Features
Michael Koryta: Take Me to the River
Koryta charts a new course with his supernatural thriller So Cold the River.
by Kevin Burton Smith
Stefanie Pintoff: In Old New York
Broadway lore comes to life in Pintoff’s follow-up to her recent Edgar winner.
by Lynn Kaczmarek
Thriller Must Reads: Peter Straub’s Koko
The horrors of the Vietnam War inform Straub’s chilling novel, which helped usher in the era of serial killer as enigmatic antihero.
by Hank Wagner
Scott Turow
The new sequel to Presumed Innocent lives up to Turow’s already impressive body of work.
by Jon L. Breen
Carolyn Hart: Parables for Our Time
Traditional mysteries weigh the moral choices of everyday life—and that’s what makes them powerful.
by Oline H. Cogdill
Vital Link: William Link Revisits Columbo
Lieutenant Columbo moves from screen to printed page.
by Tom Nolan
The Magnificent Brain of Alvin Fernald
This kid detective uses his noggin to nab bad guys.
by Steven Nester
The Murders in Memory Lane: Remembering Henry Kane
Kane was an entertaining writer and an engaging gentleman.
by Lawrence Block
What's Happening...With Aileen Schumacher
by Brian Skupin
Departments
At the Scene
by Kate Stine
Hints & Allegations
Writers on Reading: Elizabeth George; 2010 Edgar Awards, Anthony Awards, Arthur Ellis
Awards, Derringer Awards.
Our Readers Recommend
by Mystery Scene readers
Writing Life: Gormania
Anne Perry; An editor’s day; John D. MacDonald; Gail Russell
by Ed Gorman
New Books Essays
Getting Old is Murder
by Rita Lakin
Son of Big Brother
by Reece Hirsch
The Panic Zone
by Rick Mofina
Killer Careers
by Simon Wood
Mirror Image
by Dennis Palumbo
Sounds of Suspense: Audiobooks Reviewed
by Dick Lochte
Eyewitness
Robert Culp’s Hickey & Boggs; Graphic novels by Greg Rucka and Joshua Hale
by Kevin Burton Smith
Very Original: Paperback Originals Reviewed
by Lynne Maxwell
Short & Sweet: Short Stories Considered
by Bill Crider
Child's Play: Books for Young Sleuths
by Roberta Rogow
What About Murder? Reference Books Reviewed
by Jon L. Breen
Small Press Reviews: Covering the Independents
by Betty Webb
Mystery Scene Reviews
Miscellaneous
The Docket
Letters
Mystery Miscellany
by Louis Phillips
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