Year: 2004

I didn’t comment on the recent NEA report on American reading levels because I really didn’t feel I had anything to add. But CAFF at Tingle Alley an...

Kevin’s post about Dashiell Hammet’s classic The Maltese Falcon gives rise to the question, how is the hard-boiled detective these days? In the Fort...

Howdy, CM readers. My name is Phil, and by his sheer graciousness, Kevin has let me post on his blog. Truly, a child will be named after him. Maybe not necessar...

My name is David Thayer and Kevin has been kind enough to bring me on as the thriller-noir reviewer for CM. With all the talk about the NEA report and the decli...

A look back at the classic hard boiled detective story that launched a hundred more.

What do you do when your last name moves from famous to infamous on a scale hard to imagine? You write a book; in a media driven age one must fight fire with fi...