"Trick or Treat," by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery magazine, December 2012. This was a tough week, s...

"I Heard A Romantic Story," by Lee Child, in Love Is Murder, edited by Sandra Brown, Mira, 2012. When an author makes most of...

"The Double" by Janice Law in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Issue 7 My friend Janice has created a little gem here, I thin...

"The Premature Murder," by Michael Mallory, in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Issue 7. I have indicated before I am a suck...

"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...