Category Archives: Ed Gorman

HARDBOILED, NOIR AND GOLD MEDALS by Rick Ollerman

Posted on 4 August 2017 by

Bringing together new essays with material published over the last decade, this new volume in the Stark House Reference range more than lives up to its subtitle: Essays on Crime Fiction Writers from the ’50s through to the 90s. Part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Charles Williams, Donald Westlake, Ed Gorman, Friday's Forgotten Book, Harlan Ellison, Hollywood, Los Angeles, New York, Noir, Stark House Press, Wade Miller | 17 Comments

HARLOT’S MOON (1998) by Ed Gorman

Posted on 2 November 2016 by

This was the the third in a quartet of books featuring FBI profiler turned private investigator Robert Payne, who is called in by an old school friend to look into the death of a parish priest at St. Mallory’s Catholic School. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ed Gorman, Iowa | 14 Comments

SHADOW GAMES (1993) by Ed Gorman

Posted on 21 October 2016 by

I think this is a terrific book and so offer this review by way of a small tribute to prolific author and blogger Edward Joseph Gorman, who died last Friday just a few weeks shy of his 75th birthday. This powerful … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago, Ed Gorman, Friday's Forgotten Book, Hollywood, Robert Bloch, Stephen King, William Goldman | 18 Comments