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...
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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: 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...
Verily, A New Hope
In time so long ago begins our play, In a star-crossed galaxy far, far away. Do those words sound familiar? Even vaguely? If you’re a Star Wars fan, they should. That’s the way the...
Death Ex Machina Out Today
The newest installment of Gary Corby’s “Athenian Mysteries” series, DEATH EX MACHINA is out today! As a fan of this series, I pre-ordered my copy back in January. I expect it to arrive later...
Book Review: THE AGE OF MIRACLES by Karen Thompson Walker
This is a re-post of my Goodreads review for the benefit of my non-Goodreads readers. What if the Earth’s rotation started to slow? That’s the basic premise of THE AGE OF MIRACLES, a novel...
Book Review: A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
This is a re-post of my Goodreads review for my non-Goodreads readers. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS is the story of two Muslim girls living in Afghanistan: Mariam and Laila. Mariam is the older of...
