Two murders confront Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond in this, the tenth in the mystery series featuring the irascible Bath policeman. …Read the Rest
Archive for July, 2010
My fourth birthday as a reviewer
Today is my fourth birthday as an online reviewer. On July 31st 2006 my first online review was published. I …Read the Rest
Heaven’s Keep by William Kent Krueger
Heaven’s Keep opens one morning as Jo Corcoran, near Casper, Wyoming, prepares to and does board a charter plane which …Read the Rest
Cruddy by Lynda Barry being filmed!
Holy crap, this makes me jump up and down. Cruddy is one of the best dark fictions that people haven’t …Read the Rest
Julie Compton: THE DEMISE OF THE ACCIDENTAL READER?
I don’t think I’m a Luddite. I embrace most technologies as soon as they come onto the scene. I own …Read the Rest
Gary Phillips–Interview
Gary Phillips is like your favorite uncle. He’s the guy with the quick joke, the great story about your mom …Read the Rest
Detectives Inc. by Don McGregor, Marshall Rogers & Gene Colan – review
From a historical perspective Detectives Inc. is a true classic of the genre and the medium. Don McGregor wrote one …Read the Rest
The Silent Spirit by Margaret Coel
The Wind River mystery series continues with Father John O’Malley returning to the Wyoming St. Francis mission after a six-month …Read the Rest
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon – Just thinking out loud
When we talk of crime fiction we often talk of fiction that deals with crime in two main guises. Violence …Read the Rest
An Old Chaos by Sheila Simonson – review
The protagonists of Sheila Simonson’s Latouche County series, following the excellent “Buffalo Bill’s Defunct,” taking place about three months after …Read the Rest
Hilary Davidson’s tour dates for The Damage Done
Here are some upcoming events and tour dates for Spinetingler Award winning author Hilary Davidson in support of her debut …Read the Rest
Carl Hiaasen on Today show discussing Star Island
Earlier today Carl Hiaasen was on The Today Show discussing his new novel Star Island. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, …Read the Rest
Haiku by Andrew Vachss – review
I had been wanting to read this book anyway but the reason I started was because the chapters were short. …Read the Rest
Sandra Parshall: AN UNDISTORTED LENS
The first time I used impoverished southern mountain people in a (never published) novel, years ago, I quickly realized that …Read the Rest
New Boardwalk Empire trailer
Check out the new trailer for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. Spinetingler is currently in negotiations to bring you a really cool …Read the Rest
The Chill by Jason Starr – review
I’m going to bloviate for a quick minute. In 1968 and 1970 Van Morrison released Astral Weeks and Moondance. These …Read the Rest
Link for the day
Seriously, just go read the whole thing NETWORK NOTES: We don’t like the detective very much here. He doesn’t stop …Read the Rest
Quote for the day
LOS ANGELES—Thirty-four lone-wolf detectives and beat officers from Los Angeles’ 77th Police Precinct received unpaid three-month suspensions Monday for unprofessional …Read the Rest
Daniel Craig to play Mikael Blomkvist in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Daniel Craig has closed his deal to play journalist Mikael Blomkvist in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, a deal …Read the Rest
Zoe Sharp’s Charlie Fox rights sold to Fox TV
Dave Thompson of Busted Flush, brings word about the Zoe Sharp series character Charlie Fox: Zoë’s THE CHARLIE FOX MYSTERIES …Read the Rest
