Pretty Sinister Books

I know, I know. I'm a day late (and a dollar short as my mother would say. These days I'm several dollars short). But I have to get ...

The dedication page to Make Out With Murder (1974) says: "This is for REX STOUT, whoever he might be." If you're one of tho...

We're saluting Rex Stout today in a web-wide reading of his books for the Friday's Forgotten Book meme hosted by Patti Abbott thou...

It's not really right to ever include any of Rex Stout's crime fiction in the Friday's Forgotten Book posts, but here I go anywa...

Detective Jason Jones and his tagalong partner Necessary Smith, a private eye, are confronted with the puzzling disappearance of the prime s...

As always at any Bouchercon there are few panels dedicated to mysteries of the past. The entire concept of the convention has evolved over...

Just for a lark Joe and I went on an estate sale road trip and hit about nine sales in one afternoon.  Most of them were a complete bust as ...

I may be the only mystery reader in the world who hasn't fallen in love with Nero Wolfe.  I've read only three Wolfe books and the...