The Nighttime is the Right Time

The Nighttime is the Right Time is a collection of short fiction from the author of the popular Sheriff Dan Rhodes series. In these 11 previously published tales, we meet a detective who also happens to be a werewolf; investigate two separate missing-animal cases; tag along with series characters Carl Burns (the amateur-sleuth English teacher) and Dan Rhodes; watch Elvis Presley hunting a vampire; and check out a handful of other interesting puzzles. Crider is a very smooth writer: his prose is always lively, and his characters are always fun to hang around with. (His fans will notice that a couple of the stories here are much harder-edged than usual; he can be quite dark, when he wants to be.) A must read for fans of mystery, and darker fantasy tales. There will even be a few stories for fans of a certain Jack MacLane, whose work Bill Crider is intimately familiar with... CONTENTS: Gored Cap'n Bob and Gus Poo Poo See What the Boys in the Locked Room Will Have The Santa Claus Caper It Happened at Grandmother's House The Nighttime is the Right Time A Evening Out With Carl Blest Be the Ties King of the Night How I Found a Cat, Lost True Love, and Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo Raining Willie

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Here's a collection of short fiction from the author of the popular Sheriff Dan Rhodes series. In these 11 previously published tales, we meet a detective who also happens to be a werewolf; investigate two separate missing-animal cases; tag along with series characters Carl Burns (the amateur-sleuth English teacher) and Dan Rhodes; watch Elvis Presley hunting a vampire; and check out a handful of other interesting puzzles. Crider is a very smooth writer: his prose is always lively, and his characters are always fun to hang around with. (His fans will notice that a couple of the stories here are much harder-edged than usual; he can be quite dark, when he wants to be.) Fans of short mystery fiction will be quite pleased with this collection, but those more comfortable with the novel form may find themselves wishing for more. Either camp can't but be impressed by Crider as a craftsman. David PittCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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