Every year, when Kate Jackson presents us with the list of republished classic mysteries and tells us to “pick our pair” for the annual Reprint of the Year contest over at Cross-Examining Crime, some of us play jump ball with the “big noise” titles in the hopes of coming up with the year’s winner. By “big noise,” I mean … Continue reading THE 2025 REPRINT OF THE YEAR: Brad’s 2nd Nomination

One of this writer’s joys in exploring the world of classic detective fiction over the past ten years has been the discovery of some marvelous authors whose long-forgotten status has nothing to do with the quality of their work but, perhaps, their all-too-small output. Why did Harriet Rutland only write three books? Or Lange Lewis … Continue reading THE REDOUBTABLE LILY WU! The Chinese Chop