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Tag Archives: noir detective fiction
Rebecca Cantrell’s A Night of Long Knives, and David Downing’s Stettin Station
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
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
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
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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