I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be included in Crippen & Landru's upcoming anthology ALL THE CRIME IN THE WORLD: Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Puzzles from Across the Globe. As you can see in the above image, the cast is absolutely stacked. It's an honor to be included. It was almost four years ago… Continue reading Coming Soon…
I recently read Boris Akunin’s Murder on the Leviathan. It’s as good an Agatha Christie pastiche as you’re likely to find: a closed-circle mystery with an international cast, full of elegant clues, class tensions, and the familiar contrast between social decorum and violence. Akunin writes in lucid, accessible prose that keeps the narrative crystal clear.… Continue reading 7-5-25
James Scott Byrnside 