The covers for all three books in the DeWitt Agency Files series are now new and improved! Check it out… Why change? I’ve been puzzled why so many readers of cozy mysteries were buying The Collection, and why so few of them went on to the other…
Criminal Element: The Fallen Architect
More consorting with the Criminal Element led me to read someone else’s book about a disgraced architect: The Fallen Architect is an atmospheric novel featuring an intriguing mystery, a sympathetic lead (who can also draw and paint), and a (literally) theatrical supporting cast, all set effectively in a colorful milieu….
Criminal Element: The Fall of the House of Knoedler
I’m abetting the Criminal Element again, this time with an article about the most spectacular modern art forgery scandal of the last twenty years. Between 1994 and 2008, Knoedler & Company — the oldest art gallery in the United States — sold for $80 million dollars forty paintings created by some of…
New! Renovations to the Burrow
It was time to dig for some more room here at the Burrow, so I’ve made perhaps the most changes at one time since I built the place. The Collection is the start of a series. The DeWitt Agency Files has an overview of the series and will be the…
Movie Minute – Art and Craft
Art and Craft is the remarkable true story of Mark Landis, a schizophrenic Mississippi man who over the course of thirty years forged hundreds of works of art and donated them to four dozen American museums. Landis, a gifted copyist, is able to duplicate pretty much any 2D artwork he…