Steve Forman is a brutally funny writer. His no-nonsense, unadorned style begs comparison to Dashiell Hammett, but Hammett's humor at its darkest never hit home this hard. Reading of Eddie Perlmutter's exploits is like rolling in an aisle paved with… — Loren D. Estleman Copy Share Image
“Cherokee's American, Ned. It don't get more American than that.” — Loren D. Estleman Copy Share Image
“An execution carried out in secrecy is no better than lynching from a dry branch.” — Loren D. Estleman Copy Share Image
Steve Forman is a brutally funny writer. His no-nonsense, unadorned style begs comparison to Dashiell Hammett, but Hammett's humor at its darkest never hit… — Loren D. Estleman Copy Share Image
“Now came details of Goldby's adventures with the Cooks and their band. "Chicken, Dynamite Dick, The Verdigris Kid. I wish these fellows read something… — Loren D. Estleman Copy Share Image
I don't have so many friends I can afford to drop one just because he tried to kill me. — Loren D. Estleman Copy Share Image
“In 1914, Franz Ferdinand, the Austrian imperial heir, was shot and killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo. Do you know the motive behind… — Loren D. Estleman Copy Share Image
“Without question, his picture did not do him justice, but again, he was dead when it was taken” — Loren D. Estleman Copy Share Image
“Early on as news of the sextuple execution in Fort Smith spread, rooted itself in the umber soil of the western Indian Nations, and… — Loren D. Estleman Copy Share Image
“Concealing himself from his father's wrath, behind the barn with wick turned low and his face two inches from the rough sawtooth page, Young… — Loren D. Estleman Copy Share Image
If the detective should suffer overmuch from the artistic temperament, and his fellow lodger should dwell overlong upon the fairness of a wrist or… — Loren D. Estleman Copy Share Image
