This Book is Rated PG

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.

The 99 Cent Book

Today’s Dead Guy post is about why I don’t believe in $0.99 pricing for books.

Interview with Mark Billingham

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...

BLOODLINE by Mark Billingham

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...

PLUGGED by Eoin Colfer

“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...

Libraries Matter

Today’s Dead Guy post is about libraries, and why they matter to us all. This is a subject near and dear, and I’d be grateful for any comments!