by Kristopher | Mar 5, 2019 | Review
Anyone who knows E. A. Aymar would expect nothing less – The Unrepentant is a pull-no-punches narrative that treads the line between riveting thriller and sobering exposé, never short on action-packed set-pieces staged against a backdrop of the darkest of criminal...
by Kristopher | Mar 4, 2019 | Bolo
From The Booking Desk: This is one of those jam-packed weeks where I can’t cover everything I want to. I do want to remind folks that a few books I have already reviewed are officially released today, so don’t forget to pick up these titles: Amy...
by Kristopher | Mar 1, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: I can trace my fandom for Toni L.P. Kelner back to her Laura Fleming and “Where Are They Now?” mysteries and I was fortunate to meet her at Malice Domestic fairly early in my days of attending. Seeing Toni at conventions like that...
by Kristopher | Feb 28, 2019 | Review
When C. J. Tudor’s debut, The Chalk Man, was released last year, critics – including yours truly – made no qualms about comparing the work to that of Stephen King. The success of the novel and the fact that it made more than a few year-end best of lists garnered her a...
by Kristopher | Feb 27, 2019 | Review
Take a brilliant plot concept, populate it with complex and relatable characters, then wrap it all in an intimate writing style that is equal parts ‘heart’ and ‘head’ and the result is Why We Lie – one of the first truly-great suspense novels of 2019. This is a book...
by Kristopher | Feb 26, 2019 | Review
No one is going to claim that Peter Swanson repeatedly writes the same book. With his fifth novel, Before She Knew Him, he once again takes some familiar tropes and alters them just enough to make them feel fresh. The connective tissue linking all of his novels is...
by Kristopher | Feb 25, 2019 | Bolo
From The Booking Desk: This Monday I have three distinctly different books for you, each of them wonderful in their own unique ways. Claire Booth – A Deadly Turn (Severn House, Hardcover, $28.99, 03/01/2019) BOLO Books Comments: BOLO Books has covered the first book...
by Kristopher | Feb 22, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Over the years, I have seen Brenda Buchanan on a number of panels at various crime fiction conventions. She always presents intelligent and informed opinions on the various topics being discussed. Recently, I attended an LGBTQ+ crime fiction...
by Kristopher | Feb 21, 2019 | Interview
From the Booking Desk: In case you haven’t been following along, the wonderful publishing blog – The Thrill Begins – has recently launched a series of posts highlighting some folks the regular bloggers there consider to be important advocates within...
by Kristopher | Feb 19, 2019 | underCOVER
From the Booking Desk: I first met Tara Laskowski via her husband Art Taylor, but it wasn’t very long before I realized that she was a formidable writer in her own right. Her short story collection, Bystanders, is a powerful collection of tales that blur genre...
