Writers Looking Back, Looking Forward
I’ve been reading and re-reading lately some old Ross Macdonald novels. One of my two copies of 1958’s The Doomsters […]
I’ve been reading and re-reading lately some old Ross Macdonald novels. One of my two copies of 1958’s The Doomsters […]
My review of Katherine Neville’s The Fire will be published on Sunday, October 19, in the Washington Post, but through the
Today’s L.A. Times features Sarah Weinman’s review of Leonard Cassuto’s Hard-Boiled Sentimentality (a review linked directly here and through her
Catching up again from three states away (or four, depending on how you drive): I’m very excited to hear that
Even missing the festivities surrounding this year’s Bouchercon, I was extremely pleased to hear that Songs of Innocence by Richard Aleas
As a supposed crime fiction aficionado and critic and even a writer of mystery fiction, it seems like I should have
I’m rereading John Hart’s books now for an essay I’m writing for the North Carolina Literary Review, and I’ve also been
This week and next provide great boons for lovers of short mystery fiction. First up is the latest installment of
Today’s Washington Post (October 1) ran my review of Night of Thunder, Stephen Hunter’s new Bob Lee Swagger novel. Even those
The latest issue of Mystery Scene has just arrived and features, as always, a wealth of information about the mystery
Quick note between Fall for the Book postings: Today’s Washington Post published my review of the new anthology, D.C. Noir
Since David Foster Wallace’s death last week, writers and critics around the world have been examining anew Wallace’s influence on