Review: Hardboiled and True
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 6, 2011
Edited by David Cranmer and Scott D. Parker, this entertaining collection of modern hardboiled short stories features tough guys and tough gals. Of course, private investigators are big part of the hardboiled genre, and none perks better than Wayne D. Dundee's Nebraska P.I. Joe Hannibal and his unusual tangle with a hit man coming to town to do a job. Joe is a good guy to know if you've got troubles. Amy Grech gives us a different lustful take on a deadly game of Russian roulette. Patti Abbott masterfully writes in a 15-year-old girl's voice about her troubles with her boyfriend Ric and her mother. I liked Ron Earl Phillip's story of a vet who runs a "cleaning" service that's a bit more comples than what a janitor does. Hardboiled fans should leave satisfied.