We are an eclectic group of crime novelists whose work includes traditional mysteries, noir, and thrillers many of which are set in locales such as England, New York, Florida, and Los Angeles.

Graphic Novel, written 1 day ago, He had leveled eleven trees to unobstruct his view of the gulf, trees he had planted in a neat row every six paces along his waterfront at a time when the gulf was the last thing he wanted to see. He'd been arrested and charged and brought to court for changing his ...

Author DK Raymer's fiction blog. Pages from Paddlebrook is "written by" Sammy & Sheila, characters in the author's new fiction series. This online introduction to the town of Paddlebrook is updated (almost) daily. Readers Welcome!

Robert Browning: Obscurity, written 2 days ago, Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-...

A Jane Austen fan blog.

Do Not Open by John Farndon, written 5 hours ago, DK Publishing, the king of vivid photography and tantalizing trivia, has done it once again with "Do Not Open: An encyclopedia of the world's best-kept secrets." The large chrome safe houses a hardback book filled with brightly engaging gra...

An ongoing fictional story about a 17 year old girl who goes to the East coast of Scotland with her cousin for the summer. She gets a job in a coffee shop called 'The Wanderer' and is sucked into a strange sea-side world of academics, students and coffee.

Add that to my resume, written 3 days ago, I am now an official dust bunny herder...who knew so many of those little guys could live under a queen sized bed?

I'm here., written 1 day ago, Juliet. Talk to me. I miss you.

"Together", written 3 weeks ago, So we stood up and were herded into the boarding line. I felt awkward. What now? Dan and I were in line together for "zone 3" but we weren't "together." Did we WANT to be together? Yes, I answered to myself... at least I didn't want to s...

News: Robert Hood's Creeping In Reptile Flesh, written 1 day ago, Creeping in Reptile Flesh is a new collection of stories from Robert Hood, gathered around a loose theme dictated by the title story — a 20,000 word novella. 'Savage murders that leave no one dead. Politicians intent on ontological ...

Birthright - Chapter Fifteen, written 2 days ago, Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-pri...

Everything is Ready, written 6 days ago, "If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin." - Ivan Turgenev When someone finds out I'm a writer, I inevitably hear about how they have a couple stories of their own lurking in their head, or thr...

Lord Likely is Wrong, written 17 minutes ago, September, 1857.While my wretched man-servant Botter may well have been in great danger at the murderous hands of my arch-nemesis Harold Loathsome, I saw no reason to cut short my current orgiastic duties with the delectable Miss Lizzie Flapkiss and comp...

Back from Bouchercon, written 8 hours ago, Bouchercon in Baltimore wrapped up yesterday afternoon. It was four very interesting and entertaining days. I'm not going to write a lot about it, since I imagine I'd basically be saying the same things that other people are already writing....

Guilty Pleasures Monday - Dean Cain, written 12 hours ago, A lot of actors have played Superman, but one of my favorites has got to be Dean Cain, from the Lois & Clark television series. What a cutie! Not to mention that he graduated from Princeton which means he must have some smarts. Before tu...

Back from Bouchercon, written 22 hours ago, I have no voice and I have a pretty good suspicion whatever is ailing me must be cured with some variant of penicillin, but suffice to say that this year's Bouchercon is going to be talked about - in the...

Oscar..., written 1 day ago, ... to all you out there who care and are interested (and MANY thanks). He is now at the vet's and his prognosis is not good. Indeed, I have to decide on his future life and there seems to be little hope. I imagine that tomorrow, I will hold him in my arms while I let hi...

Hips and haws, written 1 week ago, Autumn is a time of plenty for anything that can eat berries. Every hedge seems to be laden with berries, mainly bright red (hawthorn, rose hips, rowan) or deep purple (blackberries, elderberries). Later in the winter, flocks of fieldfares (sometimes called winter ...

The Maze of Bones; or Stupid Plastic Covers, written 14 hours ago, First, I love, love, love Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books. Second, The Maze of Bones is a fine book, with lots of very clever lines and a decent plot. Third, I am not a literature elitist. Have Captain Underpants, much stuff not c...