Book 32: Death By Silver by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold, isbn: 9781590210550, Lethe Press, 261 pages, $18.00

The Premise: (from the Goodreads page):  His practice newly established, metaphysician Ned Mathey can’t afford to turn away any clients. But the latest Londoner to seek Ned’s magical aid gives him pause: Mr Edgar Nevett, an arrogant ( Read more... )

Book 31: Grifter's Game by Lawrence Block, isbn: 9780843953497, Hard Case Crime, 205 pages, $6.99

The Premise: (from the Goodreads page):  Con man Joe Marlin was used to scoring easy cash off beautiful women. But that was before he met Mona Brassard and found himself facing the most dangerous con of his career, one that will leave him either a ( Read more... )

This really didn't happen on purpose. I didn't realize until yesterday what was happening ( Read more... )

Book 30: Dust Devil on a Quiet Street by Richard Bowes, isbn: 9781590212974, Lethe Press, 318 pages, $18.00

The Premise: (from the Goodreads page): Dust Devil on a Quiet Street chronicles the remarkable life of Boston-born, New York City-reared author Richard Bowes. Bowes’s childhood and adolescent brushes with dramatic spirits and hustlers, large ( Read more... )