Category Archives: Crime Beat

Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense, Edited by Sarah Weinman, Penguin, $16.00

Posted on January 23, 2014 by ubu507

To my mind the most unjustly neglected mystery writers of all are the women who wrote non-series books around the middle of the twentieth century. Part of the neglect has to do with the fact that series fiction has come … Continue reading →

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Amanda Knox

Posted on December 29, 2013 by ubu507

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The Confessions of Al Capone, Loren D. Estleman, Forge, $27.99

Posted on May 27, 2013 by ubu507

Loren Estleman has written a lot of books, but many of them have been in one or another of his excellent series, so when he writes one that isn’t, it’s news. Actually The Confessions of Al Capone more resembles one … Continue reading →

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Dick Tracy: Ace Detective

Posted on January 10, 2013 by ubu507

by Chester Gould [1943]

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Sacrilegious Robbery

Posted on December 7, 2012 by ubu507

MAGNASCO, Alessandro 1731 Oil on canvas Quadreria Arcivescovile, Milan

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Deadly Little Secrets: The Minister, His Mistress, and a Heartless Texas Murder, Kathryn Casey, Harper, $7.99.

Posted on August 28, 2012 by ubu507

Now that we’re in the middle of another political campaign, perhaps it’s time to examine the proposition that ostentatious religious piety is somehow indicative of inner virtue. To all those who boast of how devoted a church (or temple) goer … Continue reading →

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Drawn to Injustice, Timothy Masters with Steve Lehto, Berkley, $9.99. The Man in the Rockefeller Suit, Mark Seal, Plume, $16.

Posted on June 25, 2012 by ubu507

There are more pleasures to be found in true crime than simply you couldn’t make this stuff up. Because the events described actually happened, true crime has the authority to make us question our assumptions about human nature and society … Continue reading →

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While Pensive I thought on my Love

Posted on June 9, 2012 by ubu507

illustration to an unidentified publication. Block cut by George Dalziel After Frederick Richard Pickersgill 1835-1861 The British Museum WHILE pensive I thought on my love, The moon on the mountains was bright, And Philomel down in the grove, Broke sweetly … Continue reading →

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Gabba Gabba Hey!

Posted on June 2, 2012 by ubu507

Hey, I found this in a book at the library sale — if it’s yours — tough luck! He showed me the record cover. The Ramones. They looked like four white dirtbags who should have their hands against the wall … Continue reading →