POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS

By Lonnie Cruse It's mid-morning, hubby's gone to Paducah for the day, and I'm sitting out a tornado watch by myself. (And obv...

Elizabeth Zelvin Like Nero Wolfe fulminating against the use of “contact” as a verb, I want to rant a little today about the current tendenc...

Sandra Parshall The Malice Domestic conference is big, noisy, and exhausting. You’d think everyone would be happy to head home afterward, bu...

Sharon Wildwind I’ve mentioned before about having an affinity for a techie-guy named Merlin Mann. After last week’s blog, Sandra and I exch...

by Julia Buckley An elegant decorating idea for the modern booklover is to put a favorite quotation directly on the wall. Since I just paint...

By Mary Reed and Eric Mayer Guest bloggers Our guests are the authors of the John the Lord Chamberlain historical mysteries. Visit their web...

By Lonnie Cruse How much do you remember from elementary or high school? Probably not nearly all you learned. I know I don't. Yet, ag...

Elizabeth Zelvin Sue Grafton’s latest Kinsey Millhone novel, U Is for Undertow , is a terrific read. Her masterful shuffling of past and pre...

Sandra Parshall Magazine markets for short crime fiction are scarce, but readers who want a sharp little dose of murder and mayhem have plen...

Sharon Wildwind A couple of days ago I got really, really lost on the Internet, the electronic equivalent of starting out to take the #3 bus...