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Shady Dealings in Surf City: A review of Curtis Ippolito’s Waves of Burden

June 24, 2026• Book Reviews, Featured

By Casey Stegman / Great noir is all about contrasts. In the classic film noirs of the ’40s and ’50s, this contrast is best exemplified...

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A Neon Hollywood Donnybrook: A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan Harper

May 17, 2026• Book Reviews, Featured

By Rob D. Smith / Reading A Violent Masterpiece is like stepping into the ring with a hybrid middle-weight pugilist. Jordan Harper isn’t...

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Ben Macintyre’s A Spy Among Friends

September 18, 2024• Book Reviews, Editor's Picks

By Todd Robins / If Joseph Conrad and John Le Carre convened in Cornwall to conjure a spy story for the ages, they might not imagine a...

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Michael Harvey’s Brighton

September 4, 2024• Book Reviews

By Todd Robins / In Michael Harvey’s vivid and riveting standalone crime novel, the prize-winning, middle-aged newspaper reporter Kevin...

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The Curious Case of the Narrator in John D. MacDonald’s ON THE MAKE

October 18, 2023• Book Reviews, Essays

River of Sticks ...

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A Tale of Two Travelers

August 27, 2023• Book Reviews, Editor's Picks

Mouth to Mouth Antoine Wilson Avid Reader Press, Simon & Schuster January 2022 ...

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One of Scott Phillips’ Best Books

August 27, 2023• Book Reviews, Editor's Picks

Though The Ice Harvest and The Adjustment are in the argument...

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