Pretty Sinister Books

First mystery novels can be fascinating. What does the writer want to try out as an entry point into the world of the whodunit? Will it be...

"I got a feeling that I'm goin' to have to arrest one of my neighbors this time, and I never done that. It's hell to be a c...

THE STORY: Hammerhead Island, pop. 27. This community of fishermen, their wives and children, have no official organized government nor ...

Scarecrow (1945) is a rather fine example of a post WW2 rural detective novel. Two plots unfold simultaneously in Eaton Goldthwaite's d...

College Girl Missing! Three simple words that will turn many a head whether it be on a flyer taped to a street sign or emblazoned in 36 ...

The Eighth Mrs. Bluebeard (1958) is a crime novel that mixes a suspense novel with a caper novel. Basically it tells of a sting operation...

Let's get a few things out the of the way first. 1. Hillary is not a woman. 2. He is not related to that other androgynously named aut...

I went through a period last summer of reading Kathleen Moore Knight's detective novels and romantic suspense thrillers. A while ago I...

Leonidas Witherall is a dead ringer for William Shakespeare.  Much to his disgust people find it necessary to show off their knowledge of th...