The Blacklin County Files by Bill Crider & Judy Crider

March 24, 2024

Although I’m reading Bill Crider’s Sheriff Dan Rhodes mysteries in order, I stumbled across a story collection, The Blacklin County Files. The stories in the book were published in various magazines before they were collected here. They’re quick...

Death on the Move by Bill Crider

February 24, 2024

I know I have a number of Bill Crider’s Sheriff Dan Rhodes mysteries to get through, but this fourth one, Death on the Move, is my favorite so far. And, it’s all because of the events at Ballinger’s Funeral Home. Sadly, I can’t even tell you...

Cursed to Death by Bill Crider

February 10, 2024

Bill Crider and Sheriff Dan Rhodes examine relationships in the third in the Dan Rhodes mystery series, Cursed to Death. Although I’m reading the series in order, I’m looking at the books so I can discuss more than Crider’s great characters. If I was...

Shotgun Saturday Night by Bill Crider

February 02, 2024

When rereading an older series, a few things jumped out at me. I’ll talk about them at the conclusion. But, the first thing is, Bill Crider’s Sheriff Dan Rhodes mysteries are timeless, although Shotgun Saturday Night was written in 2013. The series...

Too Late to Die by Bill Crider

January 27, 2024

For some reason, I chose to go back and start Bill Crider’s Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery series from the beginning. I read scattered ones in the later series. Too Late to Die introduces Rhodes, the Sheriff of Blacklin County, Texas, and the quirky cast at the...