Books of the week

Lawrence Block: One Night Stands and Lost Weekends

This is a collection of early Block stories. While I prefer his early novels, this book provided and interesting and entertaining insight into the author’s work. Quite a mixed bag really, often I could tell where the stories were going with just the title and just a little bit of the text.

Dublin Noir:

Subtitled “The Celtic Tiger vs. The Ugly American” and edited by Ken Bruen, this is my first read in the Akashic Noir Anthology series. Each collection focuses on a different location. I was very impressed with the stories here, I’m anxious to read more books in this series. I am curious if they are all this good, or if maybe Ken Bruen is to blame for all the excellence to be found here!

Gerald Kersch: The Angel & The Cuckoo:

This is the only book I could find by this author, but I will have to try to find more!

Max Philips: Snake Bite Sonnett:

Not recommended for fans only familiar with him through Hard Case Crime! This is Max Philip’s first novel, and is a book about relationships, not a crime novel!