple, The Last Call, George Wier
Prashant Trikanna, Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie 

A review of ARGO is up at Crimespree Cinema. 

The Summing Up, Friday, October 12, 2012

Thanks for all the great reviews today. I had to leave the house at noon so I will add others later.

The Summing Up, Friday, October 13, 2012

Patti Abbott  Peril at End House
Sergio Angelini  Unfinished Portrait
Yvette Banek, So Many Steps to Death                                                                                       
Joe Barone, Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Brian Busby, Crazy to Kill, Ann Cardwell
Bill Crider, A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie, Robert Barnard
Ed Gorman, Body in the Library
Dorothy Hayes, A Sketch of Anna Katherine Green and her ties to Agatha Christie
Jerry House, Akhnaton
Randy Johnson , The Case of the Perfect Maid, Poirot and the Regatta Mystery
Nick Jones, Christie Dust Jackets of Interest
Lois Karlin, A Tribute to Agatha
George Kelley, The Tuesday Club Murders
Rob Kitchin, Death in the Clouds
B.V. Lawson, The Labours of Hercules
Steve Lewis, TV movie of Murder in Mesopotamia
Todd Mason, Sancutary and SPY: THE FUNNY YEARS edited by Graydon Carter & Kurt Andersen
Jeff Meyerson,The ABC Murders
Neer, Sparkingf Cyanide
J.F. Norris, The Hound of Death
Patrick Ohl-see Kevin Tipple, The Murder at the Vicarage
Richard Pangburn , A Chess Problem
Deb Pfeifer, Endless Night
James Reasoner, The Secret Adversary
Richard Robinson, The Clocks
Kerrie Smith, Agatha Christie Reading Challenge
Prashant Trikannad, The Secret Adversary


And other Forgotten Books
Scott Cupp, Wind Angels, Leigh Kennedy
Martin Edwards, Nightmare, Lynn Brock
Curt Evans , The Affair in Death Valley, Clifford Knight
Nick Jones, The Big H, Bryan Peters
Evan Lewis , Ready to Burn, Carroll John Daly
Richard Pangburn, The Eighth Circle, Stanley Ellin
Ron Scheer, The Lost Cabin Mine, Frederick Niven
Michael Slind,You'll Die Next, Harry Whittington
TomCat, Blind Drift, Cyde Clason

The Summing Up, Friday, September 21, 2012

 The Summing Up, Friday, September 21, 2012

A review of Cosmopolis is up at Crimespree. 

Patti Abbott, Blackwater, Kersten Ekman
Sergio Angelini, Reunion with Murder, Timoty Fuller
Yvette Banek, Maigret and the Mad Woman, Georges Simenon
Joe Barone , Man of Two Trives, Arthur W. Upfield
Brian Busby, The Four Stragglers, Frank L. Packard
Bill Crider, Valley Beyond Time, Robert Silverberg
Scott Cupp, Arts Unknown: The Life and Art of Lee Brown Coye, Luis Ortiz
Martin Edwards, No Fury, Francis Beeding
Curt Evans , The File on Claudia Cragge, Q. Patrick
Elizabeth Foxwell, Murder of the Man Next Door, Peter Malloch
Ed Gorman, The Handle, Richard Stark
Randy Johnson, Roy Rogers and the Ghost of Mystery Rancho, Walker A. Tompkins
Nick Jones, Ripley Undergrand, Patricia Highsmith
George Kelley, The Cocktail Waitress, James M. Cain
Margot Kinberg, Deadly Tide, Sandy Curtis
Rob Kitchin, Homicide, David Simon
Doug Levin, One is a Lonely Number, Bruce Elliott, Black Wings Has My Angel, Elliott Chaze
Evan Lewis, The Lady in the Morgue, Jnathan Latimer
Steve Lewis , The Golden Spiders, Rex Stout
Todd Mason, SECOND HELP!-ING, edited by Harvey Kurtzman (Fawcett Gold Medal 1962)(and HELP! magazine, 3/65); THE MONOCLE PEEP SHOW edited by Richard Lingerman and Victor Navasky (Bantam 1965); THE REALIST edited by Paul Krassner (1958-2001, online archive completed 2010)
Neer, The Mother Hunt, Rex Stout
J.F. Norris, Curse of the Island Pool, Virginia Coffman
Juri Nummelin ,The Mark of Zorro, Johnston McCalley
Richard Pangburn , Books to Die for, John Connolly & Declan Burke
David Rachel, Breakout, Richard Stark
James Reasoner, Honly Tonk Girl, Charles Beckman Jr.
Richard Robinson, Fadeway, Richard Rosen
Gerard Saylor, Miss Con't Touch Me, Hubert Kerascoet
Ron Scheer , This Was a Man, Hattie Horner Louthan
Michael Slind, The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris
Kerrie Smith, Classic Detective Stories, Edward Hardwicke
Kevin Tipple, Politically Coorect Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner
TomCat, Melancholis Poodle in Delfshaver, Cor Docter

The Summing Up, Friday, September 14, 2012

Chocolate Mint Ice Cream Mustaches are the Best.

My review of QUEEN OF VERSAILLES is on Crimespree Cinema.

The Summing Up, Friday, September 14, 2012









Patti Abbott, A Summons to Memphis, Peter Taylor (below)
Sergio Angelini, Queen in Danger, Adam Hall
Yvette Banek, Distemper, Beth Saulnier
Joe Barone, The Old Buzzard Had It Coming, Donis Casey
Brian Busby Mark it for Murder, Douglas Sanderson
Bill Crider, Three Rode North, Al Conroy, (Marvin H. Albert)
Scott Cupp, The Tithonian Factor, Richard Cowper
Martin Edwards, S. S. Murder, Q. Patrick
Curt Evans, Museum Piece No. 13, Rufus King
Jerry House, The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World, Harry Harrison
Randy Johnson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson
Nick Jones, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Patricia Highsmith
George Kelley, Redheads Die Quickly and Other Stories, Gil Brewer
Margot Kinberg, The Cold Dish, Craig Johnson
Rob Kitchin, Goshawk Squadron, Derek Robinson
B.V. Lawson, This'll Kill You, Peter Chambers
Evan Lewis, The Wrong Corpse, Carroll John Daly
Steve Lewis/Mike Tooney, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Dorothy L. Sayers
Todd Mason, The Avon Book of Modern Writing and No. 2, edited by William Phillips and Philip Rahv (and others)
Neer, The Kings' General, Daphne DuMaurier
J.F. Norris, Antidote to Venom, Freeman Wills Crofts
Richard Pangburn, Cool Hand Luke, Donn Pearce
David Rachels, Redheads Die Quickly and Other Stories, Gil Brewer
James Reasoner, The Dance of Death, Carter Brown (Alan G. Yates)
Richard Robinson, Crime Over Casco, Walter Gibson
Gerard Saylor, Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death, Charlie Huston
Ron Scheer, Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher, Eleanor Gates
Michael Slind, The Labors of Hercules, Agatha Christie
Kerrie Smith, Prelude to Terror, Helen MacInnes
Kevin Tipple, Jasmine's Fate, Randy Rawls
TomCat, The Queen of the Night, Paul Doherty
Prashant Trikannad, A Prairie Infanta, Eva Wilder Brodhead

The Summing Up, Friday, September 7, 2012

Late summer movies on Crimespree Cinema.

The Summing Up, Friday, September 7, 2012

Patti Abbott, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Judith Rossner (see below)
Sergio Angelini, The Pizza House Crash, Denise Danks
Yvette Banek, Devil May Care, Elizabeth Peters
Brian Busby, In the Darkness, Douglas Sanderson
Bill Crider, Prime Sucker, Harry Whittington
Martin Edwards, My Wife, Melissa, Frances Durbridge
Kurt Evans, The Turret Room, Charlotte Armstrong
Jerry House, Bad Karma, Dave Zeltserman
Nick Jones, Little Tales of Misogyny, Patricia Highsmith
George Kelley, Ipon the Dull Earth, Stories of Philip Dick, Vol. 3
Margot Kinberg, What Was Lost, Catherine O'Flynn
B.V. Lawson, Murder Sails at Midnight, Marian Babson
Evan Lewis, The Mystery of the Smoking Gun, Carrol John Daly
Steve Lewis, Sea Fever, Ann Cleeves
Todd Mason. Suddenly, edited by Marvin Allen Karp and Irving Settel , among other Suspense-Fiction Anthologies
Neer, The Window at the White Cat, Mary Roberts Rinehart
J.F. Norris, The Vampire of N'Gobi, Kidgwell Cullum
James Reasoner, Clayburn, Al Conroy (Marvin H Albert)
Gerard Saylor, The Keep, F. Paul Wilson
Ron Scheer, The Gold Bug Story Book, Dennis H. Stovall
Michael Slind. Relentless, Ed Gorman
Kerrie Smith, Dekok and the Dead Harlequin, A. C. Baantjer
Kevin Tipple, Rogue Island, Bruce De Silva
Prashant Trikannad, Various Ghost Stories

The Summing Up, Friday, August 31, 2012

Check out my review of SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN at Crimespree Cinema.

Agatha Christie day coming up on October 12, 2012. I pick PERIL AT END HOUSE. Not that someone else can't have a shot at it too.


The Summing Up, Friday, August 31, 2012

Amy. Industrial Magic, Kelly Armstrong
Patti Abbott, The Millstone, Margaret Drabble
Sergio Angelini, One for the Road, Fredric Brown
Yvette Banek, Epigrams, Oscar Wilde
Eric Beetner, Dark As Night, Mark To Conard
Brian Busby, Thirty Years at Stratford, Robertson Davies
Bill Crider, Amazing Stories: the Anthology, ed. Kim Mohan
Scott Cupp, Any Day Now, Terry Bison
Martin Edwards, Silence of a Purple Shirt, R. E. Woodthorpe
Kurt Evans, The Protege, Charlotte Armnstrong
Ed Gorman, Murder Among Owls, Bill Crider
Jerry House, Hauntings and Horrors, ed. Alden H. Norton
Randy Johnson, Voodoo, Jeffery Wilds Deaver
Nick Jones, The Sour Lemon Score, Richard Stark
George Kelley, A Confederation of Valor, Tanya Huff
Margot Kinberg, Faceless Killers, Henning Mankell
B.V. Lawson, Murder for Treasure, David Williams
Evan Lewis, Mr. Sixgun, Brian Garfield
Steve Lewis/Allen J. Hubin, The Baxter Trust, J.P. Hailey
Todd Mason, Our Generation, Vlume 17, Number 1
Neer, The End of Her Honeymoon, Marie Beloc Lowndes
Neglected Books Page James AswellJ.F. Norris, The Cross-Eyes Bear, Dorothy B. Hughes
Juri Nummelin, Tales of Suspense Audio book-link below
Richard Pangburn, Paranoia, Joseph Finder-link below
David Rachels, Pro Bono, Seicho Matsumoto
James Reasoner, Johnny Lidell's Morgue, Frank Kane
Ron Scheer, The Pilgrim and the Pioneer, John C. Bell
Michael Slind,A Neat Little Corpse, Max Murray
Kerrie Smith, A Great Deliverance, Elizabeth George
Kevin Tipple, Sorrow's Anthm, Michael Kortya
TomCat, The Book of Changes, R.H.W. Dillard
Prashant Trikannad, To the Last Man, Zane Grey

The Summing Up, Friday, August 24, 2012

My exciting adventures at the Traverse City Film Festival is on Crimespree Cinema.

Patti Abbott, Bob, the Gambler, Fredrick Barthelme
Sergio Angelini, Nightmare Cruise, Wade Miller
Yvette Banek, Singing in the Shrouds, Ngaio Marsh (link Below)
Brian Busby, Le Nom dans le bronze, Michelle Le Normand (link below)
Bill Crider, The Adventures of Race Williams, Carrol John Daly
Loren Eaton, They Walked Like Men, Clifford D. Simak
Martin Edwards, Murder at 23:10, Newton Gale
Kurt Evans, A Mammoth Murder, Bill Crider
Elisabeth Grace Foley, The Girls of Silver Spur Ranch, Grace McGowan Cooke and Anne McQueen,
Ed Gorman, Hard-boiled America, Geoffrey O'Brien
Jerry House, The Black Mask Murders, William F. Nolan
Randy Johnson, The Nameless Breed, Will C. Brown
Nick Jones, A Thirsty Evil. P,M. Hubbard
George Kelley, 50 in 50, Harry Harrison
Margot Kinberg, Edwin of the Iron Shoes, Marcia Muller
B.V. Lawson, Harbingers of Fear, Dorothy Simpson
Evan Lewis, Contraband, Cleve F. Adams (with Robert Leslie Bellem)
Steve Lewis/Dan Stumpf, The Captain Hates the Sea, Wallace Smith
Steve Lewis, The Last Domino Contract, Philip Atlee
Todd Mason, THE STUFFED OWL, edited by D. B. Wyndham Lewis and Charles Lee; PARODIES edited by Dwight Macdonald
Terrie Moran, Duped by Derivatives, Gail Farrely
Neer, N is for No Comebacks, Fredrick Forsyth
J.F. Norris, Fair Murder, Nicholas Brady
David Rachels, All the Way, Charles Williams
James Reasoner, The Silver Desert, Ernest Haycox
Gerard Saylor, The Blade Itself, Marcus Sakey
Ron Scheer, Poker Jim, Gentleman, G. Frank Lydston
Michael Slind, The Chinese Orange Mystery, Ellery Queen
Kevin Tipple/Barry Ergang, The Innocent Mrs. Duff, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
Prashant Trikkanad, Comic Books of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
TomCat, The Glass Mask, Lenore Glen Offord

The Summing Up, Friday, August 17, 2012

My review of Beasts of the Southern Wild is up on on Crimespree Cinema. Don't miss this movie.


Patti Abbott, The Wench is Dead, Colin Dexter
Sergio Angelini, Murder on the Blackboard, Stuart Palmer
Brian Busby, Catch a Falling Starlet, Douglas Sanderson
Bill Crider, Manhattan is My Beat, Jeffrey Wilds Deaver
Scott Cupp, , The Leopard Couch, Sax Rohmer
Martin Edwards, The Castleford Connundrum, J.J. Connington
Curt Evans, The Collected Short Stories of Joyce Porter
Jerry House, Soviet Science Fiction, anonymous
Randy Johnson, Pulling a Train, Harlan Ellison
Nick Jones, "Gavin Lyall"
George Kelley, Vultures of the Void, Philip Harbottle
Margot Kinberg, White Sky, Black Ice, Stan Jones
Rob Kitchin, The Man on the Balcony, Majs Sjowall and Per Wahloo
B.V. Lawson, Sylvia, Howard Fast
Evan Lewis, A Daffy Dill mystery, Richard Sale
Steve Lewis/Marvin Lachman, Selected Tales of Grim and Grue, from the Horror Pulps
Todd Mason, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, the final issue in June 1953
Neer, Inqilab, Khwaja Ahmed Abbas
J.F. Norris, The Secret of Sarek, Maurice LeBlanc
Richard Pangburn, The Laughing Policeman, Majs Sjowall and Per Wahloo
James Reasoner, The Ill Wind Contract, Philip Atlee
Richard Robinson, Helmet for My Pillow, Robert Leckie
Gerard Saylor, Straight Razor Days, Joel Hynes
Ron Scheer, Smith of Bear City, George Tower Buffum
Bill and Michael Selnes, One L, Scott Turow
Kerrie Smith, Murder in the Mews, Agatha Christie
Kevin Tipple, Antler Dust, Mark Stevens
TomCat, Voyage into Violence, Frances and Richard Lockridge

The Summing Up, Friday, July 27, 2012

Patti Abbott, Red Baker, Robert Ward
Sergio Angelini, Jonathan Latimer
Yvette Banek, Small Vices, Robert B. Parker
Joe Barone, The Big Bad City, Ed McBain
Brian Busby, Existenz, David Cronenberg
Bill Crider, The Source of Fear, Bill S. Ballinger
Scott Cupp, Agatha h and the Airship City, Phil and Kaja Foglio
Martin Edwards, A Minor Operation, J.J. Connington
Curt Evans, Invitation to Kill, Gardner Low
Ed Gorman, The Long Loud Silence, Wilson Tucker
Jerry House, The Evening Standard Second Book of Strange Stories
Randy Johnson, Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe, George Takei and Robert Asprin
Nick Jones, First, Tom Gault and Simone Lia
George Kelley, Pulling a Train, Harlan Ellison
Margot Kinberg, In the Shadow of the Glacier, Vicki Delany
Rob Kitchin, The Rocksburg Railroad Murders, K.C. Constantine
B.V. Lawson, Ghost of a Chance, Kelley Roos
Evan Lewis, Shakedown, William Campbell Gault
Steve Lewis/Dan Stumpf, Say it with Bullets, Richard Powell
Todd Mason, Houseful of Laughter, Bennett Cerf
Neer, Sir John MacGill's Last Journey, Freeman Wills Croft
J.F. Norris, The House Next Door, Lionel White
James Reasoner, Ramrod, Walt Coburn
Gerard Saylor, Devil's Own Ragdoll, Mitch Bartoy
Ron Scheer, In the Valley of Havilah, Frederick Thickstun Clark
Kerrie Smith, Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Agatha Christie
Kevin Tipple, The Poacher's Son, Paul Doirin
TomCat, Moonflower, Beverly Nichols
Prashant Trikannad, The Continental Classics Vol. XIV, The Vampire, Jan Neruda

The Summing Up, Friday, July 13, 2012

If you want to see a really dark movie, try Elena. My review of it is here.

The Summing Up, Friday, July 13, 2012

Patti Abbott, Brazzaville, William Boyd
Sergio Angelini, He Who Hesitates, Ed McBain
Yvette Banek, The Winds of Change, Martha Grimes
Joe Barone, Painted Ladies, Robert B. Parker
Brian Busby The Body on Mount Royal, David Montrose
Bill Crider, Dolls Are Murder, ed. Harold Q Masur
Scott Cupp, Ghost Seas, Steven Utley
Martin Edwards, Mystery at Lynden Sands, J. J. Connington
Kurt Evans, Carteret's Cure, Richard Keverne
Ed Gorman, Rendezvous in Black, Cornell Woolrich
Jerry House, The Ancient Track, H.P. Lovecraft
Randy Johnson, The Wrong Case, James Crumley
Nick Jones, The Boys from Brazil, Ira Levin
George Kelley, Tales from Super Science Fiction, ed. Robert Silverberg
B.V. Lawson, A Crime Remembered, Jeffrey Ashford
Evan Lewis, Death for Two, Carroll John Daly
Steve Lewis, Murder Comes First, Richard and Frances Lockridge
Todd Mason, The Unknown, Ed. D.R. Bensen
Terrie Moran, Green Darkness, Anya Seton
Steven Nester, Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, William Kennedy
John F. Norris, Ghost Wanted, Finlay McDermid
Juri Nummelin, Put Out That Star, Harry Carmichael
James Reasoner, The Golden Hooligan, Thomas B. Dewey
Richard Robinson, Where There's a Will, Rex Stout
Gerard Saylor, The Case of the Not-So-Nice-Nurse, Mabel Maney
Ron Scheer, The Settler, Herman Whitaker
Michael Slind, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, Kate Summerscale
Kerrie Smith, Service of All the Dead, Colin Dexter
Kevin Tipple, Sara's Search, Jan Christensen
TomCat, Dragonfly, Bill Pronzini and Death on the Nile, Agatha Christie
Prashant Trikkanad, Run, Mann, Run, James Keenan