Thursday, 11 December 2014

PAUL D. BRAZILL - 13 SHOTS OF NOIR


Synopsis/blurb……

13 Shots Of Noir is a collection of flash fiction and short, sharp stories in the vein of Roald Dahl, The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The first story, "The Tut", was nominated for a 2010 Spinetingler Award, while the story "Anger Management" was chosen as one of the Predators and Editors top twenty crime stories. Crime, horror and dark fiction are contained within the pages of 13 Shots Of Noir.

A short book - so a short post and review!

Another shortish page turner to keep the numbers ticking over as the end of the year approaches. 13 stories – 63 pages and a great introduction to another new author for me this quarter, though I have sampled the odd short story from him previously.

Brilliant entertainment for a couple of hours……… snuff movies, necrophilia, drink, marital disharmony, vampires, werewolves, gun-toting killer priests, cops, PIs, taxidermy and embalming fluid – all played out against a less than picture postcard landscape of 21st century Britain…….run down towns, amusement arcades, snooker halls, bingo, Poundlands and Little Chefs.

The three standouts for me - The Tut, The Final Cut and M.

Time I graduated to his Luke Case series of European adventures.


You can catch up with Paul here at his website and on Twitter @PaulDBrazill


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Purchased recently from Amazon UK 

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11 comments:

  1. Paul D Brazill11 December 2014 at 01:45

    Thanks much for the review. Glad you enjoyed it.

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  2. col291011 December 2014 at 02:36

    Paul - you're welcome. Roll on Luke Case or Guns of..

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  3. Les Edgerton11 December 2014 at 06:32

    Anything Paul Brazill writes is pure gold. You can count on it.

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  4. Prashant C. Trikannad12 December 2014 at 08:24

    Col, I must remember to read Paul D. Brazill's fiction. I have read much about his work.

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    1. col291012 December 2014 at 08:43

      I think you would enjoy his work if you checked it out, Prashant.

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  5. Clothes In Books12 December 2014 at 13:12

    Glad you enjoyed it - that's a fair old list of topics! I'll look forward to your review of a full-length novel.

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    1. col291012 December 2014 at 13:29

      Cheers Moira. Plenty covered for sure. I will be reporting back on something else by the author in the next year or so! Not in the tubs, but on the kindle!

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  6. TracyK14 December 2014 at 09:14

    I too have heard good things about this author. Thanks for the review.

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    1. TracyK14 December 2014 at 12:41

      I was looking at something else and realized I have a copy of A Case of Noir, so maybe I can get to that sometime in 2015.

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    2. col291014 December 2014 at 22:14

      Oh, that's good. I wonder if you'll get to it before I do? More than likely...

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