Monthly Archives: November 2015

Offering Scarce, Signed First Printing, First Edition Copies of My Mulligan Crime Novels

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

First edition, first printing copies of the four books in my Edgar Award-winning series of crime novels are quite scarce. Why?  Because my cautious publisher, Forge, printed only 5,000 each (before each of the books went into subsequent editions and … Continue reading →

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Who’s Reading “A Scourge of Vipers” Now? Crime Fiction Legend James W. Hall

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

James W. Hall  is both a poet and the author of the best-selling Thorn thrillers.  You can learn more about him and his work here. A Scourge of Vipers by Bruce DeSilva is the fourth in my Edgar Award-winning series of hardboiled … Continue reading →

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Getting the Blues — And Loving It

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

Why the blues? Why are my wife Patricia and I drawn to music found at the bottom of a shot glass, the music of the scorned and shattered? Why do we end so many of our nights sipping something bitter … Continue reading →

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Gotta Go Gotta Flow

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

“It was a living self-contained theater.” That’s how Michael Abramson described his years photographing Peppers Hideout, Perv’s House, the High Chaparral, the Patio Lounge, and the Showcase Lounge on Chicago’s South Side in the 1970s. Bump contests and blues. Love … Continue reading →

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