He Had Me at “Columbo”

April 23, 2019: Patrick McGuinness’s London-set thriller Throw Me to the Wolves has just been published, and I had the …

Such a Betty

February 12, 2019: Today marks the deathiversary of Betty Garrett—no, not Betty Grable: Betty Garrett, who died eight years ago …

January 27, 2019: Did you like Barry Levinson’s Diner? Want even more midcentury male bonding and bickering over French fries? …

January 3, 2019: By this I mean that I don’t give money a lot of thought because it doesn’t really interest …

December 23, 2018: I’m using this pizzazzy photo and a great band’s good name to entice you to read my …

October 14, 2018: I’m from Boston, so I really should eat chowder. However, I’m a vegetarian, so I don’t. So …

September 16, 2018: On the acknowledgments page in her new novel, The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (and …

September 10, 2018: I believe that everyone is entitled to one or two irrational fears in life, and mine are …

August 5, 2018: That’s Sander Hall you’re seeing blown up. The building—a high-rise dorm commissioned by the University of Cincinnati—was …

July 22, 2018: By that I mean, please won’t you read my piece on The Neighbor, Joseph Souza’s new thriller? …