Slice of Hell

Johnny April #3

by Mike Roscoe

Slice of hell,

126 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1954

About the author

"The author, Mike Roscoe, was actually the joint pen name of a couple of Kansas City writers, John Roscoe and Mike Russo, who actually worked for the Hargrave Detective Agency. There’s a photo of them on the back cover of my Signet edition of Death is a Round Black Ball (1952): two hard looking dudes in hats, sporting killer smiles."

Reviews

[Still · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fair imitation Mike Hammer written by two real life detectives (John Roscoe and Mike Russo) writing as Mike Roscoe.
Third entry in the Johnny April series.

I enjoyed this little yarn considerably more than the usual Spillane nonsense. At least these guys could actually write.
No major surprises but they don’t completely show their full hand, either.

I might read other entries in this series sometime in the future.

Recommended for hardboiled private dick enthusiasts only.

[John Wilson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nah.