by Kristopher | Mar 8, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: The crime fiction community is very active online and many of our friendships begin there before moving into the real world. Sara Weiss is one of the readers I met via Facebook – I know she is friends with many of you – and I am...
by Kristopher | Mar 6, 2019 | Review
Reading J. P. Pomare’s debut novel, Call Me Evie, is a discombobulating experience of the highest caliber. While not entirely successful, the writing here is first-rate and readers will be anxious to see more from this new author. Like many books in the psychological...
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...
