by Kristopher | Oct 27, 2015 | Articles
From the Booking Desk: This year, Halloween arrives during the weekend. This likely means there will be a lot more parties and/or more time for us to read our favorite spooky fiction. I thought I would make a few suggestions of recent books that might fit the bill....
by Kristopher | Oct 24, 2015 | Articles
From the Booking Desk: Can you believe that today marks the start of the third year of this blog? In many ways, it seems like I just started it and in many other ways, it feels like I have been around here forever. I can’t begin to explain all the wonderful...
by Kristopher | Oct 23, 2015 | Review
“A little more than kin, and less than kind.” – Shakespeare – Hamlet Act 1, Scene 2, 64-67 One has to wonder what it was like when Shakespeare’s plays began to appear in the 1500’s. The public must have been in awe of the talent displayed by this previously...
by Kristopher | Oct 20, 2015 | Articles
From the Booking Desk: To celebrate the release of the 3rd official trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I have decided to upload a quick and fun blog post. First up, in case you are one of the two people who have not yet seen it, here is the newly released...
by Kristopher | Oct 16, 2015 | Review
Wendy Corsi Staub has been terrifying readers with her psychological suspense novels throughout her long career. The author of over eighty novels, Wendy knows her way around a topical plotline and always manages to find something fresh to say on her subject matter....
by Kristopher | Oct 15, 2015 | Conference Recap
From the Booking Desk: As lovely as all the author and friend interactions at Bouchercon are – and believe me, there is nothing lovelier – we can’t forget that we are all at the convention because of our love of the written word. There are so many...
by Kristopher | Oct 14, 2015 | Conference Recap
From the Booking Desk: In Bouchercon 2015 Raleigh Part One, I covered Wednesday – Friday. Now I would like to talk a bit about Saturday and Sunday. Part Three (and the final part) of this series will be a post about the most coveted books I obtained while at the...
by Kristopher | Oct 12, 2015 | Conference Recap
It is impossible to put into words what the experience of Bouchercon is like – but that is not going to stop me from trying. Bouchercon is so many things, but first and foremost it is a fan convention. There is no elitism overshadowing the festivities. Everyone is...
by Kristopher | Oct 7, 2015 | Review
This week, Allen Eskens follows up his critically-acclaimed and multi-award-winning debut, The Life We Bury, with an equally strong second novel, The Guise of Another. The over-arching theme of this new novel is deception and the ramifications resulting from it. The...
by Kristopher | Oct 6, 2015 | Review
Kristi Belcamino certainly knows how to grab reader’s attention. This not only refers to her ability to raise her name-recognition among the public due to the improvement she displays with each new book in the Gabriella Giovanni series, but also refers to her skill at...
