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Posted by popple58 on 29 Aug, 2021 in Australian Crime Fiction, Bestseller, British Crime, British Thrillers, Canberra Weekly, Classic PI, Crime, Forecast Friday, Looking Forward Friday, Outback Crime, serial killer thriller, Spy Fiction, Television shows, Thriller | 1 comment

SUSPENSEFUL SEPTEMBER: SIX NEW CRIME TITLES TO READ IN SEPTEMBER

Collage of some of the titles being released in September 2021 With two thirds of the year nearly over and Christmas looming, the rush of new releases is growing,...

Posted by popple58 on 25 Feb, 2021 in British Thrillers, Classic PI, Crime, Men's Adventure, Spy Fiction, trashy covers, Trashy Tuesday | 1 comment

TRASHY TUESDAY: GLASSES ON COVERS

Florida Straits by Laurence Shames (Pan, 1994) George Easter over at his Deadly Pleasures site recently did a good article on the use of glasses and masks on the covers...

Posted by popple58 on 11 Dec, 2020 in Australian Crime Fiction, British Crime, British Historical Crime, British Thrillers, Canberra Weekly, Classic PI, Crime, serial killer thriller, Spy Fiction, Thriller, War novel | 3 comments

UNDER THE RADAR: SIX GOOD CRIME NOVELS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED IN 2020

The Snow Thief by C J Carver (Right Nuisance, 2020) Every year there are piles of books released with a fanfare of manufactured publicity by publishers and certain...

Posted by popple58 on 23 Nov, 2020 in British Crime, British Thrillers, Classic PI, Crime, Historical Thrillers, Thriller, War novel | 1 comment

THRILLER ROUND-UP NOVEMBER 2020

With Christmas rapidly approaching the number of new releases is growing just as quickly. The big name releases come with lots of publicity, but others seem to quietly...

Posted by popple58 on 16 Jul, 2020 in Classic PI, Crime, Men's Adventure, trashy covers, Trashy Tuesday | 1 comment

TRASHY TUESDAY: DEATH IS FOREVER by Maxine O’Callaghan (1980)

Death Is Forever by Maxine O’Callaghan (Raven House, 1981) Although Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky and Sue Grafton are usually credited with being the...

Posted by popple58 on 19 Mar, 2020 in Australian Crime Fiction, Australian POW fiction, Australian Pulp, Classic PI, Crime, Men's Adventure, Pulp, Television shows, trashy covers, Trashy Tuesday, War novel | 2 comments

TRASHY TUESDAY: HORWITZ COVERS – THE PENGUIN SERIES

The Unorthodox Corpse by Carter Brown (Horwitz, 1965) Horwitz were arguably the prime Australian publishers of paperbacks and pulp fiction in the 1950s and 60s....

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