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Book Review: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice For Murderers by Jesse Q SutantoI absolutely devoured this by turns heart-warming and heart-wrenching tale of a lonely old teahouse owner who finds a new lease of life by meddling...
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The Modern Gothic Explained in Ten BooksThe wave came out of nowhere a few years back and swept over the suspense/thriller/horror market before a lot of readers realized what was...
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Memoirs and MurderTrue Crime Redux is really two stories. The first is a true account of the brutal murder of Denver-area housewife Betty Frye in her suburban...
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Book Review: Hollow Beasts by Alisa Lynn ValdésAlisa Lynn Valdés is a storyteller of experience and skill. An award-winning print and broadcast journalist, the Albuquerque native served as a...
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Book Review: Girl Forgotten by April HenryWhen Piper Gray is forced to move in with her father, stepmother and step-siblings right before her senior year of high school, she’s realistic...
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Cooking the Books: Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust by Mindy QuigleyDelilah O’Leary is busy thinking up the perfect bratwurst deep-dish pizza to enter in her town’s 25th Annual Taste of Wisconsin Cook-Off...
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Book Review: Into The Light by Mark OshiroDespite having very little else, Manny has always had his older sister Elena. Placed into the California foster system before he was even old...
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Book Review: Play the Fool by Lina ChernKatie True is zooming out of her twenties with a dead-end job, no romantic prospects, and a family that, for the most part, thinks she could do...
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Book Review: You Know Her by Meagan JennettMeagan Jennett’s debut thriller You Know Her delivers an exceptional cat-and-mouse storyline centered on two dynamic women. One a killer. One a...
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Book Review: Standing in the Shadows by Peter RobinsonIf you are a first-time reader of Peter Robinson’s DCI Alan Banks criminal procedurals, you might be forgiven for thinking that a connection...
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Adam and Eve: The First Crime StoryGiven the title, it will surprise no one (I hope) that my new novel, The Eden Test , is inspired in part by the story of Adam and Eve. It’s a tale...
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Book Review: A Tempest At Sea by Sherry ThomasMy only regret in reading this dazzling novel is that I did not start the Lady Sherlock books sooner than here with this excellent seventh...
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Book Review: A Death in Denmark by Amulya MalladiA politician is killed, and a man is convicted, and then years later someone begins to upend the entire case. That someone is a private...
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“Nancy Drew and the Case of the Guilty Pleasure”I grew up in the suburbs of Atlanta, where my mom, a single mother, was both a teacher and a volunteer at the local public library. As a first...
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Cooking the Books: Four Charming Spells by Lynn CahoonBusiness at Mia’s Morsels is doing so well that owner Mia Malone is thinking of hiring extra help. Complications soon arise when her contact with...
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Historical Mystery Meets Time Travel in A Ripe Through TimeWriters are often asked if there’s a genre that they want to write about but haven’t. For me, it’s historical fiction. There is nothing like a...
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That Gothic InfluenceIdeas come to writers in the craziest way. This is the “seed of the story” for my latest Sarah Booth adventure. I woke up one morning thinking...
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We’ve Been Expecting You: Opening the Door to Inclusivity in James BondThere by the lift, on that last day, Bond asked Moneypenny if she thought he had a cold heart. “No,” she said. “That’s the...
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Book Review: Death and Croissants by Ian MooreThis first novel in a new series from author and comedian Ian Moore is such a fluffy treat! Richard Ainsworth is a bit of a sad sack. Having...
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An Angry Red Review of The Donut Legion by Joe R. LansdaleEast Texas’s dark pine trees swayed, carving lines in the dusty slivers of moonlight as Joe squeezed the varnished wood handle. He put both feet on...
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Dead Man’s Wake by Paul Doiron: Featured Excerpt1 It’s a wonder that all marriages don’t end in murder-suicides,” said my stepfather’s new wife, Jubilee. Neil, my stepdad, nearly spit out his...
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The Rise of the Little Guy(A tip of the hat to Warren Clarke—1947-2014) Picture this: You have finished your novel, and as the euphoria evaporates, the publishers...
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Book Review: I Will Find You Again by Sarah LyuChase Ohara and Lia Vestiano would seem like complete opposites, but the two teenagers have been best friends for years. Chase has always been...
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Book Review: How I’ll Kill You by Ren DeStefanoHere’s a bit of backstory for you. Connecticut’s Lauren DeStefano—a graduate of Albertus Magnus College with a concentration in creative...
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Finding Inspiration from History’s MysteriesWriting historical fiction frequently feels like playing detective as I research events in the past, trying to understand what happened and why,...
