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I agree. I didn't enjoy much of his other work either and wouldn't give them another try.
As far as Fireball goes, you're right it's very off the wall. But it was different, and damn, was it funny. The…"
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Begged, bought, stole or borrowed - what's your last 5 books acquisitions?
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The last 5 books I've added to my library are........ Ed O'Loughlin - ToploaderMichael Dobbs - The Reluctant HeroStieg Larsson - The Girl Who Played With FireDouglas Lindsay - Lost In JuarezWilliam…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Suzanne Mar 1.
Where did they go?
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I was rooting through some of my books and came across a few authors that I haven't heard from in a while, whatever happened to....... Tom Kakonis, Gerald Petievich, A W Gray, Dannie R Martin,…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by M.E. Purfield Oct 23, 2012.
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Colman commented on Colman's blog post JAMES CRUMLEY - THE LAST GOOD KISS"I suppose if I read it again in a year or two, I may have a different regard for it. I enjoyed it yes, thought it was good, probably not great. I'm happy others got more out of it than me.
I didn't cover it within the review, but a…"
Colman replied to QualityBookReviews's discussion What are you currently reading?"John D MacDonald - A Purple Place For Dying, the 3rd in the Travis McGee series."
Jed Power commented on Colman's blog post JAMES CRUMLEY - THE LAST GOOD KISS"I read it when it first came out but that was a looong time ago. I knew that Dennis Lehane and other well knowns called it the best PI novel of the last half of the 20th century. So when my Goodreads Pulp Fiction group put it up, I read…"
Dana King commented on Colman's blog post JAMES CRUMLEY - THE LAST GOOD KISS"I had a similar, but more extreme, experience. I first read the book about four years ago, and didn't care for it. There were a couple of other books i read at about the same time that were highly regarded and I didn't care for, and it…"
Colman posted a blog postJAMES CRUMLEY - THE LAST GOOD KISS
Synopsis/blurb.... Tough, hard-boiled, and brilliantly suspenseful, The Last Good Kiss is an unforgettable detective story starring C. W. Sughrue, a Montana investigator who kills time by working at a topless bar. Hired to track down a derelict author, he ends up on the trail of a girl missing in Haight-Ashbury for a…See More
Colman posted a blog postMAX ALLAN COLLINS - BLOOD MONEY
Synopsis/blurb....Nolan was still alive; his wounds were nearly healed and his money was safe – all $800.000 of it. It was Nolan’s birthday and he was sitting happy. Until Planner was killed. Planner was an eccentric antique dealer; Planner had the $800.000 in his safe. But now he was dead and…See More
Colman posted a blog postROGER SMITH - ISHMAEL TOFFEE
Synopsis/blurb.......HE'S KILLED MORE MEN THAN HE CAN REMEMBER, BUT CAN HE SAVE A CHILD?Ishmael Toffee's knife put him behind bars and kept him there for twenty years as a prison gang assassin until he lost his taste for blood. Paroled, he finds himself with no money and no family. And no knife in his hand.He gets a job…See More
Colman posted a blog postLEIF G . W. PERSSON - BETWEEN SUMMER'S LONGING AND WINTER'S END
Synopsis/blurb....The first novel in a trilogy that has become the defining account of the unsolved 1986 assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme - an event that still haunts the collective Swedish memory. Beginning with the death of an unknown American citizen in Stockholm, Leif G.W.…See More
Colman replied to QualityBookReviews's discussion What are you currently reading?"Two books on the go at the minute, Ishmael Toffee by Roger Smith, Blood Money by Max Allan Collins"
Colman posted a blog postGERARD BRENNAN - OTHER STORIES AND NOTHING BUT TIME
Product description....A 10,000-word short story collection by one of the hottest new writers in Northern Ireland.“Gerard Brennan is a master of gritty violence.” - Colin BatemanBOUNCER first appeared in Verbal Magazine, a literary publication based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It’s the tale of a bouncer who can’t figure out…See More
Colman posted a blog postPINCKNEY BENEDICT - DOGS OF GOD
Synopsis/blurb.......A tale of malevolence and violence, this "stunning novel" (New York Times Book Review) is the story of Tannhauser, a crazed backswoodsman turned drug lord, and the idiosyncratic characters who are enticed into his destructive orbit.I’ve had this book sat on my shelves unread since I bought it new back in…See More
Colman replied to QualityBookReviews's discussion What are you currently reading?"Just starting - Leif G.W. Persson's Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End"
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JAMES CRUMLEY - THE LAST GOOD KISS
Synopsis/blurb....
Tough, hard-boiled, and brilliantly suspenseful, The Last Good Kiss is an unforgettable detective story starring C. W. Sughrue, a Montana investigator who kills time by working at a topless bar. Hired to track down a derelict author,…
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MAX ALLAN COLLINS - BLOOD MONEY
Synopsis/blurb....
Nolan was still alive; his wounds were nearly healed and his money was safe – all $800.000 of it. It was Nolan’s birthday and he was sitting happy.
Until Planner was killed. Planner was an eccentric antique dealer; Planner had the…
ContinuePosted on April 22, 2013 at 6:45pm
ROGER SMITH - ISHMAEL TOFFEE
Synopsis/blurb.......
HE'S KILLED MORE MEN THAN HE CAN REMEMBER, BUT CAN HE SAVE A CHILD?
Ishmael Toffee's knife put him behind bars and kept him there for twenty years as a prison gang assassin until he lost his taste for blood. Paroled, he finds himself with no…
Posted on April 20, 2013 at 4:20pm
LEIF G . W. PERSSON - BETWEEN SUMMER'S LONGING AND WINTER'S END
Synopsis/blurb....
The first novel in a trilogy that has become the defining account of the unsolved 1986 assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme - an event that still haunts the collective…
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