“Is Betsey Blake Still Alive?” by Robert Bloch Ivy Books, 1987   A couple things I like: 1) stories written by Robert Bloch; and 2) st...

  A Night at the Shore by Tony Knighton Brash Books, 2024     Tony Knighton’s third Nameless Thief crime novel, A Night at the Shore ,...

  The Devil May Care by David Housewright Minotaur Books, 2014     David Housewright’s eleventh Rushmore McKenzie mystery, The Devil M...

  Women Wrote the Future, Vol. 1: Tales from Galaxy  is an extravaganza of great science fiction written by women and published in...

Turnabout by Jeremiah Healy Leisure Books, 2005   Turnabout —which was originally published by Five Star in 2001—is an appealing, slow-paced...

  In the late hours I tell myself I’m a reader, not a collector, which is (mostly) true and so I’ve never had a problem repairin...

    This morning I realized I needed some Harry O love. I found this marvelous little article published in the Januar...

  In at the Kill by Emmett McDowell Stark House Press, 2023*   In at the Kill —which began life as one-half of an Ace Double in 1960 (pa...

  Hero by Thomas Perry Mysterious Press, 2024   Hero , Thomas Perry’s latest thriller, is a shotgun blast from the first page to the la...

  “On Texas Street” by Ernest Haycox Little, Brown & Co., 1942   Originally appearing in the Dec. 1932 issue of Collier’s , “On Texa...

    This autobiographical essay by science fiction writer Frank M. Robinson appeared in the June 1955 issue of Imag...

  Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell Berkley, 1997   Patricia Cornwell’s seventh Dr. Kay Scarpetta novel, originally published by G. P....

  S. S. Van Dine Sets Down Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories The American Magazine, Sep. 1928 _________ “There s...