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The caricature and the compass: different lenses into crime
I recently came across two explorations of the crime genre that happened to intersect at an interesting time. The first: Kate Jackson (of crossexaminingcrime.com)’s wonderfully funny new release How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel. (Thanks to In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel for this find!) And second, an episode of Revisionist History by…
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A November tradition (and confession): reading more Native voices
November is Native American Heritage Month, and I want to share one of my favorite annual traditions with you to celebrate. A few years ago, I helped run a local diversity-themed book club, and we hit the month of November. Various other members suggested a variety of reads – some wanted to read the new…
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Relax, it’s only magic: a list of witchy reading for Hallowe’en
It’s Hallowe’en! I wanted to step away from Miss Marple for one more week (we’ll be back next week with The Body in the Library!) to get in the spooky spirit. So I put together a Hallowe’en reading list with an investigative twist. Our theme today is mysteries that feature witches of one kind or…
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The hidden potential of airport bookstores (and my favorite one!)
I spend a reasonable amount of time in Major Metropolitan Airports, so I like to think I’m familiar with airport bookstores. When I passed through Charlotte’s airport recently, many of the usual bestsellers were prominently displayed on the newsstand shelves. The bookstores in CLT also had a similar volume of books as others I’ve seen…