Interesting how mystery fiction fans are so often critical of true crime books. Some say they're sickened by the gore. Others are put off by the twisted criminals in the stories. More than a few just think the true crime genre is, well, tacky.

I read true crime all the time, and I don't buy these excuses. Those who protest the most could well be carrying titles by Lee Child (gore, anyone?), Minette Walters (talk about twisted) or Janet Evanovich (for lovers of literary classics,…

Oh, how I have been looking forward to Spring. Yes, we really didn't have to suffer through winter until mid-January (which was heaven, by the way), but then we had 10 solid weeks of totally crappy weather.

We had some marvelously hot days in April, but they're always an aberration. In May and June it can be downright COLD in my corner of Western New York.

And now there's pollen.

Mind you, until this year, I never suffered from any kind of allergies. Nothing ever tickled…

Point Blank author / independent film director Josh Becker is profiled in the new Detroit Metro Times cover story, along with his childhood pal Sam Raimi.

Have been doing some marketing for the up-and-coming Pink Champagne and Apple Juice (http://www.pinkchampagneandapplejuice.com or http://www.pinkchampagneandapplejuice.com/friends) website today - only one reaction so far but my responder liked the look of it - thank you, Robin! The launch date will be this…

posted by Doranna Durgin



Oy. These characters sometimes...



Okay, that should give you an idea right there how I use off-color language. I mean, "Oy?" How risque can you get? Not that I won't let slip a few scorchers under inspiring circumstances (oh yes), but my repertoire is, how shall we say...limited.



Alas, not so all of my characters.



This wasn't a huge deal when I was primarily writing fantasy. I could make up phrases that…

Hey, gang, I realize I got caught up with family business - new grandson parachuted in from heaven last night - but there's book-related news to share too.…

It is 1930. Nikolai Faroun is the son of a Lebanese Christian Maronite and a Russian circus performer. Nikolai is an Inspector in the French-run Damascus police force.

Life in Syria isn't easy. Appointed after the end of the First

World War to prepare Syria for self-rule, the French are running the

country and have no intention of leaving. This has created a great

deal of tension and has divided the nation. The French regard the

Syrians…

Laura Childs
The English Breakfast Murder
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Sue Grafton
J is for Judgment
K is for Killer
L is for Lawless

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