Kevin's Corner

Mystery Fanfare: Call for Articles: Mysteries set in France: Myster... : Call for Articles: Mystery Readers Journal : Mysteries set in Fran...

Mystery Fanfare: NATIONAL BOOKMOBILE DAY: Bookmobile Mysteries : Saturday was  National Bookmobile Day ! What a great source of library outr...

 SinC International: Considering a Co-Author Invitation by G. M. Malliet

Little Big Crimes: Skeleton Crew, by V.G. Burke :   "Skeleton Crew," by V.G. Burke, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Janua...

   I met Francesco Paola at Left Coast Crime last month during the Author Speed Dating event. For those who have not attended a mystery co...

Lesa's Book Critiques: The Monk by Tim Sullivan 

 Kathleen Marple Kalb: First Things First

 ButtonDown.Com: Shoulder Wound Sunday: Newburn

 The Rap Sheet: Bullet Points: Long Overdue Edition

Beneath the Stains of Time: Inspector De Klerck and Tears for Valentine (2026)... : Recently, E-Pulp published the 14th title in P. Dieudon...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Announcing HOT SHOTS: CELEBRATING THIRTY YEARS OF ... : This month marks the thirtieth anniversary o...

My friend Barry Ergang, has a new poem published in the latest issue of Yellow Mama Webzine. His poem, Centerfold, appears in Yellow Mama #1...

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

Mystery Fanfare: GRANTCHESTER FINAL SEASON: PBS : Masterpiece (PBS) has confirmed the premiere date and released a trailer for the eleventh ...

Mystery Fanfare: Mystery Readers Journal: Fairs, Fêtes, & Festivals... : Mystery Readers Journal: Fairs, Fêtes, & Festivals in Myste...

Dru's Book Musings: New Releases ~ Week of April 12, 2026 

Up on KRL this week reviews and giveaways of 3 fun cozies-"Booking for Trouble" by Jenn McKinlay, "If Books Could Kill" ...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Body in the Kelp by Katherine Hall Page :   Reviewed by Jeanne Faith Fairchild, her minister husban...

Jerry's House of Everything: SLAM-BANG COMICS #7 (SEPTEMBER 1940) :   Slam-Bang Comics was a short-lived anthology comic book from Faw...

  The Death of Captain America by Larry Hama is a novel that adapts the same story arc in the comics from the Marvel Universe. In this book...

 Lesa's Book Critiques: The Last Letters of Sally and Walter by Cammie McGovern

Beneath the Stains of Time: Cross Marks the Spot (1933) by James Ronald : Last year, the Moonstone Press completed their ambitious, massive...

 Writer Beware: Anthropic Copyright Settlement: April Update

SleuthSayers: Richard Estes and the Art of Seeing : I’m delighted Derringer award-nominee , Tom Milani, is joining us today to talk about ho...

In Reference to Murder: Friday's "Forgotten" Books - The Port of London Mu... : Josephine Bell, the pen name of  Doris Collier...

 Happiness Is A Book: Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Padded Door by Brian Flynn

Jerry's House of Everything: FORGOTTEN BOOK: TYLER CROSS: ANGOLA : Tyler Cross:  Angola , written by Fabien Nury, with art  by Bruno a...

 Patricia Abbott: FFB: The Long-Legged FLy, James Sallis

    Author Elly Griffiths has several different series. While I never could get into her other ones, despite a lot of trying on my part, h...

 Lesa's Book Critiques: What Are You Reading?

In Reference to Murder: Mystery Melange : The festival schedule was revealed for Capital Crime 2026, set to return to London's Leonardo...

In Reference to Murder: 30 Years of Short Crime Fiction Excellence : The recently announced Derringer Award finalists from the Short Myster...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Secret Societies, Devil’s Bones, Six Fe... :   Nevermore: Secret Societies, Devil’s Bones, Six F...

  The latest reading opportunities…     SMFS list member Anna Scotti announced that her short story, The Intruder, was published onli...

 Lesa's Book Critiques: Revenge Prey by John Sandford

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: BY MOONLIGHT : "By Moonlight" by John Gregory Betancourt (first published...

 George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #265: MAKING HISTORY By K. J. Parker

  Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday; Agatha Christie's Short Story Collection (Kerrie Smith from the archives)

      The collection opens with the signature story “Beat On The Brat” where Stevie Boyle makes balloon animals for the kids. These days h...

 Lesa's Book Critiques: The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer

 Happiness Is A Book: The Pew Group by Anthony Oliver

 Little Big Crimes: Half-Empty City, by Jodie Snyder

 Do Some Damage: Echoes of the Past: Mark Stevens turns a one-shot into a trilogy

 The First Two Pages: “The Touch of Death” by BV Lawson

SleuthSayers: Oh, What a Tangled Web(site) We Weave : Though I’m unable to pinpoint the exact date, I created my first personal website some...

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...

  Revenge Prey: A Lucas Davenport Novel by John Sandford finds Lucas Davenport and Shelly White at a house on a cul-de-sac in a rural are...