Sunday, October 23, 2011

A KILLER'S ESSENCE: Crime and Horror from Dave Zeltserman

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There's a lot going on around me that makes Dave Zelterserman's September release, A KILLER'S ESSENCE, seem especially on target...

Dashiell Hammett, THE MALTESE FALCON -- Artwork

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Illustrator OWEN SMITH created these (signed) prints for the San Francisco Arts Commission Market Street Project. They depict Dashiell Ham...
Saturday, October 22, 2011

Hurrah! Vermont Author Howard Frank Mosher Receives NEIBA Award

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In all the news of occupying Wall Street and hoping for self-determination in so many struggling nations, let's not forget the good news...

Calendar Alert: Poetry in 2012

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This series, offered just south of the Vermont border in Shelburne Falls, MA, brings such good poets that I figure it's worth inking int...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Three Autumn Releases: SAINT'S GATE by Carla Neggers, GHOST HERO by S. J. Rozan, ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVY by Delia Rosen

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Whew, what a busy season! Launching my own second novel ( The Secret Room ) and welcoming Archer Mayor back to Kingdom Books ( Tag Man , num...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Thank You, Archer Mayor and Kingdom Book Folks!

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Yesterday's visit from Archer Mayor was truly a celebration, as Dave announced that this multitasking author of the Joe Gunther police d...
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Friday, October 14, 2011

Archer Mayor and Joe Gunther: Books 19-21

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First edition Two things have struck me as I've worked with this set of "recaps" of the 21 Joe Gunther mysteries that prece...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Archer Mayor and Joe Gunther: Books 15-18

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First edition Where Gatekeeper and The Sniper's Wife took Archer Mayor's Joe Gunther series onto unusual ground, narrating most...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Chris Bohjalian, THE NIGHT STRANGERS

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An American house generally includes a door, maybe two; windows; a kitchen facility; a place to sleep; a place to entertain; and facilities ...

Archer Mayor and Joe Gunther: Books 12-14

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First edition Archer Mayor's reprint TUCKER PEAK (2001) takes Joe Gunther and Sammie Martens undercover in the shabby side of cond...

Archer Mayor and Joe Gunther: Books 9-11

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First edition Archer Mayor's reprint cover THE DISPOSABLE MAN (1998) is one of the more complex of Archer Mayor's Joe Gunther ...
Monday, October 10, 2011

Archer Mayor and Joe Gunther: Books 6-8

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First edition Archer Mayor's reprint The hardcover versions of THE DARK ROOT (1995), THE RAGMAN'S MEMORY (1996), and BELLOWS F...
Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Archer Mayor and Joe Gunther: Books 3-5

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Archer Mayor's later issue First softcover Archer Mayor reached a yearly rhythm with book 3 in the Joe Gunther investigations: S...
Monday, October 03, 2011

Earliest Archer Mayor Mysteries: OPEN SEASON and BORDERLINES

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Archer Mayor's own design First edition hardcover When I first read OPEN SEASON (1988), I was struck by the amount of time Archer ...