My first blog post of 2021 talks about my first encounter with the great detective, Sherlock Holmes.

The post, which is up at the mystery blog, Sleuthsayers, features a couple of old paperback covers from the first set of Holmes books I received one Christmas.

I’m running the story this month because among Sherlock Holmes fans, January is the unofficial month of Sherlock’s birthday.

You can check out the post here.

If you like my work, kindly consider bookmarking Sleuthsayers. The next post will be in three weeks, when I’ll be talking about a real-life World War II mystery that popped up in the pages of the New Yorker magazine. Yes, the New Yorker.

If you’re looking for reading material during your pandemic down-time, I hope you’ll consider one of my books or my wife’s. If ever there was a time for escapism, it’s now!

Check out Denise’s book here: We Gather Together.

The e-book versions of both of my two most recent books, Murder on Book Row and the fantasy novel, Sorceress Kringle, are available at almost every online retailer. You can order print copies at the usual suspects online, or autographed copies from Malaprop’s, the bookstore in my nabe. Yes, this wonderful bookstore is still operating, and shipping books all over the world.

Credit: Bookshelf image at top by 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič on Unsplash