Aussie Women in the Spotlight
First came the finalists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards. Now we have what’s being billed as the “rather long shortlist” of contenders for the […]
Articles by J. Kingston Pierce
Two Can Play at That (Spy) Game!
It’s not easy keeping up with Max Allan Collins’ literary production. Over the last nine months alone, that Iowa-based author has come out with Skim […]
Crime Fiction: Moonflower Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
Three years ago, author-screenwriter Anthony Horowitz’s Golden Age-style whodunit, Magpie Murders, won critical applause on both sides of the Atlantic. And not without ample justification. […]
Non-Fiction: Scoundrels and Spitballers by Philippe Garnier
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the […]
Crime Fiction: Toward a Final Judgment
Every fall, I start to look back more critically at the many books I’ve read over the preceding months, with an eye toward choosing the […]
Non-Fiction: Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the […]
Non-Fiction: The Deep End by Jason Boog
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the […]
The Truth Behind Grant’s “Cat”
It was 65 years ago this week that To Catch a Thief, Alfred Hitchcock’s romantic thriller film starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, premiered in […]
Non-Fiction: No Fascist USA! by Hilary Moore
and James Tracy
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the […]
Non-Fiction: The Lie of Global Prosperity by Seth Donnelly
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the […]
