Monday, April 20, 2026

Sujata Massey Provides Fifth India Mystery, A STAR FROM CALCUTTA, with Perveen Mistry

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For the only female lawyer in Bombay in 1922, it seems every situation offers a new challenge. Can Perveen maintain her dignity in a culture...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

Buckle Up for a Wild Ride of Murder and Snort-Your-Coffee Humor with Karsten Dusse, MURDER MINDFULLY

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The classics of darkly funny crime fiction are feeling a bit dated -- who reads Donald Westlake's caper mysteries now? Of course, there ...
Monday, March 09, 2026

New Taipei Night Market Crime Novel from Ed Lin, THE DEAD CAN'T MAKE A LIVING

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  If you are an American or a European, you may feel like "immigrants" is a fighting word where you live -- the kind of issue that...
Wednesday, March 04, 2026

When the Author Builds Herself a World: Nicola Griffith, SHE IS HERE

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Last July I mentioned Nicola Griffith, whose lush noir crime fiction can be a slow-read delight. At that point, her Aud Torvingen trilogy, f...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Two Memorable Crime Novels for Winter Reading: Con Lehane's THE RED SCARE and Cara Black's HUGUETTE (December Releases)

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New York City in 1950 held neighborhoods far more separate than they are today: From Hell's Kitchen, where Mick Mulligan is starting his...
Sunday, November 02, 2025

Three Kinds of Crime Fiction/Mystery, 3 Settings: Hamburg, Fiji, Maine

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Catching up a bit ... I picked up HAMBURG NOIR over the summer, as it had an August release date. Part of the top-notch and provocative Akas...
Monday, October 13, 2025

Brief Mention: THE NAMING OF THE BIRDS by Paraic O'Donnell

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I found Paraic O'Donnell's two earlier books, The Maker of Swans and The House on Vesper Sands , so compelling that I've shelve...