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QUARRY IN THE MIDDLE by Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins’s cool and deadly professional hit man, Quarry, is back for another serving of mayhem and murder – and this time he’s taking a cut right out of the middle. As the title suggests, Qua… more →
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Episode #42 - Sexy Hurdles
nerdhurdles wrote 2 weeks ago: Listen to the episode HERE. They say sex sells. In a recent study, the improbably named academic Ane … more →
On Lurid Pulp!
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jdoxblood wrote 3 weeks ago: Nasty Canasta Here at Cultural Capitol’s unofficial Jonny Porkpie month, we’ve kept you well-versed … more →
The Corpse Wore Pasties by Jonny Porkpie
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Guy A. Savage wrote 1 month ago: “So what was this exactly? That you were doin’? Some kinda strip show?” said Offic … more →
Jonny Porkpie—the Interview
jdoxblood wrote 1 month ago: Jonny Porkpie’s pulp novel THE CORPSE WORE PASTIES, in which Jonny Porkpie witnesses the death of a … more →
hard case crime bringing back the pulp novel
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Jim McCluskey wrote 1 month ago: If you’re of a certain age, you probably remember the pulp novel. The covers were generally p … more →
QUARRY IN THE MIDDLE by Max Allan Collins
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Mel Odom wrote 1 month ago: Max Allan Collins’s cool and deadly professional hit man, Quarry, is back for another serving of may … more →
The Colorado Kid - the review
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Bruce wrote 1 month ago: On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There’s no identification on the bo … more →
Straight Cut - the review
Bruce wrote 1 month ago: It’s been a while since we visited the stash of bargain priced Hard Case Crime books I found a … more →
Mona by Lawrence Block (Gold Medal, 1961)
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vintagesleazepaperbacks wrote 1 month ago: An early Block with quite a history. It’s been reprinted twice since its Gold Medal debut in 1 … more →
The Vengeful Virgin by Gil Brewer (Crest Book #238, 1958)
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vintagesleazepaperbacks wrote 3 months ago: Gil Brewer – another self-destructive writer of interesting crime and sleaze novels that, like … more →
Kiss Her Goodbye by Allan Guthrie
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Guy A. Savage wrote 3 months ago: “First rule of debt collecting: If you want to improve the odds on your client being at home, … more →
Somebody Owes Me Money by Donald E. Westlake (Lancer Books, 1969; Hard Case Crime, 2006)
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vintagesleazepaperbacks wrote 3 months ago: Written a few years after Westlake stopped wearing the Alan Marshall mask for Cornith and Midwood, a … more →
Midweek Review: Killing Castro
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unfinishedperson wrote 3 months ago: Each Wednesday, I review my week in reading and look ahead to future reading with a review(s) of (a) … more →
Thoughts on Eye-Catching Book Covers
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vintagesleazepaperbacks wrote 4 months ago: The great art found on 1940s-60s bools — not just sleaze, sex, and sin, but all paperback genr … more →
I sat up, and the room was full of a man with a gun.
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Max Cairnduff wrote 4 months ago: I love the pulps, pulp westerns, weird tales, adventure pulps, and definitely crime pulps. At their … more →
The Sunday Salon: A booty of Hard Case Crime, Elmore Leonard and Arthur C. Clarke
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unfinishedperson wrote 4 months ago: Today I took two books with us to my parents to read, but didn’t get to either one. The first … more →
FAKE I. D. by Jason Starr
Mel Odom wrote 6 months ago: I don’t know that much about crime author Jason Starr, but I’m confident he’s turned over rocks at m … more →
Fake ID by Jason Starr
Guy A. Savage wrote 6 months ago: “Maybe it would take a little longer to get to Hollywood than I’d thought, but I’d … more →
Somebody Owes Me Money by Donald Westlake
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Guy A. Savage wrote 6 months ago: “But what if I spun around like that, and the guy with the gun was Robert Mitchum?” Like … more →
