I’ve been pushing my own stuff too frequently the past
few weeks, both here and at Gravetapping’s Facebook page, but—and please
forgive me—I wanted to tell you about a couple non-fiction pieces that are
available out in the big bad world.
The first is a feature
article I wrote for Mystery Scene Magazine—it even made the cover!—about
mysteries with a circus or carnival as a central element. A subgenre that has
long intrigued me for the simple reason that I love the illusion and mystery of
traveling amusements. The article, titled “Hey Rube! The Mystery is at the
Circus”, is far from an in-depth study of this type of mystery since I limit my
scope to four novels: Slow Dollar, by Margaret Maron; Catch a Falling
Clown, by Stuart Kaminsky; Blood and Circuses, by Kerry Greenwood;
and The Death of Anton, by Alan Melville.
The second is a half-dozen
reviews I wrote for adventure novels that have been included in the fanzine, Men
of Violence, in its all reviews edition. It’s an attractive paperback with
more than 100 reviews and 90 pages. My entries are: Sad Wind from the Sea,
by Jack Higgins, Wrath of the Lion, by Jack Higgins, East of
Desolation, by Jack Higgins, The Guns of Navarone, by Alistair
MacLean, Terror’s Cradle, by Duncan Kyle, and High Stand, by
Hammond Innes. The other reviews included in this issue look even more
intriguing (maybe because I didn't write them).
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