Bill Cameron’s Skin Kadash is as cantankerous as he is appealing. He’s not exactly the type to answer questions about himself, but Bill managed to get him to sit for a “skinterview,” and his answers are fascinating.Enjoy! (and bonus point if...
Charlie Hardie burst onto the literary landscape this week…I mean, really. Burst. Thankfully, FUN & GAMES by Duane Swierczynski is the first of a trilogy starring Charlie, because he has immediately endeared himself to readers, even though one would be hard...
Alafair Burke and Duffer, who is not really a ladybugI liked Ellie Hatcher from the moment I met her in Alafair Burke’s ANGEL’S TIP, the second in the Ellie series (I read them out of order). Ellie is a New Yorker, but not by birth. She’s from Wichita, just like my...
A tall, quiet, thoughtful man in a suit walked into my life last year. He’s as brilliant as he is flawed, and Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent quickly became one of my favorite crime fighters.And with an 89% clearance rate, Will is a force of crime fighting...
When I started thinking about an “Interview with a Character” series, I wasn’t sure how it would be received. I’ve always been a bookworm, and I clearly remember the days before the interwebs when I lived amongst people with whom this was not necessarily a...
When I think about my favorite literary characters, one that always leaps to the top of the list is Clete Purcel, Dave Robicheaux’s sidekick in the classic series by master storyteller James Lee Burke. I think it no exaggeration to call Mr. Burke one of the greatest...
