For awhile The Rap Sheet had a semi-regular feature on copy cat covers, different books that used the same cover …Read the Rest
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Manufactured confrontation: the artistic bad faith involved in positing a universe so full of hostility that all an author has …Read the Rest
Quote for the Day
“…in some senses, suspense fiction is really at its most interesting when it’s anxiety fiction — when the people are …Read the Rest
The fluidity of language
I saw this video that was made of Stephen Fry taking aim at grammar nazi’s and it reminded me of …Read the Rest
Quote for the Day II
Sounds like it could be a sub-plot from John McFetridge’s new novel. They’re surrounded by high fences, security guards and …Read the Rest
Quote for the Day
I found this quote in a reader response over at The Daily Dish. The better explanation is that television and …Read the Rest
The Language of Defeat and a challenge redux
Last year in response to Banville-gate I issued a challenge in two parts over at my old blog. In light …Read the Rest
Another One Bites The Dust
From JA Konrath to Lee Goldberg, established authors are dipping their toes in the ebook stream in ever increasing numbers, …Read the Rest
Community Bulletin Board
Spinetingler pulls together some links of what’s happening elsewhere around the community. Check them out after the jump. Brian LindenmuthBrian …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
Character traits in Windward Passage by Jim Nisbet
I’m reading Windward Passage by Jim Nisbet and it’s got me thinking about character traits. In it there is a …Read the Rest
A Gerry Fegan what?: Remembering not to judge a book by its cover
I received a copy of the SOHO catalog in the mail the other day and saw the listing for The …Read the Rest
30 Days in the Hole: The Real Prison Books
I have a love/hate relationship with lists. I love making them and I love reading them. But I hate the …Read the Rest
Are your characters swearing enough?
What swear words were being used the most in the sample years of 1986, 1997 and 2006? Brian LindenmuthBrian is …Read the Rest
Selling Books: Overstating The Obvious & Misrepresenting Reality
Maybe the reason the book business has been on such shaky ground is that books make people feel stupid. Really. …Read the Rest
Captain Beefheart or James Ellroy?
Answer: Both! Who knew that Captain Beefheart and James Ellroy were brothers from another mother. Find out why after the …Read the Rest
Top 10 crime comic artists
Dan Fleming over at My Year in Crime has been disappointed with the art in the new Vertigo Crime line. …Read the Rest
How important is realism in crime novels?
Gar Anthony Haywood addresses this very question after reading James Crumley’s The Last Good Kiss for the first time and …Read the Rest
Charles Willeford on Censorship
The controversial decision to replace the word “nigger” with “slave” in an edition of Huckleberry Finn has prompted a lot …Read the Rest