Penulis: David Goodis

In David Goodis’s bruising crime novel The Secret Squad, Corey Bradford is on the skids and on a quick trip to boozeland. He was a plainclothes cop who got caught with his hands in pockets where they …

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Hailed as one of Goodis’s best works, this is a gripping crime novel about a disgraced airline pilot who has sunk to the lower depths of existence. Disaster trails the forlorn Cassidy like a …

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Nato nel 1917, David Loeb Goodis esordisce, a soli 22 anni, con Retreat From Oblivion (lett. "Ritorno dall’oblio", inedito in Italia, 1939) che "su uno sfondo di sbandamenti …

When Hart, a desperate man running from the law, finds a man in the street dying of a gunshot wound, things only go from bad to worse. He is taken in by the gang who murdered the man. As as the cops …

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Roy Childers is a detective who has tried to stay clean in a corrupt police force. He becomes obsessed with finding escaped convict Dice Nolan. But his stakeout leads him into an illicit affair and a …

This week, we have original tales from Veronica Leigh (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Phyllis Ann Karr, plus great modern tales from Simon Wood (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffm …

Hunted for a priceless sapphire he recently acquired, Clayton hides in a seedy Ceylon bar, relying on his friend Kroner for escape. But Clayton’s toxic history with the gem’s ruthless seeker Rudy …

This time, we have a rare mystery from Hulbert Footner (whose Madame Storey mysteries I greatly enjoy). His novel Queen of Clubs in this issue is a jazz-age mystery that—well, I don’t want to spoil t …

La llum de la lluna il·lumina cada nit les taques de sang resseca sobre l’asfalt del carreró que fa cantonada amb Vernon Street. William Kerrigan somniava una altra vida lluny de l’infern per a …