Today marks two decades—a full 20 years, folks!—since I began posting here in The Rap Sheet. If we consider this (generously) as a job, then it’s the longest one I’ve ever held down. It’s also the one that has brought me the smallest amount of remuneration. But of course I didn’t set out to become rich by blogging about crime, mystery, and thriller fiction. My intention was to celebrate the depth and breadth of this genre, and to express my enduring appreciation for its growth and evolution. I hope I have accomplished that so far.
On the blog’s 10th birthday, I traced my history as a book critic and how it led me to launch The Rap Sheet. So I won’t readdress all of that today. I had once imagined making a big deal of this anniversary (with T-shirts and special postings and more), but decided in the end that, all I really wanted to do was send out my appreciation to the blog’s readers for sticking with it for so long and saying such nice things about it along the way. This journey has presented occasional difficulties, yet it has been predominately rewarding, and I hope to continue writing and editing The Rap Sheet for many years to come.
Thank you, one and all!
Friday, May 22, 2026
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11 comments:
I remember the beginning!
Well done! A generation of posts is a great accomplishment.
Congratulations Mr. Pierce!! I look forward to each and every post.
Next year the blog will be legal to drink:)
Jeff, a day late and a dollar short, still want to say "Thank you so much" for all the news, updates, coming releases, and joy you've brought everyone for the past two decades; through both sites and the 480 videos on your Youtube channel. I especially want to thank you for the testimonial you gave my first (and only) book on the Aphorisms of Detective Charlie Chan. Here's to the next decade...ʻŌkole Maluna! (bottoms up)
Happy Birthday! And thank you for being a ray of light in a world gone increasingly mad.
No, thanks go to you for your never ending endeavor to bring the best crime writing to the attention of so many others. In my own laborious search for under the radar quality crime fiction (which seems to grow harder each year) I can only imagine how much time you put into providing all this wonderful information to your readers.
The same year I started my blog but the advent of Facebook really put a dent in producing a blog.
Congratulations, Jeff. I always like your "round-up"-type posts, which always have interesting information.
Congratulations Jeff, Great work and thanks for sharing all the latest updates and reviews from Crime Fiction world
I don't know what I would do without all these excellent recommendations. My life is so much the richer for it. Thank you so much for doing the heavy lifting for us, the reading public.
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