BrianLindenmuth's Blog – June 2007 Archive (7)

From the front lines of Charm City or David Simon nailed it - pt. 2

As a follow up to my post from a couple of weeks ago. There is now a follow up to a proposed plan to put Baltimore city Homicide detectives back in uniform and on foot patrol. This

policy has been in place for two weeks now and has not been sucessful so it is

being revoked. Homicide detectives are off the street and back on the case.…

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Added by BrianLindenmuth on June 16, 2007 at 12:10am — No Comments

Hard Man by Allan Guthrie

Hard Man is a simple story of a man who misses his mom, loves his dog and finds Jesus.

Over the course of 8 blood soaked chapters that all take their names from movies, Hard Man unfolds with a savage intensity. The movie titles used will cleverly act as epigraphs for the

chapters.

Hard Man is divided pretty clearly into two parts. It’s during the first part that we will…

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Added by BrianLindenmuth on June 12, 2007 at 5:07am — No Comments

Lost Dog by Bill Cameron - review

"In the opening moments of the book we find Peter existing in a state of stasis. He doesn't have a job and he's trying to gain a measure of control over his kleptomania. In fact we meet Peter while he's in the middle of coming up

with excuses. Excuses not to go jogging, not to look for a job, not to go into

the house. He's renting his house…

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Added by BrianLindenmuth on June 9, 2007 at 3:00am — No Comments

Priest by Ken Bruen - review

"In the beginning of Priest we find Jack Taylor in an asylum. The story picks up as he is starting to come out of his medicated stupor. As he eases into some semblance of his old

life he tries to keep from confronting the tragedy that ended The Dramatist and

deal with its fallout. For the first time he finds himself completely sober,…

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Added by BrianLindenmuth on June 8, 2007 at 3:00am — No Comments

Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues by Robert Fate - Review

"While not breaking any barriers of originality its fast pace, action packed sequences and ultimately likeable characters come together to form a well told and enjoyable tale. When young Kristin Van Dijk and

her irascible good ol' boy partner Otis take on the case of a missing heiress to

an oil fortune little do they know that the lies, double crosses and bodies are

going to…

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Added by BrianLindenmuth on June 7, 2007 at 2:30am — No Comments