Road to Read Icculus

Slipped my mind on friday to do this one up.

Read three quick and dirty crime novels this week before my brain shifted gears and I started spending more downtime watching movies.

THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE, Ed McBain
THE BLACK ICE SCORE, Richard Stark
THE SOUR LEMON SCORE, Richard Stark

GUTTER AND THE GRAVE was my first McBain I think. It was exactly the sort of fast-paced and grim book I needed at that moment. Going to finally dive into some of the 87th precinct books this year I think. It was also great to dip back into the fairly sizable collection of the Hard Case Crime imprint. I love what they do.

The two Starks were volume 11 and 12 of the Parker series. Parker is my favorite series of criminal novels ever. THE HUNTER placing high on my list of favorite novels of all-time. Black Ice was not as good as they usual are, there were some things to do with race that have aged poorly, but Sour Lemon was a great return to what I love about these novels. Just the unstoppable force that is Parker chasing down a guy who screwed him and stole money from him. I started DEADLY EDGE which is the 13th in the series, but have barely begun. Movies have begun to interfere.

Thinking I might start recapping the week’s movie watching too, just as soon as I think of a stupid series title I like as much as Read Icculus.