Reviews + Articles
Mermaid Confidential by Tim Dorsey
If you've ever read one of Tim Dorsey's novels, you know that it's almost impossible to summarize them. They're madcap adventures, set in Florida, featuring Serge Storms, a lovable serial killer, and his friend, Coleman, who is permanently stoned. And, the...
Winners and Mystery Classics Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Penny T. from Klamath Falls, OR won Jane Austen's Lost Letters. Elizabeth H. of Green Valley, AZ will receive Garden of Sins. The books are going out in the mail today. Stark House has been republishing classic...
What Are You Reading?
Have you had reading time this week? I hope you weren't caught up in snow or tornadoes or the remnants of a tsunami. I hope you had time just to relax and enjoy a good book or two. At the time I'm writing this, I have one more mystery, and forty pages in another,...
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Years ago, a friend suggested I'd like Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards! because I'm a fan of police procedurals. The eighth book in the Discworld series is a police procedural with the most awkward group of police you'd ever want to meet, the Night Watch. But,...
2022 Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Award Nominees
Congratulations to all the Lefty Award nominees! 2022 Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Award Nominations Announced January 17, 2022 — Albuquerque — Left Coast Crime 2022 will be presenting four Lefty Awards at our 32nd annual convention, to...
A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories by Will Eisner
I have problems with graphic novels. Oh, I don't object to them at all. I have problems with some of colors and overlapping words. Visually, I just can't always see the words. But, we're doing a genre study of graphic novels this month at the library. So, I went...