As has been typical of Ripley’s columns, this latest one is wide-ranging in its subjects, covering everything from a tribute to his Shots colleagues and the release of Word Monkey, a posthumous memoir by Christopher Fowler, to Swedish book-cover artist Hans Arnold, the reissuing of Doug J. Swanson’s “often very funny crime thrillers,” and new novels by David Hewson, Caro Ramsay, Vaseem Khan, and others.
Ripley concludes by saying he will miss penning a monthly books column, but that that duty has become rather onerous: “[W]ith an estimated 600 new crime novels and thrillers conventionally published this year, plus possibly an equal number appearing as e-books or self-published, keeping tabs on them is very much a young man’s game.”
FOLLOW-UP: I didn’t notice this detail initially, but the banner head above Ripley’s August 2023 column says it’s the “last regular” edition of “Getting Away with Murder.” Does that leave open the possibility of the feature returning on an irregular basis? Time will tell.
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Speaking of milestones, editor George Easter recently sent to subscribers the 100th edition of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine, dated Summer 2023. Its cover feature focuses on the delightful T.J. Newman (Falling, Drowning), while inside you’ll also find critiques of other action/spy novels by women; an obituary of John Dunning (Booked to Die), who passed away in late May; assistant editor Larry Gandle’s assessments of the 2023 Dagger Award nominees; a piece about Malaysian writer Rozlan Mohd Noor’s Inspector Mislan Latif mysteries; an updated list of DP’s “Best of 2023” list; and much more. Click here to subscribe or to purchase just this latest issue.
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