Crime releases for October

Title Author PubDate Publisher Name Format Bisac Category Description List Price THE BACK ROAD Abbott, Rachel 10/8/2013 Thomas & Mercer BC Fiction \ Mystery & Detective \ Traditional British $14.95 POISONED PROSE Adams, Ellery 10/1/2013 Berkley BC Fiction \...

RESURRECTING JIMMY PIGEON

RESURRECTING JIMMY PIGEON “Mr. Diamond, I came here to talk about my husband.” “Of course you did, Evelyn,” I said. I think my voice may have cracked. “Have you thought about going to the police?” “Finding my husband is already of interest to the Los Angeles Police...

Greg Rucka joins Dark Horse comics

Multiple Eisner Award winner Greg Rucka (LAZARUS, QUEEN & COUNTRY, STUMPTOWN) will be joining Dark Horse comics. Dark Horse will be the home of VEIL. The story opens when a beautiful girl wakes up in an abandoned subway station with no memory of how she got there....

Film Review: GRAVITY

Directed by Alfonso Cuaron Written by Alfonso and Joseph Cuaron Starring: Sandra Bullock and George Clooney (with the voice of Ed Harris) Despite its universally good reviews, GRAVITY is not for everyone. It’s static and dizzying at the same time. It’s quiet but at...

Hard Case to publish lost Block novel

Word came this today that Hard Case Crime will be publishing BORDERLINE, a Lawrence Block novel that has been out of print for over 50 years. The book will also feature a very cool new cover by Michael Koelsch. On the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico,...

Jo Nesbø to take pseudonym

Jo Nesbø, who has had massive success under his own name, will become somebody else. Nesbø will publish BLOOD ON THE SNOW in the fall of 2014, with BLOOD ON THE SNOW 2 (a title that will almost certainly change) following in spring of 2015. British publisher Harvill...