Book Reviews

The Alaskan Blonde (2022)

“This is a page-turner with all the complications and plot-twists that only true-crime can provide. Bartlett delivers it in abundance. This is the quintessential Alaska crime story. The Alaskan Blonde has it all!” – Leland E. Hale, co-author of best-selling Butcher, Baker: The True Account of an Alaskan Serial Killer

“An interesting prowl through pills and pistols; drummers and dead men…” – Glynn Martin, co-author with James Ellroy of the best-selling L.A.P.D.’53

“Unfolds with all the nail-biting suspense and secretive plot of a thriller…” – Looks at Books

“…tapped into the “human element” and the damage a murder leaves on all involved much better than most true-crime books I’ve read…” – Robin Barefield, Alaska author/podcaster – Murder and Mystery in The Last Frontier

Gourmet Ghosts – Los Angeles (2012)

“This engaging read comes highly recommended for anyone with an interest in the bloody history of tinsel town.” Real Crime Magazine

Gourmet Ghosts 2 (2016)

“The large number of death sites described and witty prose up the entertainment value of this off-kilter travel guide.” – Publishers Weekly

“It’s like going on a f*cked up city tour guided by the ghost of Raymond Chandler or a thought-form entity from the mind of James Ellroy – a haunted Halloween maze that seems to last a month” – Dwarf + Giant