Review: “Razorblade Tears” by S.A. Cosby

Review: “Razorblade Tears” by S.A. Cosby

S.A. Cosby rocketed to crime-fiction stardom in 2020, despite the pandemic’s blistering effect on publishing, with his novel Blacktop Wasteland, a visceral heist novel that offers a twist on the crime-fiction convention of the down-and-out criminal embarking—against a...
Review: “Moon Lake” by Joe R. Lansdale

Review: “Moon Lake” by Joe R. Lansdale

I’ve been a Joe R. Lansdale fan since … well, not quite the beginning of his career, but pretty close. I remember picking up his groundbreaking weird western Dead in the West at a Fangoria Weekend of Horrors around 1986, and that wasn’t long after he burst onto the...
Review: “The Residence” by Andrew Pyper

Review: “The Residence” by Andrew Pyper

Canadian author Andrew Pyper burst onto the crime-fiction scene with his horrific whodunnit Lost Girls, about two teenaged girls killed in northern Ontario—and the supernatural history of the town in which they’re murdered. It was one of those debuts that makes you...