Private Investigations edited by Victoria Zackheim

May 10, 2020

Yesterday, author Art Taylor wrote a guest post talking about writing what one knows, or what one researches. Victoria Zackheim edited a collection called Private Investigations, the perfect follow-up to Taylor’s post. It’s subtitled “Mystery...

Art Taylor, Guest Author, On Writing What You Know

May 09, 2020

We have Jeffrey Marks, publisher at Crippen & Landru, to thank for today’s post. He suggested Art Taylor for a piece on the blog. Thank you to both Jeffrey and Art. Art Taylor is the author of the story collection The Boy Detective & The Summer of...

What Are You Reading?

May 07, 2020

It’s Thursday! Thursday, always my favorite day of the week, and you’re part of the reason why. Are you ready to share what you’re reading this week? While I finish a mystery for Library Journal, I’m also reading a collection of essays,...

Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews

May 06, 2020

I am a sucker for books about reporters; fiction, mysteries, memoirs. Mary Kay Andrews, who is a former journalist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, brings readers a fabulous novel, the story of one reporter, the dying newspaper business, a small town...

A Full Cold Moon by Lissa Marie Redmond

May 05, 2020

I read and enjoyed Lissa Marie Redmond’s second Cold Case Investigation, The Murder Book. The fourth and latest one, A Full Cold Moon, is even better. However, I have to say Redmond is tough on her detectives of the Cold Case squad. Lauren Riley was knocked...