The best mystery writers tell succinct stories that feature fast-moving, suspenseful plots—qualities that writers in other genres sometimes fail to achieve. P.D. James once... Read More

When NYC artist, Daniel Kane, says, “I want to become one with my art—bleed inside the paint, live inside the canvass,” he wants people to believe he can literally... Read More

George Sueño, agent for the Criminal Investigation Division of the 8th U.S. Army in Seoul, makes a visit, out of curiosity, to a fortune teller named Auntie Mee. She begs... Read More

In pre-Civil War Louisiana, young Sarah Wade talks to the dead. She inherited this tendency from her grandmother through no fault of her own, but it renders her too odd for... Read More

Green chiles might be red herrings—the heat’s on in Havill’s latest Posadas County mystery as Bill Gastner, former sheriff, learns there’s more to an old friend’s... Read More

There is a serial killer on the loose in the English country township of Lafferton and it has everyone, including Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler, flinching at every car that... Read More

The hero of Ron Albert’s Rush to Judgement, ex-Marine Sgt. -E5 Damian Jude (“DJ” to friends and enemies) is a hardboiled PI of the old school. He’d be right at home... Read More

“…the use of cloning for reproduction would irrevocably turn human beings into artifacts.“ —Brent Blackwelder and others In the terrifyingly uncontrolled field of... Read More

At forty years old, I could still be stubborn and make mistakes. The difference was I knew I was making them and went forward anyway. In the North Jersey shadow of the George... Read More

’…sometimes askin ‘bout a thing can spoil it. That’s mostly what magic is, you see? It’s in what ain’t said. It’s in the secret.’ King of Nod is absolutely... Read More

Forget it Jake — it’s Chinatown. —Robert Towne Chinatown screenplay 1973 Not far into Eric Wilder’s New Orleans crime and voodoo novel Big Easy the underlying structure... Read More

Respected surgeon Dr. Nate Bowen and his young family enjoy a sweet uncomplicated existence until while on vacation they innocently run across a ruthless band of terrorists... Read More