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A DIRTY DOZEN WITH A FRENCH CONNECTION When four groups of international heist artists team up to pull off the theft of the century – stealing an entire castle, and the treasure hidden in its walls – what could possibly go wrong? Well, consider this: none of the master thieves speak […]
Can you spot why I posted this shot of Ben Stiller from Night at the Museum? Answer below the fold (or scroll down). In February 2021, Hard Case Crime is re-releasing Castle in the Air, which has been out of print for forty years. I’m excited about this one, as it’s eluded me at used book stores. A DIRTY DOZEN. WITH A FRENCH CONNECTION. When four groups of international heist artists team up to pull off […] Note: This is the third of four posts on Donald Westlake’s 1977 collection of two novellas, Enough, reprinted by Hard Case Crime as Double Feature. The series covers the novellas and the movies based on them. Links to the other entries in the series are at the bottom of this post. “Ordo,” the second […] Note: This is the second of four posts on Donald Westlake’s 1977 collection of two novellas, Enough, reprinted by Hard Case Crime as Double Feature. The series covers the novellas and the movies based on them. Links to the other entries in the series are at the bottom of this post. A Slight Case […] Note: This is the first of four posts on Donald Westlake’s 1977 collection of two novellas, Enough, reprinted by Hard Case Crime as Double Feature. The series covers the novellas and the movies based on them. Links to the other entries in the series are at the bottom of this post. What is the […] The Donald Westlake novella Ordo was recently reprinted as part of the two-fer Double Feature for Hard Case Crime (a look at that volume is coming soon). Did you know there was a movie based on Ordo? It’s a French film from 2004. It’s fairly expensive in its US edition, but I found a […] Here are some items of interest from my first week back. Clive Cussler dead at 88: https://t.co/A0yr6bVNyT Brian Cronin at Comic Book Resources: Darwyn Cooke Perfectly Melded the Worlds of DC and Richard Stark Together. It’s a look at Catwoman: Selina’s Big Score, Cooke’s precursor to his Parker adaptations. https://t.co/42ZU6xa4eb Dean Koontz has a new series […] Some exciting news from our friends at Hard Case Crime. Two short novels have been repackaged as Double Feature. The title is appropriate, as both were adapted into films, and both involve film.I haven’t read either, nor seen the film adaptations, so I’m looking forward to this.First in the volume is Ordo, which […] |
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