I can’t remember not liking books. Before I went off to Kindergarten I remember trying to figure out how to decode those symbols that described the illustrations. I know that whenever I was sick for any length of time my mother would always buy one of those Illustrated Junior Classics books for me. They were, [...]

Another deadline looms for my Deadly Pleasures submission. Time to get nervous and worried once again. You’d think that after having done this for ten years, or so, I’d be immune to such sensations, but I’m not. It’s sort of like piano recitals when I was a kid. I was never [...]

It’s a Sunday morning, 7:00 or so.   I’ve been up for an hour taking care of book business on eBay, it’s now daylight, and I hear the thump. Elizabeth’s up a bit early for a Sunday. But then there’s silence for ten minutes before another, scratch – thump.   Aha! A bird [...]

I don’t get nearly the number of books read that I used to.  For the last five years, or so, George Easter, the editor of Deadly Pleasures has been sending me an abnormal number of historical mysteries to review.  I have really begun to appreciate them and have a great deal of respect (envy?) for [...]

Hello world of The Net, and a thank you to Casey Daniels, Don Bruns and Jeffrey Marks for inviting me to be a part of The Little Blog of Murder.
My name is Jay Waggoner and I’m an educator. Well, actually I’m a retired math teacher who is still plying the requisites of my trade. [...]