With a title like this, it has to be a whodunit, right? Right? Not so fast. THE PERFECT SUSPECT is a suspenseful tale, yes, but the murderer is revealed on the very first page.Ryan Beckman is a gifted police detective, the likes of which we’re seeing more of in...
I have a bunch of reviews lined up, in addition to reports from my experiences at Bouchercon St. Louis, but in the interim, last week’s Dead Guy post was about assigning age recommendations to books.
I read fiction. I don’t write it. That said, I was compelled to write the piece below in response to a call from Flash Fiction Friday because it benefits two fantastic causes and also because Fiona Johnson is an admirable writer and is celebrating her birthday...
I find few greater joys in life than discovering a new book series that I really enjoy, especially when said series has been around for a while so there are plenty of books to read. My latest discovery of this type is Mark Billingham’s Tom Thorne series. The latest...
When I picked up Mark Billingham’s BLOODLINE, I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect. Billingham had long been on my list of authors to try, but proving yet again that there are far more books out there than I’ll be able to read in my lifetime. I love police...
“Arse” is the last piece of Irish I have.(Go ahead…laugh. I’ll wait. That’s just one of thousands of similarly clever lines in PLUGGED.)Eoin Colfer is well known for his Artemis Fowl series of YA books, which, in the estimation of some, are at their core crime...
