An Evil Mind

This week: vigilantes, blood spatter and philosophies of violence. Our editor looks at the numbered novel series back in the day with The Executioner, The Destroyer, The Penetrator, The Enforcer and many, many more. Apologia: Warren Murphy is mentioned here as "William Murphy." We stand corrected. Don Pendleton- War Against the Mafia (Executioner #1) https://amzn.to/2ut58CW Warren Murphy & Richard Sapir- Created, The Destroyer (Remo Williams #1) https://amzn.to/2NoFnea Brad Mengel- Serial Vigilantes of Paperback Fiction https://amzn.to/2JqDsTT Lester Dent- Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze https://amzn.to/2LedXtU Chet Cunningham- The Penetrator Box Set (#1-#10) https://amzn.to/2zKG7rJ Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (DVD) https://amzn.to/2NWzeXA George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

This week, our editor looks at spy/crime author Ian Fleming and Fleming's seventh novel, 1959's Goldfinger. Goldfinger https://amzn.to/2zlUCSS Goldfinger (blu-ray) https://amzn.to/2u55eAl Casino Royale (book) https://amzn.to/2IM6FYZ Casino Royale (blu-ray) https://amzn.to/2MVKEcL From Russia, with Love (book) https://amzn.to/2uhlRbt Thunderball (book) https://amzn.to/2KWTVAQ Never Say Never Again (HD streaming) https://amzn.to/2KYqnCC Sapper- Bulldog Drummond (book) https://amzn.to/2m0rZB7 John Buchan- The Complete "Richard Hannay" Stories (book) https://amzn.to/2N07VKC George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

This week, editor Nick Maloich talks about private eye writer Mickey Spillane and Spillane's fourth novel from 1951, One Lonely Night. The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume I: https://amzn.to/2KImp18 The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume II (featuring One Lonely Night): https://amzn.to/2NlTOjA I, the Jury: https://amzn.to/2KrI0yN A Long Time Dead: A Mike Hammer Casebook (short stories): https://amzn.to/2tOAS4U My Gun is Quick: https://amzn.to/2KDBXGl Vengeance is Mine: https://amzn.to/2Ks88tm Kiss Me, Deadly: https://amzn.to/2u5CtD5 The Big Kill: https://amzn.to/2KFWB5z Ian Fleming- Casino Royale: https://amzn.to/2IM6FYZ Max Allan Collins- Quarry: https://amzn.to/2KFqeqM George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB http://www.xynobooks.com

Let's talk about Raymond Chandler, the creator of private eye Philip Marlowe, and Chandler's best novel The Long Goodbye. Raymond Chandler-The Library of America Edition (Complete Novels): https://amzn.to/2lxwW3W Collected Stories: https://amzn.to/2MnFF4u The Long Goodbye: https://amzn.to/2InEgZ9 The Big Sleep: https://amzn.to/2toEx9k The Simple Art of Murder: https://amzn.to/2Mm4c9U Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles: https://amzn.to/2Mh0m1N Raymond Chandler: A Biography: https://amzn.to/2Knvjnw Poodle Springs: https://amzn.to/2MSYYUl Robert B. Parker-The Godwulf Manuscript: https://amzn.to/2MVGnqI Robert B. Parker-Perchance to Dream (A Sequel to The Big Sleep): https://amzn.to/2MWGfr1 George Sheridan-Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan-Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney-Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB Philip Marlowe: Private Eye (DVD set): https://amzn.to/2lukd1Y http://www.xynobooks.com

This week, our editor looks at the life of crime author Dashiell Hammett and Hammett's best novel, Red Harvest. Red Harvest (paperback): https://amzn.to/2JI0UQB The Big Book of the Continental Op (paperback) https://amzn.to/2ta9ZaC The Giant Collection of the Continental Op (Kindle) https://amzn.to/2JTbReY The Dain Curse https://amzn.to/2JZ6r5j Dashiell Hammett- Complete Novels: https://amzn.to/2JoBpnX Various Authors- The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories https://amzn.to/2Mcpp6V Various Authors- The Hard-Boiled Detective: Stories from Black mask magazine, 1920-1951 https://amzn.to/2JxALRh George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB xynobooks.com

This week, I talk about hard-boiled fiction, the cultural background behind that subgenre, the early days of Black Mask and the creator of "Race Williams." Follow @Xynobooks on X! Carroll John Daly- Them That Lives By Their Guns: The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories of Race Williams Volume 1: https://amzn.to/2Jmlzu6 The Snarl of the Beast (paperback): https://amzn.to/2JGv2Mc The Snarl of the Beast (Kindle): https://amzn.to/2xXyi1c Dashiell Hammett- Red Harvest (paperback): https://amzn.to/2JI0UQB Dashiell Hammett- Complete Novels: https://amzn.to/2JoBpnX Red Harvest (Kindle): https://amzn.to/2JD93WF Various Authors- The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories https://amzn.to/2Mcpp6V Various- The Hard-boiled detective: Stories from Black mask magazine, 1920-1951 https://amzn.to/2JxALRh George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB Volume Two: https://amzn.to/2kWGWDI

In this week's episode, our editor looks at the "official canon" of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories: the good, the bad and the potential limits of Holmes fandom. Read more: The Complete Sherlock Holmes (paperback): https://amzn.to/2xCUsWf The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Kindle): https://amzn.to/2sswdF7 Kareem Abdul Jabbar- Mycroft Holmes (Kindle): https://amzn.to/2kIPSMN Arthur Conan Doyle- The Lost World: https://amzn.to/2kHIqBB Various Authors- Shadows Over Baker Street: https://amzn.to/2kJS4Uv Emile Gaboriau- Monsieur Lecoq (Kindle): https://amzn.to/2Jc5Tpl George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB www.xynobooks.com

Xynobooks' crime fiction vlog is out, with editor Nick Maloich talking about Edgar Allan Poe and the roots of the modern detective story! Read the books mentioned from the links below. Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Omnibus Leatherbound Classics): https://amzn.to/2GO1Tcr Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems (Kindle): https://amzn.to/2IHCoLS Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee: https://amzn.to/2IIr4mD The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works: https://amzn.to/2klaElt The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Knickerbocker Classics): https://amzn.to/2s5EK0M George Sheridan--Covenant: https://amzn.to/2IO6W2r George Sheridan--Tim Pierce & the Monster's Cradle: https://amzn.to/2Lpw65j Reese Delaney--Bugchaser: https://amzn.to/2sciEsB