Tag Archives: San Francisco Mysteries

Two-Gun Bob: June 11, 1926 — 1936 — 2022

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Don

Today marks the anniversary of the suicide by gunshot at age thirty of Texas author Robert E. Howard, sitting in his Chevy outside the family home in Cross Plains. Our resident Autograph Hound Brian Leno lays out another John Hancock … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Worley Recalled

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Don

Yet another mini-memoir of crime writer William Worley has wandered into the traffic on These Mean Streets, this one from Linda Shaw — a student from one of his classes in Lowell High: I had not thought about Mr. William … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Back to Chinatown

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Don

For those of you in the game of collecting San Francisco Mysteries, Connie di Marco is one of the current writers jumping into the fray — on April 26 her new one Serpent’s Doom, fourth entry in her series of the … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Kent Harrington in Person in Green Apple

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Don

Quick. Before they concoct an excuse to shut everything down again. Get over to Green Apple on Ninth Avenue tomorrow night to see Kent Harrington interviewed by Kevin Hunsanger about his new San Francisco crime novel Last Seen. I’ve already … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: A “Lost Book” Mystery

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Don

Every couple of years or so I get asked about a book someone has read and forgotten the title of — almost always a book that is a mystery set in San Francisco. Hey, you do the seminal statement, people … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Chatting with Joe Gores

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Don

Crime writer Mark Coggins just wrote with the news: “I finally transcribed my (long) interview with Joe Gores about the Falcon from 2007.” Sure to be a surfing destination for Hammett fans. Plus Mark mentions that a recent book has … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: “Mr. Worley in 1963”

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Don

Just got a note in from Keith Young, yet another student in the classes once taught by William Worley, author of the classic San Francisco mystery My Dead Wife. Here’s Keith, verbatim: “A recollection from his class at Lowell. One day … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Connie di Marco Brings Another Zodiac to Town

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Don

For her second Zodiac series psychic mystery, Connie di Marco did one of those blog tours to promo the title — and since the action is set in San Francisco, provides her own survey of criminous fiction and film on the topic. … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: More William Worley

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Don

Trying — unsuccessfully, no doubt — to clear the decks of multifarious backlogged potential posts and flat-out delayed posts, I found this note from James Langdell, who surfed into Up and Down after finding the bit Lester Hardy contributed about San … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: The Bragg Series by Jack Lynch

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Don

A new publisher operating under the handle Brash Books caught my attention recently — they’re planning on doing eBooks of the Tom Kakonis backlist, all of it, I think. Great news. Even better news: they’re prepping a NEW Kakonis crime … Continue reading →

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