Capture by Roger Smith

My review of Roger Smith's Capture is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

If you're not hip to Smith's shit, hit up his name in the labels and you'll find my reviews of Mixed Blood and Wake Up Dead.

The Vanity Game by HJ Hampson

My review of HJ Hampson's debut novel The Vanity Game is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

Blasted Heath has been doing a bang up fucking job with their covers so far. The title's written in coke? Count me in.

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

My review of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

To see my review of Flynn's previous work, hit up her name in the labels.

I'm a bit of a fan.

Last Call for the Living by Peter Farris

My review of Peter Farris' Last Call for the Living is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

Really excited to see what Farris has got for us next.  This is a helluva good debut, dear reader, like Dennis-Tafoya's-Dope-Thief good.

Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale

My review of Joe R. Lansdale Edge of Dark Water is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

I've long been a fan of Lansdale's Hap and Leonard novels (some reviews of which you'll find if you hit up Lansdale's name in the labels) but haven't been keeping up with his standalones.  Gotta fix that soon.

The REAL Shit: Down to the Bone and the Drug Addiction Film

I talk about the film Down to the Bone and other junkie films for my latest blog post for crime factory.

Check that shit out HERE.

Down to the Bone was directed by Debra Granik, director of Winter's Bone, so you might wanna check that one out, you know, fucking immediately.

Tumblin' Dice by John McFetridge

My review of John McFetridge's Tumblin' Dice is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

To see what I thought about McFet's other books, hit up his name in the labels.

I always forget that I read the first two in this series out of order.  I was so young, so naive!

The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen

My review of Owen Laukkanen's The Professionals is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

Very excited to see what Laukkanen's got lined up next for BCA agent Kirk Stevens and FBI agent Carla Windermere.

A Death In Mexico by Jonathan Woods

My review of Jonathan Woods' A Death in Mexico from New Pulp Press is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE

If you haven't read Woods' Bad Juju and Other Tales of Madness and Mayhem hit up his name down in the labels and learn yourself a thing or two, dear reader.

Dove Season by Johnny Shaw

My review of Johnny Shaw's Dove Season is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out right HERE.

Man, I fucking wish I caught this book last year.  Totally would've made my twenty-eleven top ten list - no fucking joke, dear reader.

Crime Factory Vol. 2 No. 10

The new Crime Factory is up and yours truly has a new Crime Sleeper Double Feature on the films Sorcerer (1977) and The Brink's Job (1978) in it called "Friedkin's Follow-Ups Far From Flops."

You can find it on pages 50 through 55 of the magazine HERE.

Linger on that shit for a while too, dear reader, because there's an interview with Megan Abbott in there along with a piece on Willeford by William Boyle and much, much more.

Ben Wheatley's Kill List and My Unsettling Films List

I've got a blog post up at Crime Factory where I talk Ben Wheatley's Kill List and some other films that done fucked me up. 

Check that shit out HERE.

How about you, dear reader: What movies have left you feeling shaken?