Well, it's finally out! My pirate-detective, Geoffery Armitage Ffolkes. If you like brass-assed, obnoxious, narcisstic ego-maniacs, you'll love Ffolkes. But there is a good story here and a real 'whodunit.' Along with some pirate lore/history out of the 17th Century,

Go to my web site and check it out. Order thru me and I'll sign it for you.…

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The first three chapters of 'A Taste of Old Revenge' is over on my blogspot at http://www.noirtaketurner-frank.blogspot.com

Shadow Line Press is bringing the book out in August. But come over and read the three chapters. Make a comment. Either way. Doesn't matter, we'll still be friends (well, at least on talking…

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A year ago Mysterious Reviews was kind enough to read and review Murderous Passions. I got a three-star out of a five-star review. Good enough for the first effort on a beginning series. But somehow I didn't convey to them it was a first of a series. Secondly, you could tell in the review it was a fast read because of a couple of minor errors made. So . . . a year later I re-read the review and I begin to wonder just how effective reviews are to the reading…

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Here's my offering for those of you who have a Kindle. Nine short stories featuring the cases of homicide detectives Turner Hahn and Frank Morales. If you like 'noir' you might like these. Just $4.50 a pop.

And write a review and post it on Amazon. Good or bad, it doesn't matter. In the end I think a review--any review--helps the book. Don't get me wrong, my fragile ego would prefer nice comments. But I've got a theory that if someone says a book is absolutely trash--they've…

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Shadow Line Press, one of Crimespace's own, and a new publisher of mystery/detective genre, has just posted their upcoming publishing schedule. Note that there are at least three authors who are Crimespace members on the schedule. I've got two books coming out. One in August and one in September, Looking forward to it.

Check out the schedule at the site listed below.…

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I've posted the last Turner Hahn/Frank Morales short story entitled 'Dirt' over on my dedicated blog. Go over and give it a look-see. You might like it. Find it at

http://noirtaketurner-frank.blogspot.com

I have a new Turner Hahn/Frank Morales cop story up and running on darkestbefore dawn. It's called 'Dirt.' Take a look at it and tell me what you think. You can find it at

http://www.darkestbeforedawn.net