Whether you’re looking for a new mystery, an intriguing caper story or a taut thriller by a writer who has something to say about today’s society, you’ll want to check out Gary Phillips’ the WARLORD OF WILLOW RIDGE. I reviewed it for the International Thriller Writers newletter, The Big Thrill. Check it out!

http://www.thebigthrill.org/2012/09/the-warlord-of-willow-ridge-by-gary-phillips

This book was reviewed by a former Guardian and Times writer and came across it on Amazon Kindle Store.

I  really enjoyed it, as much as I've enjoyed anything this year. Fresh style, interesting characters and great story. It might not be for hard boiled fans, though to be honest if you enjoy a good CF read you're bound to like it. Don't expect serial killers and cantankerous detecitves... do expect an investment in a great new character Jill Shadow and a book that increases with pace…

Book Title:  SHADOW OF THE ROCK

Author: Thomas Mogford

ISBN:  9781408824160

Location:  Gibraltar, Tangiers

Series:  Spike Sanguinetti

Publisher:  Bloomsbury

Year of Publication:  2012



On a humid summer night in Gibraltar, lawyer Spike Sanguinetti finds Solomon Hassan, an old school friend, waiting on his doorstep.



Accused of murdering a Spanish girl in Tangiers, Solomon swears his innocence. He has managed to skip across the Straits, but the Moroccan…

I was hooked on Karin Slaughter's writing from the first book, Blindsighted.  The first six books were set in Grant County and featured the local sheriff and his wife, the local coroner. They're excellent crime/mystery books, with great…

We just started a blog for the Creatures, Crimes & Creativity Con. Everyone attending will be invited to post there. You can keep up with the latest news there and ask questions in the comments space. http://creaturescrimescreativity.blogspot.com  /

I've given up telling people I'm going to Bouchercon next weekend, at least the people who aren't rabid mystery writers like me. Instead I say I'm attending a big meeting for mystery readers and writers in Cleveland. Most of the time that gets me a funny look that might mean, "I knew you were a little nuts." Mystery conferences are in some ways like the teachers' meetings I used to have to attend. There has to be programming, a sort of raison d'etre, so panels on various aspects of reading…

A Killing Coast, the seventh in the DI Horton series is now available as an ebook pubished by Severn House. 

Set on the South Coast of England, in the Solent area, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight,…

Join Kaplan as he embarks on a fan-flipping-tastic journey through that queer medium we call space!  Be prepared for insane plot twists where you can weigh in, ludicrous drag queen villains that make aliens look like Michele Bachmann, history rich with strife--yours and mine, and all sorts of new content added weekly! The more you put in, the more you get!  I would…