This really did feel like a futuristic “The Thin Man” in space, complete with the smoldering wife/husband chemistry, the swanky cocktails, the glamorous fashion, the charming dog, and the determined sleuths. I loved it! Bonus elements that added layers of satisfaction were a culture that normalizes pronouns at introduction (plus lots of nonbinary pronouns and …
A really great fantasy detective noir. In a world where the magic has gone away, human detective Fetch Phillips is hired to find a vampiric teacher at a school for the children of the magic races. A really interesting series premise and the world building is fantastic! –Nathaniel, Ballast Book Company, Bremerton, WA Discover some …
There are always books we mean to get to… but somehow time gets away from us, there are newer books popping up, look – something shiny! So it took me until now to finally get to Warren Ellis’s Gun Machine, and I’m sorry it took me so long! I’d been intrigued by the premise: a locked room filled …
Shovel Ready is a driving noirish mystery set in the near future after two big events: the invention of high-end virtual reality and the explosion of a dirty bomb in Times Square. Our “hero” is a garbage man/hitman living in the aftermath and, as in any proper noir novel, he’s been hired to find a …
