Scott D. Parker: Writer

(The news of Kevin Smith's near fatal heart attack stunned me yesterday. He's a little under two years younger than I am. His heart...

THE BLACK FALCON is not only the fourth Shadow novel I’ve read in 2018 but my fourth one overall. And, to date, it might be my favorite fo...

In the third Shadow novel I’ve read (actually heard; thanks Audible!), THE ROMANOFF JEWELS begins in the apartment full of wealthy men. Au...

Eighty-five years ago today, Doc Savage landed on magazine shelves for the first time and, one might argue, helped change popular cultur...

Even when you know the ending was approaching, it doesn’t lessen the impact when it arrives. Bill Crider passed away last night. My deepest ...

If you read the rumors about whom might replace Daniel Craig back in 2016, you would have heard Tom Hiddleston’s name bandied about. And, ...

In the 229th adventure of Custis Long, U.S. Marshal, he acquires a partner in the most Longarm-ish way possible: a fight over a woman. J...

At the beginning of the year, I wrote about how well my wife read in 2017 and how poorly did I. She has a habit I called “mindful reading,” ...

Hot on the heels of my first Shadow novel, PARTNERS IN PERIL , I have now read my second, THE SHADOW UNMASKS. And I loved it just as much....

I can’t recall why I bought P. D. James’s slim volume TALKING ABOUT DETECTIVE FICTION but I’m sure glad I did. It’s been on my shelf, unre...

Forty years ago today, founding member of Chicago, guitarist, Terry Kath, died, and, arguably, the band was never the same. I wasn’t awa...