books by Peter Rabe

books by Peter Rabe

books:

Peter Rabe

Peter Rabe

Black Lizard Books, 1990

Interesting...........
I read this book a couple of months ago, I think I bought it based on Ed Gorman's recommendation in "The Big Book of Noir" in which he describes Peter Rabe as "probably the most original of the GM (Gold Medal) writers" if not necessarily the best. Gorman suggests "The ...

Anatomy of a Killer / A Shroud for Jesso

Peter Rabe

Stark House Press, 2008

An ideal pick for those looking for a solidly written and thoroughly entertaining read.
Peter Rabe brings readers a treat with two mystery novels with noir inspirations combined under one cover. "Anatomy of a Killer" follows hitman Sam Jordan. Good at his job, he slips up and makes the gravest error one can make in line of work - becoming attached to ...

My Lovely Executioner / Agreement to Kill (Stark House Noir Classics)
Peter Rabe

Stark House Press, 2006

My Lovely Executioner: Jimmy Gallivan is only three-and-a-half weeks from his prison release for trying to kill his wife's lover seven years ago. But fellow-inmate Rand has other plans for Gallivan. A break-out is engineered, and now they're hiding out in a sanitarium. But the whole set-up seems suspicious. Rand's boss wants Gallivan to help him ...

Tobruk
Peter Rabe

Bantam, 1967

The Box / Journey Into Terror

Peter Rabe

Stark House Press, 2003

One of the Gold Medal noir's "Holy Trinity" still shines
I finished reading Peter Rabe's THE BOX, the Stark House edition packaged with JOURNEY INTO TERROR. The nutshell plot concerns Quinn, a sharpie New York City lawyer, shipped out by the Mob in a wooden crate round-trip to teach Quinn a lession. Quinn is busted out of ...

Murder me for nickels (Gold medal books)
Peter Rabe

Fawcett Publications, 1960

Kill the Boss GoodBye

Peter Rabe

Vintage, 1993

The hype is good, believe the hype
I beg to differ with the other reviewers. The book is clinical, that part is true, but I definitely wouldn't call it cold, or monotonous for that matter. More like minimalist. The novel is intelligent, poignant and, in it's own way, moving. What Rabe does is to ...

Blood on the Desert / A House in Naples (Stark House Noir Classics)
Peter Rabe

Stark House Press, 2005

BLOOD ON THE DESERT: Anthony Wheeler didn't want the job. When Major Pitt called him into the London office, Wheeler was trying to track down his old mentor, Fairchild. It had been Fairchild who had pulled him into the business. Not everyone is cut out to be a spy--Wheeler excelled at it. And Pitt would simply not accept his refusal. Now he is ...