Said this once, gonna say it again.
05.03.2026 21:01
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Said this once, gonna say it again.
If you're gonna clutch your pearls, you're gonna need a reason ...
(Repost) We all know that libraries are a good thing, yeah? Some thoughts on the social effects of injecting hope into depressed urban societies ...
ICE BREAKING APART!
Here's a peek into Eric Peterkin's head (or, at least, his journal) in the days just before A Pretender's Murder ...
Book cover of A PRETENDER'S MURDER of a puzzle of a gun by Christopher Huang. Crime Writers of Color in a magnifying glass.
Happy release day to @misericordius.bsky.social for A PRETENDER'S MURDER! www.crimewritersofcolor.com/bookdetails?...
Three books nestled in a blue armchair with a sepia-patterned cushion: A Gentleman's Murder, Unnatural Ends, and A Pretender's Murder. Before them, a dagger-like letter opener with a lion's head handle lies on the coils of an undone burgundy bowtie.
ONE DAY MORE before A Pretender's Murder officially releases into the wild!
Writing a mixed-race main character in a Golden Age mystery means researching racial tensions in post-WW1 Britain.
(Most of the images used here come from The Mixed Museum, which is well worth the look: mixedmuseum.org.uk)
Writing Beyond the Fields You Know: Guest Post #ChristopherHuang #crimefiction mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2026/02/writ...
Can they bring it up to prison spec? I mean, house arrest is a thing, so maybe imprisonment in the Tower can be done the same way?
I just want the Tower to stand as a continuing reminder that even the royal family is not above the law.
I must admit, I will be a little sad if Mountbatten-Windsor's prison isn't the Tower of London. It's TRADITION, dammit.
Photo of a page from A Pretender's Murder, containing credits, ISBN, and other publishing details. Circled in red is a note, "Printed in Canada".
As a Canadian, I find myself unreasonably pleased with this one little detail about the upcoming book. (24 FEBRUARY, GUYS! Less than a week to go!)
Today I learned that, in Italian, "winter" is "inverno" while "hell" is "inferno". Which means that faulty Italian pronunciation could potentially make hell freeze over.
Silly numbers through history ...
Back cover of A Pretender's Murder: black side-face silhouette on a red background, with a jigsaw puzzle texture and two pieces removed from the silhouette. Blurbs from Martin Edwards ("Christopher Huang's knack for creating mysteries in the Golden Age tradition is displayed splendidly in A Pretender's Murder.") and S.A. Cosby ("A Pretender's Murder is a dazzlinbg labyrinthine mystery that combines the best of the pantheon of the classics of the genre with a fresh and unique perspective.")
ONE WEEK TO GO! We see a lot of front covers, but how about this back cover for A PRETENDER'S MURDER? Many thanks to Martin Edwards (@martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social) and S.A. Cosby (@blacktopkid.bsky.social) for the kind words. (go read their books)
I'm not sure if I will ever understand people who can crack an egg and throw away the shell without first running a finger around the inside of the shell to extract all the egg still stuck there.
Look what the postman dropped off today. Also: TWO MORE WEEKS TO LAUNCH! Tell your friendly neighbourhood bookstore!
(To be fair, I don't think Canada does that either. I mean, while I do have a Canadian certificate of citizenship card, that might just be an immigration thing.)
Americans, please tell me: does your government issue picture ID to ALL eligible voters? For free, and not just to those who can drive?
Cover image for A Pretender's Murder by Christopher Huang: yellow text on a red jigsaw-textured background, over a stylised image in black of a revolver with Big Ben for its barrel.
Three weeks to go! A PRETENDER'S MURDER releases on 24 February 2026!
March 1925: Colonel Hadrian Russell, father-in-law to four war widows, is charming and popular ... and when he's shot and thrown through a club window one night, Eric Peterkin is once again called to investigate.
I think that Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres looks like the most respectable gentleman to have ever respectably gentlemanned.
Thoughts on watching "Dept. Q":
1) Matthew Goode? I thought this was a David Tennant vehicle.
2) I am NOT used to seeing Matthew Goode with a beard.
3) ... are we sure this isn't David Tennant?
I just want to point out that abolition is a perfectly valid means of reform.
Why was the nanny-cam focussed on Superman?
Because he had super-vision.
When you successfully skirt around a hole in the ground, you avoid a void.
