An Evil Mind

This week, our editor returns to talk about three characters and series that helped (among many others) to provide a basis for Ian Fleming's James Bond. Enter the Saint https://amzn.to/2SfqcpM Bulldog Drummond https://amzn.to/2SfW8u7 The Mystery of Fu Manchu https://amzn.to/2P297xG Casino Royale (James Bond #1) https://amzn.to/2Si2Fot Dorothy Sayers: Whose Body, Clouds of Witness, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey #1-#3) https://amzn.to/2S989l2 Mickey Spillane- I, the Jury https://amzn.to/2P6HMdX JK Rowling- The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) https://amzn.to/2FRLrgm George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

Apologia: I called "Hannibal Rising" "Young Hannibal" in this. I don't know why, but that book is stuck in my head under the latter title. Also, I start talking about "Rising," and then pivot back to its immediate predecessor, "Hannibal," without making that pivot as clear as I should. I just didn't want to talk about "Rising," particularly, and thought about something I'd rather talk about. Black Sunday https://amzn.to/2RKWdqn Red Dragon https://amzn.to/2A7uMQM The Silence of the Lambs https://amzn.to/2RLsLjW Hannibal https://amzn.to/2A7awis Hannibal Rising https://amzn.to/2Eia1WR Manhunter (DVD) https://amzn.to/2A6SXyS The Silence of the Lambs (DVD) https://amzn.to/2A8h407 Red Dragon (DVD) https://amzn.to/2A8SxYV George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

Xynobook's editor Nick Maloich explores the strange, terrible crime worlds of James Ellroy. American Tabloid https://amzn.to/2DDJS4d The Big Nowhere https://amzn.to/2R9Iauq The Black Dahlia https://amzn.to/2xTRn0W LA Confidential (book) https://amzn.to/2QfPovq White Jazz https://amzn.to/2Iq0RGf Perfidia https://amzn.to/2y1w5yG My Dark Places https://amzn.to/2QfPDXm Clandestine https://amzn.to/2R3njIW Blood on the Moon (Lloyd Hopkins #1) https://amzn.to/2R7uZtR Cop (DVD) https://amzn.to/2zDJJK7 Killer on the Road https://amzn.to/2zDt7SN LA Confidential (blu-ray) https://amzn.to/2xXOcFr George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://mzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

This week, the work of novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard. Corrections: "Ray Cruz" from City Primeval did not appear in another Leonard novel. He was supposed to, though, so I was close on that one. I also mix up "Eddie Coyle" and author George V. Higgins at one point. Library of America Westerns Collection https://amzn.to/2DeRp9I Pronto (Raylan Givens Book One) https://amzn.to/2pk751k Fire in the Hole: Stories https://amzn.to/2MPiK1w Rum Punch (AKA Jackie Brown) https://amzn.to/2DbohjB Out of Sight https://amzn.to/2OzQHF1 Get Shorty https://amzn.to/2MLtnCI Swag https://amzn.to/2plpgE7 The Moonshine War https://amzn.to/2PObmW8 City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit https://amzn.to/2PJHwlu Mr. Majestyk https://amzn.to/2xxAvwH Mr. Majestyk (movie) https://amzn.to/2OD5EpV Justified: The Complete Series https://amzn.to/2OxRcPY George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

This week our editor looks at the works of "Richard Stark" (AKA Donald Westlake), author of the "Parker" crime novels. The Hunter https://amzn.to/2Nw1Jhp The Man with the Getaway Face https://amzn.to/2O2i2zx The Outfit https://amzn.to/2Cy2TVg Slayground https://amzn.to/2CLkPfs The Damsel (An Alan Grofield Novel) https://amzn.to/2Mgi19r Payback: The Directors Cut (DVD) https://amzn.to/2Qg24TT Point Blank (Blu-Ray) https://amzn.to/2NYqVtQ The Outfit (DVD) https://amzn.to/2Nr8CRb The Seventh https://amzn.to/2QhNFq7 George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

This week, our editor looks at the now-obscure crime/horror author Rex Miller and discusses Miller's two most famous creations: serial killer Chaingang Bunkowski and detective Jack Eichord. Slob https://amzn.to/2oj15pi Frenzy https://amzn.to/2PgP2nZ Profane Men https://amzn.to/2LAv9G2 Savant https://amzn.to/2PIwhuq George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

This week, our editor discusses mystery author Rex Stout and his most famous creations, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin. Fer-De-Lance https://amzn.to/2MC4pJN The Rubber Band/The Red Box https://amzn.to/2nU41Zi The Hand in the Glove (Dol Bonner #1) https://amzn.to/2nU41Zi Over My Dead Body https://amzn.to/2N66UBn Too many Cooks/Champagne for One https://amzn.to/2N2hJUW Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe: The Complete 1981 NBC Series (DVD) https://amzn.to/2N2hJUW Nero Wolfe: The Complete First Season (A&E, 2001, DVD) https://amzn.to/2N0APdT George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

This week, it's a discussion of author Walter Mosley, who has created the Easy Rawlins, Fearless Jones, Leonid McGill and Joe Oliver crime novels series. The Long Fall (Leonid McGill #1) https://amzn.to/2nEE4Nj Down the River Unto the Sea (Joe Oliver #1) https://amzn.to/2MwWOMR Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins #1) https://amzn.to/2BdV4Ue Fearless Jones https://amzn.to/2KUbjVN Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (Socrates Fortlow #1) https://amzn.to/2vH8D9m Devil in a Blue Dress (DVD) https://amzn.to/2ODTooW Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (DVD) https://amzn.to/2MOZySC George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

This week, our editor does an overview of the work of crime, Western and horror author Joe Lansdale. Savage Season (Hap & Leonard #1) https://amzn.to/2Ktt7Hi Cold in July https://amzn.to/2OfFTLA The Thicket https://amzn.to/2OLh8rU The Drive-In https://amzn.to/2OMH7iJ The Magic Wagon https://amzn.to/2KyGLsz The Bottoms https://amzn.to/2OcLkLt Paradise Sky https://amzn.to/2Ogfr4B George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

A discussion about the late crime author Andrew Vachss and his most popular series of books. http://www.vachss.com The Legislative Drafting Institute for Child Protection http://ldicp.org/contribute/ Licensed for Life http://licensed4life.org/ Blue Belle https://amzn.to/2Ar0WZA Strega https://amzn.to/2Lw0Rch Flood https://amzn.to/2LxexUl Another Life https://amzn.to/2K3bjSZ The Weight https://amzn.to/2Oq0k9H Haiku https://amzn.to/2LKcPhW Two Trains Running https://amzn.to/2LA96UX A Bomb Built in Hell https://amzn.to/2AkNZRn Aftershock (Dell & Dolly #1) https://amzn.to/2LAE5QA Blackjack (Cross #1) https://amzn.to/2LuHjoN George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB Another Chance to Get It Right https://amzn.to/2LNFBhB http://www.xynobooks.com

This week, Robert B. Parker's private eye novels about Boston's own Spenser are the subject. The Godwulf Manuscript https://amzn.to/2Ny2qmH A Catskill Eagle https://amzn.to/2uGu61R Night Passage (Jesse Stone #1) https://amzn.to/2JLTUOv Appaloosa (Hitch & Cole #1) https://amzn.to/2mByD0S Wilderness https://amzn.to/2LhpYzx Douglas Fairbairn- Shoot (Out of Print, Used Copies Only) https://amzn.to/2O9CIpz John D. MacDonald- Cape Fear (The Executioners) https://amzn.to/2O9dCr1 George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB Spenser: For Hire- The Complete Series (DVD) https://amzn.to/2A0QPe2 Spenser: For Hire- The Complete TV Movies Collection (DVD) https://amzn.to/2uEzGSc Spenser: For Hire 24"X36" Poster https://amzn.to/2LgjxfZ Edmund Spenser- The Faerie Queen https://amzn.to/2NBfF61 http://www.xynobooks.com

This week: vigilantes, blood spatter and philosophies of violence. Our editor looks at the numbered novel series back in the day with The Executioner, The Destroyer, The Penetrator, The Enforcer and many, many more. Apologia: Warren Murphy is mentioned here as "William Murphy." We stand corrected. Don Pendleton- War Against the Mafia (Executioner #1) https://amzn.to/2ut58CW Warren Murphy & Richard Sapir- Created, The Destroyer (Remo Williams #1) https://amzn.to/2NoFnea Brad Mengel- Serial Vigilantes of Paperback Fiction https://amzn.to/2JqDsTT Lester Dent- Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze https://amzn.to/2LedXtU Chet Cunningham- The Penetrator Box Set (#1-#10) https://amzn.to/2zKG7rJ Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (DVD) https://amzn.to/2NWzeXA George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

This week, our editor looks at spy/crime author Ian Fleming and Fleming's seventh novel, 1959's Goldfinger. Goldfinger https://amzn.to/2zlUCSS Goldfinger (blu-ray) https://amzn.to/2u55eAl Casino Royale (book) https://amzn.to/2IM6FYZ Casino Royale (blu-ray) https://amzn.to/2MVKEcL From Russia, with Love (book) https://amzn.to/2uhlRbt Thunderball (book) https://amzn.to/2KWTVAQ Never Say Never Again (HD streaming) https://amzn.to/2KYqnCC Sapper- Bulldog Drummond (book) https://amzn.to/2m0rZB7 John Buchan- The Complete "Richard Hannay" Stories (book) https://amzn.to/2N07VKC George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

This week, editor Nick Maloich talks about private eye writer Mickey Spillane and Spillane's fourth novel from 1951, One Lonely Night. The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume I: https://amzn.to/2KImp18 The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume II (featuring One Lonely Night): https://amzn.to/2NlTOjA I, the Jury: https://amzn.to/2KrI0yN A Long Time Dead: A Mike Hammer Casebook (short stories): https://amzn.to/2tOAS4U My Gun is Quick: https://amzn.to/2KDBXGl Vengeance is Mine: https://amzn.to/2Ks88tm Kiss Me, Deadly: https://amzn.to/2u5CtD5 The Big Kill: https://amzn.to/2KFWB5z Ian Fleming- Casino Royale: https://amzn.to/2IM6FYZ Max Allan Collins- Quarry: https://amzn.to/2KFqeqM George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

Let's talk about Raymond Chandler, the creator of private eye Philip Marlowe, and Chandler's best novel The Long Goodbye. Raymond Chandler-The Library of America Edition (Complete Novels): https://amzn.to/2lxwW3W Collected Stories: https://amzn.to/2MnFF4u The Long Goodbye: https://amzn.to/2InEgZ9 The Big Sleep: https://amzn.to/2toEx9k The Simple Art of Murder: https://amzn.to/2Mm4c9U Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles: https://amzn.to/2Mh0m1N Raymond Chandler: A Biography: https://amzn.to/2Knvjnw Poodle Springs: https://amzn.to/2MSYYUl Robert B. Parker-The Godwulf Manuscript: https://amzn.to/2MVGnqI Robert B. Parker-Perchance to Dream (A Sequel to The Big Sleep): https://amzn.to/2MWGfr1 George Sheridan-Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan-Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney-Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB Philip Marlowe: Private Eye (DVD set): https://amzn.to/2lukd1Y http://www.xynobooks.com

This week, our editor looks at the life of crime author Dashiell Hammett and Hammett's best novel, Red Harvest. Red Harvest (paperback): https://amzn.to/2JI0UQB The Big Book of the Continental Op (paperback) https://amzn.to/2ta9ZaC The Giant Collection of the Continental Op (Kindle) https://amzn.to/2JTbReY The Dain Curse https://amzn.to/2JZ6r5j Dashiell Hammett- Complete Novels: https://amzn.to/2JoBpnX Various Authors- The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories https://amzn.to/2Mcpp6V Various Authors- The Hard-Boiled Detective: Stories from Black mask magazine, 1920-1951 https://amzn.to/2JxALRh George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB xynobooks.com

This week, I talk about hard-boiled fiction, the cultural background behind that subgenre, the early days of Black Mask and the creator of "Race Williams." Follow @Xynobooks on X! Carroll John Daly- Them That Lives By Their Guns: The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories of Race Williams Volume 1: https://amzn.to/2Jmlzu6 The Snarl of the Beast (paperback): https://amzn.to/2JGv2Mc The Snarl of the Beast (Kindle): https://amzn.to/2xXyi1c Dashiell Hammett- Red Harvest (paperback): https://amzn.to/2JI0UQB Dashiell Hammett- Complete Novels: https://amzn.to/2JoBpnX Red Harvest (Kindle): https://amzn.to/2JD93WF Various Authors- The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories https://amzn.to/2Mcpp6V Various- The Hard-boiled detective: Stories from Black mask magazine, 1920-1951 https://amzn.to/2JxALRh George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB Volume Two: https://amzn.to/2kWGWDI

In this week's episode, our editor looks at the "official canon" of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories: the good, the bad and the potential limits of Holmes fandom. Read more: The Complete Sherlock Holmes (paperback): https://amzn.to/2xCUsWf The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Kindle): https://amzn.to/2sswdF7 Kareem Abdul Jabbar- Mycroft Holmes (Kindle): https://amzn.to/2kIPSMN Arthur Conan Doyle- The Lost World: https://amzn.to/2kHIqBB Various Authors- Shadows Over Baker Street: https://amzn.to/2kJS4Uv Emile Gaboriau- Monsieur Lecoq (Kindle): https://amzn.to/2Jc5Tpl George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB www.xynobooks.com

Xynobooks' crime fiction vlog is out, with editor Nick Maloich talking about Edgar Allan Poe and the roots of the modern detective story! Read the books mentioned from the links below. Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Omnibus Leatherbound Classics): https://amzn.to/2GO1Tcr Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems (Kindle): https://amzn.to/2IHCoLS Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee: https://amzn.to/2IIr4mD The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works: https://amzn.to/2klaElt The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Knickerbocker Classics): https://amzn.to/2s5EK0M George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB