Dale Ahlquist Reviews Ghosting My Friend!

Dale Ahlquist Reviews Ghosting My Friend!

 

Three years after its publication, Ghosting My Friend is still getting great reviews!  Dale Ahlquist reviewed it in Gilbert! recently, in the March/April 2026 issue.  Here’s an excerpt:

 

“Chris Chan demonstrates that he understands the value of a good plot, great twists, believable and irre­sistible characters, and entertaining dialogue. Some of the best lines, however, are the wisecracks that Funderburke, the narrator, wants to make, but doesn’t. He describes one rather smarmy character as someone “who could have gotten a decent job as a development officer for some avaricious college.” That covers a lot of bases in just a few words. 

 

This is not a book to read during Lent. There seems to be food in every scene, and the author describes it far too well.”

 

 

Thanks for the great review!

 

 

–Chris Chan

 

 

 

Chris Chan’s history of Agatha Chritie’ And Then There Were None, Absolute Justice, was published on March 10^th!   His flash fiction collection 156 Homicides will be published soon! His book Sherlock Poems retells the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon in verse.  He is also the author of the CWA Dagger Long Listed The Autistic Sleuth, written with the professional guidance of his mother Dr. Patricia Meyer Chan, and he has also written the Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony-nominated book on the Columbo killers, Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers! He is the author of the Funderburke and Kaiming novels Ghosting My Friend and She Ruined Our Lives and Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History, released by Level Best Books.  He is also the author of the comedic novels Sherlock’s Secretary and Nessie’s Nemesis, published by MX Publishing, as was his anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 1 & 2.  His Agatha-nominated book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter was published by Level Best Books.  His first non-fiction book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” is available for sale at Amazon.com and the MX Publishing website, as well as at Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping there).  It is also available in a Kindle edition.

 

I’m on the Five Compelling Questions with Shawn Podcast!

 I’m on the Five Compelling Questions with Shawn Podcast!

 

I recently talked with my editor, Shawn Reilly Simmons, on her podcast Five Compelling Questions with Shawn, to discuss my latest book, Absolute Justice!  If you want to listen, here’s the link!

 

 

–Chris Chan

 

 

 

Chris Chan’s history of Agatha Chritie’ And Then There Were None, Absolute Justice, was published on March 10^th!   His flash fiction collection 156 Homicides will be published soon! His book Sherlock Poems retells the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon in verse.  He is also the author of the CWA Dagger Long Listed The Autistic Sleuth, written with the professional guidance of his mother Dr. Patricia Meyer Chan, and he has also written the Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony-nominated book on the Columbo killers, Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers! He is the author of the Funderburke and Kaiming novels Ghosting My Friend and She Ruined Our Lives and Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History, released by Level Best Books.  He is also the author of the comedic novels Sherlock’s Secretary and Nessie’s Nemesis, published by MX Publishing, as was his anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 1 & 2.  His Agatha-nominated book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter was published by Level Best Books.  His first non-fiction book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” is available for sale at Amazon.com and the MX Publishing website, as well as at Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping there).  It is also available in a Kindle edition.

 

Please Check Out the Kickstarter for The Essential Solar Pons!

Please Check Out the Kickstarter for The Essential Solar Pons!

 

Belanger Books is publishing a collection ofessays about some of the most interesting, enjoyable, and important Solar Pons mysteries by August Derleth, The Essential Solar Pons, each paired with the original story!  It’ll be released soon, and there are eleven days left on the Kickstarter, if you are interested in supporting it!  I have an essay in it on “From the Notebooks of Dr. Lyndon Parker.”  Please take a look!

 

 

–Chris Chan

 

 

 

Chris Chan’s history of Agatha Chritie’ And Then There Were None, Absolute Justice, was published on March 10^th!   His flash fiction collection 156 Homicides will be published soon! His book Sherlock Poems retells the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon in verse.  He is also the author of the CWA Dagger Long Listed The Autistic Sleuth, written with the professional guidance of his mother Dr. Patricia Meyer Chan, and he has also written the Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony-nominated book on the Columbo killers, Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers! He is the author of the Funderburke and Kaiming novels Ghosting My Friend and She Ruined Our Lives and Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History, released by Level Best Books.  He is also the author of the comedic novels Sherlock’s Secretary and Nessie’s Nemesis, published by MX Publishing, as was his anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 1 & 2.  His Agatha-nominated book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter was published by Level Best Books.  His first non-fiction book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” is available for sale at Amazon.com and the MX Publishing website, as well as at Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping there).  It is also available in a Kindle edition.

 

 

 

 

A New Promotional Image for Absolute Justice!

A New Promotional Image for Absolute Justice!

 

Level Best Books has created a new promotional image for Absolute Justice!  Please take a look, and if you’re interested, it’s available in both paperback and Kindle!  Thanks to everybody who has helped to make Absolute Justice Amazon’s #1 new release in BOTH Mystery Criticism and Drama Criticism!

 

 

–Chris Chan

 

 

 

Chris Chan’s history of Agatha Christie’ And Then There Were None, Absolute Justice, was published on March 10^th!   His flash fiction collection 156 Homicides will be published soon! His book Sherlock Poems retells the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon in verse.  He is also the author of the CWA Dagger Long Listed The Autistic Sleuth, written with the professional guidance of his mother Dr. Patricia Meyer Chan, and he has also written the Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony-nominated book on the Columbo killers, Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers! He is the author of the Funderburke and Kaiming novels Ghosting My Friend and She Ruined Our Lives and Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History, released by Level Best Books.  He is also the author of the comedic novels Sherlock’s Secretary and Nessie’s Nemesis, published by MX Publishing, as was his anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 1 & 2.  His Agatha-nominated book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter was published by Level Best Books.  His first non-fiction book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” is available for sale at Amazon.com and the MX Publishing website, as well as at Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping there).  It is also available in a Kindle edition.

 

 

 

Thank You for Supporting Absolute Justice!

Thank You for Supporting Absolute Justice!

 

I want to thank everybody who has purchased Absolute Justice so far.  Thanks to your support, Absolute Justice has been the Amazon #1 New Release for both “Drama & Plays Literary Criticism” and “Mystery Literary Criticism” for twenty-four straight days, and was the Amazon #1 New Release for “20^th Century Literary Criticism” for a full week as well!  I hope that those of you who have bought the book are enjoying it!

 

 

–Chris Chan

 

 

Chris Chan’s history of Agatha Chritie’ And Then There Were None, Absolute Justice, was published on March 10^th!   His flash fiction collection 156 Homicides will be published soon! His book Sherlock Poems retells the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon in verse.  He is also the author of the CWA Dagger Long Listed The Autistic Sleuth, written with the professional guidance of his mother Dr. Patricia Meyer Chan, and he has also written the Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony-nominated book on the Columbo killers, Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers! He is the author of the Funderburke and Kaiming novels Ghosting My Friend and She Ruined Our Lives and Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History, released by Level Best Books.  He is also the author of the comedic novels Sherlock’s Secretary and Nessie’s Nemesis, published by MX Publishing, as was his anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 1 & 2.  His Agatha-nominated book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter was published by Level Best Books.  His first non-fiction book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” is available for sale at Amazon.com and the MX Publishing website, as well as at Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping there).  It is also available in a Kindle edition.

 

 

 

If You Care About Milwaukee’s History, Read This…

If You Care About Milwaukee’s History, Read This…

 

Regular readers of this blog know that I’m part of an effort to save some priceless works of historical importance.  The Milwaukee Public Museum is currently planning to move to a new location, and many of the brilliant nature dioramas, and the magnificent recreation of Milwaukee’s past, The Streets of Old Milwaukee, may be destroyed.

 

But it’s not too late to stop this.  The organization SaveMPM is investigating what’s going on behind the scenes, and it’s covering the situation in a collection of terrific blog posts.  Please take a look, and if you live in Milwaukee, let your elected representatives know that you don’t want Milwaukee’s history and culture destroyed! 

 

 

–Chris Chan

 

 

 

Chris Chan’s history of Agatha Chritie’ And Then There Were None, Absolute Justice, was published on March 10^th!   His flash fiction collection 156 Homicides will be published soon! His book Sherlock Poems retells the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon in verse.  He is also the author of the CWA Dagger Long Listed The Autistic Sleuth, written with the professional guidance of his mother Dr. Patricia Meyer Chan, and he has also written the Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony-nominated book on the Columbo killers, Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers! He is the author of the Funderburke and Kaiming novels Ghosting My Friend and She Ruined Our Lives and Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History, released by Level Best Books.  He is also the author of the comedic novels Sherlock’s Secretary and Nessie’s Nemesis, published by MX Publishing, as was his anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 1 & 2.  His Agatha-nominated book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter was published by Level Best Books.  His first non-fiction book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” is available for sale at Amazon.com and the MX Publishing website, as well as at Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping there).  It is also available in a Kindle edition.

 

 

Announcing Teachers Who Hate Students!

Announcing Teachers Who Hate Students!

 

Absolute Justice was just released this week, and already I have another book announcement to make!  The fourth book in the Funderburke and Kaiming series, Teachers Who Hate Students, will be released later this spring or early summer!

 

Here’s the book’s description!

 

Is Funderburke’s fourteen-year-old half-sister Blaze an arsonist?  Blaze has been kicked out of three schools, and all of her teachers say she’s a troubled, angry, potentially dangerous girl.  So when multiple cars are set aflame in a school parking lot, and a witness identifies Blaze as the culprit, the authorities are poised to toss Blaze into an institution for disturbed children.  Funderburke is inclined to think the worst about the half-sibling he’s never met, but when their mother begs him to take the case, he and his girlfriend/investigative partner Nerissa Kaiming start digging, and quickly discover a mountain of secrets that influential people hoped would stay buried forever.  As scandals are revealed and bodies pile up, Funderburke and Nerissa try to clear Blaze’s name despite the efforts of some powerful enemies. Unfortunately, this case may not just wreck their careers… it could destroy the Kaiming family.

 

And here’s the cover art!

 

 

 

–Chris Chan

 

 

 

Chris Chan’s history of  Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, Absolute Justice, was published on March 10^th!   His flash fiction collection 156 Homicides and his novel Teachers Who Hate Students will be published soon! His book Sherlock Poems retells the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon in verse.  He is also the author of the CWA Dagger Long Listed The Autistic Sleuth, written with the professional guidance of his mother Dr. Patricia Meyer Chan, and he has also written the Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony-nominated book on the Columbo killers, Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers! He is the author of the Funderburke and Kaiming novels Ghosting My Friend and She Ruined Our Lives and Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History, released by Level Best Books.  He is also the author of the comedic novels Sherlock’s Secretary and Nessie’s Nemesis, published by MX Publishing, as was his anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 1 & 2.  His Agatha-nominated book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter was published by Level Best Books.  His first non-fiction book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” is available for sale at Amazon.com and the MX Publishing website, as well as at Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping there).  It is also available in a Kindle edition.