By Marcia Schneider Rain or shine, there is perhaps no greater pleasure than to curl up in a comfortable chair, with a beloved cat or dog nearby or in your lap to keep you company, steaming mug of tea or coffee and bar of chocolate close at hand, to devour a well-crafted mystery. Fortunately, there [...]

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By Katie Sue Ambellan America’s favorite drunk umpa-lumpa, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is now a best selling author.  My reaction. No, like, furreals, tho, she’s on that list–#24.  A Shore Thing hit bookshelves on January 4th and is ahead of books by popular authors Nicholas Sparks and Stephen King. I am pretty shocked, but then again, [...]

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By Oscar Villalon Earlier this week, I was on KQED’s “Forum with Michael Krasny” to talk about some of the titles coming out between now and September I thought folks should check out. (You can listen to the show here.) The great thing about “Forum” is how highly Kransy and his producers think of their [...]

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By Oscar Villalon In my mixed review of Charles Bowden’s book on the wholesale killing in Juarez, I thought, despite its faults, Murder City was at least trying to make Americans wake up to the enormity of the drug war in Mexico. It’s incredible that so much destruction has been wrought so close to home, [...]

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