by Kristopher | Feb 21, 2023 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: James is one of those guys I always look forward to running into at the various crime fiction conventions. I was able to have a lunch with him during Left Coast Crime Albuquerque and the conversation was fascinating. James knows a lot! And in...
by Kristopher | Feb 17, 2023 | Review
Calling Rupert Holmes accomplished doesn’t even seem to come close to recognizing his achievements. Not only has he won the Edgar Award for Best Play twice (for The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Accomplice), but he also has a successful career as a novelist (Where the...
by Kristopher | Feb 15, 2023 | Review
Art Taylor has just released his second short story collection—The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions. Unlike with his previous collection, The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74, this gathering of stories includes both new and...
by Kristopher | Feb 14, 2023 | Review
The mother and son team writing as Charles Todd debuted to immediate critical acclaim with A Test of Wills in 1996. They would go on to write more than two dozen (and counting) books in that series featuring Ian Rutledge. However, in 2009, they were not content with...
by Kristopher | Feb 6, 2023 | Review
With The House Guest, Hank Phillippi Ryan continues her string of excellent cat-and-mouse stand-alone thrillers, keeping readers wrong-footed throughout as they struggle to determine who is telling the truth and whose every word is a lie. The House Guest begins as...
by Kristopher | Feb 3, 2023 | Review
Keeping a long running series fresh for almost two dozen books is a challenge for any author, but works like A Killing of Innocents—the nineteenth Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James mystery—by Deborah Crombie make it look easy. The release of this new entry in this beloved...
by Kristopher | Jan 31, 2023 | Review
From the moment Finlay Donovan sat down at that Panera Bread table in Finlay Donovan is Killing It, crime fiction fans knew she was a character who would be having many more on-page adventures. After the madcap escapades of Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘em Dead, Finlay and...
by Kristopher | Jan 20, 2023 | Composite Sketch
Holly West and I have been friends since we first encountered each other at a mystery convention years ago. I love sitting down with her to have an extended conversation, because you just never know where that rabbit trail will lead. But you can count on it being both...
by Kristopher | Jan 19, 2023 | Composite Sketch
Deb Well can often be found at crime fiction conventions by the side of her “partner in crime” Gabriel Valjan, but make no mistake about it, she is also a huge fan of the entire genre. Always approachable, gregarious, and full of interesting information,...
by Kristopher | Jan 17, 2023 | Composite Sketch
Having seen Wanda M. Morris’ performance on one of those lying panels, where authors try to trick the audience into believing a story that is completely false, I would say always be cautious around this one–She’s got game! That said, the honesty and...
