Kevin’s Corner Annex – J.A. Jance’s Nothing to Lose

May 21, 2022

While I’m going to two shows today, a comedy and a musical, Kevin Tipple is sweating it out, reading and writing in Dallas. And, I mean sweating it out, because he’s been complaining that summer is already there. In the meantime, I’m grateful he...

The Kindness of Strangers by Andy Weinberger

April 09, 2022

There’s a melancholy tone of loss in Andy Weinberger’s third Amos Parisman mystery. Even in the first in the series, An Old Man’s Game, Amos complained about his age. He still calls himself the “best Jewish detective in LA”, while...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – the Last Second Chance

March 18, 2022

Kevin Tipple has an eclectic taste in crime fiction, but, as a resident of Texas, he has a fondness for mysteries that take place in that state. Here’s his review of The Last Second Chance by Jim Nesbitt. The Last Second Chance   An Ed Earl Burch...

Murder at the Porte de Versailles by Cara Black

March 02, 2022

Murder at the Porte de Versailles marks Cara Black’s twentieth book in the Aimee Leduc Investigations series. If you haven’t read the series, Aimee Leduc owns a detective agency that specializes in computer security in Paris, France. Now that she is the...

Fadeout by Joseph Hansen

February 23, 2022

Joseph Hansen’s first Dave Brandstetter mystery, Fadeout, was published fifty years ago in 1970. Because Soho’s Syndicate Books is republishing the books, I recommend that you read this edition. If you haven’t already discovered the series,...