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The Metatemporal Detective 7 reviews
Michael Moorcock
Pyr, 2007
The epitome of fabulonity
+ Super Reader
+ His travels take him to strange universes, challenging settings, and mind-boggling crime puzzles
+ for the Moorcock mob
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The Somnambulist 55 reviews
Jonathan Barnes
William Morrow, 2008
great characters with snark
+ Terrific novel!
Edward Moon is a "conjurer", an entertainer struggling to preserve what little reputation and income he has left. Among polite society he is now more likely considered a laughingstock than the once promising investigator propelled by his sharpened abilities of examination. Considered past his ...
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Snake Agent: A Detective Inspector Chen Novel (Detective Inspector Chen Novels)25 reviews
Liz Williams
Night Shade Books, 2008
A Classic in a New Genre
+ a very satisfying read
+ Hell is bureaucracy?
A new genre indeed; there've been science fiction mysteries and fantasy mysteries but this is the first mystery I've encountered set in Chinese mythology. Liz Williams moves onto my list of favorite writers with this one book --and, mind you, there are few enough modern writers on my list; my ...
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The Man from the Diogenes Club 6 reviews
Kim Newman
MonkeyBrain Books, 2006
A fun, if a back dark, look back at the 70s
+ Retro-fueled psychic detective stories with a cool Avengers vibe!
+ diogenes
+ Give us more!
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The Occult Detective4 reviews
Robert Weinberg
Twilight Tales, Inc., 2005
ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR WEINBERG
+ THIS IS A DETECTIVE/HORROR FAN GOODIE.
+ Surprisingly original, superbly written, and immensely entertaining
+ Fun For Genre Fans
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Madhouse (Cal Leandros, Book 3)63 reviews
Rob Thurman
Roc, 2008
best so far
+ Supernatural Serial-killers, Assassins... and trying to get a Love Life...
+ fast and fabulous
This book is Rob's best out of the three. After the first book I didnt want to read the second but given it was his first book I gave him a second chance. The story is very good, but you have to get used to rob's style of writting, at times I have to re-read parts to make sure I understand ...
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Odd Hours171 reviews
Dean Koontz
Bantam, 2008
Has Dean Jumped the Shark?
Before anyone throws stones in my direction, I am one of those rabid fans who has read everything Dean has written. He is the one author who's books I purchase new automatically, the hardback version, the one where I have to plunk down some real bucks because I can't wait to enter Dean's world. ...
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Bloodline: A Repairman Jack Novel (Repairman Jack)37 reviews
F. Paul Wilson
Forge Books, 2007
One of the best in the series...
+ Solid Repairman Jack Novel
+ Series Just Keeps Getting Better
Wilson is still going strong in his latest Repairman Jack book. If you like supernatural thrillers, like the X-files, you will love Repairman Jack. Not quite as much action as some of Wilsons other books, but the story more than makes up for this. It is a very hard book to put down.
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Kolchak: The Night Stalker - The Lovecraftian Horror (Kolchak the Nightstalker) 3 reviews
C. J. Henderson, Jaime Calderon
Moonstone, 2007
Well worth investigating (um, er....)
+ Great book, but...
+ Excellent story and artwork, but the book fell apart
Wow, Kolchak's The Lovecraftian Horror is finally available. I ordered this book back in November 2006. Well, as we all know, publication dates for small presses can be rather fluid. From the outset I'll let you know my biases: I've never been a Kolchak fan at all except for the old TV series ...
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The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club2 reviews
Kim Newman
MonkeyBrain Books, 2007
WE WANT MORE!
+ Pleasantly surprising sequel but not really prequel
This is the time when Kim Newman fans have their time under the sun/moon, as Da Man's new book becomes available, allowing us to read atleast one new story. In this collection we get the opprtunity to read total seven stories, which are:
1. "Gypsies in the Wood", a perfectly creepy novella that ...
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Hardboiled Cthulhu: Two-Fisted Tales of Tentacled Terror 6 reviews
James Ambuehl
Elder Signs Press, Inc., 2006
Good Cthulhian fare
Only some of the stories follow the noir-ish theme implied by the title and cover, but an above-standard collection of Lovecraft (and other authors) inspired short stories.
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Shadows Over Baker Street: New Tales of Terror!28 reviews
Del Rey, 2005
Wonderful!!!!!
+ If This Were Only Elementary, Watson.
+ Fantasic!
+ 3 1/2 stars for clever collection imagining Holmes (and company) up against tigers and monsters oh my!
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Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, Book 2)108 reviews
Jim Butcher
Roc, 2001
Everything you ever wanted to know about werewolves ... and then some!
+ Great entry to a great series.
+ Packed with action and suspense.
Harry Dresden is a hapless, down on his luck wizard. In fact, he's the only licensed wizard in the Chicago phone book. Business isn't exactly brisk so from time to time he acts as a consultant with the Chicago Police Department when the cases drift out of the mundane and into the realm of the ...
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The Strange Cases of Rudolph Pearson: Horripilating Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (Call of Cthulhu Fiction)1 review
William Jones
Chaosium, 2008
Horripilating indeed! More please, Mr. Jones.
The Strange Cases of Rudolph Pearson by William Jones is a trade paperback published by Chaosium. List price is $14.95; currently is not available directly from Amazon. Cover art is by Steven Gilberts, who gave us the covers of Frontier Cthulhu (my favorite of his works) and Arkham Tales (which I ...
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Madhouse (Cal Leandros, Book 3)63 reviews
Rob Thurman
Roc, 2008
best so far
+ Supernatural Serial-killers, Assassins... and trying to get a Love Life...
+ fast and fabulous
This book is Rob's best out of the three. After the first book I didnt want to read the second but given it was his first book I gave him a second chance. The story is very good, but you have to get used to rob's style of writting, at times I have to re-read parts to make sure I understand ...
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The Metatemporal Detective7 reviews
Michael Moorcock
Pyr, 2007
The epitome of fabulonity
+ Super Reader
+ His travels take him to strange universes, challenging settings, and mind-boggling crime puzzles
+ for the Moorcock mob
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Hardboiled Cthulhu: Two-Fisted Tales of Tentacled Terror6 reviews
James Ambuehl
Elder Signs Press, Inc., 2006
Good Cthulhian fare
Only some of the stories follow the noir-ish theme implied by the title and cover, but an above-standard collection of Lovecraft (and other authors) inspired short stories.
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Bloodline: A Repairman Jack Novel (Repairman Jack)37 reviews
F. Paul Wilson
Forge Books, 2007
One of the best in the series...
+ Solid Repairman Jack Novel
+ Series Just Keeps Getting Better
Wilson is still going strong in his latest Repairman Jack book. If you like supernatural thrillers, like the X-files, you will love Repairman Jack. Not quite as much action as some of Wilsons other books, but the story more than makes up for this. It is a very hard book to put down.
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Shadows Over Baker Street: New Tales of Terror!28 reviews
Del Rey, 2005
Wonderful!!!!!
+ If This Were Only Elementary, Watson.
+ Fantasic!
+ 3 1/2 stars for clever collection imagining Holmes (and company) up against tigers and monsters oh my!
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The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club2 reviews
Kim Newman
MonkeyBrain Books, 2007
WE WANT MORE!
+ Pleasantly surprising sequel but not really prequel
This is the time when Kim Newman fans have their time under the sun/moon, as Da Man's new book becomes available, allowing us to read atleast one new story. In this collection we get the opprtunity to read total seven stories, which are:
1. "Gypsies in the Wood", a perfectly creepy novella that ...
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