Archive for the 'Detective' Category

Book Review: “The Vendetta” by Michael Tyler - Gritty, harsh and real.

By Mary Menzel: In “The Vendetta” Michael Tyler has given us a front row seat into the world of cops, drugs and violence. In a rural North Carolina town Michael Griffin is a cop taking each day as it comes until a fellow cop and good friend’s death is ruled a suicide. Griffin knows without [...]

The Deputy’s Widow: An Enticing Noir Detective Story

By Mary Menzel:
J.B. Kohl has brilliantly succeeded in capturing the noir essence in her debut novel “The Deputy’s Widow.” We are instantly transported back to the days of 1948 when men where tough and gritty and women were called dames. Here we meet Detective Hamilton Baker, who is a well rounded character: a great detective, [...]

Book Review: “Big City, Bad Blood” by Sean Chercover

By Mary Menzel: This book reads smoothly and is captivating as if written by a seasoned author and is extremely impressive as a debut novel. Sean Chercover’s experience as a private investigator in the heart of Chicago lends a voice of authenticity to his writing that even someone with the greatest imagination in the world [...]