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J.B. Stevens

The Voice, The Hands, and Rattlesnake Rodeo

By J.B. Stevens

November 4, 2020

The Voice, The Hands, and Rattlesnake Rodeo is the story of Nick Kolakowski. Many of you know Kolakowski from his loveable online persona and his exciting, fast-paced fiction. Unfortunately, that could not be further from the truth. This public face is a mask. The majority of Kolakowski’s crime fiction is autobiographical. Below is the story…

Book Review: When These Mountains Burn by David Joy

By J.B. Stevens

August 18, 2020

David Joy returns with a fierce and tender tale of a father, an addict, a lawman, and the explosive events that come to unite them. Opiates steal thousands of souls every day. A modern pestilence, that feels biblical. In North Carolina, in 2018, an estimated 79% of drug overdose deaths involved opioids. During the same…

Book Review: Lost River by J. Todd Scott

By J.B. Stevens

June 19, 2020

Lost River by J. Todd Scott is a blistering crime novel on the opioid epidemic—featuring its cops, villains, and victims—written by a 25-year veteran of the DEA. As a crime-fiction aficionado, have you ever hoped Don Winslow and James Ellroy read Hillbilly Elegy and then decided to co-write a police procedural that is an exposé…

Book Review: Stone Cross by Marc Cameron

By J.B. Stevens

March 30, 2020

Stone Cross by Marc Cameron opens in a remote Alaskan village where Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter searches for a stone-cold killer amid a hotbed of corruption, lies, and long-buried secrets.  As a boy, I loved playing cops and robbers with my brothers. We ran through the pine trees, shooting finger guns, and wearing paint-thinner-scented…

Audiobook Review: The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan

By J.B. Stevens

October 18, 2019

My new commute is long and painful. The only positive aspect is that my auditory crime-book consumption has shot through the roof. Recently I picked up The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan, narrated by Aoife McMaon. This is a novella from the Cormac Reilly Series, technically number .5. It is a prequel to McTiernan’s bestseller The…

Podcast Review: Body of Proof by Darrell Brown and Sophie Ellis

By J.B. Stevens

September 19, 2019

A recent transfer to Atlanta, and the resulting ninety-minute commute, led me down an audio content rabbit hole. My first venture into this world was Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. As the winner of the Booker of Bookers, Rushdie’s sprawling magical fiction merits its own review. With that said, I learned Midnight’s Children is not…

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