Matsuura swiveled his chair ninety degrees and opened the door of the cabinet next to his knee. Sasagaki saw several thick files standing on end. He was leaning forward to take a closer look when, out of the corner of… Read More ›
Book Reviews
Libby Cudmore // The Big Rewind
But this tape wasn’t for me. It had a Binghamton postmark and was addressed to my downstairs neighbor, KitKat. She was a party on a purple ten-speed, a neat-banged brunette who baked red velvet cupcakes and pot brownies, read tarot,… Read More ›
Keigo Higashino // Malice
After hanging up, I left the phone both, but before going to the café I decided to take one more look at Hidaka’s place. When I got there, the lights were still all out. But this time, I noticed… Read More ›
Emily Arsenault // Miss Me When I’m Gone
I glanced at the empty seat again and imagined Gretchen there, rotating her left foot around in a circle, then her right. She’d be wearing her clunky-heeled sexy librarian shoes. Picking at her cuticles. Smiling just a little in spite… Read More ›
Judith Flanders // A Murder of Magpies
I began to take stock. A roaring headache, but no blinding lights, no fuzzy vision. I probably wasn’t concussed, but checking was reasonable enough, even though I didn’t want to be reasonable. I wanted to bite somebody. … Read More ›
Michael Murphy // Wings In The Dark
I wasn’t going to argue. I wanted nothing more than to turn away and get back to the Mambo Club and the champagne we left chilling at our table. However, there was a dead body a few feet from… Read More ›
Kate Dyer-Seeley // Slayed on the Slopes
Pausing in the knee-deep snow, I searched the sky for any clue that might lead me in the direction of the Silcox Hut and safety. Nothing but blinding white greeted me. I couldn’t tell how much snow was actually falling… Read More ›
Martin Edwards // The Golden Age of Murder
In some, people were executed for crimes they did not commit; in others, murderers escaped unpunished. The climax of one of Berkeley’s novels was so shocking that when Alfred Hitchcock came to film it, even the legendary master of suspense,… Read More ›
Michael Murphy // All That Glitters
The agent backed up, allowing me room to use a trick Dashiell Hammett taught me in our Pinkerton days. Pretending to smooth my old friend’s suit, I stepped between the men, slipped two fingers inside Skinny’s suit coat, and retrieved… Read More ›
Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham // Mr. Kiss and Tell
For a moment, she faced the closed door, her hand still lingering on the knob. Then, pasting a cool, businesslike smile on her face, she turned around to face her potential client. Title: Mr. Kiss and Tell Author: Rob… Read More ›
