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"""Rick Ollerman's detailed critical essays, written about both modern and classic crime writers, have an electric-charged verve so brilliant the modern reader is compelled to develop a new understanding, a new appreciation, even a new witnessing of the writers and their most important and influential works. The context is always truthful to the era of creation, but it is fully developed with a modern understanding that brings new revelation to seemingly old topics. Which is a hard way of saying, Mr. Ollerman writes about crime fiction and its crafters brilliantly.""--Benjamin Boulden, critic/essayist ""There are few people, if any, who know as much about the noir genre as Rick Ollerman. It is a deep and convincing knowledge that is always expressed in the brilliant essays he pens. I've had the pleasure of sharing email exchanges that are almost as brilliant, but what Rick puts to paper is nothing short of the best kind of writing (i.e., educational and entertaining).""--Charlie Stella, author"

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Reading one of Rick Ollerman's essays is like sitting in a master class on the writer. Having all of the essays in one collection is like getting a master's degree. This is an important book and a must-have for anybody who cares about good criticism, about the writers discussed, and about crime fiction in general. --Bill Crider, author Rick Ollerman's stirring accounts of the lives and works of classic authors of hard-boiled and noir pulp fiction always offer valuable aspects to the appreciation of these works, and their creators, who made these vintage books timeless classics. --Gary Lovisi, author & publisher Rick Ollerman's essays extend the tradition of critics of crime fiction like Anthony Boucher and Jacques Barzun. His insights are as sharp as a stilletto. --George Kelley, GeorgeKelley.org An introduction by Rick Ollerman is always a promise of insightful, informative, and entertaining details about the author or topic. His essays are as valuable as the restored fiction that follows. --Alan Cranis, Bookgasm Rick Ollerman doesn't just write introductions. His essays about crime and noir fiction and the genre's authors are packed with information and above all well-written and entertaining. -- James Reasoner, author

Reading one of Rick Ollerman's essays is like sitting in a master class on the writer. Having all of the essays in one collection is like getting a master's degree. This is an important book and a must-have for anybody who cares about good criticism, about the writers discussed, and about crime fiction in general. --Bill Crider, author Rick Ollerman's stirring accounts of the lives and works of classic authors of hard-boiled and noir pulp fiction always offer valuable aspects to the appreciation of these works, and their creators, who made these vintage books timeless classics. --Gary Lovisi, author & publisher Rick Ollerman's essays extend the tradition of critics of crime fiction like Anthony Boucher and Jacques Barzun. His insights are as sharp as a stilletto. --George Kelley, GeorgeKelley.org An introduction by Rick Ollerman is always a promise of insightful, informative, and entertaining details about the author or topic. His essays are as valuable as the restored fiction that follows. --Alan Cranis, Bookgasm Rick Ollerman doesn't just write introductions. His essays about crime and noir fiction and the genre's authors are packed with information and above all well-written and entertaining. -- James Reasoner, author

"""Reading one of Rick Ollerman's essays is like sitting in a master class on the writer. Having all of the essays in one collection is like getting a master's degree. This is an important book and a must-have for anybody who cares about good criticism, about the writers discussed, and about crime fiction in general.""--Bill Crider, author ""Rick Ollerman's stirring accounts of the lives and works of classic authors of hard-boiled and noir pulp fiction always offer valuable aspects to the appreciation of these works, and their creators, who made these vintage books timeless classics.""--Gary Lovisi, author & publisher ""Rick Ollerman's essays extend the tradition of critics of crime fiction like Anthony Boucher and Jacques Barzun. His insights are as sharp as a stilletto.""--George Kelley, GeorgeKelley.org ""An introduction by Rick Ollerman is always a promise of insightful, informative, and entertaining details about the author or topic. His essays are as valuable as the restored fiction that follows.""--Alan Cranis, Bookgasm ""Rick Ollerman doesn't just write introductions. His essays about crime and noir fiction and the genre's authors are packed with information and above all well-written and entertaining.""-- James Reasoner, author"

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