SCOTT ADLERBERG'S MYSTERIOUS ISLAND

Back in 1993, well before The Wired aired on HBO, the first great Baltimore crime show premiered on network television.  It was Homic...

Man kills woman. Man cleans up scene. Man plants clues for the cops to find.  Then he goes to work, and it turns out he's the chief of ...

There's nothing like a good western film set against a harsh, snowbound landscape.  These movies often have an unsual mood, a distinct ...

Australian crime novelist Andrew Nette has a new novel out, his second (the first, Ghost Money , was excellent), and I recently had a c...

Well, I've been away from this blog for awhile, devoting my blog writing time to my weekly Tuesday slots over at the Do Some Damage site...

I have a new 13k-word story out called SUMMERFIELD"S FILM.  It's a story about film obsession set in New York City.  It's up o...

Before Walter Mosely and before Chester Himes, there was Harlem Renaissance author Rudolph Fisher and his 1932 novel, The Conjure-Man Dies: ...