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Peter Handel has reviewed and written about crime fiction for The San Francisco Chronicle, The Portland Oregonian, Pages Magazine and Mystery Readers International. He lives in Northern California. Since the pandemic began, he’s been reading. A lot.

Peter Robinson, Remembered

The late author's wife recalls his writing habits, the notes he was always taking, the music he played, and the characters who lived through him.

Christopher Bollen on Americans Abroad and Setting as an Active Character

In his latest literary thriller, Bollen brings the mystery to Cairo.

March 8, 2023 By Peter Handel

Nadine Matheson on Serial Killer Fiction, Stealing Time, and Criminal Defense

"I’ve represented people who have been accused of the most horrific of crimes and some of those people have been the vilest of people who I would be happy never to see again."

July 19, 2022 By Peter Handel

A New True Crime Book Investigates a Sister's Murder and Official Indifference

In 1978, Therese Allore vanished. Six months later, her body was discovered. Her brother is still looking for answers.

May 20, 2022 By Peter Handel

John Banville Returns to Crime Fiction—This Time Under His Own Name

Banville says his "Benjamin Black" pen name is done, finished, dead. So what is his protagonist Quirke doing in a new novel that moves between Ireland and Spain?

October 19, 2021 By Peter Handel

Alan Parks on Drugs, Noir, and Glasgow in the 1970s

The author of the Harry McCoy novels talks about conjuring up a city and an era.

April 9, 2021 By Peter Handel

The Long, Unusual Career of Russell James, the "Godfather of British Noir"

He didn't set out to write crime novels. Thirty years later, he still doesn't recognize any genre boundaries.

January 22, 2021 By Peter Handel