Archive for August, 2012

Interrogation: Sean Chercover discusses The Trinity Game

Sean Chercover

 I’ll admit that when I heard that Sean Chercover had a new book, I had a range of reactions. The first, of course, was that it was about time. I loved Big City, Bad Blood and Trigger City, both featuring journalist-turned-PI Ray Dudgeon. These gritty Chicago-based crime tales showed Chercover to be a true talent, and I [...]

Grift gears up for fall

If summer for you has been anything like it was here in Iowa, it was brutally hot, incredibly dry and very, very busy. And then, just like that, it was not. It’s about 30 degrees cooler now than it was at this time two weeks ago; I’m brewing an evening cup of coffee just to [...]