The Collected Adventures of The Drifter Detective Vol. 2The first volume of this captivating  series introduced Jack Laramie, who travels the great western byways in search of cash-flush clients in need of a private detection. His mobile office is a horse trailer hauled behind a worn, but still running DeSoto classic.

Volume One left me a with a waity case of Laramie fever, with the only known cure being Volume Two. Well, round two did not disappoint, meeting and exceeding every  unreasonable expectation I brought to its pages.

Featuring four engaging novellas by Laramie’s crack scribes—every one a gem—this extra thick volume collects the balance of Jack Laramie’s case files. Over 300 pages of pure PI pleasure with a western/noir twang. Could be a long wait for the next one, but if I live long enough to see it, save me a place at the front of the queue.

A sobering account of the author’s time in San Quentin in the 1920s. Much of Tasker’s prison life was closely controlled and passed almost entirely in the company of other inmates. Tasker’s memoir delves into the…

First published about 1930, How to Commit a Murder provides Danny Ahearn’s (1901–1960) first-hand account of a slew of criminal activities, divided into chapters on jewelry stores, fur joints, straight stickups, car theft, politicking, protection, rackets,…

Stark House Press will release Gary Lovisi’s A Sherlock Holmes Notebook: A Cornucopia of Sherlockania in May 2022. This nearly 200 page trade paperback is packed full of essays, trivia, and collective treasures sure to please…

Nostalgia Digest [Book 48, Chap. 2, Spring 2022, April-May-June 2022] ed. Steve Darnall (Funny Valentine Press, $5.00, 64pp, digest) Cover: Bing Crosby 1 • Hello, Out There in Radioland! • Steve Darnall • ed 2 •…

Coming soon: Black Gat No. 37. Originally published as Passion Killer by Don Elliott for Sundown Reader in 1965, this sleaze paperback seems like an odd choice for the Black Gat imprint. Maybe it’s an experiment…

bare•bones [#9 Winter 2022] ed. Peter Enfantino, John Scoleri (Cimarron Street Books, $9.95, 114pp, digest)1 • Contents Page2 • Dueling Editorials • John Scoleri, Peter Enfantino • ed3 • The Beagle has Landed [The Evolution and…