Category: 52 Books/52 Weeks

Talking with Serial Killers, by Christopher Berry-Dee

June 30, 2010 6:50 am Published by Sam

A sloppy, bad book. Berry-Dee He confuses serial killers with other kinds of murderers, changes quotes to fit British idiom... View Article

June 28, 2010 6:47 am Published by Sam

Terrific continuation of the North of England crime series focusing on the Yorkshire Ripper. The patterns of the plots and... View Article

June 11, 2010 12:24 pm Published by Sam

A truly mixed bag. The mystery here is pretty engrossing, but it’s undercut by deeply wooden prose and awkward characters.... View Article

June 9, 2010 1:09 pm Published by Sam

By Peter Milligan and Chris Bachalo This series continues doing interesting things ? not a lot of alcoholic characters in... View Article

June 7, 2010 12:59 pm Published by Sam

It’s definitely gutsy to make a book whose main character is so caustic, so unpleasant, so unredeemed. But it works.... View Article

June 1, 2010 12:25 am Published by Sam

A fascinating examination of Henry Ford and his attempts to impose his systems on the Amazon. Really an examination of... View Article

May 30, 2010 12:25 am Published by Sam

The debut novel by Stephen King’s son. A horror novel, of course, but a bit disappointing for me. Not scary... View Article

May 28, 2010 12:25 am Published by Sam

Maybe the best crime/noir/social novel I’ve read in years, this side of Richard Price. This is set in the north... View Article

May 26, 2010 12:25 am Published by Sam

A fascinating account of the development of the criminal profiling techniques that are used to catch serial killers. A little... View Article

May 24, 2010 12:25 am Published by Sam

A new comic series setting ancient Greek myths in modern-day London. I love Greek myths and myths echoing in the... View Article