Bernie Rhodenbarr is having a bad time. His two vocations, bookselling and burglarizing, are both hampered by vexing technological developments. His bookstore often is reminiscent of a ghost town, with stretches of time in which no one ventures over its threshold, and when they do, they usually limit their activities to browsing the shelves, and […]
While you’re waiting for me to finish the next Adam Lapid novel, here are four books that I read recently and highly recommend. All the links in this post are Amazon affiliate links, which means that I earn a small commission when you purchase through them at no extra cost to you. Book 1 – […]
Mysteries can take place anywhere. On a boat on the Nile. On a luxurious train slicing through the snowy landscape of Europe. On the streets of New York, or New Delhi, or Tel Aviv. They can take place in cities or in small towns. In modern Tokyo or in ancient Rome. Wherever they take place, […]
A Death in Jerusalem, book 7 of the Adam Lapid series, will be published on March 7. A Death in Jerusalem takes place in January-February, 1952, primarily in Israel’s then-divided capital. Adam Lapid is hired to investigate the mysterious death of a young woman and discovers a connection between that death and an unsolved murder. […]
Since I finished writing my forthcoming novel, A Death in Jerusalem, I’ve had a bit more time to indulge in my favorite pastime: reading. Here are four books I read recently and very much enjoyed.Note: all the links below are Amazon affiliate links. Buying through them will grant me a small commission from Amazon at no […]