Linking time

Though I doubt it will address the latest allegations and tidbits, David Pirie has written a new documentary about the “real” Arthur Conan Doyle, and he tells the Scotsman all about it.

If there’s some sort of major label forensic science conference, it’s a good bet that Eileen Dreyer will be around, taking notes. The St. Louis Dispatch finds her at the recent pathology conference in town.

Joanne Fluke worked a variety of jobs — including one as a PI assistant — before launching her new cooking mystery series, as she tells the San Bernadino County Sun.

William Lashner’s fear of dentists very much informed his current mystery, FALLS THE SHADOW, but the Main Line Times finds plenty of other reasons to compare the author to his lawyer protag, Victor Carl.

Mark Terry at Bankrate.com catches up with Joe Konrath to talk about books, why paying quarterly taxes is no picnic, and other financial matters.

Sara Paretsky recently signed many, many copies of her newest novel FIRE SALE for Centuries and Sleuths, and the Wednesday Journal reports on how it went.

Caroline Cummins looks at Richard Zimler’s latest historical Jewish mystery, GUARDIAN OF THE DAWN — interestingly, released in TPO after the first two books were published in hardcover.

Heather Covington (whose byline amused Mark as much as me) holds forth about the Harlem Book Fair for the Black Entertainment News. Mary Reagan was also around at the Fair last Saturday and posted some pictures from the event.

And finally, didn’t George Dawes Green write this story already? Or at least, he would have, if Romulus had gotten a book deal….