Dave Zeltserman's Reviews
Reviews of Dave’s Work
Jul.22.2010
Published by Howard County Times
As "Killer" opens, Leonard March is one of the most hated men in Boston. Arrested for murder, Leonard cut a deal to inform on a mob boss. Assured of a lenient sentence, Leonard...
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May.24.2010
Published by The Boston Globe
Dave Zeltserman is at it again writing about ex-con antiheroes with the kind of panache that would make Jim Thompson, king of the psycho killer novels, proud. In fact, there’s...
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Sep.17.2010
Published by Bookreporter.com
If you see Dave Zeltserman, tell him he owes me a night’s sleep. Zeltersman is arguably best known for his fine works in the crime fiction genre, novels and short stories that are...
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Aug.12.2010
Published by Newsday
Every man, woman, child - not to mention dog and plant - owes its life to Jack Durkin. Had he and nine generations of Durkins before him not been weeding a field in a small New...
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Nov.16.2008
Published by Washington Post
"The plot of Small Crimes is a thing of beauty: spare but ingeniously twisted and imbued with a glossy coating of black humor. Zeltserman takes up all the familiar tropes of the...
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Aug.11.2008
Published by Publisher's Weekly
[starred review] Zeltserman’s breakthrough third crime novel deserves comparison with the best of James Ellroy. Joe Denton, a corrupt cop, has just been paroled from the county...
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About Dave
Dave Zeltserman’s short crime fiction has been published in many venues, including Alfred Hitchcock's and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazines. His first novel, Fast Lane, received widespread praise, with Ken Bruen calling it ‘the most entertaining debut since...