Bitter Tea and Mystery: Annual Book Sale 2026: My Husband's Books

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Annual Book Sale 2026: My Husband's Books: Every year in September we attend the Planned Parenthood book sale, which lasts ten days. This time we visited five times. My husband's ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked and Loaded, Part 8: A Selection of Short Impossible Crime and Locked Room Mystery Stories

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked and Loaded, Part 8: A Selection of Short Im...: Back in 2020, I posted the first "Locked and Loaded" blog-post reviewing five, or six, randomly picked, usually uncollected short ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked Room Puzzles (1986) edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked Room Puzzles (1986) edited by Martin H. Gre...: So, back in May, I added " The Locked Library ," a companion page to " The Muniment Room ," which is a permanent, easy t...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Signing up for 20 Books of Summer 2026

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Signing up for 20 Books of Summer 2026: This is my eleventh year of participating in the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge. The event was originally hosted by Cathy at 746Books ...

Mystery*File: Mystery Stories I’m Reading: BILL PRONZINI “A Cold Foggy Day.”

 Mystery*File: Mystery Stories I’m Reading: BILL PRONZINI “A Cold Foggy Day.”

The Hard Word: "COMING UP WITH A FRESH IDEA FOR SUCH A STORY IS NOT EASY": TALES OF THE IMPOSSIBLE'S BILL PRONZINI

 The Hard Word: "COMING UP WITH A FRESH IDEA FOR SUCH A STORY IS NOT EASY": TALES OF THE IMPOSSIBLE'S BILL PRONZINI

George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #243: TALES OF THE IMPOSSIBLE By Bill Pronzini

 George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #243: TALES OF THE IMPOSSIBLE By Bill Pronzini

The Hard Word: "THE CHARACTERS ARE PRODUCTS OF THIER ERA": THE HANGMAN & OTHER STORIES BILL PRONZINI

 The Hard Word: "THE CHARACTERS ARE PRODUCTS OF THIER ERA": THE HANGMAN & OTHER STORIES BILL PRONZINI

The Hard Word: COVERING A LOT OF RANGE: BILL PRONZINI'S THE HANGING MAN & OTHER WESTERN STORIES

 The Hard Word: COVERING A LOT OF RANGE: BILL PRONZINI'S THE HANGING MAN & OTHER WESTERN STORIES

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: "A Man With a Fortune" by Peter Lovesey

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: "A Man With a Fortune" by ...: Peter Lovesey died on April 10, 2025, at the age of 88. He was a British author who published historical and contemporary mystery novels, f...

Gravetapping: Review: "To Florida" by Robert Sampson

Gravetapping: Review: "To Florida" by Robert Sampson:   “To Florida” by Robert Sampson from Hard-Boiled ed. by Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian Oxford, 1997   Ro...

George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #207: THE HANGING MAN AND OTHER WESTERN STORIES By Bill Pronzini

 George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #207: THE HANGING MAN AND OTHER WESTERN STORIES By Bill Pronzini

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: ATTACK OF THE BANDITO HORDE

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: ATTACK OF THE BANDITO HORDE: "Attack of the Bandito Horde" by "Romer Zane Grey" (house name used this time by Bill Pronzini & Jeffrey N. Wallman;...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Deadly Anniversaries

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Deadly Anniversaries:   Three years ago I purchased Deadly Anniversaries , edited by Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller, so that I could read "Chin Yong-Yun Set...

Dark City Underground Review: Cream of the Crop: Best Mystery & Suspense Stories by Bill Pronzini

 Dark City Underground Review: Cream of the Crop: Best Mystery & Suspense Stories by Bill Pronzini

Mystery File: Locked Room PI Stories I’m Reading: BILL PRONZINI “Booktaker.”

 Mystery File: Locked Room PI Stories I’m Reading: BILL PRONZINI “Booktaker.”

Beneath the Stains of Time: Bughouse Chess: "The Pawns of Death" (1974) by Bill Pronzini and Jeffrey Wallmann

Beneath the Stains of Time: Bughouse Chess: "The Pawns of Death" (1974) by Bil...: Bill Pronzini and Jeffrey Wallmann's "The Pawns of Death" originally appeared in the August, 1974, issue of the short-lived, ...

Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "Possibilities" Bill Pronzini

 Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "Possibilities" Bill Pronzini

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Paradise Affair (2021) by Bill Pronzini

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Paradise Affair (2021) by Bill Pronzini: In 2005, Bill Pronzini revived his two historical gumshoes, John Quincannon and Sabina Carpenter, who sold their professional detective ser...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE SCREWIEST JOB IN THE WORLD

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE SCREWIEST JOB IN THE W...:  "The Screwiest Job in the World" by Bill Pronzini (first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , September 196...