Gravetapping: THE TROUBLE MAN by Ed Gorman

Gravetapping: THE TROUBLE MAN by Ed Gorman: Ed Gorman’s work is reliably good. At its best it is clear, concise, meaningful, entertaining. The people he creates are melancholy with...

Gravetapping: Bargain Friday: Three Freebies!

Gravetapping: Bargain Friday: Three Freebies!: It’s bargain Friday, and this time around I’ve collected a few free ebooks for your consideration. The first is W. Glenn Duncan’s Raffer...

Gravetapping: THE WOLF IN THE CLOUDS by Ron Faust

Gravetapping: THE WOLF IN THE CLOUDS by Ron Faust: The Wolf in the Clouds is Ron Faust’s second published novel. It was originally published as a hardcover by Bobbs-Merrill’s Black Bat My...

Gravetapping: "The Real Bad Friend" and "Lucy Comes to Town" by ...

Gravetapping: "The Real Bad Friend" and "Lucy Comes to Town" by ...: This 1978 collection included "The Real Bad Friend" When I think of Robert Bloch, I think of his novel Psycho , which isn’t c...

Gravetapping: THE SPY IN THE BOX by Ralph Dennis

Gravetapping: THE SPY IN THE BOX by Ralph Dennis: The Spy in the Box  was written by Ralph Dennis in the early 1980s, but this  Brash Books  edition, released nearly 40 years after it was ...

Gravetapping: THE POKER CLUB by Ed Gorman

Gravetapping: THE POKER CLUB by Ed Gorman: The Poker Club , by Ed Gorman, originally published as a limited and signed edition hardcover by Cemetery Dance in 1999, is an expansion...

Gravetapping: MISSING AT TENOCLOCK by Arthur Williams (Jack M. Bickham) ...

Gravetapping: MISSING AT TENOCLOCK by Arthur Williams (Jack M. B...: Missing at Tenoclock (1994), as by Arthur Williams—a one-off pseudonym of the prolific and reliably good Jack M. Bickham—is the first of...

Gravetapping: SOME DIE HARD by Stephen Mertz

Gravetapping: SOME DIE HARD by Stephen Mertz: Some Die Hard is Stephen Mertz’s first published novel. It appeared as a paperback original in 1979 from the low-rent New York publisher ...

Gravetapping: Evolution (or maybe just changes) by Ben Boulden

Gravetapping: Evolution (or maybe just changes):       My magic as a writer—if I have any—happens in the second and third and fourth drafts. The first draft is a mad and passionate sprin...

Gravetapping: "Awake"

Gravetapping: "Awake": I have a brand new short story in an anthology that hit the street last week. The anthology is Paul Bishop Presents… Criminal Tendencies ....

Gravetapping: SHERLOCK HOLMES: ZOMBIES OVER LONDON by Stephen Me...

Gravetapping: SHERLOCK HOLMES: ZOMBIES OVER LONDON by Stephen Me...: I have always wanted to hear Sherlock Holmes say— “Zombies.” and “The undead.” —but I didn’t know it until I read those words in Ste...

Gravetapping: Paul Bishop Presents...Pattern of Behavior: Ten Ta...

Gravetapping: Paul Bishop Presents...Pattern of Behavior: Ten Ta...: It’s been far too long since I’ve had a story published, but a few days ago saw my short story, “No Chips, No Bonus”, published in the ex...

Gravetapping: OVERKILL by Vanda Symon

Gravetapping: OVERKILL by Vanda Symon: Vanda Symon’s Overkill , featuring Constable Sam Shephard, first appeared in Symon’s native New Zealand in 2007 and the series has since ...

Gravetapping: A TALENT FOR KILLING by Ralph Dennis (Coming Soon)...

Gravetapping: A TALENT FOR KILLING by Ralph Dennis (Coming Soon)...: This is good news. Brash Books is bringing out a brand new Ralph Dennis novel with an intriguing history. A Talent for Killing is two nove...

Gravetapping: GIRL MOST LIKELY by Max Allan Collins

Gravetapping: GIRL MOST LIKELY by Max Allan Collins: Girl Most Likely is the first in a two-book series from Max Allan Collins, featuring chief of police Krista Larson. Krista’s patch is G...

Gravetapping: ONE FOR HELL by Jada M. Davis

Gravetapping: ONE FOR HELL by Jada M. Davis: Stark House Press released a reprint of a 1952 Fawcett Red Seal original titled One for Hell written by Jada M. Davis back in 2010. Davis...

Gravetapping: "Hawksbill Station" by Robert Silverberg

Gravetapping: "Hawksbill Station" by Robert Silverberg: I’m a new arrival to the school of Robert Silverberg. I read The Book of Skulls in 2005 and I’ve made a point to read at least some Sil...

Gravetapping: "The Double Whammy" by Robert Bloch

Gravetapping: "The Double Whammy" by Robert Bloch: Rod has been a pitchman for a carnival sideshow—“a lousy mud-show that never played anywhere north of Tennessee”—for three seasons and h...

Gravetapping: RIDERS ON THE STORM by Ed Gorman

Gravetapping: RIDERS ON THE STORM by Ed Gorman: Ed Gorman’s Sam McCain—small town lawyer and investigator—is at the top of my list for private eye serial characters. He is charming, sa...

Gravetapping: "In A Small Motel" by John D. MacDonald

Gravetapping: "In A Small Motel" by John D. MacDonald: A favorite anthology of mine, featuring vintage hardboiled crime stories, is American Pulp ; edited by Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini and Mart...