by Kristopher | Sep 6, 2019 | underCOVER
From the Booking Desk: Crime Travel is a short story anthology containing stories with a time travel theme. The anthology is edited by award-winning short story writer extraordinaire Barb Goffman and contains a who’s who of your favorite crime fiction authors. I...
by Kristopher | Sep 6, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Meeting Alex Marwood when she traveled to the States for her first Bouchercon was such a joy, I can’t really even put it into words. This was before she made a huge splash with The Wicked Girls — by coincidence the ebook version of...
by Kristopher | Sep 5, 2019 | Review
Crime fiction has a long tradition of embracing the outsider, largely because those excluded – by their very nature of being able to observe free of oversight – are often in a prime position to recognize troubling behavior and potential issues without exposure. With...
by Kristopher | Aug 30, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: If you need a vacation and don’t have the time or money, just pick up a book from C. Michele Dorsey and off you will go to a beautiful island setting…just be prepared for the occasional dead body. C. Michele is one of those folks you...
by Kristopher | Aug 27, 2019 | Review
Little Comfort, the debut novel from Edwin Hill received much critical acclaim, heralding a new talent on the crime fiction scene. With the release of the follow, The Missing Ones, Hill confirms that this was no fluke and readers should prepare for a long run of...
by Kristopher | Aug 26, 2019 | Conference Recap
From the Booking Desk: Last night I attended the first ever Northern Virginia Noir at the Bar. It was held at Busboys & Poets in Shirlington Village and was also co-sponsored by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. The venue could not have been any more perfect for an...