Gigolo Johnny Wells rides again…

Here’s an email that came in this afternoon: Dear Mr. Block, After a few pages of a pretty bad paperback novel I was reading on my train, I gave up and bought Gigolo Johnny Wells on my Kindle on a whim. I have read a lot of your books, maybe most of them and I...

“Hot Times at LB’s Bookstore!”

David Trevor here, wondering if any of this makes any sense, starting with the headline. Hot times? There’s a lot going on at the bookstore—new listings, reduced prices, and a 18-item auction—but there ought to be a better way to begin. I think the...

He never writes, he never calls…

Here’s a newsletter that went out to subscribers this afternoon: I know, I know. It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me. I try to strike a certain balance, neither overloading your mailbox (“Damn, another of these? I haven’t read...

Caution: DETOUR Ahead…

Mike Dennis, who did a remarkable job of voicing the audiobook of my own early novel, Borderline, discovered this great noir classic in the public domain. He decided to narrate an audio version, and while he was at it, made plans to publish ebook and POD paperback...