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Dome City Blues Review & Jeff Edwards Interview

November 21, 2020 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Dome City Blues coverA hardboiled detective seeks to unravel a noir mystery set against a cyberpunk, futuristic Los Angeles. The description conjures up images of Blade Runner, but it’s actually Dome City Blues by Jeff Edwards.

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Tagged With: Author Interviews, cyberpunk, mystery, noir

City of Shadows Review & MJ Lee Interview

August 14, 2020 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

City of Shadows CoverIn 1928 Shanghai, a Chinese family named the Lees is brutally murdered while a disabled girl watches in horror, before falling victim herself. It’s up to Inspector Danilov and his sidekick Strachan to unravel this bizarre mystery. [Read more…] about City of Shadows Review & MJ Lee Interview

Tagged With: China, MJ Lee, noir, Pulp, Shanghai

Red Phoenix Review & Andrew Warren Interview

July 17, 2020 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Red Phoenix is the second in the Thomas Caine series by Andrew Warren, filled with international espionage, intrigue, and some stunning action sequences.Red Phoenix cover [Read more…] about Red Phoenix Review & Andrew Warren Interview

Tagged With: Author Interviews, Book Reviews, China, Shanghai, Thrillers

City of Devils Review & Paul French Interview

June 19, 2020 by Matthew Legare 2 Comments

city of devils cover1930s Shanghai has long captivated people for its lurid underworld, usually presented in the form of the notorious Green Gang. However, there was a brief period in Old Shanghai where a new batch of gangsters rose to prominence, and their story is told in Paul French’s Devils of Shanghai.

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Tagged With: Author Interviews, Book Reviews, China, noir, Shanghai, World War II

Eye of the Red Tsar Review & Sam Eastland Interview

May 16, 2020 by Matthew Legare 2 Comments

Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland is a historical mystery set in 1929, during the early days of Stalinist Russia. The first of the Inspector Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam EastlandPekkala series, it shines a light on an often-overlooked period, when the USSR was a strange international pariah, rather than the Red Menace of the Cold War.

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Tagged With: #Russia, 1920s, historical fiction, History, mystery, Secret History

Winter Raven Review & Adam Baker Interview

January 25, 2020 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Winter Raven by Adam Baker is a thriller novel mixed with espionage, philosophy, martial arts, and war, all set against the backdrop of Winter Raven by Adam BakerJapan’s chaotic Sengoku Era.

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Tagged With: Author Interviews, Book Reviews, historical fiction, Japan, Japanese fiction, Japanese History, Thrillers

A Trace of Smoke Review & Rebecca Cantrell Interview

November 14, 2019 by Matthew Legare 2 Comments

A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell is a noir mystery set in the seedy streets of 1931 Berlin, full of vice, intrigue, and murder.A Trace of Smoke Cover

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Tagged With: Berlin, Germany, historical fiction, mystery, noir, Weimar Republic

The Jade Dragon Review & Garrett Hutson Interview

September 14, 2019 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

The Jade Dragon by Garrett Hutson is a murder mystery set against the backdrop of 1930s Shanghai. Full of gangsters, intrigue, spies, and politics, we follow the journey of one American determined to solve the murder of his friend.The Jade Dragon Cover

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Tagged With: Author Interviews, China, mystery, Shanghai

Death in Shanghai Review & MJ Lee Interview

August 22, 2019 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Death in Shanghai by MJ LeeShanghai 1928 – the body of blonde woman is found dead, washed up on the “Beach of Dead Babies.” The mutilated corpse is marked with the Chinese character for “justice.” It’s with this gruesome and foreboding atmosphere that Death in Shanghai by MJ Lee, and the Inspector Danilov series begins.

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Tagged With: Author Interviews, China, historical fiction, MJ Lee, Shanghai, Thrillers

Shanghai Story Review & Alexa Kang Interview

July 19, 2019 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Shanghai Story by the great Alexa Kang is a historical epic in the vein of such classics as The Shanghai Story CoverWinds of War and War and Remembrance. Whereas those books concentrated on the well-represented European Theater of World War II, Kang’s trilogy will focus on the lesser-known Sino-Japanese War.

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Tagged With: Alexa Kang, Author Interviews, China, historical fiction, Shanghai

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