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J. Kingston Pierce

J. Kingston Pierce
J. Kingston Pierce is a longtime Seattle journalist, whose addiction to crime, mystery, and thriller fiction is clearly beyond curing. In addition to editing The Rap Sheet (http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/), a blog focused on crime fiction, he writes the book design-oriented blog Killer Covers (http://killercoversoftheweek.blogspot.com/) and is a columnist for Down & Out: The Magazine.


The Great Diamond Hoax: “A Deliberate and Oddly Planned Masterpiece of Roguery”

In 1870 San Francisco, two cousins walked into a mine broker's office and kicked off one of the most bizarre and lucrative swindles in American history.

December 15, 2022  By J. Kingston Pierce
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Rediscovering a Vanished Species: Half-Hour TV Mysteries

Thirty-minute crime dramas were once a pop culture phenomenon. All but a few have been forgotten. This is their story.

August 18, 2022  By J. Kingston Pierce
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Seven Colorful Cover Themes from Crime Fiction’s Past

It was a different time. A time of long legs, falling bodies, disembodied heads, and butterfly chairs.

March 4, 2022  By J. Kingston Pierce
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Remembering Harry O, The Seventies' Second Best, Mostly Forgotten Private Eye Series

'The Rockford Files' may have outshone the darker noir of 'Harry O', but David Janssen's gumshoe series had lofty ambitions, too.

September 1, 2021  By J. Kingston Pierce
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The Case of Perry Mason’s Courtroom Cousin

In 1936, Erle Stanley Gardner was thinking of killing off his most famous character. Instead, he created a new kind of lawyer.

July 2, 2021  By J. Kingston Pierce
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The Lost Art of the "Cast of Characters" Lists That Opened Midcentury Mystery Novels

Wordplay, witty insults, and the occasionally lurid remark rounded out a popular feature of paperback crime novels.

December 15, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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The Unconventional Private Eyes of Stanley Ellin

A master of the short story, Ellin's detective novels are now mostly forgotten. They shouldn't be.

December 2, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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The Agatha Christie Centennial: 100 Years of The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Christie's debut novel was famously rejected by a host of publishers. Many, many editions later, it's an iconic mystery.

October 15, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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How America Once Fell in Love with Mystery “Wheels”

In the 1960s, TV executives came up with a novel way of delivering Americans their mysteries—the "wheel"

July 16, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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Seattle: Primed and Ready for Crime Fiction Fame

Exploring the city's history and character, through crime novels

March 27, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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