Reviews + Articles
The Poisoned Pen Bookstore’s Blog
I know I've mentioned here before that I'm also the blogger for The Poisoned Pen Bookstore's blog. Today, as I'm finishing up my deadline reading, I want to refer you to the blog. I've been running a series of posts, "Distractions". I've asked a number of authors to...
The Rap Sheet Blog
Because I won't have much on the blog until Thursday, let's talk about someone else's blog today. I'm sure some of you have read The Rap Sheet. J. Kingston Pierce has been writing the spin-off from January Magazine almost as long as I've been writing Lesa's Book...
Dirty Old Town by Gabriel Valjan
Raymond Chandler's Marlowe is the model for how many private investigators? He defines that hero in The Simple Art of Murder. "He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor, by...
Have You Heard? Foreign Eclairs by Julie Hyzy
Between deadlines for a journal and life, I haven't had time to finish the next book I'm reviewing here. But, Sandie Herron has a review of an audiobook I can share, Foreign Eclairs by Julie Hyzy. As always, thank you, Sandie. Foreign Éclairs ...
Winners and a “Cops” Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Please See Us will go to Sandy G. from North Plainfield, NJ, and The Girl Beneath the Sea goes to Dianne C. of Elk Grove Village, IL. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away three books...