At SleuthSayers: Poirot Award Winner Martin Edwards
With Malice Domestic just a couple of weeks ahead (I’m still not prepared!), I reached out for a chat with […]
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Washington Independent Review of Books Hosts Agatha Finalists
Rounding out our brief tour (unless there’s more to come?), I hosted the other finalists for this year’s Agatha Award
“Parallel Play” Named a Finalist for the Thriller Award
“Parallel Play,” a finalist for this year’s Agatha Award, has just earned a new honor—as a finalist for the Thriller
Quarterly Newsletter: March 2017 Edition
I just released the latest edition of my quarterly newsletter—recapping recent news, including a few reflections and recommendations, and looking
SleuthSayers: On the Ethics of Reviewing
In my column at SleuthSayers this week, I give a glimpse into the course on reviewing I’m currently teaching at
SleuthSayers: Guest Post by Harley Mazuk
At SleuthSayers this week, I turned over my regular slot to my good friend and fellow short story writer Harley
SleuthSayers: Agatha Best First Novel Finalists
It’s a great pleasure for me to host this year’s finalists for the Agatha Award for Best First Novel as
Washington Independent Review of Books: On Christie’s Death on the Nile
A recent production of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile—adapted from her own novel Death on the Nile—and an invitation
Chesapeake Crimes Makes Top Five at Mystery Loves Company
Such a nice bit of news: Mystery Loves Company in Oxford, MD, posted its top five best-selling books of 2016,
Two Stories at Great Jones Street
“The short story is a perfect match for the mobile phone. We believe it and we’re out to prove it.
Thanksgiving Trials and Troubles at the Washington Independent Review of Books
My column this month for the Washington Independent Review of Books looks at the troubling proximity between Election Day and Thanksgiving,
Reading Reading Reading
Here just past mid-semester and in the midst of both the build-up to the election and the election’s aftermath—plus with