"Solo for Shoehorn," by John H. Dirckx, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 2015. For many years Dirckx has be...

"Big Hard Squall," by Lane Kareska, in Thuglit, issue 17, 2015. This review is late because I was at Sasquan, where, among o...

"A Box of Horses," by Steve Bailey, in Thuglit", 17, 2015. Some stories you read on the edge of your seat, not because o...

"Shooting Stars," by Richard Helms, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2015. Mr. Helms makes his third a...

"Red Jacks Wild," by Kim Newman, in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Issue 17, 2015. You could argue that this is not the be...

"Canyon Ladies," by Sarah M. Chen, in Sisters in Crime Los Angeles presents LAdies Night, edited by Naomi Hirahara, Kate Thornt...

"Canary," by Matthew J. Hockey, in Thuglit, 18, 2015. There is a streak of puritanism running through some noir literature.  ...

"Mr. Kill-Me, by David Dean, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 2015. With this story by my SleuthSayers blogmate David...

"Knock-Out Whist," by David Levien, in in Dark City Lights, edited by Lawrence Block, Three Rooms Press, 2015. This is a stor...

"Red's White F-150 Blues," by Scott Montgomery, in Murder on Wheels, Eleven Tales of Crime on the Move, presented by the Aus...