The first thing heard about Newcomer, Keigo Higashino’s newest book in translation, was about it being a novel in stories—right up…
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Category Archives: Reviews/Recommendations
Lark! The Herald Angels Sing—In Stereo!
A few days ago, when I went to shelve my inscribed copy of Lark! The Herald Angels Sing, Donna Andrews’ latest…
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My December Newsletter
My last quarterly newsletter of the year looks back at some highlights and milestones of 2018 and ahead toward new…
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LitHub: Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s
It was fun to see The Literary Hub excerpt my Washington Independent Review of Books review of Leslie Klinger’s latest book—the…
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The First Two Pages at the Washington Independent Review of Books
For my latest column at the Washington Independent Review of Books, I look back at the last year of hosting…
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I was super-excited when news broke about Leslie Klinger’s latest project: an annotated edition of five key novels of the…
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Dash the Detective… and the Book Critic Too!
You can’t say he didn’t get it honest: Our son Dashiell is both a great reader and a fan of…
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The Liars Club Oddcast
I first met Jon McGoran when we were both reading at a Noir at the Bar one snowy night in…
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September Newsletter
When I started writing my September newsletter, I thought I didn’t really have any news to share… and then realized…
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The First Two Pages: River of Secrets by Roger Johns
In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers…
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