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Dean Koontz’ Relentless, an Odd Mix of Genres

Dean Koontz is a bold writer when it comes to experimenting with genres.  In Relentles...

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“Just One More Thing . . . .”—Lt. Columbo Is on the Case

The Columbo Collection by William Link Crippen & Landru Publishers Hardcover: ISBN-97...

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John Sandford Shakes Things Up in ‘Wicked Prey’

Minnesota author John Sandford (real name John Camp) has established a nice little fran...

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Christopher Horner Shows How Our Would-be Saviors Are Destroying Freedom

Power Grab: How Obama's Green Policies Will Steal Your Freedom and Bankrupt America by Chr...

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The Detective Story as Soulcraft—Stuart M. Kaminsky’s Final Lew Fonesca Novels

In March of 2009, mystery author Stuart M. Kaminsky moved with his wife from his Saraso...

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Frank Frazetta, 1928-2010

He was an artist, not an author, but I suspect he was responsible for more fantasy book...

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Michael Graham’s Mother Is a Domestic Terrorist

That's No Angry Mob, That's My Mom: Team Obama's Assault on Tea-Party, Talk-Radio American...

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Happy Birthday, Nancy Drew

The Nancy Drew book series just reached its 80th anniversary. These books were of better q...

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Denial Is an Effective Mystery by a Thorough Professional

Stuart M. Kaminsky, who passed away last October, was a consistently prolific and gifted...

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George H. Scithers, 1929-2010

I got word today that the first editor to buy one of my stories professionally, and my ag...

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‘The Redbreast’ Raises Interesting Moral Questions, With Few Answers

'It's an historian's duty to uncover, not to judge.' He lit his pipe. 'Many people belie...

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‘Girl Who Played with Fire’ Is Impelled by Moral Obsession

If there was ever an author whose work I ought not to enjoy, it would be the late Stieg L...

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Review of ‘Debilitating Democracy: Power from the People’

Creativity in our approach to political debate is often lacking on the right. That’s why...

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Klavan’s Teen Series to Hit the Big Screen

Some great news for our friend Andrew Klavan and his many fans, from Just So You Know: Kla...

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Fiction Friday courtesy The Culture Alliance

Today’s Fiction Friday newsletter from the Culture Alliance included pieces from the Cla...

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Stephen King of the Massaged Cliché

Stephen King brings vampires to America's Old West in a newly published comic book. Unfort...

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James Bowman Denies Denying Artistic Standing to Tolkien and Lewis

James Bowman has kindly responded to my comments on his assertion that “fantasy is not A...

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TCA’s Fiction Friday Previews “Dancing with Derrida”

The March 12 issue of Fiction Friday from the Culture Alliance, included a special excerpt...

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Are We Privileging Politics In Our Entertainment Choices?

Given my conservative frame of mind, fiction that bucks today’s politically correct dogm...

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C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien Are Not ‘Real’ Artists?

Not according to James Bowman. They and numerous others create what Bowman dismissively r...

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E-Bibles Lead the Way

"If you want to see what a 21st century reading experience should look like, . . . the mar...

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Fiction Friday: Teaching Style vs. Grammar

Should a certain writing style be pushed by authors and teachers as embodying good writing...

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Review: Klavan’s Latest Will Leave You Breathless, Wanting More

Andrew Klavan shines with his latest young adult novel The Long Way Home. On several occa...

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Dick Francis, Mystery Novelist, Born Storyteller

British mystery novelist Dick Francis produced a steady stream of very good and well-rec...

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Q & A with Douglas Greene of C & L

Douglas Greene, übereditor and biographer, runs that fine publishing house known as Cripp...

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A Romantically Comic Novel That Will Set You Thinking

Fire Me: A Tale of Scheming, Dreaming and Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places by  L...

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Ralph McInerny, R.I.P.

After a long illness Notre Dame professor and author of Father Dowling mysteries died Frid...

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Fiction Friday

Some in Hollywood might think folks on the Right have limited artistic ability and should ...

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Private Eye Fiction by S. J. Rozan

A Tale About a Tiger and Other Mysterious Events by S. J. Rozan Crippen & Landru Publi...

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Andrew Klavan’s Latest Novel and a Possible Film

Andrew Klavan has announced the end of "Klavan on the Culture." I'm not talking about his ...

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Feminist Thrillers by Vera Caspary

The Murder in the Stork Club and Other Mysteries by Vera Caspary (1899 - 1987) Edited by ...

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Fiction Friday’s focus on Robert B. Parker

On Monday, Janaury 18, 2010 Robert B. Parker joined Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Dash...

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Radio Days Thrillers from Crippen & Landru

The Casebook of Gregory Hood Radio plays by Anthony Boucher (1911 - 68) and Denis Green (...