Review by Aubrey Hamilton (December 2022) CANADIAN AUTHOR Howard Engel (1931-2019) wrote 14 books about Benny Cooperman, an unconventional private investigator in the small Canadian town of Grantham, Ontario (loosely modeled after St. Catharines, Ontario). Nine of them were published between 1980 and 1996 during the late 20th century flood of PI novels. Three more were … Continue reading The Suicide Murders by Howard Engel
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The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker
Review by Aubrey Hamilton (November 2019) MORE THAN 45 years ago a mononymous private investigator strolled onto the printed page and into the public consciousness, where he has remained, making him one of the most durable characters of contemporary fiction. He features in 40 novels written by his creator Robert B. Parker and lives on … Continue reading The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker
Shackled by Bill Pronzini
Review by Aubrey Hamilton (December 3, 2021) BILL PRONZINI is a spectacularly high-volume author, having written more than 300 short stories and more than 100 novels. He’s also compiled a large number of anthologies of mystery, science fiction, and Western short fiction. But he’s mostly known as a writer of mysteries. The list of his … Continue reading Shackled by Bill Pronzini