Tag Archives: noir detective fiction

Rebecca Cantrell’s A Night of Long Knives, and David Downing’s Stettin Station

Posted on 10th September 2023 by Donna Bird

The advance readers’ copies of both of these novels arrived in the Green Man mailroom at about the same time. I have read and reviewed earlier installments in both series. Both are suspenseful tales of the lives of journalists living … Continue reading →

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Rebecca Cantrell’s A Trace of Smoke

Posted on 10th September 2023 by Donna Bird

When A Trace of Smoke arrived in the Green Man mailroom, I grabbed it right away. I had a feeling I was going to love every page of it, and indeed I did! At first I thought it was a … Continue reading →

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Philip Kerr’s Berlin Noir, The One From the Other, A Quiet Flame, and If the Dead Rise Not

Posted on 10th September 2023 by Donna Bird

I first ran across Berlin Noir, containing the titles March Violets, The Pale Criminal, and A German Requiem) in one of those remaindered book catalogs several years ago. A detective series set in 1930s Berlin certainly sounded right up my alley, … Continue reading →

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Loren D. Estleman’s Paperback Jack

Posted on 9th November 2022 by Warner Holme

Loren D. Estleman’s Paperback Jack is an interesting turn on a lot of material that the author is more than familiar with. In the past Loren D. Estleman has written historical novels, mysteries, westerns, and others. He is best known … Continue reading →

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