Thomas Pluck on DEAD GIRL BLUES

This review appeared today in Criminal Element, and it’s just too good to keep to myself… “Lawrence Block has been writing for over sixty years, and he’s written everything from parlor mysteries solved by an affable burglar to the hardest of...

“Happy Birthday, Dear Keller…”

Today, in addition to being Juneteenth, is Keller’s birthday. Now Keller, who kills people for money and collects stamps for pleasure, is a fictional character, essentially a figment of my overactive imagination. So one might well wonder what he needs with a birthday,...