One Bite at a Time

  Assassins Anonymous , Rob Hart. Who would figure a twelve-step program for professional killers would make for an entertaining book? Rob...

 I tend to think of Lynn Kostoff as a ‘writer’s writer’ because of his superior craftsmanship, though I realize that’s damning with faint pr...

 I first posted to this blog on August 17, 2008. George W. Bush was president. The Sole Heir was a rising high school senior. The number one...

 Publishers’ style guides are like grammar in that they should aid the reader’s comprehension. The problem is, like with grammar, too often ...

 Travel and prior commitments prevented me from writing about march’s left Coast Crime conference in Denver. I’ll correct that today. A qu...

 Charlie Stella is unique, and not just like everyone else. Charlie is much more comfortable talking about his past than I am – it’s his pas...

 In December 2009 I was fortunate enough to be able to interview the late Ken Bruen for the  New Mystery Reader  website. here is that inter...