Category Archives: Ed Gorman

HARDBOILED, NOIR AND GOLD MEDALS by Rick Ollerman

Posted on 4 August 2017 by Cavershamragu

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 Cavershamragu

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 Cavershamragu

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