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A mixture of ARCs sent by authors, a few I ordered that are starting to come in, and some freebie ebooks sent for review.








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1: The Drift Wars(review copy) – Brett James: an SF/Mystery novel, a favorite combination, sent by the author.

2: New Year Island(review copy) – Paul Draker: sent by the author. A group of people. culled from a long list, are part of a reality show. Dropped on an island off the California coast, one abandoned for years. Camilla Becker is one of the contestants. She’d survived one disaster, an earthquake, as a child. All had something similar in their pasts. Something more is going on though. This one is 700+ pages.

3: Morgan Kane: Without Mercy(review copy) – Louis Masterson: this one’s a bit different. The fist book of a best-selling Norwegian western series that started in 1971 and lasted 83 books. A movie is planned and the series received new life as an ebook series. I was offered a paperback printing, one of a 1000, for review purposes for the American debut. The review will go up tomorrow.

4: The Hard-Boiled Omnibus – edited by Joseph T. Shaw: a collection of tales from 1952 originally published in Black Mask in the thirties. Some of the authors appearing in the book are Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Paul Cain, and Lester Dent.

5: Primeval: Dangerous Dimensions – Pippa Le Quesne: these next five are novels in the British SF series. Need one more to complete the set.

6: Primeval: Extinction Event – Dan Abnett

7: Primeval: Shadow of The Jaguar – Steven Saville

8: Primeval: Fire and Water – Simon Guerrier

9: Primeval: The Lost Predator – Alicia Broderson

10: The Killer – Chris North: Jerry House pointed this one out. North is actually Ed Gprman which is all the excuse needed to grab it.

and the ebooks:

11: Respublic Amerike(review copy) – Max Connelly: I’ve read and enjoyed the author’s work in the past. Am in the middle of this one now. The review goes up later in the week.

12: Trader – J. M. Spears: first book in the No Firewalls series offered free. How does one resist?

13: Rick Canelli, P.I. – Bernard Lee DeLeo: I’ve enjoyed the author’s work in the past and since I love P.I. stories, I’m quite sure I will do so with this one.

14: The Filey Connection – David W. Robinson: one recommended by Nik Morton.

15: Celebrations In The Ossuary & Other Poems – Kyle J. Knapp: David Cranmer has wrote about the unfortunate passing of his nephew and his desire to get his book out. He was kind enough to send me a copy.

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1. Nightshade and Damnations – Gerald Kersh: a collection of horror from the British author and with an introduction by Harlan Ellison

2: Night and The City – Gerald Kersh: Harry Fabian is a small time hood born in a Cockney slum and maybe one of the most loathsome characters ever created. It’s the story of the unrepentant life of a vicious little man. It’s publication in 1946 drew comparisons to Kipling, Dickens, and Hemingway in it’s portrayal of life on the underside.

3: Sixkiller, U.S. Marshal: The Hour of Death – Willia W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone: John Henry Sixkiller, half Cherokee, half Caucasion is a marshal who works out of the Indian nations for Judge Parker.

4: Defiance of Eagles – William W. Johnstone with J. A Johnstone: Falcon Maccalister and tow of his brothers are on the trail of a disgraced Army officer, court-martialed for dereliction of duty. Falcon and his brother-in law had testified against him. Now the man has murdered the husband of his sister’s daughter, Falcon’s niece, and is holding her for ransom.

5: The Glass Triangle – George Harmon Coxe: a Kent Murdock mystery novel from 1940.

6: Star Trek: From History’s Shadow – Dayton Ward: in the middle of this one. The author has married real characters with Trek in a tale stretching from the 1940s until the time of Kirk’s original five year mission.

and the ebooks:

7: The Devil’s Blues(review copy) – Ricky Bush

8: Steel Heart – Thomas Pluck: thirteen crime stories.

9: Tales From The Promised Land – John Rose Putnam: a collection of western tales.

10: Missouri In Flames: I Rode With Jesse James – W. R. Benton; ebook publication of one of the author’s older wortks.

11: James Mckay, U.S. Army Scout – W. R. Benton: another ebook release of an older novel.

12: The Cashmere Shroud – Ed Lynskey: second in the author’s cozy series.

13: Solstice(review copy) – Damian Stevenson

14: The Tesla Secret – Alex Lukeman: a freebie I couldn’t pass up when I saw the hero’s name: Nick Carter.

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1: Kill City Blues(ARC) – Richard Kadrey: the fifth Sandman Slim novel. Part angel, most recently the current Lucifer until he foisted it off on one of the God brothers, Slim is a killer.

and the ebooks:

2: Son of The Tree – Jack Vance: a space opera from Vance’s early days picked up for Jack Vance day this Friday on Forgotten Books.

3: West of The Big River: The Ranger – James J. Griffin

4: West of The Big River: The Artist – Jackson Lowry: Tales from the Western Fictioneers based on real life figures in the old West.

5: Rag Baby – Mark Ellis: a mystery featuring Bonaparte “Bone” Mizell. Rather enjoyed this one.

6: The Dead Man: Crucible of Fire – Mel Odom: the latest adventure of the living dead man from a fine writer. It was good.

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Just a couple of ebooks this week sent, attached to emails, by the authors because I’ve reviewed their work in the past.

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1: Between Four Walls – Chris Fitzgerald: the third Brynn Hollister novel. He’s a private eye in Manchester, a future version, where old power china is flexing new muscle and has people worried.

2: The Devil On Chardonnay – Ed Baldwin: the sequel to THE OTHER PILOT. Air force Captain Boyd Chailland is assigned to find out who’s trying to produce an Ebola vaccine and why. A desperate message leads him to a deserted island in the Indian Ocean, labs burning, into Africa, and it’s tied in to American bankers,

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1: The Cast-Iron Star & Other Western Stories – Robert J. Randisi: a collection by one of our finest western writers,

2: Valdez Is Coming _ Elmore Leonard: the novel made into a film starring Burt Lancaster.

3: Reckoning at Rainrock _ Wayne D. Dundee: the second novel featuring Lone McGantry from a fine writer. Loved the first one, expect the same here.

4: The Renegades – Tom Young: a thriller where an earthquake in Afghanistan sends relief & medical workers in. Then insurgents start killing them.

and the ebooks:

5: Father And Son(review copy) – John Barlow: the second John Ray crime novel. The son of a retired English crime boss who has never liked the family business. Here he’s looking into the murder of an old family friend.

6: Collected Sci-Fi Stories Pack 1(review copy) – Marco Guarda; a collection by an Italian writer I’ve reviewed before.

7: Blood On Blood – Frank Zafiro & Jim Wilsky: recommended by James Reasoner.

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1: Star Trek: Into Darkness – Alan Dean Foster: the tie-in novel for the new movie. Foster is a long time favorite whther his tie-in work or his original stuff.

2: Dead Men’s Dust – Matt Hilton: the first novel in the Joe Hunter series.

3: Eye For An Eye(ARC) – Ben Coes: the latest Dewey Andreas thriller.

4: Fool Me Twice – Michael Brandman: the latest in the continuation of Robert Parker’s Jesse Stone series.

and the ebooks:

5: Sea No Evil – James Mullaney: the latest in the Crag Banyon humorous noir/fantasy series.

6: Pros & Cons – Janet Evanovitch & Lee Goldberg: a short story prequel to their forthcoming novel.

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1: 18 1/2 Minutes(review copy) – Ronald C. Meyer: from the cover, one gets the idea. This thriller explains what was on those “accidentally” erased 18 1/2 minutes from the Nixon Tapes.

2: The Healer(review copy) – Antii Tuomainen: winner of the Clue award for the best Finnish crime novel of 2011 appearing in English for the first time. A poet looks for his missing wife, a journalist investigating a serial killer, whole families, dubbed The Healer, amid a crumbling Helsinki. Society is in collapse because of worldwide climate changes. The review goes up in the morning.

3: The White Mountain(review copy) – Ernie Lindsey: My review posted this morning.

4: Leverage: The Bestseller Job – Greg Cox: based on the now cancelled TNT series, a group of ex-criminals now help the little guy stepped on by the rich, self-important guy.

5: Lullaby: Ace Atkins: I liked the author and have heard good things about his take on Robert Parker’s Spenser.

6: Hawke – Ted Bell: I was only vaguely aware of the author, but a recommendation on Forgotten Books convinced me to give this one a try.

7: A Trace of Smoke – Rebecca Cantrell: since teaming with James Rollins, I’ve become a fan and wanted to check out her solo work.

and the ebooks:

8: Warbirds of Mars: Stories of The Fight! – edited by Scott P. Vaughn & Kane Gilmour: a collection of short stories based on the WARBIRDS OF MARS, the webzine of pulp style action. It encompasses everything from air stories to war stories to spy with a cadre of characters known as The Martian Killers. Even a radio program of the stories. They have all kinds of goodies from this print(or ebook) anthology to two books of the strips gathered comic book style to tee shirts of the various characters. Am reading this one now.

9: The Bloody Spur – Charles Einstein: recommended by Ed Lynskey on Forgotten Books. Downloaded it from the Munsey’s site.

10: Sledge – Ernie Lindsey: a short story connected with the novel THE WHITE MOUNTAIN posted on earlier.

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1: Complex 90 – Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins: the latest Mike Hammer novel completed by Collins from a large chunk left in Spillane’s papers.

2: Dismal River – Wayne D. Dundee: I don’t know why I waited so long to pick up this western from a favorite author.

3: Butch Cassidy: The Lost Years – William W. Johnstone & J. A. Johnstone: a novel based on the idea that Butch wasn’t killed in South America, but returned to the States and lived a life of anonymity, dying of old age.

4: The Family Jensen: Hard Ride To Hell – William W. Johnstone & J. A. Johnstone: latest novel to feature Smoke Jensen, Matt Jensen, & Preacher.

5: The Avenger: Roaring Heart of The Crucible: the third collection of short stories from Moonstone Books that feature the pulp character from the thirties/early forties.

6: Once Upon A Murder – Robert J. Randisi & Kevin D. Randall: a mystery novel with a noir/fantasy setting.

7: Leverage: The Zoo Job – Keith R. A. Decandido: a novel based on the TNT series: a young woman with a failing zoo, in her family for generations, needs help when two Black Rhinos lent to the zoo never arrive. On the hook for thousands of dollars, the crew setes out to find the missing animals.

8: Impulse – Steven Gould: third novel of people who can teleport with mind control and the folks who hunt them for their own uses.

and the ebooks:

9: Dead Fall – Matt Hilton

10: Red Stripes – Matt Hilton: two short stories featuring Joe Hunter. These stories are a little more personal for Hunter. He’s usually helping people in need. In these, he’s extricating himself from his own predicaments.

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1: Star Trek: The Folded World – Jeffrey Mariotte: an original series novel by a favorite writer.

2: The Outsider – Lou Cameron: based on the TV series. P.I. David Ross hunts for a missing movie queen. I had a copy when it first came out, one of those novels lent out that never made it back home.

3: Some Are Sicker Than Others(review copy) – Andrew Seaward: a novel of addictions and the consequences.

4: Trace – Warren Murphy: Devlin Tracy is a P.I. working out of Vegas. First of the old series by one of the creators of The Destroyer.

and the ebooks:

5: Down River – Stephen Gallagher: part crime. part horror. A cop with control issues is presumed dead, drowned when his car goes in the river, but it’sd found empty. Then bodies start turning up. all people the “dead” cop hated.

6: Cold Quarry – Andy Straka: P.I. Frank Pavlicek investigates the death of a falconer supposedly shot accidentally by a deer hunter.

7: The Dirt-Brown Derby – Ed Lynskey: P.I. Frank Johnson is hired by the mother of a daughter that died in a riding accident. That’s what the cops say, but mom thinks it was murder.

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1: The Broken Places(ARC) – Ace Atkins: the third Quinn Coulson novel. I like this series so far.

2: Slingshot(ARC) – Matthew Dunn: third in this spy series. Same reaction as above.

3: Raylan – Elmore Leonard: a novel based on the continuity of the FX series Justified.

4: Fire In The Hole and Other Stories – Elmore Leonard: a collection of crime tales. The title story was the basis for Justified.

5: The Mullah’s Storm – Thomas W. Young: a thriller, first novel. that looked good and was cheap.

6: A Hard Day’s Night – John Burke: a novel based on the Beatles first movie.

and the ebooks:

7: The Wizard of Oz series illustrated(review copy): L. Frank Baum: a venture from a new ebook company with the original illustrations. It has Baum’s fourteen Oz novels and a bonus novel by Baum.

8: Crescendo(review copy) – Deborah J. Ledford. crime novel.

9: The Red Menace: A Red Letter Day – James Mullaney: the fourth novel in this series of a spy/superhero from the fifties coming out of retirement in the early seventies.

10: Broken Shield – J.D. Rhoades: the sequel to J.D.’s novel BREAKING COVER. Just out.