The Doomsday Brunette [Dramatized Adaptation]

The second book is not quite as entertaining as the first one, but it does seem to be setting up a little less slapstick goofiness and a little more depth of character. That does bring this books rating down from the first one but still worth four stars mostly for reasons I'll get into below. Howeve......more

What can you say about a book that is dedicated to Ellery Queen, DC Comics, and MAD magazine? You can definitely state that The Doomsday Brunette is not hard science-fiction. Indeed, the only science in it is pulp magazine science or "weird science," if you will. But the novel takes place in the far......more

Please note: I read and reviewed this book in 2007. Copying over review from Amazon. Overview and Synopsis: Zachary Nixon Johnson is the last private eye on Earth - and he wouldn't have it any other way. When he receives a call at 3 am from Ona Thompson - the richest being on the planet - he really h......more

This is the sequel to "The Plutonium Blonde" which I really enjoyed. The premise is that the main character is the last private detective in the world, so it's set in the future, but it has that noir detective kind of feel to it. So SF detective noir. I'd seen the books in the series on the shelf a......more

Awesome sequel! I thought the first book was over-the-top pulpy brilliance but this second fare is more of the same but with some interesting characters. The Quads are the highlight of the show and they are bloody fantastic: 1) The story is similar to Plutonium Blonde: Pulpy, hilarious, tongue in che......more