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Friday, June 10, 2011

Death March of the Dancing Dolls and Other Stories: Vol. 3 Day Keene in the Detective Pulps (Volume 3)

Death March of the Dancing Dolls and Other Stories: Vol. 3 Day Keene in the Detective Pulps (Volume 3) Review

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Death March of the Dancing Dolls and Other Stories: Vol. 3 Day Keene in the Detective Pulps (Volume 3) Feature

DEATH MARCH OF THE DANCING DOLLS is the third volume of the series: Day Keene in the Detective Pulps. It is introduced by Texas' own Bill Crider and has a cover by Gavin L. O'Keefe. Day Keene is well-known for his hardboiled novels but his short stories from the pulps are almost completely forgotten, until now. This volume contains these stories: Stay As Dead As You Are, Detective Tales, October 1946 The Charlie McCarthy Murders, Detective Tales, March 1942 Doc Egg’s Graveyard Reunion, Dime Mystery, February 1946 Death March of the Dancing Dolls, Dime Mystery, September 1945. So Sorry You Die Now, Dime Mystery, January 1945 A Minor Matter of Murder, Short Stories, Dec 25, 1945 Mighty Like a Rogue, Dime Detective, January 1950

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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Dead Like You (Detective Superintendent Roy Grace)

Dead Like You (Detective Superintendent Roy Grace) Review

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Dead Like You (Detective Superintendent Roy Grace) Feature

The Metropole Hotel, Brighton. After a New Year’s Eve ball, a woman is brutally raped. A week later, another woman is attacked. Both victims’ shoes are taken by the offender….Detective Superintendent Roy Grace realizes these cases bear remarkable similarities to an unsolved series of crimes from 1997. Could this be a copycat, or has the perpetrator dubbed “Shoe Man” resurfaced?
Grace is forced to delve into his shattered past—a time before his beloved wife went missing and his world was destroyed—to find the key to unlocking the current mystery. Soon Grace and his team will find themselves in a desperate race against the clock to identify and save the life of the new, fifth victim….