Sand's Game

by Ennis Willie

For the first time since the 60s a collection of Sand's stories are being reprinted. Written by Ennis Willie, these are hardboiled tales that will take you back to the days when men were stoic and deadly, and women were treacherous and pneumatic. Each story is introduced by a master in the Max Allan Collins, Wayne D. Dundee, Bill Crider, Bill Pronzini, James Reasoner, Gary Lovisi, and there's an interview with Ennis by Stephen Mertz. The stories Death in a Dead Place Con's Wife Flesh House The Ugly Redhead Too Late to Pray

268 pages, Paperback

First published April 16, 2010

Reviews

[Vultural · Rating 4 out of 5]

Willie, Ennis - Sand’s Game

Sand, no first name, no last name, just Sand, the hard as nails loner created by Ennis Willie.
Sand was an ex-syndicate operative who got out. No one leaves the organization.
Assassins are hired to kill him. All slam into cold steel or are filled with hot lead.
Sand was bad news.
Now and then Sand hooks up with an overripe female who pours luscious curves over his smoking rod. Such passing affairs invariably end ugly, leaving Sand boiling.
Then he gets even.

Sand’s Game contains an interview with Willie, intros by leading mystery writers Max Collins, Bill Pronzini, Gary Lovisi. Also three short stories and two complete novels!
Great for Mike Hammer fans, or anyone who prefers full throttle action, without doubts or moral ambiguities.

[Victor Whitman · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you like the really fast-paced, ultra-hard boiled style (think Spillane) you will like this one. Otherwise avoid. He wrote from 1960-65.