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 ChristieJoachim 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 HaggardJohn 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 CavanaghBev Hankins: The Holmes/Dracula File by Fred Saberhagen; And Hope to Die by Richard Powell;Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. SayersRich 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 ShriberMike 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 Murde rs Near Mapleton by Bryan FlynnPrashant Trikannad: The Ganesha Arati Book: Understanding Sukhakarta Dukhaharta edited by Chaitra PatelBill 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")
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. Patricia Abbott: Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman (translated by Joan Tate) Stacy Alesi: The B List: Fiction Review 1983-2013 Kingsley Amis: Thrilling Wonder Stories , 1984 and all..., Science Fiction News , September 1960 Brad Bigelow: Letters Home edited by Mina Curtiss Les Blatt: The Rubber Band by Rex Stout; Rocket to the Morgue by "Anthony Boucher" (William White)Elgin Bleecker: Gumshoe Blues by Paul D. Brazill Joachim Boaz: Future without Future by Jacques Sternberg (translated by Frank Zero) Brian Busby: M'Lord, I Am Not Guilty by Frances Shelley Wees Bill Crider: The Splintered Man by "M. A. Chaber" (Kendall Foster Crossen) Martin Edwards: The Double Agent by John Bingham Barry Ergang: 15 Seconds by Andrew Gross Will Errickson: The Bog by Michael Talbot; The Witches novels by "James Darke" (Laurence James);Robert Arthur Smith novels José Ignacio Escribano : Tragedy at Law by Cyril Hare"The Oblong Box" by Edgar Allan Poe (Godey's Lady's Book , September 1844, edited by Sarah Josepha Hale) Curtis Evans: the works of Elizabeth Fenwick Olman Feelyus: The Long-Legged Fly by James Sallis; The Kif Strike Back by "C. J. Cherryh" (Carolyn J. Cherry)Ray Foster: Colette: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Abigail Summer Paul Fraser: 1944 Retro-Hugo Ballot: Conjure Wife and Gather, Darkness! by Fritz Leiber, et. al. Adam Gopnik: "A Traveler at Forty: Paris!" by Theodore Dreiser (The Century Magazine , October 1913, edited by Robert U. Johnson) John Grant: The Amber Fury (aka The Furies ) by Natalie Haynes; Beyond All Reasonable Doubt by Malin Persson Giolito (translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles); Death Going Down by María Angélica Bosco (translated by Lucy Greaves) Aubrey Hamilton: The Fourteenth Trump by Judson Philips; A Stillness in Bethlehem by "Jane Haddam" (Orania Papazoglou)Bev Hankins: Dr. Fell, Detective and Other Stories by John Dickson Carr Rich Horton: The World Between and Other Stories and Monsters in Orbit ,and The Narrow Land by Jack Vance; Yellow Dog by Martin Amis;Chris Willrich stories; "The Jungle" by Melissa Caitlin Horton (Whitman, now) Jerry House: Max Allan Collins: A Long Time Dead (with Mickey Spillane); Quarry in the Black ; Quarry's Climax ; Fate of the Union and Executive Order (with Matthew V. Clemens); Better Dead ; and commentary, with George Hagenaur, in Men's Adventure Magazines ; Phantom Lady , June 1948, written by Ruth Roche (possibly) and illustrated by Matt Baker Gabino Iglesias: Old Bones by Aaron Elkins Kate Jackson: Murder Can Be Fun by Fredric Brown; The Kill Fee by Fiona Veitch SmithTracy K: Death in Amsterdam by Nicolas "Freeling" (Davison); Innocence; or, Murder on Steep Street by Heda Margolius Kovaly (translated by Alex Zucker) Colman Keane: Nightshades by Bill Pronzini George Kelley: Ellery Queen's Grand Slam: 25th Annual Mystery Anthology edited by "Ellery Queen" (Frederic Dannay, the editing half of the duo) Joe Kenney: California Hit by Don Pendleton; Kingdom of Royth by "Jeffrey Lord" (in this case, Roland Green)Rob Kitchin: Assembly of the Dead by Saeida Rouass B. V. Lawson: Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy by W. J. Burley Xavier Lechard: "Anthony Boucher" v. Had I But Known... Evan Lewis: The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley Steven Lewis: A Lovely Night to Kill by D. Miller Morgan; "The China Cottage" by August Derleth, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine , March 1965, edited by G. F. Foster; Fisherman's Bend by Linda GreenlawJames McGlothlin: The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun edited by J. J. Pierce John F. Norris: Death at "The Bottoms" by A. B. Cunningham Matt Paust: Oregon Hill by Howard Owen Craig Pittman: Meet Me at the Morgue by "Ross Macdonald" (Kenneth Millar) James Reasoner: Stool Pigeon by Louis Malley Richard Robinson: Robert A. Heinlein: the YA novels ranked (or, as they were known then, the Juveniles) Sandra Ruttan: Every Fear by Rick Mofina Hank Phillippi Ryan: A Dark-Adapted Eye by "Barbara Vine" (Ruth Rendell) Gerard Saylor: A Painted Goddess by Victor Gischler Jack Seabrook: "Thanatos Palace Hotel" by Andre Maurois (Candide , 1937; in translation in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine , February 1952) Jack Seabrook and Peter Enfantino: Warren Comics: November 1967-January 1968 and the Best of 1964-67 Steven H Silver: Donald Grant: Fantasy Newsletter , Donald M. Grant, Publisher and other work ; "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin, OMNI , August 1979, edited by Ben Bova Victoria Silverwolf: Fantastic: Stories of Imagination , September 1964, edited by Cele Goldsmith Lalli Kerrie Smith: The Mistletoe Bride by Kate Mosse Duane Spurlock: The Ruthless Men by Lewis B. Patten Dan Stumpf: The Steel Mirror by Donald Hamilton "TomCat": The Night of Fear by "Moray Dalton" (Katherine M. Renoir); The Army Post Murders by Mason WrightDavid Vineyard: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (pere) (as translated by Robin Buss) Bill Wallace: Evergreen Review , November-December 1959, edited by Barney Rosset Mark Yon: New Worlds SF , October 1964, edited by Michael Moorcock
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, and this week is festooned with not-obscure writers and their books which have fallen mostly out of favor, or, even more often, been lost in the shuffle of their prolific legacy...if I've missed your review or someone else's, please let me know in comments. Patricia Abbott: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier Stacy Alesi: The A List: Fiction Reviews: 1983-2013 Brad Bigelow: No Goodness in the Worm by Gay Taylor Les Blatt: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie; The Case of the Careless Kitten by Erle Stanley Gardner Elgin Bleecker: The Case of the Beautiful Beggar by Erle Stanley Gardner Brian Busby: The Squeaking Wheel by John Mercer Rachel S. Cordasco: from 13 French Science Fiction Stories , edited and translated by Damon Knight, stories by Catherine Cliff, Natalie Henneberg, Suzanne Malaval Martin Edwards: Midsummer Murder by Clifford Whitting Peter Enfantino: Atlas (proto-Marvel) horror comics, August 1952 Peter Enfantino and Jack Seabrook: DC war comics, July 1975 Barry Ergang: The Last Best Hope by "Ed McBain" (Evan Hunter) Will Errickson: Unholy Trinity by Ray Russell José Ignacio Escribano: "Ibn-Hakam al Bokhari, Murdered in His Labyrinth" by Jorge Luis Borges (variously translated from " Abenjacán el Bojarí, muerto en su laberinto" ), Sur , August 1951 Curtis Evans: recommendations to the Library of America Olman Feelyus: Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper Paul Fraser: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , November 1954, edited by "Anthony Boucher" (William White) John Grant: Bad Debts by Peter Temple; The Lazarus Curse by Tessa Harris;When Elves Attack by Tim DorseyAubrey Hamilton: Most Cunning Workmen by Roy (John Royston) Lewis; Bad to the Bones by Rett MacPhersonBev Hankins: Family Affair by Ione Sandberg Shriber Rich Horton: Stories of Brian W. Aldiss; stories of Rachel Pollack; The Dalemark Quartet by Diana Wynne Jones; stories of Greg Egan; stories of Lucius Shepard; The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury;The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerChristopher Priest novels Jerry House: "The Death Chair" by L. T. (Elizabeth Thomasina) Meade and Robert Eustace, The Strand Magazine , July 1899, edited by Herbert Smith Sally Fitzgerald: "The Train" by Flannery O'Connor, Sewanee Review , April 1948, edited by Alan Tate Kate Jackson: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers; Hallowe'en Party by Agatha ChristieTracy K: City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin; Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr BiggersColman Keane: Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse by Lee Goldberg George Kelley: The Case of the Borrowed Brunette by Earl Stanley Gardner Joe Kenney: The Anderson Tapes by Lawrence Sanders; Cult of the Damned by "Spike Andrews" (Duane Schemerhorn)Rob Kitchin: Black Hornet by James Sallis B. V. Lawson: The FBI: A Centennial History 1908-2008 , Anonymous (produced by the US Dept. of Justice) Evan Lewis: Hombre by Elmore Leonard Steve Lewis: "The Spy Who Came to the Brink" by Edward D. Hoch, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine , December 1965, edited by Frederic Dannay; "The Theft from the Onyx Pool", EQMM , June 1967; stories from Forbidden River by Frederick Nebel; The Detective and the Chinese High-Fin by Michael CravenJ. F. Norris: Secret Sceptre by Francis Gerard Matt Paust: Hollywood by Charles Bukowski James Reasoner: Love Addict by "Don Elliott" (Robert Silverberg) Richard Robinson: Have Space Suit--Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein Sandra Ruttan: A Thousand Bones by P. J. Parrish Gerard Saylor: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson Doreen Sheridan: The Suspect by L. R. Wright Steven H Silver: "giANTS" by Edward Bryant, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact , August 1979, edited by Stanley Schmidt Kerrie Smith: Head in the Sand by Damien Boyd Dan Stumpf: The Third Man by Graham Greene ; Leonardo's Bicycle by Paco Ignacio Taibo II "TomCat": Terror Tower by Gerald Verner David Vineyard: Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood Bill Wallace: One by David Karp
Diane Monroe, improvising violinist playlist partially selected by her cousin, April Landrum
Diane Monroe's selected media tracks Further audio tracks The Max Roach Double Quartet in Stuttgart, 1990 VIDEO Max Roach, drums Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet Odean Pope, saxophone Tyrone Brown, bass Diane Monroe, violin Lesa Terry, violin Maxine Roach, viola and Eileen Folson, cello: The Max Roach Quartet and the Uptown String Quartet The Uptown String Quartet at Duke University, 1993 VIDEO The Uptown String Quartet: "Overture" (Odean Pope) VIDEO The Diane Monroe Quartet: "Irish Monk" VIDEO Diane Monroe - Violin
Tony Miceli - Vibes
Tony Marino - Bass
Todd Isler - Percussion The Diane Monroe Quartet: "Blues for Miles" VIDEO The Diane Monroe Collective: "Du Bois Diddy" VIDEO Diane Monroe and Tony Miceli: "Bachians Brazilieras #5" (Heitor Villa-Lobos) VIDEO Diane Monroe, featured soloist, Orchestra 2001: Canto di Ritorno (Concerto for Violin and Small Orchestra) (Andrew Rudin)Diane Monroe and Tony Miceli: At Rittenhouse Soundworks, Philadelphia, 22 May 2017 VIDEO Jose Bowen and Diane Monroe: "After You've Gone" VIDEO Melody Gardot (featuring Diane Monroe): "Gone" VIDEO Diane Monroe and the Z Big Band: "Funk" (from Concerto for Violin and Big Band by Evan Solot) VIDEO ...includes nearly four minutes of spoken introduction by others. Diane Monroe interview: 19 December 2018 VIDEO
