Pretty Sinister Books

What a surprise it was to learn that this excellent detective novel was the work of a young economics professor who was teaching at the Un...

THE STORY: Professor Edgar Murchison has vanished, but his family is not too concerned. His wife has not reported him missing and seems n...

Let’s start with the only reason I kept reading this book -- a kind of "wink-wink, nudge-nudge" reference to one of the great myst...

I've known about Let's Kill Uncle (1963) for a long time.  But I only knew the movie version as adapted and directed by William C...

The residents on the lower floors of the Cressingham Apartments have no idea what's going on above them.  Catering to the needs of the...

Original Death: A Mystery of Colonial America by Elliot Pattison Counterpoint Press ISBN: 978-1-58243-731-6 358 pp. $26 Publication dat...

 Michel Garfin is the man to go to in Montreal if you have a particularly nasty family secret you need to keep quiet. But call him Mike.  ...

I get a lot of book catalogs in my email and I peruse them mostly for my select interests: Victorian sensation fiction and obscure detective...

Ready for another weekend house party gone wrong? The myriad guest list includes an world renowned explorer, a Russian prince, a woman vio...

WARNING: This review is littered with spoilers. I will confess that I purchased this book primarily for the very cool cover art.  Then I...

Today is Friday's Forgotten Books Salute to Canada.  Our guest host for this Black Friday is the ever resourceful Todd Mason. The link...