Senioritis by Jon Bennett
Jon Bennett is becoming a bit of a regular here, and it’s a pleasure to welcome him back. I worked with Jon... Read More
The Search for Surprise by Jeffery Hess
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Beach Head, Beachhead, Cold War Canoe Club, Down & Out Books, Down and Out Books, E. L. Doctorow, Florida, Fort Myers, guest blog, guest post, Gulf Coast, Home of the Brave, Jeff Hess, Jeffery Hess, Navy, Saint Petersburg, Scotland Ross, series, St. Petersburg, Sunshine City, Tampa, Tush Hog, Tushhog
///I have the pleasure of knowing Jeff Hess as a friend, and the honor of working with him as an editor. Jeff... Read More
Savannah Secrets
It’s a pleasure working with Alan Chaput on his Vigilantes for Justice mystery series set in Savannah, Georgia. The first book in... Read More
Writing About Race: Do I Have The Right? by Jon Bennett
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African American Vernacular, Angie Thomas, author's voice, catastrophist, Cesar Chavez, Cristina Henriquez, cultural appropriation, Dieter Vogel, Gretel the Pretzel, high school, imposter syndrome, Jhumpa Lahiri, Jon Bennett, Jonathan Bennett, Julia Alvarez, Open Books, privilege, race, race relations, racism, Reading Blue Devils, Sandra Cisneros, satan, southern Ohio, systemic racism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, teachers, teaching, Zadie Smith
///I had the honor of working with Jon Bennett on his novel Reading Blue Devils, in which Bennett uses a fictional high... Read More
A Series of Extraordinary Crimes By R.N. Morris
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A Gentle Axe, A Razor Wrapped in Silk, A Vengeful Longing, Crime and Punishment, CWA Gold Dagger, DCI Silas Quinn, Dostoevsky, Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ellis Peters Historical Novel Dagger, guest blog, guest post, New Scotland Yard, Porfiry Petrovich, R.N. Morris, Red Hand of Fury, Roger Morris, series, Silas Quinn, Summon Up The Blood, The Cleansing Flames, The Dark Palace, The Mannequin House
///It’s a pleasure to welcome R.N. Morris back to the site today. I first started reading Morris during his Porfiry Petrovich series,... Read More
Sometimes The Toughest Thing Is To Live In Your Own Skin by Charles Salzberg
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Charles Salzberg, Charlie Floyd, detective, Devil in the Hole, Esquire, Francis Hoyt, GQ, guest blog, guest post, Henry Swann, Hunter College, Los Angeles Times, Manny Perez, New York Magazine, New York Times Book Review, New York Writers Workshop, Newhouse School of Public Communications, Sarah Lawrence College, Second Story Man, series, Shamus Award, Swann Dives In, Swann’s Lake of Despair, Swann’s Last Song, Swann’s Way Out, Syracuse University, Triple Shot, Twist of Fate, Writer’s Voice
///Shamus Award nominated novelist Charles Salzberg is here today in conjunction with the publication of his latest novel, Second Story Man, out... Read More





