This week's books and more, unfairly (or sometimes fairly) neglected, or simply those the reviewers below think you might find of some interest (or, infrequently, you should be warned away from); certainly, most weeks we have a few not at all forgotten titles...if I've missed your review or someone else's, please let me know in comments.
This week's least popular book might just be Agatha Christie's Postern of Fate, reviewed by Kate Jackson
Patricia Abbott: Beautiful Ruins by Jesse Walter
Stacy Alesi: The G List: Fiction Reviews 1983-2013
Angie Barry: New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith
Brad Bigelow: Angry Man’s Tale by Peter de Polnay
Paul Bishop: The Cowboy and the Cossack by Clair Huffaker
Les Blatt: Sealed Room Murder by Rupert Penny; The Case of the Fighting Soldier by Christopher Bush
Elgin Bleecker: Zero Avenue by Dietrich Kalteis
Joachim Boaz: Orbit 4, edited by Damon Knight
John Boston: Amazing: Fact and Science Fiction Stories, October 1964, edited by Cele Goldsmith Lalli
Brian Busby: The Silver Poppy by Arthur Stringer
Joseph J. Corn: "The First Successful Trip of an Airship" by A. I. Root, Gleanings in Bee Culture, 1 January 1905
Martin Edwards: Dear Laura by Jean Stubbs
Peter Enfantino: Atlas (proto-Marvel) horror comics, September 1952
Peter Enfantino and Jack Seabrook: DC war comics, September 1975
Will Errickson: The Nightrunners by Joe R. Lansdale; Slob by Rex Miller
José Ignacio Escribano: Murder in the Maze by "J. J. Connington" (Alfred Walter Stewart); Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
Curtis Evans: Sudden Death by Freeman Wills Crofts
Olman Feelyus: The Girl from Nowhere by "Rae Foley" (Elinor Denniston); No Orchids for Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase
Paul Fraser: New Worlds SF, August 1965, edited by Michael Moorcock
Barry Gardner: Down in the Zero by Andrew Vachss
Kathleen George: Scoundrels edited by Gary Phillips
John Grant: This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith; The Courilof Affair by Irène Némirovsky (translated by Sandra Smith)
Aubrey Hamilton: The Gourmet Detective by Peter King; The Defendants by John Ellsworth
Bev Hankins: Thrones, Donations by Dorothy L. Sayers and Joan Paton Walsh; The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North; False Scent by Ngaio Marsh; The Case of the Ill-Gotten Goat by Claudia Bishop
Rich Horton: Tanith Lee stories; Why Do Birds? and stories by Damon Knight; Wil McCarthy stories; Howard Waldrop stories; Steve Rasnic Tem stories
Jerry House: The Silent Death by "Maxwell Grant" (Walter B. Gibson); originally in The Shadow Magazine. 1 April 1933, edited by John Nanovic; Thriller Comics Library, 6 November 1956, "Dick Turpin and the Double-Faced Foe" written by Joan Whitford, story illustrations by Ruggero Giovanni
Kate Jackson: Stairway to an Empty Room and Terror Lurks in Darkness by Dolores Hitchens; Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie and Agatha Christie's Murder in the Making as edited by John Curran
Tracy K: More Work for the Undertaker by Margery Allingham
Colman Keane: Darwin's Nightmare by Mike Knowles
George Kelley: The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
Joe Kenney: Omerta by Peter McCurtin; Fire Bomb by "Stuart Jason" (James Dockery)
Rob Kitchin: Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum (translated by Felicity David); Tightrope by Simon Mawer
B. V. Lawson: Final Proof by Marie R. Reno
Evan Lewis: "Waterfront Wildcat" (text story) by Robert Turner, Crash Comics, November 1940
Steve Lewis: "Small Chances" by Charlaine Harris, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/ October 2016, edited by Janet Hutchings; The Wiseman Originals by Ron Goulart; Wedding Treasure by David Wilson
Mike S. Lind: The Madhouse in Washington Square by David Alexander
John O'Neill: The Quiet Invasion by Sarah Zettel
Matt Paust: Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
James Reasoner: Stampede by "Yukon Miles" (Dan Cushman)
Richard Robinson: The Man in My Grave by Wilson Tucker
Sandra Ruttan: Sob Story by Carol Anne Davis
Gerard Saylor: Locked Doors by Blake Crouch
Steven H Silver: "The Button Molder" by Fritz Leiber, Whispers magazine, October 1979, edited and published by Stuart David Schiff; SF Commentary edited and published by Bruce Gillespie
Victoria Silverwolf: Worlds of Tomorrow, September 1964, edited by Frederik Pohl; Counterfeit World aka Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye
Kevin Tipple: Parker Field by Howard Owen
"TomCat": Seeds of Murder by (F.) Van Wyck Mason; "The Case of Murder on D. Hill" aka "D zaka no satsujin-jiken" by "Edogawa Rampo" (Hirai Tarō), first published in Shin-Seinen, January 1925, and as translated by William Varteresian
Mike Tooney: Old-Time Detection, Summer 2019, edited by Arthur Vidro
David Vineyard: Prelude to a Certain Midnight by Gerald Kersh
Bill Wallace: The Day of the Monkey by David Karp; The White People by Arthur Machen; Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties & the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius by Gary Lachman
This week's books and more, unfairly (or sometimes fairly) neglected, or simply those the reviewers below think you might find of some interest (or, infrequently, you should be warned away from); certainly, most weeks we have a few not at all forgotten titles...if I've missed your review or someone else's, please let me know in comments.
Stacy Alesi: The F List: Fiction Reviews 1983-2013
Brad Bigelow: Gaëtan, or The Stock-Taking by Edith de Born
Paul Bishop: the Lance Spearman fumetti/photo-stories by James Richard Abe Bailey in African Film magazine
Les Blatt: Dead Men Don't Ski by Patricia Moyes; Death in Dark Glasses by George Bellairs
Joachim Boaz: Armed Camps by Kit Reed
John Boston: Amazing: Fact and Science Fiction Stories, October 1964, edited by Cele Goldsmith Lalli
Paul D. Brazill: The Not Knowing by Cathi Unsworth
Brian Busby: The Watching Cat by Pamela Fry; Constance Beresford-Howe
Paul Doiron: Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke
Martin Edwards: Cold Blood by Leo Bruce
Peter Enfantino and Jack Seabrook: Warren horror comics, February-July 1968
Will Errickson: Splatterpunks: Extreme Horror edited by Paul Sammon
José Ignacio Escribano: Green for Danger by Christianna Brand; about Brand (Mary Christianna Milne)
Curtis Evans: The Leavenworth Case by Ana Katherine Green; the works of Ruth Fenisong (aka Ruth Feinsong)
Olman Feelyus: Laura by Vera Caspary; Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt
Paul Fraser: Anthony Boucher: A Bibliography by Jeffrey Marks
John Grant: Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard; Lisey's Story by Stephen King
Aubrey Hamilton: Straw Man by Doris Miles Disney; Sleight of Hand by Philip Margolin
Bev Hankins: Black Aura by John Sladek; His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Steve Harper: Superworld Comics edited by Hugo Gernsback
Rich Horton: Pat Cadigan stories; Meeting at Infinity by John Brunner; Beyond the Silver Sky by Kenneth Bulmer; Olympiad by Tom Holt; The Scar by China Miéville; Tony Pi stories
Jerry House: FP1 Does Not Reply by Kurt (aka Curt) Siodmak (translated by H. W. Farrell); Schoolgirls' Picture Library #15: "Schoolgirls to the Rescue"
Kate Jackson: The Short Weekend by T. S. Strachan; Go, Lovely Rose and The Evil Wish by Jean Potts; The Mystery of the Peacock's Eye by Brian Flynn; Deep Waters edited by Martin Edwards
Tracy K: Champagne for One by Rex Stout
Colman Keane: Sara Gran
George Kelley: Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Deserina Boskovic
Joe Kenney: Death of an Informer by "Will Perry" (W. J. Weatherby); MIA Hunter #9: Invasion U.S.S.R. by "Jack Buchanan" (Stephen Mertz and Arthur Moore)
Rob Kitchin: The Three Evangelists by "Fred Vargas" (Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau) (translated by Sian Leonard); Gravesend by William Boyle
Derek Kumsken: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
B. V. Lawson: The Bait by Dorothy Uhnak
Xavier Lechard: John Dickson Carr and Edward D. Hoch
Brian Leno: "Fungus Isle" by Philip M. Fisher, Argosy All-Story Weekly, 27 October 1923, edited by Archibald Bittner
Evan Lewis: "Their Guardian from Hell" by Norbert Davis, Star Western, March 1937, edited by Rogers Terril
Steve Lewis: "The House Party at Smoky Island" by L. M. Montgomery, Weird Tales, August 1935, edited by Farnsworth Wright; Tanner's Tiger by Lawrence Block; Robbers by Peter Whalley; Katwalk by Karen Kijewski
James McGlothlin: The Best of L. Sprague de Camp
James David Nicholl: collections by Mildred Clingerman, Margaret St. Clair (edited by Ramsey Campbell), Katherine MacLean, C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner (as selected by David Curtis), and Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women 1958-63 edited by Gideon Marcus
John O'Neill: Minds Unleashed edited by Groff Conklin; Strange Invasion by Michael Kandel
Matt Paust: Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
James Reasoner: The Case of the Glamorous Ghost by Erle Stanley Gardner
Richard Robinson: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Sandra Ruttan: African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou (translated by Christine Schwartz Hartley)
Gerard Saylor: Bread and Butter by Michelle Widgen; The Secret Place by Tana French
Jack Seabrook: "The Chinless Wonder" by Stanley Abbott, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January 1965, edited by G. F. Foster, and the Alfred Hitchcock Presents: scripts of Arthur Ross
Steven H Silver: debut sf novels of 1979
"TomCat": The Billiard-Room Mystery by Brian Flynn
David Vineyard: A Kind of Anger by Eric Ambler
Lisa Yaszek: "Mr. Sakrison's Halt" by Mildred Clingerman
Bill Wallace: Weird Tales, February 1926, edited by Farnsworth Wright; The Magic Christian by Terry Southern
This week's books and more, unfairly (or sometimes fairly) neglected, or simply those the reviewers below think you might find of some interest (or, infrequently, you should be warned away from); certainly, most weeks we have a few not at all forgotten titles...if I've missed your review or someone else's, please let me know in comments.
Hammett's early story "Arson Plus" gets some supplementary attention this week...watch for the asterisks***.
Terribly sorry for the delay in posting...a bad and busy week didn't let up on Friday morning. Todd Mason
Patricia Abbott: The Name of Game is Death by Dan J. Marlowe
Stacy Alesi: The C List: Fiction Reviews 1983-2013
Michael Davitt Bell: "The Passing of Sister Barrett" by Sarah Orne Jewett, Cosmopolitan, May 1892, edited by William Dean Howells
Brad Bigelow: As It Was in the Beginning by G. E. Trevelyan
Les Blatt: Any Shape or Form by Elizabeth Daly; N or M? by Agatha Christie
Joachim Boaz: A Wrinkle in the Skin (aka The Ragged Edge) by "John Christopher" (Christopher Youd)
Ben Boulden: The Name of the Game is Death and One Endless Hour by Dan J. Marlowe
Brian Busby: Where to begin with Margaret Millar; "September Winds" by A. M. Stephen
Bob Byrne: Holmes on the Range et seq. by Steve Hockensmith
Martin Edwards: The Innocent Mrs. Duff by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
Peter Enfantino: Atlas (proto-Marvel) horror comics, September 1952
Peter Enfantino and Jack Seabrook: DC war comics, August 1975
Will Errickson: Prime Evil edited by Douglas E. Winter
José Ignacio Escribano: The Case of the Crumpled Knave by "Anthony Boucher" (William White); "Arson Plus" by Dashiell Hammett (as by "Peter Collinson"), The Black Mask, 1 October 1923, edited by George W. Sutton, Jr.*
Curtis Evans: Dorothy Cole Meade...and her novels
Olman Feelyus: The Spoilt Kill by Mary Kelly; The Powder Barrell by William Haggard
John M. Floyd: The Sands of Kalahari by William Mulvihill
Paul Fraser: Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1951, edited by H. L. Gold
Barry Gardner: Icewater Mansions by Doug Allyn
John Grant: New Year's Eve by Lisa Grunwald
Aubrey Hamilton: Black Beadle by E. C. R. Lorac; The Defense by Steve Cavanagh
Bev Hankins: The Holmes/Dracula File by Fred Saberhagen; And Hope to Die by Richard Powell; Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
Rich Horton: Energumen edited by Susan Wood and Mike Glicksohn; Rick Wilber stories; Dragon and Thief by Timothy Zahn; Sleeping Planet by William R. Burnett, Jr., Analog Science Fact-->Science Fiction, July, August & September 1964, edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.; Chris Willrich stories
Jerry House: Love Among the Ruins by Evelyn Waugh
Kate Jackson: Groaning Spinney by Gladys Mitchell; Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks edited and annotated by John Curran; The Crimson in the Purple by Holly Roth; Cold Steal by Alice Tilton; CADS (Crime And Detective Stories), September 2019, edited and published by Geoff Bradley
Tracy K: Murder with Pictures by George Harmon Coxe; August reads
Colman Keane: King Solomon's Carpet by "Barbara Vine" (Ruth Rendell)
George Kelley: Marune: Alastor 933 by Jack Vance; A God in Chains by Matthew Hughes; Paperback Parade, August 2019, edited and published by Gary Lovisi; "The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin"
Joe Kenney: To Kill a Snowman by Charles Miron; The Vigilante #5: Detroit: Dead End Delivery by "V. J. Santiago" (Robert Lory)
Rob Kitchen: The Smoke by Tony Broadbent
B. V. Lawson: A Dram of Poison by Charlotte Armstrong [Lewi]
Xavier Lechard: Death is No Sportsman (among his works) by Cyril Hare
Evan Lewis: Tom Corbett, Space Cadet comic strip panels scripted by Paul S. Newman and drawn by Ray Bailey
Steve Lewis: Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh; Elephants in the Distance by Daniel Stashower; Death of a Citizen by Donald Hamilton; The Last Straw by Ione Sandberg Shriber
Mike S. Lind: The Chalk Circle Man by "Fred Vargas" (Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau)
*Steve Marcus: "Arson Plus" by Dashiell Hammett (as by "Peter Collinson")
Francis M. Nevins: Baynard Kendrick's works
Martin Quinn: A Cold, Red Sunrise by Stuart Kaminsky
John F. Norris: Case of the Cold Coquette by "Jonathan Craig" (Frank E. Smith)
John O'Neill: Cold Iron and Sister to the Rain by Melissa Michaels
Matt Paust: Evergreen by Howard Owen
James Reasoner: Gambling Man by Clifton Adams
L. J. Roberts: Louisiana Longshot by Jana DeLeon
Richard Robinson: Chicken Every Sunday by Rosemary Taylor (illustrated by Donald Mackay)
Sandra Ruttan: Broken Skin by Stuart MacBride
Gerard Saylor: How Not to Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenberg
Steven H Silver: "The Woman Who Loved the Moon" by Elizabeth A. Lynn, Amazons!, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; "Enemy Mine" by Barry B. Longyear, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1979, edited by George H. Scithers
Kevin Tipple: The Big Bad City by "Ed McBain" (Evan Hunter)
"TomCat": The Rilloby Fair Mystery by Enid Blyton; The Murders Near Mapleton by Bryan Flynn
Prashant Trikannad: The Ganesha Arati Book: Understanding Sukhakarta Dukhaharta edited by Chaitra Patel
Bill Wallace: Outside the Gates of Eden by Lewis Shiner
A. J. Wright: Thunder Mountain Review, Spring 1979, edited by Steven Ford Brown
*Terry Zobeck: "Arson Plus" by Dashiell Hammett (as by "Peter Collinson")
