Rough Edges

Writing The demands of real life, plus the fact that February is a shorter month, kept me from reaching my goal again this month. For a whi...

I've been trading emails with writer/producer/director Edward Holub, who's working on a film version of David Goodis's novel CAS...

Well, I said that I would at least mention every movie I watched this year, and since I'm a man of my word, I have to tell you that this...

I didn’t take to Ken Bruen’s fiction when I first tried to read it. I think it took me some time to warm up to his very distinctive style. ...

And I thought the movie CRANK was weird. Duane Swierczynski’s THE BLONDE looks like a hardboiled crime novel, but early on it becomes obviou...

Today I received my author’s copies of KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER CASEBOOK, a new anthology of stories featuring the character from the sho...

Originally published by Beacon Books in 1964 under the title THE SEX SHUFFLE and the pseudonym Sheldon Lord, Lawrence Block’s novel LUCKY AT...

Continuing with my Shell Scott reminiscing for a moment, I believe this was the second Scott novel I read, shortly after DEAD MAN'S WALK...

My daughter Joanna loves inspirational sports movies based on true stories, so this one was a natural for us to watch. And it's a prett...

Compared to some of the magnificent covers on the Shell Scott novels done by artists like Robert McGinnis and Barye Phillips, this cover...