Sometimes, I am pleasently surprised.

I'm a big fan of Michael Connelly, in particular his Harry Bosche character.

Well, imagine my surprise to find the latest Bosche booked was released completely under my nose.

I gotta get on a mailing list or something, but until then, I'll be stopping at Borders & Noble tomorrow.

The Forgotten Man is far from forgettable

If there is one person I could pick to back my ass in a fight it would be, hands down, Joe Pike.

Unfortunately, in Robert Crais' newest novel, The Forgotten Man, there isn't much of Pike.

But that's okay because the book still kicks much ass.

World's Greatest Detective, Elvis Cole, decides to track down the identity of a man who claimed he was Cole's father with his dying words. And of course, nothing is ever easy when Cole is on the case.

Another solid, and I mean rock solid, Elvis Cole novel.

Crais is, as usual, at the top of his game and I enjoyed the hell out of this.

Now if he and Michael Connelly would team up and do a Bosche/Cole book, it would rock.

If you have never read a Robert Crais book, do yourself a favor and start with The Monkey's Raincoat. If you enjoy that, read the rest of the Cole/Pike series as every damn one of them is good.

Ultimate goodness...

I may have mentioned it, but I'm not a fan of superhero comics. I used to buy Batman-Legends of the Dark Night, Daredevil and Spiderman back in the day, but now I just don't get into them.

Granted, Supreme Powers rocked, and I can't wait to finish it, but superhero comics are my last choice when I'm picking up a batch.

That said, my buddy Aric suggested Ultimate Fantastic Four #21 and #22 to me because he figured it would be right up my alley.

Normally, I would have declined, but Aric has made some solid, solid recomendations to me so I figured what the hell.

Damn.

Damn.

Damn.

Once again he was right on the money. Where I would have never have thought to pick up a F4 comic (and I probably won't again after this three run series), I am glad I read them.

Dark as shit and a very interesting story that has zombie-like superheros.

Awesome.

Resurrection Dreams

Finished Richard Laymon's Resurrection Dreams recently.

Damn.

It's too bad that Dick passed away. Even his weaker books rock. Sure, this is no The Cellar or The Travelling Vampire Show, but dammit, it's one hell of an interesting take on zombies and I enjoyed it cover to cover.

From the Darkness, there is light.

I finished Deep in the Darkness and, man, I was a little blown away. While the book started very similar to King's Pet Semetary, it took an ugly, ugly turn about 1/3 of the way through.

Michael Laimo did an excellent job creating a situation in which there seemed no escape, and the whole time you are rooting for the characters to escape anyway. I'll definitely be reading more of his work.

Quick Laimo story...

At last year's HorrorFind, I was on my way to getting drunk. At the time, I had a pretty healthy buzz going when I saw Matt Warner, author of The Organ Donor, walk by. I went up to him to ask him a couple of questions about Donor.

Well, come to find out, it wasn't Warner I walked up to, but Laimo.

Boy, did I feel like an ass.

But, hey, if I didn't make the mistake, I never would have read Darkness, so everybody is a winner!

And in my drunken defense, here are pics of the authors...

First, Laimo.



Next, Warner (he is on the far right in this pic).



See! Sure they don't look that much alike NOW, but put a couple beers in you!!