http://calitreview.com Book reviews, essays, and author interviews. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:11:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://calitreview.com/6902 http://calitreview.com/6902#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:21:32 +0000 John R. Guthrie http://calitreview.com/?p=6902 http://calitreview.com/6902/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/5287 http://calitreview.com/5287#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:58:45 +0000 Jem Bloomfeld http://calitreview.com/?p=5287 The Scarpetta Factor is driven by the reader’s need to find out what the heroes know, as well as what the villains have done. ]]> http://calitreview.com/5287/feed 13 http://calitreview.com/4177 http://calitreview.com/4177#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:41:47 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com/?p=4177 http://calitreview.com/4177/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/3344 http://calitreview.com/3344#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:03:10 +0000 Mark Fitzgerald http://calitreview.com/?p=3344 http://calitreview.com/3344/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/3282 http://calitreview.com/3282#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:46:30 +0000 Ryan Van Cleave http://calitreview.com/?p=3282 Tree of Smoke or his drug-laden 1992 short story collection Jesus’ Son, his latest, Nobody Move, is a real change of pace. Originally published as a four-part serial in Playboy in 2008, this hardboiled noir tale plays with the conventions of thrillers and crime stories, utilizing nearly every stereotype and trick from the arsenal of Dashiell Hammett, Quentin Tarantino, Elmore Leonard, and Raymond Chandler.]]> http://calitreview.com/3282/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/3135 http://calitreview.com/3135#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 13:38:36 +0000 Jem Bloomfeld http://calitreview.com/?p=3135 The Roar of the Butterflies displays the same qualities which make the Dalziel and Pascoe series so notable: a remarkable turn of phrase, a generous tone and persistent pushing at the boundaries of what crime fiction can encompass.]]> http://calitreview.com/3135/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/3015 http://calitreview.com/3015#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:00:07 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com/?p=3015 http://calitreview.com/3015/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/2729 http://calitreview.com/2729#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:12:11 +0000 Jem Bloomfeld http://calitreview.com/?p=2729 http://calitreview.com/2729/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/712 http://calitreview.com/712#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:48:31 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com/?p=712 Gas City are rife with intriguing promise that never seems delivered. The story seems one- two-dimensional, never fully realized. That’s why I was unable to remember much of the book. There are a number of good scenes, but with so many quality novels out and about, including several by Estleman himself, these brief flashes of excellence are not sufficient to recommend the book.]]> http://calitreview.com/712/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/682 http://calitreview.com/682#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 16:15:11 +0000 Jem Bloomfeld http://calitreview.com/?p=682 http://calitreview.com/682/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/463 http://calitreview.com/463#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:50:40 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com/topics/crime-fiction/463/ http://calitreview.com/463/feed 3 http://calitreview.com/305 http://calitreview.com/305#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:07:56 +0000 Jem Bloomfeld http://calitreview.com/2008/01/21/lots-in-a-name/ http://calitreview.com/305/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/289 http://calitreview.com/289#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:44:10 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com/2007/12/03/the-tin-roof-blowdown-by-james-lee-burke/ http://calitreview.com/289/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/286 http://calitreview.com/286#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:51:59 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com/2007/11/19/city-of-fire-by-robert-ellis/ http://calitreview.com/286/feed 3 http://calitreview.com/283 http://calitreview.com/283#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:34:04 +0000 Jem Bloomfeld http://calitreview.com/2007/11/13/gentlemen-and-players/ http://calitreview.com/283/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/281 http://calitreview.com/281#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:08:43 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com/2007/11/08/trashed-by-alison-gaylin/ http://calitreview.com/281/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/276 http://calitreview.com/276#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:13:17 +0000 Elinor Teele http://calitreview.com/2007/10/29/the-quiet-girl-by-peter-h%c3%b8eg/ http://calitreview.com/276/feed 20 http://calitreview.com/275 http://calitreview.com/275#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:25:43 +0000 Vikram Johri http://calitreview.com/2007/10/25/the-snake-stone-by-jason-goodwin/ http://calitreview.com/275/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/269 http://calitreview.com/269#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:10:06 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com/2007/10/11/thunder-bay-by-william-kent-krueger/ http://calitreview.com/269/feed 3 http://calitreview.com/262 http://calitreview.com/262#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:11:39 +0000 Garan Holcombe http://calitreview.com/2007/10/01/noogies-time-to-shine-by-jim-knipfel/ http://calitreview.com/262/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/233 http://calitreview.com/233#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:28:26 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com/2007/07/02/the-fighter-by-craig-davidson/ http://calitreview.com/233/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/192 http://calitreview.com/192#comments Sun, 27 May 2007 03:53:25 +0000 George Steadman http://calitreview.com//2007/05/27/grand-theft-by-timothy-watts/ http://calitreview.com/192/feed 3 http://calitreview.com/162 http://calitreview.com/162#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:46:51 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com//fiction-reviews/the-right-madness-by-james-crumley/ http://calitreview.com/162/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/156 http://calitreview.com/156#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:21:38 +0000 Paul Blairon http://calitreview.com//fiction-reviews/present-value-by-sabin-willett/ http://calitreview.com/156/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/148 http://calitreview.com/148#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:44:44 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com//fiction-reviews/no-mans-dog-a-detective-sergeant-mulheisen-mystery-by-jon-a-jackson/ http://calitreview.com/148/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/120 http://calitreview.com/120#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:54:49 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com//fiction-reviews/down-here-by-andrew-vachss/ http://calitreview.com/120/feed 2 http://calitreview.com/117 http://calitreview.com/117#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:42:48 +0000 John Holt http://calitreview.com//fiction-reviews/destination-morgue-la-tales-by-by-james-ellroy/ http://calitreview.com/117/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/65 http://calitreview.com/65#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:46:03 +0000 Paul Comstock http://calitreview.com//interviews/timothy-watts-interview/ http://calitreview.com/65/feed 1