The Secret Life of Raymond Chandler Researching Raymond Chandler’s life was not always easy. I came to Chandler as a fan first, having fallen in love with his writing at university. I devoured the novels in a few short weeks and I burrowed into the biographies, the criticism, and the rest shortly after in an […]
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Strand Critics Award Nominees 2014
Strand Critics Award Nominees 2014 The Strand has announced its nominees for the 2014 Strand Magazine Critics Awards. Recognizing excellence in the field of mystery fiction, the CCritics Awards were judged by a select group of book critics and journalists from news venues such as LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Time, CNN and The Boston Globe.Laura […]
Private Lives of Great Detectives: From Sherlock Holmes to Spenser
Private Lives of Great Detectives: From Sherlock Holmes to Spenser In 1973, I met another one-name tough guy via paperback and began following him, this one a Boston P.I. named Spenser. Robert B. Parker “grounded” Spenser by making him a former lieutenant during the Korean War, as Parker had been. The Spenser character already had […]