Florida Man Review: Give It a Try and You’ll be Hooked
“Florida Man … is full of twists and turns. It is simultaneously mystery and comedy. It was a delight to read.” Just received a review of Florida Man from the Online Book Club. Here...
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Michael Crichton, Coronavirus, and How Often One Should Wash a Tee Shirt
I started my day thinking about Michael Crichton, tee shirts, movies, and pandemics—all of which sloshed together in my dawn-thirty, pre-coffee semi-consciousness. Michael Crichton because when I dragged a random tee shirt out of...
Today is the Official Launch Day of All Four Books in the Strange Files Series
The news inundating us may be grim, but I hope this announcement brightens your day: After years of chronicling the misadventures of my colleague Alexander Strange, author of The Strange Files columns that appear...
So, Thanks to All Those Hoarders, Our Sewer Systems Are Backing Up
There’s nothing even slightly amusing about the coronavirus and the toll it is taking on human lives and our economy. But in the midst of a pandemic, Florida, once again, is making itself a...
Warning: This Post May Be A Little Raw–Another Reason Not To Eat It
Alexander Strange, the weird news columnist for the Tropic Press and the guy whose adventures I chronicle in my series of Strange Files books, is stuck in Key West during the Coronavirus lockdown. Alexander’s...
This Just In: It’s Now Officially ‘President Trump’s Coronavirus’
This just showed up in the mailbox. After weeks of hearing President Trump calling the pandemic the “Chinese virus,” it’s startling to see him now claiming it as his own. But I guess we...
An Expansive Homage from Meg Gardiner to James S.A. Corey
For the past five years it has been a happy July ritual to fly to the Big Apple and spend a week at the annual International Thriller Writers convention. Will I keep the streak...
Oldies But Goodies From The Strange Files
If you’re at all familiar with Key West, you know this spot and, most likely, have taken a selfie in front of it. It’s the southernmost point buoy, allegedly erected, as the name implies,...
Oh, Olive! We Hardly Knew You…
One of the books clubs to which I belong recently read Olive Kitteridge and Olive Again by Elizabeth Strout. It was a two-in-one-month reading assignment that I, at first, found irritating, but then realized...
The Widows: A Damned Good Mystery–and More
The Widows is a damned good mystery well told. But it is so much more. If you’re a fan of detective novels, you’re going to love this book, never mind that it’s an historical...
The Grouse That Roared
The Grouse That Roared I have this fantastic idea for a book that I would like to pitch to New York publishers, but I thought I’d try it out here first. Let me know...
