I just barely started Pig Island by Mo Hayder.

However, my mind and heart are still tied up with K. j. a. Wishnia's Filomena Buscarsela series. This is one of the best series I have ever read. The characters changed and developed and grew up over time; large amounts of time passed without the author filling in the missing years - almost like dropping in on an old friend; the author wrote as if I, the reader, had a brain and could deal with new information all on my own and…

What do you think of sites like this? Does it help or hurt for information to be posted on websites that give the general public details about crimes, whether solved or not? There seems to be a debate about whether giving information allows the general public to be more active in supplying details that may help solve crimes, or if it simply feeds the fuel of other criminally-minded people to go out and commit more crimes?…

I'm delighted to say that there's now only about one week (give or take) to go before the Pink Champagne and Apple Juice website (http://www.pinkchampagneandapplejuice.com) is launched, courtesy of the wonderful Sue Haywood and her equally wonderful husband, Frank (http://www.teafriendsandchocolate.com/sue/). It's…

Hi, America! You gave us Coke and Chandler, Steely Dan and Silicon Valley. We gave you bavarian beer and BMW, Heidi Klum and Heidelberg. So let’s continue this fair trade. You got still a lot of fine crime fiction never translated into German. We also have some thrilling stuff.…

bike (noun)

The vehicle used to whisk you away from the blahs and the blah-blah-blahs to moments of really living.

(Such a fitting definition I stole it from the REI category. <g>)

They say it killed the cat but I still don’t know why.

I am a very curious person. I love solving mysteries and finding pieces to puzzles. I like to know the whys, whos,…

When a freighter ship carrying Chinese refugees runs aground on San Francisco’s famous Alcatraz, Private Detective Cape Weathers becomes interested. This is not the kind of case that he usually takes on but when it is determined that the crew of the freighter ship were all murdered by a professional assassin, Cape begins to worry. The murders look eerily similar…

U is for Umberto who was caught Unawares

With his trousers Unzipped at the foot of the stairs,

By Ursula who took Umbrage at the Unwitting fella

And stabbed him in the Umbilicus with her pointed Umbrella



V is for Victor - Veterinary surgeon from Venice

Who practiced on humans - the Villainous menace.

When Virile Vince Visited expecting a swift appendectomy

That Vagabond Vic gave Vince a Vasectomy.

Poor Vince…

Fellow mystery writers; there is only one question to answer:

The Illusionist, or The Prestige?

I'll give you my vote after I hear yours.

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Well I have to say Norewescon was a disappointment. I met up with Kat Richardson and janna Silverstein so that was good, but beyond that the partying was mediocre at best and there were precious few opportunities for professional contacts. It kind of seemed like an overgrown junior high school party. Next year I think I will go only if my book is out.

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If Max Allan Collins is not the most productive writer in the mystery and suspense field, I would be hard-pressed to find another nominee. He has written more than 80 novels, many of them components of seven different series. His works include his 14 highly acclaimed Nate Heller books, the CSI series, and the New York Times bestseller "Saving Private Ryan."

In addition, he has been a scripter of the "Dick Tracy" comic strip, and his graphic novel "Road…

She was 16, pretty, with her whole life ahead of her.

Until she encountered a killer at a bus stop.

He raped her, stuck pins in her, struck her in the face with a brick repeatedly and she eventually died from a fractured skull and asphyxiation.

Her killer taunted police with a letter at the time of the murder: "I won't strike again until next year at the same time... Set up your bait and try to catch me ... See ya next year."

Her name was…