🔦 Noir, mystery, and wartime terror collide in London Blackout Murders (1943)! This vintage thriller explores the dark side of London during the Blitz. Have you uncovered its chilling secrets?

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Killer AKA Passion Killer, a 1965 sleaze/noir novel by Robert Silverberg (as Don Elliott). A man hires a hitman to kill his wife. Emotional and sexual betrayals follow. As sleaze it's good; as noir fiction it's OK. Has a good femme fatale.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/08/robert-silverbergs-killer.html

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Ed McBain's Cut Me In was published in 1954. A guy wakes up next to a blonde. He has no idea who she is. Then he finds his partner Del Gilbert lying dead on his office floor. The safe is open. A good solid mystery with some tasteful sexiness.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2021/06/ed-mcbains-cut-me-in-aka-proposition.html

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The Naked and the Deadly: Lawrence Block in Men's Adventure Magazines is a superb collection. For me the highlights are the three Ed London PI stories and the two Evan Tanner tales. So much pulp fun here. Early Lawrence Block is always a treat.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-naked-and-deadly-lawrence-block-in.html

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Gil Brewer’s 1963 Memory of Passion is oddball noir fiction, drenched in lust, desperation and craziness. Bill meets a woman from his past. It’s her all right, but it isn’t. It’s not the same woman, but it is. Frenetic, crazed, fascinating.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/07/gil-brewers-memory-of-passion.html

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Bruce Elliott’s 1952 fine noir novel One is a Lonely Number. A guy busts out of jail but his girl has stolen the money from the robbery. He spent his last five bucks on a whore. He has a good plan for easy money. It won't end well.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/07/bruce-elliotts-one-is-lonely-number.html

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Charles Runyon’s The Prettiest Girl I Ever Killed was published in 1965. A thematically and structurally unconventional serial killer story that becomes more and more fascinating as the reader is drawn into the author’s clever and devious game.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/06/charles-runyons-prettiest-girl-i-ever.html

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