The finalists for the 2024 Shamus Awards, for works published in 2023, were announced at Bouchercon last night in Nashville, Tennessee. Congrats to winners Will Thomas, Gabriel Valjan and Bill Bassman, and all the finalists. The complete list is at: thrillingdetective.com/7qso

Those new Georgia gun laws are really working well!

All hail to the Great Orange American Cockroach. Apparently impossible to kill. Or even sentence. What a shit hole.

I’ve been reviewing for, like, forever (25+ years?) but I’ve just grown more and more jaded. Which is probably why I do so few actual reviews now. I do, however occasionally let my opinions fly on THRILLING DETECTIVE. Most publications don't want to publish negative reviews.

Sheesh. After over a dozen books, Felix Francis (or at least his publisher) is STILL billing his books as "Dick Francis Thrillers." C'mon, Felix. Time to leave the nest.

Sam Spade to  return in Maltese Falcon sequel by Max Allan Collins! Hard Case Crime will publish it just as soon as it falls into the public domain in January 2026.  Not sure how I feel about it, but if anyone can do it and not suck, Collins probably can. apnews.com/article/sam-sp…

Hilarious. Trump’s blaming ABC for his dismal performance. Because why? They let him talk too much, and he ended up looking like a crazy, demented old fool? And this all flies in the face of Trump also claiming he won the debate. So which is it?

Don Junior actually posted this, thinking it would help. Another Trump who can’t read the room. Feel free to repost.

Harris baited the hook, cast her line, hooked the sucka and reeled him in.

No, the world isn’t laughing at this buffoon.

Very cool comix news: Writer/artist Cynthia von Buhler's kinky detective Minky Woodcock returns in a brand-new 4-issue miniseries in October. As World War II rages on, she encounters sea monsters, satanists, the US Navy and legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft.

“I don’t think that she (Loomer) has the experience or the right mentality to advise a very important presidential election,” says Marjorie Taylor-Greene. The pot calling the kettle bat-shit crazy.

Guns are the number one cause of after-death abortions of American children. I’m sure the GOP will fix that.

What? Elon Musk liked my post? That’s weird…

Haitians have a word for Trump and Vance’s “created stories”: MERDE.

Women were dong much better four years ago, according to Donnie. I dunno. E. Jean Carroll seems to be doing just swell.

“At least 4 killed and 18 injured in Birmingham.” Just as the Founding Fathers intended.