Lots and lots (and lots) of links

You know, just because I can…

The Long Beach U-Press Telegram has a very long and quite nice feature on Naomi Hirahara and her series featuring 70 year old gardener detective Mas Arai.

Charlaine Harris is touring around the US for her newest Sookie Stackhouse novel, and talks to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette about the latest installment.

David Montgomery is impressed by the balance of G.H. Ephron’s newest thriller, as evident by his review in the Boston Globe.

You have to love a review that begins “this book may not quite be the worst book I’ve ever read,” and then goes on to explain in great detail why it is. But oh, Patrick Anderson, was it really worth all those precious words that could have been devoted to something you liked much better? I suppose we’ll never know now.

Meettheauthor.com was five years in the making and a serious labor of love for its creator, David Freeman. But as the Times explains, it looks like that massive effort is beginning to pay off.

Roz Kaveney explains quite well why John Connolly’s THE BLACK ANGEL is both a good thriller and a thought-provoking piece on theology.

Who is Nick Laird? Is he the British equivalent of Nicole Krauss, or his own man? The Guardian attempts to unravel this so-called mystery that really isn’t.

Blah blah blah another theory on who Jack the Ripper was blah blah blah. I swear, they’ll blame JFK’s murder on him too…

Kevin Burton Smith masters the compare/contrast as he teases out the James Dean references in new releases by Reed Farrel Coleman and Robert Eversz.

And finally, now I see why I didn’t pay attention when she was first reported missing. Didn’t I see this movie?