Surround Sound

Growing up there wasn’t much music in the house. My parents had a low-end phonograph that was never used except to occasionally play Sing Along With Mitch or the Irish Rovers’ Unicorn album. Still, as the 70s progressed the lure of album-oriented rock eventually consumed my brother and me, and we both turned to the forlorn phonograph…

Noir at the Bar NYC 1/17/16

I’m thrilled to be a part of the amazing NOIR AT THE BAR reading series again, this coming January 17th at Shade Bar in NYC. This will be my third time appearing at N@tB; this time I’ll be doing a tag team reading with S.A. Solomon, my collaborator on an upcoming story for the CANNIBAL…

Chasing The Codex

I’m excited to be part of my first group mystery–co-written with 23 or so other Cozy Cat Press authors. Half the proceeds are going to a wonderful charity (Pets for the Elderly). The print version is available as of today, and the Kindle and other ebook versions are coming any day. More info at Amazon…

Deadly Ink 2015

It was another fantastic Deadly Ink. I sat on two panels–the first, “Pros Vs. Amateurs”, covered the difference between using a professional (cop, PI, etc.) as a protagonist versus an amateur. It was moderated by Jane Cleland, who did an absolutely fantastic job. The other panelists were Sheila York, R.G. Belsky, Annette Dashofy and After…

Deadly Ink Conference

I’ll be appearing at Deadly Ink 2015 on Saturday, August 8th, as part of the “Pros Vs. Amateurs” panel. I’ll be talking about Bert Shambles and why I love the amateur sleuth genre so much. The conference once again will be here: Hyatt Regency New Brunswick Two Albany Street New Brunswick, NJ I had a really nice…

Quantity Is Quality

Originally posted on The Cozy Cat Chronicles:
SIMENON, Georges, 1963, Ecrivain (F) © ERLING MANDELMANN © Recently I made the mistake of reading about Georges Simenon. He’s one of my favorite writers, but I didn’t know much about his life until recently. I’ve been in something of a funk ever since. It’s always tricky reading…