My Top Five Crime Reads of 2018 By John C. Foster Blood stained dollar bills. The burn of alcohol and smell of cordite. Crime fiction is visceral and alive, even as it […]
Broken Glass On Concrete
Street Smart
I want to tell you a little bit about this guy who’s words you’re about to read, but I promise you I’ll keep it brief and get out of the way as […]
White Knight and Other Pawns
White Knights and Other Pawns by Bracken MacLeod Book Review by Sadie Hartmann Bracken MacLeod is a talented writer; he’s a skilled author of many genres. I discovered this when I read […]
Hank Early Double Review
Hank Early Double Review: Heaven’s Crooked Finger & In the Valley of the Devil One of the most rewarding things about reviewing so many books is the fact that I am continually […]
Book Review: Manifest Recall by Alan Baxter
Here at Ink Heist, we are absolute fanatics when it comes to both horror and noir, so when we heard about Alan Baxter’s horror/noir mash-up Manifest Recall, we knew this was a book […]
Unreliable Noir – by Alan Baxter
Until recently–literally just a few days ago–I’d not read the work of Alan Baxter. I’ve had his novel Hidden City waiting in my review queue for quite some time but haven’t gotten […]
Brass Knuckles: Five Hard-Hitting Crime Novels for Summer
One of our favorite things here at Ink Heist is well written dark crime, especially that which is penned with literary voice and flavorings of neo-noir. And summertime seems a perfectly well-suited […]
On the Road Again by John C. Foster
I have a bad habit. One of the curse/blessings of the writer is enjoying the act of writing. Not just of seeing their words on the page, of reading them and being […]
Dead Man’s Badge by Robert E. Dunn
It’s always a safe bet that when Robert E. Dunn puts out a call for reviewers of a new book, I’ll be the guy standing on the chair so he can hold […]
