This originally appeared in issue 8 (Sept/Oct 2005) SHOOT TO THRILL: Brian Azzarello’s 100 Bullets: An Appreciation by Duane Swierczynski Hardboiled comic fans are a rare breed; tough guys don’t usually do funnybooks. Yeah, yeah, I know—Mickey Spillane got his...
This originally appeared in issue 8 (Sept/Oct 2005) CALL IT MURDER IF YOU LIKE: RACE WILLIAMS AS CREATED BY CARROLL JOHN DALY By Gary Warren Niebuhr Carroll John Daly (1889-1958) is credited with being the father of the private eye novel. When the short story “The...
Originally published in issue 7 (Jul/Aug 2005) The Lord of Misrule’s Favorite Son An Interview with David Bowker By Jennifer Jordan Do a Google search for David Bowker and you’ll turn up the books and little else. Except for reviews (“Bowker’s writing is...
Why I Love New York By Rhys Bowen First published in issue 6 Until I started writing a mystery series set in New York in the year 1901, I never really noticed the city around me. I visited, took taxis, ate, had meetings, saw shows, shopped and left again. Now that...
From issue 6 Hate the Character, Love the Book by Dave Zeltserman Most crime books we read center around someone who solves a crime. Private detective, police officer, bounty hunter, high stakes poker player, whatever, there’s a main character for us readers to...
From issue 5 TOURNAMENT POKER CHEATING THE REAL DEAL Poker is an amazing game. It requires aggression, bluffing, money management, the ability to read tells, and knowing how to play hundreds of different hands. It also requires some luck, and lots of hard work. No...
