Best Fiction Reads of 2015
On her blog today, Janet Reid has given us her top ten (plus one) reads of the year, and has invited us to do the same. I could have just commented on her site,...
Category: Books
Book Review: THE EX by Alafair Burke
Olivia Randall is a top New York defense attorney who is drawn to defend a man accused of a triple homicide. But this is no ordinary case. The accused, Jack Harris, is considered a hero,...
Analog vs. Digital: A Thought for the Ongoing Debate
Since storage space and conversion technology has made digital media and digital storage a viable commercial option, a debate has raged (at least among some) as to the relative merits of old analog forms...
Bouchercon 2015 Debrief: Day Three
In which the air turns blue, the heavens open, and our hero says goodbye to his friends. Saturday was my last day of Bouchercon. The convention actually continued through Sunday afternoon, but I wanted to...
Bouchercon 2015 Debrief: Day Two
In which our hero encounters lone wolves and cadaver dogs, writers with secrets, and a dream come true… almost. There were no downed power lines Friday morning, so my journey into Raleigh took about...
Bouchercon 2015 Debrief: Day One
In which our hero comes to the end of the road, goes shark hunting, finds bones, and doesn’t eat barbecue. When I first told my wife about Bouchercon back in February, her pretty brow...
Book Review: WATCHED by CJ Lyons
For the last four years, sixteen-year-old Jesse Alexander has lived in fear. A cyber-stalker called “King” has already ruined his life, and the lives of many other kids, and now he has control of...
Why Do Publishers Do This?
Have you ordered a book, or been in a bookstore and picked up a brand new novel, only to find the pages look like this?: You see that copy of Shirley Jackson’s LET ME TELL...
Book Review: A PRISONER IN MALTA by Phillip DePoy
The year is 1583, and someone’s plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth I. Details of the plot are sketchy at best, and the Queen has sufficient enemies to make the list of likely conspirators long....
Book Review: GO SET A WATCHMAN by Harper Lee
It’s the 1950s, and Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch is visiting home from New York. It’s been a few years since she was last in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama–not since the death of her...
