Three is the Magic Number

Some Notable P.I. Trilogies The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster The Frank Clemons Trilogy by Thomas Cook The Black Mask Boys by William F. Nolan The Joe Kurtz Trilogy by Dan Simmons The Brenna Spector Trilogy by Alison Gaylin The Twenty-Year Death Trilogy by Ariel S. Winter The Terry Orr Trilogy by Jim Fusilli … Continue reading Three is the Magic Number

Terry Orr

Created by Jim Fusilli TERRY ORR is a New York City writer still devastated by the senseless death of his artist wife Marina Fiorentino and their young son, Davy, in Closing Time (2001). It seems some random looney pushed them in front of a subway train. It was an powerful and impressive debut, a first … Continue reading Terry Orr

Brenna Spector

Created by Alison Gaylin "Honest to God, this whole place could benefit from a good, long liquid nitrogen bath." -- Brenna's evidently not a big fan of Las Vegas ."Hyperthymestic, that's what you are..." Certainly one of the most hyped books to cross my transom in the winter of 2011/12 was Alison Gaylin's And She Was, … Continue reading Brenna Spector

Joe Kurtz

Created by Dan Simmons "On the day he was shot in the head, things were going strangely well for Joe Kurtz." -- Hard as Nails  Got hard? Buffalo, New York ex-con private eye JOE KURTZ is the protagonist of a trilogy of acid-etched noirish thrillers by writer Dan Simmons that, despite their bleak worldview, never … Continue reading Joe Kurtz