Top Ten Midwestern Mysterious Tales…   I’ve always loved a good mystery – especially those with a paranormal element. As a child, I watched reruns of “In Search Of” religiously every Saturday afternoon and begged my parents to order the Time Life Mysteries of the Unknown series (sadly, they never did). I particularly love these […]

Ten of the Best CREEPY THRILLER NOVELS   We have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Best creepy sisters book ever! One of the many things Shirley Jackson does so well is to portray the way outsiders and people perceived as others are treated (sometimes horrifically) by folks in small New England towns.   […]

You’ve read Nordic, dabbled with Tartan, but what about Sunburnt Noir? Recently, a few crime writers and readers on Twitter had a stab at coming up with a snappy identifier for Australian crime fiction. My contribution was Sunburnt, but other suggestions included Gum Leaf and Kangaroo, with the impressive-sounding Noir Australis suggested by a crime […]