SleuthSayers: You Can't Say That by Robert Lopresti

SleuthSayers: You Can't Say That:   I seldom review books, but I'm making an exception today.  This little (and I do mean little) volume has nothing to do with crime or w...

SleuthSayers: Kyle in Payables Has Been Binge-Watching, and Now ...

SleuthSayers: Kyle in Payables Has Been Binge-Watching, and Now ...: Please welcome the newest inmate to our cozy little asylum.  Robert Mangeot  has been around the short mystery fiction scene for a few ye...

SleuthSayers: Heard Any Crimes Lately? by Robert Lopresti

SleuthSayers: Heard Any Crimes Lately?: About three years ago (back before retirement and COVID, when time still had meaning) I discovered a very cool service available through my...

SleuthSayers: With Social Media the Past is never Far Away by R. T. Lawton

SleuthSayers: With Social Media the Past is never Far Away: A few years ago, on this same blog site, I posted an article which briefly touched on losing a friend of mine by the name of Tom Whitehead....

SleuthSayers: What Went Wrong – (and pass the Scotch) by Melodie Campbell

SleuthSayers: What Went Wrong – (and pass the Scotch): My friend and colleague John Floyd has inspired me many times, but this time for a singularly bizarre post:  Things that go wrong in the lif...

SleuthSayers: Financial Advice from Travis McGee

SleuthSayers: Financial Advice from Travis McGee: Travis McGee and the Busted Flush This is a complex culture, dear. The more intricate our society gets, the more semi-legal ways to stea...

SleuthSayers: Crimes Against Women Are Nothing New

SleuthSayers: Crimes Against Women Are Nothing New: This is the second of three virtual panel discussions by some of the authors whose short stories appear in Me Too Short Stories: An Antholo...

SleuthSayers: Cold Ads, Cold Cases by Eve Fisher

SleuthSayers: Cold Ads, Cold Cases: by Eve Fisher Unfreakin' believable:  This is South Dakota's latest ad about the drug wars: "Meth:  We're On It" ...

SleuthSayers: Boucherconnections, 2019 by John M. Floyd

SleuthSayers: Boucherconnections, 2019: Two weeks ago I attended my sixth Bouchercon mystery convention, in Dallas. My wife Carolyn and I drove over from our home in Mississippi,...

SleuthSayers: My Rules of Mystery by Stephen Ross

SleuthSayers: My Rules of Mystery: Many writers have drafted up a set of "rules" for how to write and, specifically, how to write mysteries. I thought now would be a...

SleuthSayers: Playing Fair, or the Death of Logic by Steve Liskow

SleuthSayers: Playing Fair, or the Death of Logic: by Steve Liskow A few weeks ago, I was reading a novel I'm supposed to review, and I encountered a dialogue exchange that brought me t...

SleuthSayers: Ten Things I Learned Writing Short Stories by Robert Lopresti

SleuthSayers: Ten Things I Learned Writing Short Stories: Photo by Michael Fowles As I mentioned in an earlier column, October 2019 was a special month for me. Not only is it my fortieth a...

SleuthSayers: A little about Private Eyes by O'Neil De Noux

SleuthSayers: A little about Private Eyes: by O'Neil De Noux We all know there is no one-way to write, no one type of private eye, no rules – except to write clearly. In ...

SleuthSayers: Pithy and Thought-Provoking...or Not by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Pithy and Thought-Provoking...or Not: by Michael Bracken I’ve been so busy the past month that I’ve not had time to draft something pithy and thought-provoking. In August, I ...

SleuthSayers: Made in the Decade by Robert Lopresti

SleuthSayers: Made in the Decade: by Robert Lopresti Back in January, when I produced my yearly thing I wrote: "I was somewhat surprised to discover that this is ...

SleuthSayers: You Can't Make This Stuff Up

SleuthSayers: You Can't Make This Stuff Up: by Eve Fisher Let's start off with the case of Stephen Jennings of Oklahoma, who (along with passenger Rachel Rivera) was arrested aft...

SleuthSayers Blog: Community Standards by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Community Standards: By Michael Bracken This year’s Malice Domestic in North Bethesda, Maryland, provided ample opportunity to spend time with several writers ...

SleuthSayers: How Long Does Grief Last?

SleuthSayers: How Long Does Grief Last?: by Mary Fernanco In a few weeks it will be one year since Carol died. She was my dearest friend since childhood. I hesitate to write a...

SleuthSayers: Jane Harper by Janice Law

SleuthSayers: Jane Harper: by Janice Law It is always a pleasure to discover a  good new – or new to me – writer, especially someone from an unfamiliar corner of t...

SleuthSayers: Crime Films of Akira Kurosawa, Part 1 by William Burton McCormick

SleuthSayers: Crime Films of Akira Kurosawa, Part 1: William Burton McCormick We’re incredibly proud to present author William Burton McCormick (with many thanks to Rob)… A five-time ...