The Murder Show by Matt Goldman

April 15, 2025

If you recognize Matt Goldman’s name as an author, it may be from his Nils Shapiro private detective novels. And, Nils even appears in Goldman’s latest, The Murder Show. However, this book features two characters who knew each other in their teens, and...

The Never-Open Desert Diner by James Anderson

June 17, 2017

It’s not easy to write a review of a book when one of your best friends adores it. So, I won’t. Or, I won’t provide one of my normal reviews for James Anderson’s The Never-Open Desert Diner. My friend, Kaye Wilkinson Barley, is “an...

Where I Can See You by Larry D. Sweazy

January 25, 2017

Larry D. Sweazy’s crime novels are dark and gritty, and the heroes aren’t always figures everyone would find heroic. Often, they are struggling with their own weaknesses and problems. Hud Matthews has been searching for answers since he was eight years...

A Thousand Falling Crows by Larry D. Sweazy

January 09, 2016

Larry D. Sweazy’s See Also Murder was one of my favorite books of 2015. Now, he returns with a story that’s even grittier, an atmospheric, richly detailed book out of the violent Depression years. A Thousand Falling Crows features lonely, lost...

The Governor’s Wife by Michael Harvey

July 21, 2015

Michael Harvey’s crime novels are set in Chicago, a city with a reputation for dirty politics and strong, determined people. And, his private investigator, Michael Kelly, embodies all the strength and a determination to clean up some of the dirt. Kelly takes on...