If you’re a techie, you’ll love The Scarpetta Factor, by Patricia Cornwell. If you’re a technophobe, not so much. The book is one of a...

On Friday (Aug. 2), your faithful scribe completed a two-week project that consumed him intellectually and emotionally to the point where...

Before I launch into a dyspeptic treatment of a particular phenomenon I’ve observed in the mechanics of writing, let me thank the...

Free books! Spring is almost over, and my favorite season, summer, will come and go before we know it. Isn’t there some way we can just...

Mark Twain When one ponders the state of the bookstore industry, a famous line attributed to Mark Twain comes to mind: “The report of my...

Over the last several years, I’ve written a plethora of blog posts about the three hoaxes of the apothecary: statin drugs, cholesterol,...

Tim Dorsey Tim Dorsey is insane. He’s certifiable. That’s the only conclusion one can reach after reading Triggerfish Twist. Actually,...

Spring is about to, well, spring. I don’t know about you, but I’m doing cartwheels – and, for good measure, handsprings. Not really. Used...

Jonathan Franzen If you’re looking for a shoot-’em-up, graphically violent novel with car chases, explosions, murders and torn bodies,...

It’s doubtful the people who populate the Bible had any inkling that the automobile would one day replace the donkey on the road from...

A recent event here in Palm Beach County, Florida, echoes – in reverse – the injustice meted out to the main character in my book Murder...

The deed is done. I have a publishing contract for my new novel, tentatively titled BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS. I suspect it will stick – the...

Garry Moore Remember that 1970s TV show To Tell the Truth, hosted by Garry Moore? He would recite a biography, and a panel questioned...

BOB’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EPISTLE Dear Family, Friends, Citizens, U.S. Capitol Lend me your ears. Mine have not been serving me all that...

After a long period of newsletter inaction, your not-so-faithful scribe is back in the business of the written word. The drought was...

A few days ago — Oct. 17 or 18, I think it was — I sent this book giveaway offer to you. If you tried to access the deal, you might have...

In many parts of the country, the leaves have turned to radiant hues of gold, red, orange  and yellow, the prelude to their demise. The...

Dear Senator Collins, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins A good many people who waited with bated breath for your decision on the Brett Kavanaugh...

Everybody knows about Key West, where the primary industry is celebration of life. But a similar enclave exists well up the Sunshine...

At a downtown Lake Worth, Florida, store Tuesday night, a group of at least a dozen musicians stood just inside the door and posed for a...