Tales From The Blue Line 3

Carl didn’t like new guys comin’ to the crib. Didn’t like it at all. When I knocked on the door I was expecting to see his brother, Eddie. Carl was too high to deal at night. That’s what my reliable, drug addicted police informant had told me....

Owen Laukkanen: Dates for KILL FEE tour

On March 20th, Owen Laukkanen releases KILL FEE, the third book in the Stevens and Windermere series. On a beautiful Saturday in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, state investigator Kirk Stevens and his occasional colleague FBI special agent Carla Windermere witness the...

C.J. Box: Dates for STONE COLD tour

This month sees C.J. Box hit the road to promote STONE COLD, the latest in the Joe Pickett series. Everything about the man is a mystery: the massive ranch in the remote Black Hills of Wyoming that nobody ever visits, the women who live with him, the secret...

Chris Pavone: Dates for THE ACCIDENT Tour

Chris Pavone’s THE ACCIDENT hits stores on March 11th. To promote the release, he will embark on a fairly large U.S. tour. As dawn approaches in New York, literary agent Isabel Reed is turning the final pages of a mysterious, anonymous manuscript, racing through...

The Alex Segura Interview

October 29, 2013 saw the release of Alex Segura’s debut novel SILENT CITY. A dark, noir P.I. tale that is set in the steamy underbelly of Florida. SILENT CITY has been a well-received novel from a new voice in crime fiction. Today, I get the opportunity to sit down –...

2014 Derringer Finalists

The Short Mystery Fiction Society have  announced the finalists for its 2014 Derringer Awards as determined by SMFS member volunteer judges: For Best Flash (Up to 1,000 words) “Final Statement” by Robert Bailey (The Flash Fiction Offensive, July 18, 2013)...

Randy Wayne White: Dates for BONE DEEP tour

Doc Ford and company return on March 4th when Randy Wayne White’s BONE DEEP is release. When a Crow Indian acquaintance of Tomlinson’s asks him to help recover a relic stolen from his tribe, Doc Ford is happy to tag along—but neither Doc nor Tomlinson realize...