Waiting to read your new book’s first reviews is an agony of anticipation, a time of hope freighted with dread. You tell yourself every person's reading is subjective, that any book will delight some readers and bore (or worse) others. So when you get a big thumb’s up from a … [Read more...]
Great Mysteries About Rare Books and Bibliophiles
I’ve always been a sucker for mysteries that involve rare books or special collection libraries. That’s why I recently jumped at the invitation to write a short essay for CrimeReads about “Seven Great Mysteries about Rare Books and Bibliophiles.” As I put it, “There’s … [Read more...]
Historical Novels Review Calls Relative Fortunes “Terrific”
A recent historical novels review by the Historical Novels Society gave a nice thumbs up to my book. As an historian and a novelist, I did my best to make Relative Fortunes a satisfying work of historical fiction as much as a compelling mystery. I wanted to immerse readers in … [Read more...]
