Readers find sociopaths in novels compelling for many reasons, not least of which is that they are exciting to read about. After all, they’re usually unpredictable, never boring, and often quite humorous. Probably the best example is Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. […]
I have a new short story out this week in Mystery Tribune called “Shooting the Breeze”. It’s set in Providence, Rhode Island in the summer of 1964 and centers on two recent retirees who are neighbors in a working-class section of Providence […]
Some of you may have noticed a few recent Facebook posts of mine mentioning my latest book addiction: the novels of Raymond Chandler. Chandler’s works were something I’d always just taken for granted. I knew who he was and I’d seen The […]
Everyone likes to hear a secret. Something that few people know—or even no one else. The rest of the world goes about its daily business, oblivious to the fact that something important is actually happening under their noses. It’s a convention often […]