by Kristopher | Nov 28, 2023 | Articles
From the Booking Desk: As we head into the holiday shopping season, I want to remind everyone that my first published short story appeared just last month. I have talked about it quite a bit on social media, but realized that I never sent out an official notification...
by Kristopher | Nov 21, 2023 | Review
Last Spring, Amanda Flower won the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel for Because I Could Not Stop for Death, the first book in her new Emily Dickinson Mystery series. This was an auspicious start to what is growing into a beloved historical series. The second...
by Kristopher | Nov 17, 2023 | Review
From the Booking Desk: As I explained on social media, with my own creative writing flourishing, I am struggling to find a balance with the reading and reviewing I love so much. My fans have begged me not to stop reviewing completely, so I am working to find a way to...
by Kristopher | Nov 16, 2023 | Review
Picking up a debut novel is always an exciting gamble. Readers are hoping to discover their next favorite author at the inception of their career or a book they can confidently recommend to all their friends. When that happens, it is almost like magic. Based on...
by Kristopher | Nov 7, 2023 | Review
City of Vengeance launches D. V. Bishop’s series set in sixteenth century Florence. With this first case, his main character—Cesare Aldo—instantly joins the ranks of iconic historical crime fiction protagonists. Aldo is a former soldier and is now an officer in the...
by Kristopher | Nov 6, 2023 | Bolo
Episode Seven of my new YouTube vlog WE ARE WHAT WE READ is now available for you to enjoy. This is the first of several all UK episodes, allowing readers to hear from their favorites authors, reviewers, and fans from across the pond. On this episode, my co-host Shawn...
by Kristopher | Oct 23, 2023 | Review
Janice Hallett’s The Christmas Appeal is a holiday-themed novella that returns readers to Lower Lockwood and updates them on the goings-on with The Fairway Players roughly three years after the action of Hallett’s debut novel, The Appeal. First it must be said that...
by Kristopher | Oct 18, 2023 | underCOVER
From the Booking Desk: As a huge fan of John Copenhaver’s novels and a friend of the man himself, I am more than happy to host the cover reveal for Hall of Mirrors–the highly-anticipated sequel to The Savage Kind. Attendees at Bouchercon were given a sneak...
by Kristopher | Oct 17, 2023 | Review
You are likely thinking “Do we really need another version of Murder on the Orient Express?” And the answer to this question is yes, and maybe no. Murder on the Orient Express The Graphic Novel adapted and illustrated by Bob Al-Greene is a beautiful and...
by Kristopher | Oct 16, 2023 | Review
There is a feeling readers get when they know they are in the hands of one of their favorite consummate storytellers. It is a bond built on trust influenced by past success. So even if the current novel is quite different from what has come before, the end result of a...
