Reading, Reading, Reading
In my blog post this week at SleuthSayers, I take cues from fellow authors Cynthia Kuhn and Patti Abbott to […]
Reviews/Recommendations
SleuthSayers: Anthony & Macavity Finalists Talk First Novels
Over at SleuthSayers, I hosted this year’s Anthony and Macavity Award finalists for Best First Novel for a chat about
SleuthSayers: Interview with Ariel S. Winter
Ariel S. Winter’s Twenty-Year Death was a tremendous achievement and a tremendously enjoyable book—three books, in fact, a trilogy of
Readings…with Kids
Over the last week, both my wife Tara Laskowski and I have had one piece of writing brought up time
EQMM‘s Department of First Stories
A new issue of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine is generally a cause for excitement, but the July 2016 edition seems
SleuthSayers: The Complete Continental Op
Julie M. Rivett, Dashiell Hammett’s granddaughter and a great Hammett scholar, chatted with me at SleuthSayers about her latest project,
10 Stories That Have Stuck
Last year, The Life Sentence—a fine and then still relatively new website devoted to all things mystery—asked me to contribute
Washington Post Review: Matthew Quirk’s Cold Barrel Zero
The Washington Post published my review of Matthew Quirk’s new thriller Cold Barrel Zero. The novel is swiftly paced and
Here, There, Everywhere
Well, maybe not everywhere, but…. As my busy semester at George Mason University has overwhelmed my schedule lately, I’ve fallen
Mystery Scene: Fave Raves
The latest issue of Mystery Scene invites the magazine’s regular critics and contributors to celebrate some of their favorite reads
Criminal Minds: Tears, Fears, and Cheers
In this week’s post at Criminal Minds, I answer the question: “What’s the last book that made you cry? Laugh
SleuthSayers: The Possibilities Are Endless
The first day of my fiction workshop at George Mason University this semester got me thinking about the pressures to