The Review Curmudgeon

The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen My rating: 4 of 5 stars Crisp, efficient prose chronicles the cris...

The Wheel O' Fortune by Louis Tracy My rating: 4 of 5 stars A full-throated pulp adventure with all ...

The hand of power by Edgar Wallace My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a pulp novel that has everything. A s...

Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy My rating: 4 of 5 stars In the years before World War I, while P....

A Husband by Proxy by Jack Steele My rating: 4 of 5 stars Not written in the hard-boiled noir style, bu...

The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure by Bannister Merwin My rating: 3 of 5 stars ...

Second Chance Circus by Ryan Tang My rating: 3 of 5 stars The worldbuilding on this one isn't so muc...