New! Improved! Free!

Those are the magic words, aren’t they? So let’s look at some things that are undeniably New, and arguably Improved—and, yes, Free. Why do I get the feeling we’re gonna hear about Kindle Unlimited? You’re just a deeply intuitive human being, that’s why....

A newsletter for the Fourth of July

I know, I know. These newsletters are like buses. You wait and you wait and you wait, and then three of them come one right after the other. But I’m leaving town in a couple of days, and it’ll be the middle of August before my next newsletter can darken your...

I’ll be brief…

I’ll be brief.I know, I know. I’ve said that before, haven’t I? But this time I’ve got only two things to tell you, and then I’ll leave you alone. First I’ll tell you about Ehrengraf. His name is Martin H. Ehrengraf. (The H stands for Harrod, like the London store. Or...

Hooray for Hollywood!

inShar1 Here’s the Midsummer Newsletter that went out this morning. If you’re a newsletter subscriber, you’ve already read it. But who’s to say you can’t read it again? Hello there! We’ll start with some movie talk. But if you’re a...

The Matt-and-Bernie report

June, as you’ve no doubt heard, is busting out all over. Well, so is Matthew Scudder. It’s been a week since Universal released the trailer for A Walk Among the Tombstones, and the resultant buzz has aroused the collective envy of bumblebees and bandsaws...

Read the book! See the movie!

Movie time! Well, not quite. Scott Frank’s adaptation of A Walk Among the Tombstones, starring Liam Neeson as Matthew Scudder, won’t hit theaters until September 19. But Universal has just released AWATT’s poster and trailer, and if the poster makes...