Farewell to two of the greats

Talk about a bad day in the mystery world: last week e-mails came through to me almost simultaneously informing of the death of Robert B. Parker and the pending closing of The Mystery Company, Indiana’s only independent mystery bookstore and a place that has...

Last-minute shopping!

Okay, you guys are surely far better people than yours truly and therefore completed all Christmas shopping in April, but in case there are any deadline-pushing junkies like me (it’s a newspaper thing, I tell my friends and family, don’t blame me, blame...

Kind words from kind people

Early galleys of So Cold The River are floating around out there, and I’m thrilled to report that several excellent writers have already offered up very generous words in support of the book. We also have an official pub date now: June 9, 2010. “An icy,...
Book tour and a big thank-you

Book tour and a big thank-you

Most of my travel for release of The Silent Hour — with the wonderful Murder By The Book in Houston, Sep. 29, excluded — has been completed now, and I’d like to thank everyone who came out. I had a great time, and it is always a pleasure to hear from...

The Silent Hour

This is the first time I’ve ever had two editions released in the same week. On Tuesday, the mass market paperback of Envy the Night will hit shelves, along with the hardcover release of The Silent Hour, the newest book and a return to Lincoln Perry....