Superman: Red Son (Elseworlds)57 reviews Mark Millar DC Comics, 2004 Great Story, One of my favorite Batman takes + Needs to made into a movie/ *spoiler alert* + Hes watching you + Very Cool Alternate Storyline About The Man of Steel             The Last Good Kiss44 reviews James Crumley Vintage, 1988 classic PI fiction + holds its own with the classics + Intricate mystery + Great Read             The Thin Man50 reviews Dashiell Hammett Vintage, 1989 One of my very favorite books! + Good Read + Asta be the best Boy, these reviews are all over the place, aren't they! Well, they at least give you the plot so I don't have to. Here are some quick comments: There is so much going on in this book that most people miss much of it the first time (as these reviews show), especially if they don't know Hammett's ...             32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics11 reviews Drawn and Quarterly, 1998 The Birth of a Talent + where it all began + funny, sparse, tales + Fun read + Insightful, entertaining, and poignant             Stupid Comics Collection Jim Mahfood Image Comics, 2006 All four issues of the fan-favorite Stupid Comics under one cover! Including the rare, out of print Stupid Comics #1! Plus: 30 pages of all-new, never-before-seen strips! Political and social satire at its finest!             The Sun Also Rises478 reviews Ernest Hemingway Scribner, 1995 Bitter sweet + Interesting read + The Sun Does Indeed Look Bright I'm Jake. Jacob Barnes. American journalist. Living in Paris. I send off my cables. I work hard for a couple of hours. I put the stories in big manila envelopes. And send them out. That brings in the money. French? I speak French. Spanish? I speak Spanish. Don't think I've got it made. ...             The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)16 reviews Lawrence Block Avon, 1991 Passing the mantle from Dashiell Hammett & John D. MacDonald + But the Title gives the Solution away ! ! + Lighting a Candle for Block's PI, Matt Scudder: The First Book + The First Matt Scudder Mystery + Slow-paced start to the Matthew Scudder series             Farewell, My Lovely45 reviews Raymond Chandler Vintage, 1988 A Lyrical Must-Read + Do not be misled + My curiosity was pretty well satisifed + Seeing The World As It Really Is + Not Free SF Reader             A Drink Before the War (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels)146 reviews Dennis Lehane HarperTorch, 1996 Dennis Lehane is a great storyteller!!! + Great read + Good Enough to Read the Next One I thoroughly enjoyed A Drink Before the War. The characters and storyline were so well-developed that it's hard to believe this is a first novel. Highly recommended reading.             The Simple Art of Murder11 reviews Raymond Chandler Vintage, 1988 I Read It Until the Book Fell Apart + Hardboiled to perfection + CHANDLER WARMS UP + You can't beat Raymond Chandler + From the pen of the master.             The Continental Op19 reviews Dashiell Hammett Vintage, 1989 Seven Stories From the Twenties + Hammet + Chandler's early work + classic detective novel!             Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)43 reviews Walter Mosley Grand Central Publishing, 2003 Haunting, Fascinating Easy + Once again + Same great characters....same formulaic approach + Unputdownable + LA in 1964             The Long Goodbye60 reviews Raymond Chandler Vintage, 1988 Arguably Chandler's Best + The Shadow Line + This man knows how to write. + The too-long Goodbye + Swell             Darkness, Take My Hand (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels)120 reviews Dennis Lehane HarperTorch, 1997 He's Not Kidding About the Darkness + A Must-Read IF you have a strong stomach + Hannibal Lecter meets Stephen King's "IT" In this the second book in his Kenzie-Gennaro detective series, Dennis Lehane begins to show his skills in earnest (surpassing A Drink Before the War). The complex plot is well-constructed and expertly revealed. The book opens with Kenzie reflecting on the events to follow and foreshadowing an ...             A Drink Before the War (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels)146 reviews Dennis Lehane HarperTorch, 1996 Dennis Lehane is a great storyteller!!! + Great read + Good Enough to Read the Next One I thoroughly enjoyed A Drink Before the War. The characters and storyline were so well-developed that it's hard to believe this is a first novel. Highly recommended reading.             The Sun Also Rises478 reviews Ernest Hemingway Scribner, 1995 Bitter sweet + Interesting read + The Sun Does Indeed Look Bright I'm Jake. Jacob Barnes. American journalist. Living in Paris. I send off my cables. I work hard for a couple of hours. I put the stories in big manila envelopes. And send them out. That brings in the money. French? I speak French. Spanish? I speak Spanish. Don't think I've got it made. ...             The Thin Man50 reviews Dashiell Hammett Vintage, 1989 One of my very favorite books! + Good Read + Asta be the best Boy, these reviews are all over the place, aren't they! Well, they at least give you the plot so I don't have to. Here are some quick comments: There is so much going on in this book that most people miss much of it the first time (as these reviews show), especially if they don't know Hammett's ...             Darkness, Take My Hand (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels)120 reviews Dennis Lehane HarperTorch, 1997 He's Not Kidding About the Darkness + A Must-Read IF you have a strong stomach + Hannibal Lecter meets Stephen King's "IT" In this the second book in his Kenzie-Gennaro detective series, Dennis Lehane begins to show his skills in earnest (surpassing A Drink Before the War). The complex plot is well-constructed and expertly revealed. The book opens with Kenzie reflecting on the events to follow and foreshadowing an ...             32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics11 reviews Drawn and Quarterly, 1998 The Birth of a Talent + where it all began + funny, sparse, tales + Fun read + Insightful, entertaining, and poignant             The Simple Art of Murder11 reviews Raymond Chandler Vintage, 1988 I Read It Until the Book Fell Apart + Hardboiled to perfection + CHANDLER WARMS UP + You can't beat Raymond Chandler + From the pen of the master.