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1. Brenna Spector
   Alison Gaylin's new P.I. never forgets. Will you?
   
   
2. Old TV Dicks Now Streaming
   Better hurry. Some of these are almost definitely copyrighted and widely available as legit DVDs, but some of these are almost impossible to find -- and possibly in a copyrighrt No Man's Land: Richard Diamond, Charlie Wild, Eddie Drake, Jeffrey Jones, Hollywood Offbeat, Las Vegas Beat, Martin Kane and more. Let your conscience be your guide...
   
   
3. Robert Downey, Jr. as Perry Mason?
   Now that he's pissed on Sherlock Holmes, the buzz is that Downey wants to make his mark on another beloved detective hero: Erle Stanley Gardner's slippery shyster, Perry Mason, and he and wants to do it as a period piece. Hmmm... and Johnny Depp has been tinkering with the idea of a Thin Man remake, also in period drag. Just a coincidence, I'm sure...
   
   
4. Everybody Get Blue!
   Two great new books in February: John Harvey's A Darker Shade of Blue, an anthology featuring all eight (so far) short stories featuring ex-footballer London P.I. Jack Riley, and Dick Lochte ditches the weatherman for a moment to unleash a great no character, take-no-shit-from-anybody Dave "Mace" Mason in Blues in the Night.
   
   
5. Ah, good books to come...
   The real fun of being a reviewer is often the books I DON'T have to read, but that come winging over the transom anyway. I'm really enjoying Walter Mosely's upcoming Leonid McGill joint, All I Did Was Shoot My Man, a dark, brooding and quietly disturbing wallow in guilt, fear and middle-aged angst, and Robert Crais' new, typically action-packed Elvis Cole book, Taken, which should be required reading for anyone who has any opinion at all on illegal immigration. After two assigned duds in a row, I deserved a good read. Yeah, these guys certainly don't need a plug from me, but they're really good books.
   
   
6. Block's Shyster comes to eBook
   Lawrence Block's Martin Ehrengraf is the criminal defense attorney (emphasis on "criminal") so slick he makes grease feel like sandpaper. Now his short stories are coming to an e-reader near you, starting with the classic "The Ehrengraf Defense." A steal at 99 cents.
   
   
7. Props & Peeves!
   Author and working private eye Colleen Collins dishes up the dirt on who's naughty and who's nice when it comes to getting it right.
   
   
8. Bruen's Taylor comes to the Tube.
   Based on the trailers, I sooo want to see these TV flicks based on Ken Bruen's string of astounding novels about Galway private eye Jack Taylor. Are the actual flicks as good as they look? Only available in Ireland, you say? Pity...
   
   
9. Like Your Dicks With a Little Mileage on 'em?
   Ronald Tierney's first four Deets Shanahan mysteries are now on Kindle, starting with Stone Veil.
   
   
10. Two (Count 'em) Two Great articles on P.I. in PW
    "Parker's Brothers" and "A Suitable Job for a Woman" both feature plenty of great quotes from Laura Lippman, Sean Chercover, Kelli Stanley, Dave White, S.J. Rozan, Max Allan Collins, and the great Liza Cody, among others.
    
    
11. Why Can't We Be Friends?
    Abandoning all pride, I provide a list of people who have recently helped support this site. Please don't make me hold a pledge drive...
    

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