Rural noir is having its moment in the sun and the ever-popular SA Cosby has been leading its charge. Writing about the South is nothing new – Ace Atkins and James Lee Burke have been doing it for decades – but the genre’s resurgence has brought a new and exciting diversity to the table, including the likes of Eli Cranor, Jesmyn Ward, Eryk Pruitt and Kelly J Ford.
Hailing from Birmingham, Alabama, Bobby Mathews has two novels under his belt, Magic City Blues and Living the Gimmick, but it is his short stories that best showcase his writing abilities. In Negative Tilt he has curated 20 of them including the collection’s namesake as well as eight pieces published here for the first time.
The rest of this review is available on Crime Fiction Lover where it was originally published.
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