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Stephen Erickson

Book Review: Killing Quarry by Max Allan Collins

By Steve Erickson

November 18, 2019

Killing Quarry is the newest book in the Quarry series by Max Allan Collins. Collins has written several other Quarry novels for Hard Case Crime, a Quarry graphic novel, and his Quarry character was the focal point of Cinemax’s eponymous series. It is not the most recent novel, in terms of series chronology, as Collins…

The Edgar Awards Revisited: The Sculptress by Minette Walters (Best Novel; 1994)

By Steve Erickson

October 11, 2019

The Sculptress is the first book I’ve read by Minette Walters, but it certainly won’t be the last. I was surprised to learn that it’s only the second book she’d written, quickly following on the tail of her 1992 debut novel, The Ice House. Walters’ writing draws you in at once. It’s clear when you…

The Edgar Awards Revisited: Billingsgate Shoal by Rick Boyer (Best Novel; 1983)

By Steve Erickson

July 26, 2019

Billingsgate Shoal launches out of the gates from the first page with one of the best hooks I’ve read in a while. Charles “Doc” Adams introduces himself as a doctor and dental surgeon, with a wife and two college-aged sons. He immediately offers up a juicy tidbit: My most interesting recent operation was quick, spontaneous,…

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