The deep breath…

I know in some ways this is the crazy season, but really, isn’t it also the deep breath before the plunge?I’ve pretty much finished a rough draft of my “pet noir,” I expect to have some good news to announce in the new year, and I’ve got...

Santa clawed

Hey, I understand holiday stress! I’m trying to get all my work done – more on this, soon – and still manage to have a little fun, see some friends, etc., this holiday season. So I know what this kitty was going through. That said, did he have to bite Santa?...

David Liss returns with “The Whiskey Rebels”

David Liss has returned to historical mysteries with The Whiskey Rebels, a thoroughly enjoyable book. As I wrote in today’s Boston Globe:”Blame the speculators! Banks are unstable, and the nation itself appears on the verge of collapse. Americans have...

“Dumb Beasts” – my first pet noir

from Dumb Beasts, from Deadfall: Crime Stories by New England AuthorsI really didn’t want to go over when Mrs. M. called. Sheila, as I think of her. With most people I’m on a first-name basis immediately. They’ve invited me into their homes, into some of their most...