The Corpse Wore Pasties – Johnny Porkpie
The Corpse Wore Pasties by Johnny Porkpie is a fun, lightweight mystery from Hard Case Crime. Granted, it is a couple of chapters longer than it could have been but Continue Reading
Armadillos and Old Lace – Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman is a bit of an acquired taste when it comes to mystery novels. Like his other books, Armadillos and Old Lace is more a humorous novel than a Continue Reading
Little Girl Lost – Richard Aleas
Little Girl Lost is the first of two (so far) mystery novels featuring private detective John Blake. This being a Hard Case Crime novel, Little Girl Lost is everything you Continue Reading
Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof – Blaize Clement
Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof is the fourth Dixie Hemingway cozy by the late Blaize Clement. I am not really a fan of the cozy but if that Continue Reading
Fifty to One – Charles Ardai
Hard Case Crime celebrates its fiftieth book with Fifty to One by author / publisher Charles Ardai. Fifty to One follows the recipe of the standard hard boiled detective novel Continue Reading
Fade to Blonde – Max Phillips
Fade to Blonde is a convoluted and boring thriller by Max Phillips. Boring is not something one normally associates with the Hard Case Crime imprimatur but boring it is. Blonde Continue Reading