Hunger Games Tie-Ins
The Hunger Games Tribute Guide by [unknown editors]. Lots of photos of teenage actors.
The World of the Hunger Games by Kate Egan. More photos of teenage actors and movie stills.
The Hunger Games: the official illustrated movie companion by [unknown editors]. More photos of teenage actors, movie stills, and behind-the-scenes photos.
Fiction
The Complete Slayers by Paul Cain. Cain was a king of noir writing. Included is one novel, Fast One, and 13 short pieces written for the pulp magazines. This book is intended more for the big-time fan than casual reader. There is a biographical piece by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Meyers, a gallery of old cover art, and signatures of Collins, Meyers, and Ron Lesser (the cover artist).
Stopping for Strangers by Daniel Griffin. "These stories about artists, lovers, brothers and strangers acutely probe love, loss and the family ties that bind," I've met Griffin before, he's a good dude.
Separate Kingdoms by Valerie Laken. Short stories by Milwaukee based author. I read these, I liked them. Laken spent time in Russian after the cold war ended and still travels back there. She uses those experiences in some neat stories. One has a lesbian couple traveling to adopt a child but, since they are gay, they have to pretend to be a prospective single parent and her best pal.
Nocturnal by Scott Sigler. I have no idea what this is about.
Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark. Some sort of mystery or thriller or suspense novel. No one probably cares what the book is about. They'll see Clark's name and read it anyway.
Harbor Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh. Another cop story. I used to read all the Wambaugh books I could get when I was in middle and high school.
Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith. Intrigue in Africa.
Capitol Murder by Phillip Margolin. The cover designer sleep-walked through this one. The cover is just a night time image of the U.S. capitol dome.
1 comment:
Cain is not Hammett or Chandler or James Cain, and for damn sure isn't the perennially undervalued WR Burnett, but he had something of his own; his short paragraphs and good dialogue are punchy, vital, credible, and kinetic. If his characters don't always breathe, it's mostly because they are usually in motion. If you like Cain or want to discover him, you will love this volume. I do.
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