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Killer AKA Passion Killer, a 1965 sleaze/noir novel by Robert Silverberg (as Don Elliott). A man hires a hitman to kill his wife. Emotional and sexual betrayals follow. As sleaze it's good; as noir fiction it's OK. Has a good femme fatale.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/08/robert-silverbergs-killer.html

#vintagethrillers #vintagethriller #vintagemystery #vintagemysteries #noir #noirfiction #crimefiction #hardboiledcrime hardboiledfiction #hardboiled #pulpfiction #vintagesleaze #sleazefiction #RobertSilverberg #DonElliott

Killer AKA Passion Killer, a 1965 sleaze/noir novel by Robert Silverberg (as Don Elliott). A man hires a hitman to kill his wife. Emotional and sexual betrayals follow. As sleaze it's good; as noir fiction it's OK. Has a good femme fatale.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/08/robert-silverbergs-killer.html

#vintagethrillers #vintagethriller #vintagemystery #vintagemysteries #noir #noirfiction #crimefiction #hardboiledcrime hardboiledfiction #hardboiled #pulpfiction #vintagesleaze #sleazefiction #RobertSilverberg #DonElliott

Orrie Hitt’s 1957 novel Trailer Tramp falls into the trailer camp sleaze sub-genre. Sex and sin in trailer camps adding up to trouble. Hitt was a genius at combining sleaze and noir. This book has both although he certainly wrote better books.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/06/orrie-hitts-trailer-tramp.html

#pulpfiction #vintagesleaze #sleazefiction #OrrieHitt #noir #noirfiction

Orrie Hitt’s 1957 novel Trailer Tramp falls into the trailer camp sleaze sub-genre. Sex and sin in trailer camps adding up to trouble. Hitt was a genius at combining sleaze and noir. This book has both although he certainly wrote better books.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/06/orrie-hitts-trailer-tramp.html

#pulpfiction #vintagesleaze #sleazefiction #OrrieHitt #noir #noirfiction

Gardner Francis Fox's Silverfinger from 1973, a Cherry Delight sexy crime thriller. Cherry, ace NYMPHO agent, has to stop the Mob taking over a shipping empire. And find time to get laid as well. A great fun violent sleazy sexy action thriller.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/05/gardner-francis-foxs-silverfinger.html

#pulpfiction #vintagesleaze #sleazefiction #GardnerFrancisFox

Gardner Francis Fox's Silverfinger from 1973, a Cherry Delight sexy crime thriller. Cherry, ace NYMPHO agent, has to stop the Mob taking over a shipping empire. And find time to get laid as well. A great fun violent sleazy sexy action thriller.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/05/gardner-francis-foxs-silverfinger.html

#pulpfiction #vintagesleaze #sleazefiction #GardnerFrancisFox

A Gun for Honey was published 1958. Busty hardboiled girl PI Honey West (who packs a rod and never wears a bra) is after a psycho who kisses girls to death. The mystery plot is solid. Sleazy, perverse, trashy, amusing, entertaining, delightful.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2021/02/gg-ficklings-gun-for-honey.html

#vintagemystery #vintagemysteries #noir #noirfiction #HoneyWest #crimefiction #privateeyes #vintagesleaze #sleazefiction #pulpfiction

A Gun for Honey was published 1958. Busty hardboiled girl PI Honey West (who packs a rod and never wears a bra) is after a psycho who kisses girls to death. The mystery plot is solid. Sleazy, perverse, trashy, amusing, entertaining, delightful.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2021/02/gg-ficklings-gun-for-honey.html

#vintagemystery #vintagemysteries #noir #noirfiction #HoneyWest #crimefiction #privateeyes #vintagesleaze #sleazefiction #pulpfiction

Dell Holland's The Far Out Ones, published 1963, combines sleaze and beatniks although beatniks play a rather small role. it's genuinely amusing, pleasingly crazy and frenetic, and very sleazy. A cheerfully amoral good-natured feel-good story.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/04/dell-hollands-far-out-ones.html

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Dell Holland's The Far Out Ones, published 1963, combines sleaze and beatniks although beatniks play a rather small role. it's genuinely amusing, pleasingly crazy and frenetic, and very sleazy. A cheerfully amoral good-natured feel-good story.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/04/dell-hollands-far-out-ones.html

#sleazefiction #vintagesleaze #beatniks

Lawrence Block's Campus Tramp, one of his early sleaze novels written 1959 under the name Andrew Shaw. When love goes wrong a college girl devotes her life to sleeping around. Not a great book but intriguing when you read between the lines.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/01/lawrence-blocks-campus-tramp.html

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Lawrence Block's Campus Tramp, one of his early sleaze novels written 1959 under the name Andrew Shaw. When love goes wrong a college girl devotes her life to sleeping around. Not a great book but intriguing when you read between the lines.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/01/lawrence-blocks-campus-tramp.html

#LawrenceBlock #AndrewShaw #VintageSleaze #sleazefiction #pulpfiction

Dial ‘M’ for Man is an excellent 1962 Orrie Hitt novel. He's usually described as a writer of sleaze fiction but mostly his books are noir fiction with some sleaze. This one is pure noir fiction. An honest TV repairman meets a dangerous blonde.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/12/orrie-hitts-dial-m-for-man.html

#vintagecrime #noir #noirfiction #crimefiction #sleazefiction #vintagesleaze #orriehitt

Dial ‘M’ for Man is an excellent 1962 Orrie Hitt novel. He's usually described as a writer of sleaze fiction but mostly his books are noir fiction with some sleaze. This one is pure noir fiction. An honest TV repairman meets a dangerous blonde.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/12/orrie-hitts-dial-m-for-man.html

#vintagecrime #noir #noirfiction #crimefiction #sleazefiction #vintagesleaze #orriehitt

A Diet of Treacle (AKA Pads Are for Passion) by Lawrence Block writing as Sheldon Lord was marketed as sleaze but is really beatnik noir. A very dark look at beatnik subculture, with three beatnik losers on the run. Offbeat but intriguing.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/11/lawrence-blocks-diet-of-treacle-pads.html

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A Diet of Treacle (AKA Pads Are for Passion) by Lawrence Block writing as Sheldon Lord was marketed as sleaze but is really beatnik noir. A very dark look at beatnik subculture, with three beatnik losers on the run. Offbeat but intriguing.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/11/lawrence-blocks-diet-of-treacle-pads.html

#LawrenceBlock #SheldonLord #noir #noirfiction #beatniks #vintagesleaze #sleazefiction

Have Nude, Will Travel, published 1962 under the pseudonym Clyde Allison, is typical of William Knoles' crazy sexy comic romps. Nobody did this stuff better. This one's about a pilot masquerading as a soldier of fortune. Clever and very funny.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/09/clyde-allisons-have-nude-will-travel.html

#pulpfiction #sleazefiction #vintagesleaze #ClydeAllison #WilliamKnoles

Have Nude, Will Travel, published 1962 under the pseudonym Clyde Allison, is typical of William Knoles' crazy sexy comic romps. Nobody did this stuff better. This one's about a pilot masquerading as a soldier of fortune. Clever and very funny.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/09/clyde-allisons-have-nude-will-travel.html

#pulpfiction #sleazefiction #vintagesleaze #ClydeAllison #WilliamKnoles

Lust Queen (AKA The Decadent), a 1961 sleaze novel written by Robert Silverberg as Don Elliott. A writer employed to ghost a movie star's autobiography finds that sharing her bed is part of the deal. Silverberg wrote thoughtful quality sleaze.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/09/robert-silverbergs-lust-queen-aka.html

#pulpfiction #RobertSilverberg #vintagethriller #sleazefiction

Lust Queen (AKA The Decadent), a 1961 sleaze novel written by Robert Silverberg as Don Elliott. A writer employed to ghost a movie star's autobiography finds that sharing her bed is part of the deal. Silverberg wrote thoughtful quality sleaze.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/09/robert-silverbergs-lust-queen-aka.html

#pulpfiction #RobertSilverberg #vintagethriller #sleazefiction

Meg is a 1960 sleaze novel written by Robert Silverberg (as Loren Beauchamp). A tale of the horrors lying in wait for small-town girls trying to make it in Hollywood. Fun novel about Hollywood's sleazy underbelly and a woman’s search for love.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/08/robert-silverbergs-meg.html

#sleazefiction #vintagesleaze #RobertSilverberg #LorenBeauchamp #pulpfiction

Meg is a 1960 sleaze novel written by Robert Silverberg (as Loren Beauchamp). A tale of the horrors lying in wait for small-town girls trying to make it in Hollywood. Fun novel about Hollywood's sleazy underbelly and a woman’s search for love.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/08/robert-silverbergs-meg.html

#sleazefiction #vintagesleaze #RobertSilverberg #LorenBeauchamp #pulpfiction

Orrie Hitt’s 1954 novel She Got What She Wanted is fairly typical of his work, blending noir fiction and sleaze fiction. This one is very noir, as a girl gets tired of living on farm and heads to the big city to make her fortune, at any cost.

It's not just noirish, it's very good noirish fiction.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/03/orrie-hitts-she-got-what-she-wanted.html

#pulp #pulpfiction #noir #noirfiction #sleaze #sleazefiction #vintagesleaze #hardboiledfiction #hardboiled #vintagecrime #OrrieHitt

Born To Be Bad (1959), one of the many sleaze novels Lawrence Block wrote under the name Sheldon Lord, before he established himself as a major crime writer.

A slightly noirish melodrama that deals with human relationships in an honest and grown-up way. With an intriguing complex heroine.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/02/lawrence-blocks-born-to-be-bad.html

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Born To Be Bad (1959), one of the many sleaze novels Lawrence Block wrote under the name Sheldon Lord, before he established himself as a major crime writer.

A slightly noirish melodrama that deals with human relationships in an honest and grown-up way. With an intriguing complex heroine.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/02/lawrence-blocks-born-to-be-bad.html

#LawrenceBlock #sleaze #sleazefiction #noirfiction #Noir #pulpfiction #pulp #SheldonLord #trashfiction

Tong in Cheek (1973), 2nd of Gardner Francis Fox’s Cherry Delight sexy spy thrillers written under the name Glen Chase.

Cherry is a secret agent working for N.Y.M.P.H.O., a shadowy top-secret US government agency.

This time she is up against an alliance between the Mafia and Chinese tongs.

If spy sleaze is your thing you’ll enjoy it.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/01/tong-in-cheek-cherry-delight-2.html

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Tong in Cheek (1973), 2nd of Gardner Francis Fox’s Cherry Delight sexy spy thrillers written under the name Glen Chase.

Cherry is a secret agent working for N.Y.M.P.H.O., a shadowy top-secret US government agency.

This time she is up against an alliance between the Mafia and Chinese tongs.

If spy sleaze is your thing you’ll enjoy it.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/01/tong-in-cheek-cherry-delight-2.html

#spynovels #spynovel #Spies #spyfiction #vintagesleaze #sleazefiction #GardnerFrancisFox #spythriller #spythrillers

Borderline (AKA Border Lust) is an early (1962) Lawrence Block crime novel.

It's either a sleaze novel with significant noir overtones or a noir novel with significant sleaze overtones.

The border is the US-Mexico border, but also the border between sanity and madness, between self-control and debauchery, between order and chaos.

Good, but very nihilistic.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2021/04/lawrence-blocks-borderline.html

#LawrenceBlock #noirfiction #hardboiledfiction #crimefiction #sleazefiction #serialkillers

Borderline (AKA Border Lust) is an early (1962) Lawrence Block crime novel.

It's either a sleaze novel with significant noir overtones or a noir novel with significant sleaze overtones.

The border is the US-Mexico border, but also the border between sanity and madness, between self-control and debauchery, between order and chaos.

Good, but very nihilistic.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2021/04/lawrence-blocks-borderline.html

#LawrenceBlock #noirfiction #hardboiledfiction #crimefiction #sleazefiction #serialkillers