Sunday, June 29, 2025

Sherlock Poems is Being Released this Week!

Sherlock Poems is Being Released this Week!


Sherlock Poems is two days away from its release day!  This Tuesday, it’ll be available for purchase.  Thanks to anybody who’s interested, and everybody who’s supported the project so far!




 

–Chris Chan

 

 

 

Chris Chan’s book Sherlock Poems is scheduled to be published on June 30th!  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 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.

 

 

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Some of My Best Friends are Murderers Has Been Nominated for a Macavity Award!

Some of My Best Friends are Murderers Has Been Nominated for a Macavity Award!


More fantastic news today!  Some of My Best Friends are Murderers has been nominated for Mystery Readers International’s Macavity Award in the Best Mystery-Related Non-Fiction/Critical category!  The Macavity Awards are named for the “mystery cat” in T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.




 

Many thanks to everybody who voted for Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers: Critiquing the Columbo Killers! Congratulations to all of the other nominees in all five categories, including my fellow Level Best authors!




 

–Chris Chan

 

 

 

Chris Chan’s book Sherlock Poems is scheduled to be published on June 30th!  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 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.

 

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Sherlock Poems is Available for Pre-Order on Amazon!

Sherlock Poems is Available for Pre-Order on Amazon!


We are just over two weeks away from the release of Sherlock Poems!  It is now available for pre-order from Amazon!  Please take a look, and thanks for your support!





 

 

–Chris Chan

 

 

 

Chris Chan’s book Sherlock Poems is scheduled to be published on June 30th!  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 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.

Friday, June 6, 2025

Saving the Streets of Old Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Public Museum

Saving the Streets of Old Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Public Museum

 

Only my Milwaukee and Wisconsin readers may be following this story, but the announced move of the Milwaukee Public Museum does not mean that all of the exhibits will make the move as well.  On the contrary, many beloved exhibits in the famous “Milwaukee Style” may be destroyed and the survivors stuck into storage.  Please watch this video, “Who Killed the Streets of Old Milwaukee” (which I did not take part in creating) to get an understanding of the situation that hasn’t been covered much in the news.




 

 

Also please check out the Facebook groups Streets of Old Milwaukee Club and Preserve MKE. Thanks!

 

–Chris Chan

 

 

 

Chris Chan’s book Sherlock Poems is scheduled to be published on June 30th!  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 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.