by LB | Feb 24, 2019 | Books
“Wallace Stroby’s ‘Nightbound,’ puts his series heroine Crissa Stone through an action-packed woodchopper when her robbery of a Dominican gang money drop goes south. Crime fiction fans will find plenty to like.” From Publishers Weekly....
by LB | Feb 23, 2019 | Anthologies
“Elaine Kagan’s ‘Hot Pants’ features a young woman caring for a father sliding into dementia (Is there anything darker than that?), while fending off harassment at work. The panic and hopelessness of her circumstances are as disquieting as it...
by Admin | Feb 15, 2019 | Anthologies, Books, News, News + Events, Newsletter
You’ve got to be kidding. Three newsletters in three weeks? What can I say? Far too much, evidently. Months go by without word from you, and then you turn up in our mailboxes every seven days. Um— You’re like a college student who’s running out of...
by Admin | Feb 11, 2019 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter
Well, hello there. We’re just a few days back from St. Petersburg. I liked the town so much during Bouchercon that we booked an airbnb apartment for two weeks, and had the great good fortune to be there when the Polar Vortex struck. And now it’s really...
by Admin | Jan 28, 2019 | Books, Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter
The four of us—Kristin and Mick, Elaine and I—stood on the stoop of their brownstone for the ritual round of hugs. Mick and I settled for a manly handclasp. “Safe home,” he said. It was a crisp Sunday night late in September, the sky free of clouds, and...
by LB | Nov 17, 2018 | John Warren Wells
November 17, 2018—I’m delighted to announce our audiobook of Of Shame and Joy. This entry in our Collection of Classic Erotica has never been available in audio, and now Barbara Nevins Taylor has brought the book magically. to life. The book is more romance than...
by Admin | Nov 12, 2018 | Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Reviews
If brevity keeps all the usual supporting characters from returning, some nice nostalgic mentions will reassure fans that they haven’t been forgotten. It’s good to see Matt back in action. Click here to read the review
by Admin | Nov 12, 2018 | Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Reviews
Block’s unlicensed New York City investigator Matt Scudder debuted 40 years ago but has been absent for the last decade… Block has never been predictable, as this novella demonstrates… A superb book and a reminder to his longtime fans that this crime-fiction...
by Admin | Nov 12, 2018 | Anthologies, Books, Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter
Do you have to shout? Sorry about that. Good things are happening, and it’s hard for me to contain my enthusiasm. And I wanted to make the most important point in the header, and it’s that hardcover and ebook editions of the new Matthew Scudder novella are...
by Admin | Nov 1, 2018 | Anthologies, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, Evan Tanner, Keller, News + Events, Newsletter
Really? How did that happen? I’d ask where the time went but I’m afraid someone might tell me, and there are certain things we’re better off not knowing. If you’re about to wax philosophical… No, I’ll rein myself in. What I’d...