Michael A. Black, Author . Five Star $25.95 (322p) ISBN 978-1-4104-0190-8
Chicago kickboxer Ron Shade's knight errantry sometimes misfires in his second appearance (after 2002's A Killing Frost
) from Illinois police sergeant Black, but the throwback PI goes the distance. Shade's work, which includes stints...
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Michael A. Black, Author . Five Star $25.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59414-426-4
Despite a less than credible plot, Black's third novel (after 2004's Windy City Knights
) to feature Chicago kickboxer Ron Shade, has its charms, not least a street-smart, likable hero. Shade, an ex-cop turned PI, reluctantly takes work from
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Michael A. Black, Author Five Star (ME) $25.95 (287p) ISBN 978-0-7862-4309-9
Police officer and short story writer Michael A. Black likewise brings authenticity to A Killing Frost: A Ron Shade Novel. A search for a missing fianc , who turns up floating dead in a canal, leads Chicago PI Ron Shade into far more trouble than
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Michael A. Black, Author Five Star (ME) $25.95 (292p) ISBN 978-1-59414-277-2
In Black's fast-paced third novel (after 2004's Windy City Knights), a stand-alone thriller, the veteran Chicago police officer skillfully interweaves several plot strands-the decision by Johnny ""The Mink"" Osmand, a high-level Chicago mobster, to...
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Michael A. Black. Five Star, $25.95 (394p) ISBN 978-1-4328-2618-5
Two unremarkable plot lines mar Black’s third Chicago police procedural featuring Sgt. Frank Leal and his partner, Olivia Hart (after 2009’s Hostile Takeovers). Leal lands a motel DOA, a strangulation victim who turns out to be has-been TV actor...
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Michael A. Black, Author, Julie Hyzy, Author Five Star $25.95 (429p) ISBN 978-1-59414-713-5
Black’s kickboxing PI, Ron Shade (Windy City Knights
), and Hyzy’s TV reporter/sleuth, Alex St. James (Deadly Blessings
), both based in Chicago, blend their talents nicely in this first team effort from their creators. Shade is working...
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Andrew Vachss, Geoff Darrow, Michael A. Black, and Gary Gianni. Dark Horse, $15.99 trade paper (96p) ISBN 978-1-61655-056-1
As written and drawn by Darrow, with input from the Wachowskis, the Shaolin Cowboy comic was a kinetic tour de force, full of violent humor and cinematic fury. If you’re seeking that with this one-shot tribute to pulp novels, you’re in for a...
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