"One summer, one restaurant, and one very unlucky manager." ππ΅οΈ
WILDWOOD EXIT by JOEL E. TURNER brings Jersey Shore noir to life with amateur sleuthing, hard-boiled crime, and a sun-soaked setting with a dark underbelly. Guest post, excerpt, and giveaway on the blog now! β¨
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I lit a cigarette and blew smoke in his face. "Go fry a stale egg."
"Tough, huh," he sneered. "I've pulled the arms and legs off bigger guys than you."
"Name two of them."
- Playback, Raymond Chandler
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WILDWOOD EXIT by Joel E. Turner May 25 - June 19, 2026 Virtual Book Tour Synopsis: A deadly family vendetta at a Jersey Shore restaurant finds John McGinty (aka Ginty) tailing his boss's lying wife and junkie son into a dark world of embezzlement, drug dealing and murder. Gintyβ¦
WILDWOOD EXIT by Joel E. Turner May 25 β June 19, 2026 Virtual Book Tour Synopsis: A deadly family vendetta at a Jersey Shore restaurant finds John McGinty (aka Ginty) tailing his bossββ¦
βHolmesβs stories [β¦] have a surprisingly grounded view of crime, & one that arguably fits better into the hardboiled tradition of Hammett & Chandler than the cozy tradition of Christieβ
βAlexis Hall on Sherlock Holmes as noir icon
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https://crimereads.com/sherlock-holmes-hardboiled-detective/
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The Arrow UHD BD of #johnwoo #Hardboiled is absolutely perfect. I never dreamed this could look this good. What an completely bonkers movie! The body count must be higher than Total Recall! β¨Amazed no one was killed shooting this.
Rewatching it a question came up π€
[SPOILER]What was the point of the CO2? It seemed to have no effect. Was it just to make sure everything in the hospital would blow up at the end? [/SPOILER]
Also the opening reminded me of McBain from #TheSimpsons https://youtu.be/BzjfrdcN1Z8?is=5PjQ8I_L12DEAZrS
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I remember this being the first John Woo/Chow Yun-Fat film to properly cross over in the west - or at least for me. I donβt think Woo ever bettered it with any of his big-budget Hollywood efforts.
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