Greetings! Welcome to part 2 of our discussion of Ross Macdonald’s “The Doomsters. We run down the basic plot of the book, discuss Macdonald’s life and dig deep into the themes and characters in this important transition novel in the Archer series. “The Doomsters” may not be the best known of the Archer novels, but …
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Released May 15, 2018 Welcome to the new format! This is Part 1 of our discussion of Ross Macdonald’s The Doomsters. We introduce the book, give some short reviews, discuss the writing life of Ross Macdonald (aka Ken Millar) and Margaret Millar, and go bird-watching in a really stupid mystery series. Find episode on Apple …
Released April 20, 2018 Ring! Ring! It’s The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. We discuss this excellent work and just how much is packed into this little novel. Great plotting, interesting characters, and cats! Hungry? James Cain also wrote extensively about food including a love of muskrat and midnight spaghetti. We talk …
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Released March 23, 2018 Like the looming dread in a Cornell Woolrich novel, we are back with another episode. Is Woolrich really the master of noir suspense that so many have claimed? We discuss this point while looking at the book Night Has A Thousand Eyes. We also do some reviews and Kurt talks about …
Welcome to the new format! Part 1 of our discussion of Ross Macdonald’s “The Doomsters.’ We introduce the book, give some short reviews, discuss the writing life of Ross Macdonald aka Ken Millar and Margaret Millar, and go bird-watching in a really stupid mystery series. Get in Touch! Join our Goodreads Group Visit our Patreon …
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Ring! Ring! It’s “The Postman Always Rings Twice” by James M. Cain. We discuss this excellent work and just how much is packed into this little novel. Great plotting, interesting characters, and cats! Hungry? James Cain also wrote extensively about food including a love of muskrat and midnight spaghetti. We talk about his culinary legacy …
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Like the looming dread in a Cornell Woolrich novel we are back with another episode. Is Woolrich really the master of noir suspense that so many have claimed? We discuss this point while looking at the book Night Has A Thousand Eyes. Of course we also do some reviews and Kurt talks about investigative gaming. Books …
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Books Reviewed in Ep 6: The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald Nobody Move by Denis Johnson Cop Hater by Ed McBain Send my Love and a Molotov Cocktail edited by Gary Phillips and Andrea Gibbons How to Steal the Mona Lisa by Taylor Bayouth Get in Touch! Join …
Welcome to the lost episode. Plagued by technical problems, we are happy to finally be able to bring you episode 6. “The Real Cool Killers” by Chester Himes. Himes was a revolutionary writer and thinker in crime fiction and was an influential contributor to 20th Century African-American fiction. His work deserves to be better known. …
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