Dead, To Begin With by Bill Crider

July 30, 2017

“Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatsoever about that.” With the opening lines of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as the inspiration for his new mystery, Bill Crider challenges Sheriff Dan Rhodes. Is Jake Marley’s...

Survivors Will Be Shot Again by Bill Crider

August 08, 2016

It’s time for another Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery from Bill Crider. Survivors Will Be Shot Again is just as amusing as earlier books, with the same quirky characters we’ve come to expect and appreciate. It’s always fun to watch the sheriff puzzle out...

Other Blogs and Tributes to Great Mystery Authors

July 25, 2016

I’m interrupting my regular blogging to link to several blogs that are important to me right now. Many of you may already know the news about author Bill Crider. He shared the news of his cancer on his own site, Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine....

Between the Living and the Dead by Bill Crider

August 16, 2015

Looking for the perfect escape? It doesn’t get much better than a new Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery by Bill Crider. There’s investigations of crime in a rural Texas county. Justice triumphs. And, there’s lots of humor including the groaner of a pun in...

What are you reading this weekend?

August 15, 2015

No lunch hour yesterday. Instead, I went to the dentist. (Look, Ma, no cavities!) But, that took my reading time, so I didn’t finish Bill Crider’s Between the Living and the Dead. Since I’m also reading a nonfiction book, Janice Kaplan’s...