"Training Day," by Andrei Kivinov, in St Petersburg Noir, edited by Julia Goumen and Natalia Smirnova, Akashic Press, 2012. T...

"Window of Time," by John H. Dirckx, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November 2012. I wrote once before about Dir...

"Good Intentions," by Michael Z. Lewin, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine,  November 2012. Last year in this space I revi...

It seems ridiculous to even say this but maybe, because of stories like this one, every online critic who can say this, should.   So here...

"The Final Ballot," by Brendan DuBois, in Mystery Writers of America presents Vengeance, edited by Lee Child, Mulholland Books, ...

"A Change of Heart," by Raymond Goree, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 2012. I'm not on the committee...

"Frank" by Steve Hockensmith, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine , October 2012. I admit I may be biased in favor of t...

"The Key," by Ferdinand Von Schirach,  in Guilt,  Knopf Books, 2012.  I reviewed a story in Von Schirach's previous book Cri...

"The Snow Birds," (2009) by Gary Phillips, in Treacherous: Grifters, Ruffians, and Killer, Perfect Crime Books. 2012 . Gary Phil...

"A Closed Book," by Mary Hoffman, in Venice Noir, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Akashic Press, 2012. Jakubowski saved the best ...