Kevin's Corner

The Bat-Man: Second Knight by Mike Perkins is a follow up to The Bat-Man First Knight and is set in the same universe. The plot synopsis o...

 Lesa's Book Critiques: The Sherlock Holmes Stories of Edward D. Hoch

SleuthSayers: On Rereading : My guest today is Tom Milani. He's been generously filling in for me while I've juggled several deadlin...

Mystery Fanfare: FOURTH OF JULY MYSTERIES//JULY 4 CRIME FICTION : The Fourth of July (Independence Day) used to be  one of my favori...

 ButtonDown.Com: Private Eye July: Karmela Krimm: Ramadan Blues

 In Reference to Murder: Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Dover One

 Happiness Is A Book: Friday’s Forgotten Book: Accident by Design by E. C. R. Lorac

Jerry's House of Everything: FORGOTTEN BOOK: THE FURY AND THE TERROR : The Fury and the Terror   by John Farris, 2001 This is the first...

 Lesa's Book Critiques: What Are You Reading?

In Reference to Murder: Mystery Melange : I missed this bit of award news back in March, but at the annual Krimimessen (Crime Fair) in Denm...

 The Private Eye Writers of America announce the 2026 Shamus Award Finalists

 MWA: New Books by MWA Members – July 2026 (Includes Short Stories)

Some reading opportunities of interest this week. For a change of pace this week, we start in the world of books….   Tomorrow is publicati...

 Lesa's Book Critiques: August Treasures in My Closet

 The Rap Sheet: The Choices Just Keep Coming

 Don't Need A Diagram: Eli J. Knapp, “In The Crosswinds”

SleuthSayers: Popcorn Proverbs 7 : For the seventh time, here is a collection of quotations from some crime movies.  Answers are at the bott...

  George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #277: METROPOLITAN MYSTERIES: A CASEBOOK OF LONDON’S DETECTIVES Edited By Martin Edwards

Pulp Serenade: "The Town Square" by Orrie Hitt (Swank, May 1964) : "The Town Square" is one of the few known short stori...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE LADY FROM YESTERDAY : "The Lady from Yesterday" by Jeremiah Healy  (p...

 Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "How Old, How Young", John O'Hara

Last month I reviewed the novella, Shades of the Job: A Stanley Melvin PI Story by Frank Zafiro. That novella was my first experience wit...

 Lesa's Book Critiques: Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Bookseller by Tim Sullivan

Beneath the Stains of Time: Jack the Poetical Private (1997) by MORI Hiroshi : In 2013, the Breakthrough Bandwagon Books translated and pub...

 Writer Beware: The First Clue to an Email Scam May Be the Address

 Happiness Is A Book: Copper Gold by Pauline Glen Winslow

SleuthSayers: Using Real Life in Fiction : As writers, we often mine our lives for bits and pieces we can incorporate into our stories, from...

  In some sense what began in The Poacher’s Son long ago is about to come full circle. As Storm Tide: A Novel by Paul Doiron begins, Mai...

 Lesa's Book Critiques: Mercy Knows No Color by Heather Graham

In Reference to Murder: Media Murder for Monday : It's the start of a new week and that means it's time for a brand-new roundup of c...

Little Big Crimes: One For Yes, Two For No, by Will Ferguson :  "One For Yes, Two For No," by Will Ferguson, in Alfred Hitchcock...

 Stephen M. Pierce Reviews: Crime Scenes by Joseph S. Walker 

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Books Read in May 2026 :   I read nine books in May, more than I expected to, but it is a good thing, because with o...

  Mike Lawson is a consistently good author whom I wish were better known. His stories have been shortlisted for Edgar, Barry, and Shamus ...

 Kathleen Kalb: Read for Me

 MWASW: Four hands, two minds … what it means to write in collaboration by M. E. Proctor 

  Up on KRL this week as we reach the end of Pride month, this week we have a review and giveaway of "Beneath a Broken Sky" by Jos...

 Lesa's Book Critiques: Community Book Tasting – July

SleuthSayers: The Beat of the Drums, Loud and Bold : During my daily walks, plus drives in my car, I've long been in the practice of lis...