tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post5795251804168905755..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: Fresh StartsJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-53498343506850990712010-12-20T07:46:45.937-08:002010-12-20T07:46:45.937-08:00You can find mine here. And here's to an equal...You can find mine <a href="http://bit.ly/fN8x1I" rel="nofollow">here</a>. And here's to an equally wonderful 2011!Jen Forbushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325129568512353951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-43717423541966917862010-12-16T12:54:30.559-08:002010-12-16T12:54:30.559-08:00My list is here.
P.S. For those of you who are fn...My list is <a href="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/2010/12/whom-have-you-read-for-first-time-in.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />P.S. For those of you who are fnd of Blogger's verification words, I have what may be the best one ever for this comment: wariness<br />==========================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-44686413712547666832010-12-14T13:08:35.219-08:002010-12-14T13:08:35.219-08:00My new-to-me fiction list:
1. Michael Atkinson (H...My new-to-me fiction list:<br /><br />1. Michael Atkinson (Hemingway's Deadlights)<br />2. Carter Brown (Long Time No Leola)<br />3. Lowell Clausen (Third & Forever)<br />4. Brent Crouch (Desert Places)<br />5.John Darnton (Black & White and Dead All Over)<br />6. Bill Fitzhugh (Radio Activity)<br />7. Alex Gray (Pitch Black)<br />8. Jeff Hull (Pale Morning Done)<br />9. Greg Iles (Turning Angel)<br />10. Attica Locke (Black Water Rising)<br />11. Richard Lupoff (The Cover Girl Killer)<br />12. Edward Marston (The Silver Locomotive Mystery)<br />13. Michael McKinley (The Penalty Killing)<br />14. Brad Parks (Faces of the Gone)<br />15. Peter Rennenbohm (Buried Lies)<br />16. James Sheehan (The Mayor of Lexington Avenue)<br />17. Ian Vasquez (In the Heat)<br />18. Lee Williams (The Lifeguard Murders)Kent Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834261948994921554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-60503580215957111022010-12-14T08:51:37.475-08:002010-12-14T08:51:37.475-08:00New to me-fiction writers
Gar Anthony Harwood
Pete...New to me-fiction writers<br />Gar Anthony Harwood<br />Peter Temple<br />James Hynes<br />Tom Rachman<br />Lily King<br />James Siegal<br />Muriel Burberry<br />Simon Mauer<br />Stieg Larsson<br />Charles Portis<br />John Williams<br />Kathryn Stockett<br />Hilary Davidsonpattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-59856072051279883912010-12-14T08:22:54.945-08:002010-12-14T08:22:54.945-08:00Crikey, first reads... Well, I've been playing...Crikey, first reads... Well, I've been playing catch-up this year for one reason or another, so the crime/thriller/mystery first read list for the year would comprise the following (in order of first reading, all of whom I've blogged about over the course of the year):<br /><br />Jeff Lindsay<br />Dennis Lehane<br />George Pelecanos<br />Gavin Lyall<br />Richard Stark/Donald Westlake<br />Jim Thompson<br />Peter Rabe<br />Geoffrey Household<br />William Boyd<br />Robert Ludlum<br />Belinda Bauer<br />John le Carre<br />Ross Thomas<br />Kate Atkinson<br />Francis Clifford<br /><br />I know: what the hell have I been doing with my life up to this year?Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-25375369659558439172010-12-14T07:58:23.995-08:002010-12-14T07:58:23.995-08:00Good list.
Thanks to the Rap Sheet, this was the ...Good list.<br /><br />Thanks to the Rap Sheet, this was the year I discovered Irish Noir (John Connolly, Adrian McKinty, Declan Burke, and Eoin McNamee).<br /><br />Also thanks to the Rap Sheet, Austin Wright's TONY AND SUSAN, a noir/literary novel that is deeper than you might think. I reviewed it at Amazon and will be submitting my essay on it to the Cormac McCarthy Journal or some similar obscure and scholarly publication.<br /><br />The finest crime novel I've read this year is Clancy Martin's HOW TO SELL: A NOVEL, which is a darkly humorous take on capitalism as it is often practiced. Not for the feint of heart.<br /><br />I enjoyed Peter Temple's TRUTH, a fine follow-up to THE BROKEN SHORE.<br /><br />One of my top five novels of the year has to be Robert Flynn's ECHOES OF GLORY, an insightful Texas yarn with fine humor and wonderful prose, making fun of ultra-conservative fundamentalists. It won the Spur Award this year but has not garnered a mention on the many best lists across the web.<br /><br />A shame, for it is a delightful novel.Richard L. Pangburnhttp://trackofthecat.blogspot.com/2010/12/some-books-to-read-this-holiday-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-36411721834952294052010-12-14T07:03:39.475-08:002010-12-14T07:03:39.475-08:00A great fresh starts list - I had done a similar t...A great fresh starts list - I had done a similar thing on my own blogGary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-5638415763365513692010-12-14T00:41:21.846-08:002010-12-14T00:41:21.846-08:00Thanks to James Reasoner and Cullen Gallagher I...Thanks to James Reasoner and Cullen Gallagher I'm reading Day Keene's Sleep With The Devil. Talented pulp writer.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.com