Road Trips to Die For by C. J. Tudor    There’s something about a road trip that lends itself to murder.   Perhaps it’s because being stuck in a car with your nearest and dearest can turn anyone into a homicidal maniac. Maybe it’s the disconnection of the open road or the claustrophobia of being […]

A Sense of Place: Raymond Chandler, Sherlock Holmes, and Spies Coming in From the Cold by Nicci French   Of course, crime fiction is about good ideas: who did it? The butler did it, they all did it, the detective did it, the narrator did it. We know who did it but will they be […]

Why You Read a Book Twice by S.L. McInnis There’s nothing like cracking the spine of a new book, having no idea what happens next. But we all have favorite books, too. The ones that are falling apart on our shelves. The ones we refuse to give away or lend (no matter how many times […]