In Jon Talton’s first “Cincinnati Casebook” novel “The Pain Nurse” he showed us the city of Cincinnati, warts and all, and introduced two compelling characters; Will Borders, a homicide detective, and Cheryl Beth Wilson, a gifted pain management nurse. Borders, in the hospital following surgical removal of a spinal tumor, is left incapacitated and in [...]
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DOVE SEASON BY JOHNNY SHAW A SHADOW REVIEW
Johnny Shaw, a native of California’s Imperial Valley, takes us into the heart of his home stomping ground with a first novel that is compelling, funny, and a page-turning crime drama. At 378 pages Shaw has the luxury of putting down every thing he knows about both sides of the border. At times tender, tough, and [...]
THE SKELETON BOX BY BRYAN GRULEY A SHADOW REVIEW
Click to Order In the parlance of Starvation Lake’s hockey team, the River Rats, Bryan Gruley has scored a hat trick. For those of you unfamiliar with hockey terminology, a hat trick is when a player scores 3 goals in a game. In “The Skeleton Box”, Gruley’s third mystery set in Starvation Lake, Michigan, he [...]
IDENTITY: LOST BY PASCAL MARCO A STUNNING DEBUT A SHADOW REVURB
Pascal Marco, an obvious fan of the national pastime, has stepped up to the plate and hit his book out of the park. In this, his first novel, he has taken on the task of telling a complicated story covering two locales (Chicago 35 years ago and Phoenix today) and bringing them both to life. [...]
Book Trailer for THE PROFESSIONALS
Owen will be signing Sunday, April 1st at 2pm. (<–Click for event details) The Professionals (Putnam $27 April 1). No fooling, a standout thriller debut. Buckle up as the cat and mouse game intensifies between the different parties. The reader isn’t blindsided by the outcome, yet you can’t stop turning the pages. It’s like not being [...]
DRIVEN BY JAMES SALLIS A SHADOW REVURB
Click to Order! James Sallis, whose book “Drive” was acclaimed as one of the best books of 2005, has now written a sequel called “Driven”. Following the phenomenal success of last years movie version of “Drive”, it is not surprising that Sallis would return to the story of the driver. It is now 7 years [...]
When It All Comes Down To Dust by Barry Graham
Barry Graham has written another strong and affecting novel. After last summers brilliant “The Wrong Thing”, he is back with a new book that is both short and immensely powerful. This is a love-hate hymn to Phoenix, Arizona and a truly intense story of love and forgiveness. Laura Ponto, an investigator for the public defenders [...]
William Landay discusses DEFENDING JACOB
We still have signed, first edition copies of Defending Jacob on hand at the store. Click here to order one online.
Mercury’s Rise by Ann Parker – A Consideration and A Rumination
Historical fiction at its finest acts as a time machine that transports us to a place of unfamiliar sensibilities. This may be rendered as a simple recitation of names and dates or as a fully fleshed out depiction of life and times. In her books Ann Parker manages to carry us to 1880′s Colorado with [...]
DEVIL’S KITCHEN BY CLARK LOHR
A SHADOW REVURB While the Phoenix area is blooming with crime fiction, Clark Lohr, in his debut novel, moves us south to Pima County and the Arizona-Sonoran borderlands. Lohr has written a terrific crime story with a compelling cast of characters. Pima County sheriff’s detective Manny Aguilar is three parts Mexican and one part Yaqui [...]