30 September 2012

A Second Body on Mount Royal



Snapped yesterday at the offices of Véhicule Press, the new edition of David Montrose's The Body on Mount Royal. How new? So new that it hasn't yet reached bookstore shelves.

It's been nearly six decades, since Harlequin published and abandoned private dick Russell Teed's final adventure. A scarce book, there's only one copy currently being offered online. And it ain't that pretty at all. And it costs $75.

But you'll soon be able to buy the new Véhicule Press edition for $13.95. Unlike Harlequin's, it's built to last. What's more, it has a new Foreword by Kevin Burton Smith.

My take on this, the most disturbing David Montrose title, can be found here:
The Unpleasant End of Russell Teed 

27 September 2012

One-Upping Elizabeth Smart


Before I Even Got to Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
John Warren
London: Scorpion, 1979

24 September 2012

Good, it's a Packard


The Four Stragglers
Frank L. Packard
London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d.]
The Locked Room
Frank L. Packard
London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d.]