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Borderline
By Lawrence Block
I
love reading pulp fiction, especially when traveling. Things happen, usually
right off the bat. Bad guys, often without hope for redemption, emerge from the
shadows to do their worst. And average Joes of both sexes -- maybe looking for
a little edgy excitement -- get in over their heads in a hurry. Borderline is
one of the many novels and short stories I’ve read of late by Hard Case Crime,
a publishing house that has brought back pulp fiction classics and the
provocative covers that drew you into its sordid pages.
Borderline
tells
the story of four flawed characters and one sadistic serial killer along the hot
and sweaty border towns of El Paso and Juarez. Tequila flows, gamblers gamble,
and the sex is pretty steamy. This novel is not for the squeamish, however. The
killer takes great pleasure in his slicing and dicing and the reader is spared
no details. But if you are a fan of pulp fiction, or if you dare to take a
peek, this Borderline had my blood pumping from the get-go to the end; it even
had a few good bonus stories for you after the bloody finale.
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