Kittling: Books

  First Line from the Introduction: Few would dispute the fact that, until a couple of decades ago, crime and mystery writing was essentiall...

  First Line from the Foreword: Let me tell you a story about a short story .   More than fifty years ago, Peter Lovesey wrote a short story...

First Line: Maud let out a loud sigh of relief as she sank into her comfortable seat on the plane .   Things were rather tense in eighty-nin...

  First Line: (from "Weapon of Choice") He would never tire of watching her sleep . Four interconnected stories trace the journey ...

First Lines from the Introduction: For so long she was a footnote. Her story was not included within the main account of westward migrati...

First Line: The shrill sound of the doorbell sliced through the silence . Eighty-nine-year-old Maud keeps herself to herself. To the ot...

This is a collection of three short stories written by Elizabeth Peters. As a teenager, I enjoyed the books she wrote under the pen nam...

First Line from Timothy Hallinan's Preface: In a sense, Sunshine Noir was my inspiration from the get-go . Cold weather and I are e...

From the Acknowledgements: After I was fortunate enough to win the Cowboys & Indians Tony Hillerman Award with "Old Indian Tric...

First Lines (from Introduction): I'd like to think I'm not a bloviator, backslapper or braggart. But I do know a thing or two abo...

First Line: Chief Dockerty knew the shadiest spot in New Mexico wasn't the Santa Rita copper Mine in Silver City . No, he knew that...

First Line: (from Foreword) Kate Ellis is best known for her series of books-- there are sixteen of them at the time of writing, the late...

First Line (from Introduction): It all began with a short story . Sometimes I just want to have fun while I'm reading, and when tha...

First Line (from Introduction): Reading this collection, you might get the impression that I don't like Christmas . Once you begin ...

First Line: The shortest day of the year didn't count for much up on Ellesmere Island . It's just a few days before Christmas o...

First Line: (From the Introduction) The seven stories in this collection were written between 1996 and 2011 . It's been a while sin...

Any time I hear of the availability of new Craig Johnson books or stories, I drop what I'm doing and head on over to get my copies b...

First Line: "The spirits are strong in this one," says the man in the white robe and gumboots . For any fan of Elly Griffiths...

Title: The Gun Also Rises Author: Jeffrey Cohen Format: eBook Genre: Cozy, Amateur Sleuth, Short Story, Humorous Mystery, Prequel to the ...

Title: Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop Editor: Otto Penzler ISBN: 9781593156176 Publisher: Vanguard Press, 2010 Hardcover, 256 page...