“Some Mismanaged Business: Raymond Chandler’s Trouble Is My Business” by Brian Greene

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: “David and his collaborators deserve credit for taking some detours and tangents that make their book distinctive…. But those pieces aren’t enough to overcome some fatal flaws….”

“Into a Collaboration: Lawrence Block Discusses Completing Cornell Woolrich’s Into the Night” by Brian Greene

INTERVIEW: “It’s hard to discern where Woolrich left off and Block took over. Credit Block for his ability to seamlessly provide that continuity in the text….”

“Talking Angel Dare: Christa Faust on The Get Off” by Brian Greene

INTERVIEW: “What I really wanted to do within the arc of these three books was to invite the reader to question why certain characteristics and actions are considered gendered in the first place….”

“The City as a Character: Andrew J. Rausch’s The Taking of New York City” by Brian Greene

BOOK REVIEW: “A comprehensive catalogue of NYC-centric crime movies from the 1970s….”

“Grim Fatale: Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s Fatale Compendium” by Brian Greene

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: “Originally issued over 24 installments between 2012-14, the entire series is now conveniently collected between one set of covers in Image Comics’s new compendium edition.”

“No-Nonsense Noir: Death Comes Too Late” by Brian Greene

BOOK REVIEW: “This collection features the kind of spare, no-nonsense stuff you’d expect from a noir aficionado like Charles Ardai, the co-founder and editor of Hard Case Crime….”

“Before the Movement: Reap the Whirlwind” by Brian Greene

BOOK REVIEW: “A deeply satisfying read that is the true crime version of a courtroom thriller novel.”

Preview: “A Hint of Hitchcock: Stories Inspired by the Master of Suspense” by Brian Greene

BOOK REVIEW: “The original stories are well-written and compelling enough to stand on their own apart from their associations with the great auteur.”

“White Summer” by Brian Greene

Danny was a guy who made an impression. When he came into the restaurant to apply for a job as a waiter, a couple weeks before Memorial Day weekend, he did so wearing a flashy suit. I’d been working at the place—a steak and seafood eatery on the top floor of a Holiday Inn at […]

“The Hard Summer That Laura Made Harder” by Brian Greene

I’ll always remember Laura as the woman who made one of the hardest summers of my life harder. It wasn’t enough that the nation-wide recession took its toll on our town and that the restaurant at which I’d been bartending was forced to close, due to lack of business; that I had to turn to […]