Pariah, my second "man out of prison" novel being published by Serpent's Tail, is only a week away from it's official publ...

My second column is up on DaRK PaRTY ReVIEW , which by the way, is a finalist for a 2008 Weblog Award for Best Culture Blog! Congrats to GFS...

A bunch of stuff to reflect on. Usually I try to keep this blog nonpolitical, but have to give my editorial view of the biggest ripoff any o...

I'd like to thank Ed for profiling me on his blog , as well as reprinting a good chunk of our interview that we did for Mystery Scene, a...

Wishing all a happy holiday season, and a healthy and prosperous New Year!

The Boston Globe reviews Small Crimes: "Small Crimes" is a strong piece of work, lean and spare, but muscular where a noir novel s...

Fast Lane is a book I have a lot of affection for, and given emails I've received over the years from members of the hardboiled/noir rea...

Poisoned Pen Bookstore has come up with their best of 2008 lists , and I was happy to see Patrick Milliken, who is their resident hardboiled...

BookBitch probably has the most creative misspelling of my name that I've seen yet (Zeletserman), but they're highly recommending Sm...

My ribs are still sore from the tattooing Ed Gorman performed with his brass knuckles, but give the guy and his methods credit, he got the t...