REMEMBERING LEN by Steven Steinbock The mystery fan community lost a pioneer earlier this week. Len Moffatt, of Downey California, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 87. His wife, June, said that it was just a few days before their 44th anniversary. If you recall, last week for my Criminal Brief column, I […]

HOLIDAYS MAKE FOR A MURDEROUSLY GOOD TIME FOR READING by Deborah Elliott-Upton Crime doesn’t take a holiday. In fact, many books have been written on this theme, including Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb and Nora Roberts (huh? Isn’t this the same person?), No Holiday for Crime by Dell Shannon and of course, the anthology […]

STEP INTO MY OFFICE by Rob Lopresti Several of us have chosen to take you on a walk through our offices. There was Steve’s and John’s and let’s not forget this loony masterpiece by James. I am probably missing a couple. Seems like a good time for me to play, so here goes. This is […]