Self-Publishing
#634: Adventures in Self-Publishing – Death in Unlikely Places (2014) by John Reisinger
Here’s a poser to wrap your head around: how is it possible for a novel set in the 1920s Florida land rush and containing five murders — four of them impossible — to be so dull?
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#631: Adventures in Self-Publishing – Murder Brewed at Home (2015) by Belle Knudson
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the most unpleasant character in any murder mystery typically ends up dead. The cozier the mystery, the truer this adage becomes. And the more hobby-based the mystery is, the cozier it tends to be…so welcome to Murder Brewed at Home (2015).
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#628: Adventures in Self-Publishing – Murder Most Scottish (2018) by Blake Banner
Well, well, well, 200π posts — or 100τ if you’re a weirdo. Let’s celebrate with two locked room murders…
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#625: Adventures in Self-Publishing – The Matter of the Duct Tape Tuxedo [ss] (2019) by Steve Levi
A lot of impossible crime novels published these days have, let’s face it, about enough impossible crime content for a short story. So a short story collection seems like a sensible thing to try, right? Even one that does put ‘short stories’ on its cover and then call itself “a novel” on the back. Right?
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#624: Bob’s Yer Uncle – Locked Room Murders Supplement (2019) ed. Brian Skupin
The reprinting of Robert Adey’s Locked Room Murders (2nd ed., 1991) at the end of 2018 was a delightful turn-up for those of us who had been dreaming of owning that reference bible. And once the excitement settled, I’m sure more than a few people started thinking “Hey, they should really do another one of these…”.
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#622: Adventures in Self-Publishing – The Phantom Ragdoll (2019) by DWaM
