You found me!

People discover the Crime Fiction Dossier through an interesting variety of ways. Every once in a while, I'll look through the stats to see which search terms people used to find this blog. Some of them make sense, and some of them are a little on the odd side.

Here is a sampling from the last few days:

• "crime fiction slaughter" -- Karin Slaughter, presumably, not the other kind.
• "yellow dog contract by ross thomas" -- My favorite author! I hope the person found what they were looking for.
• "ken roberts" -- No idea who that is, or why the search led to me.
• "book torture" -- Hopefully they're not looking for a "How To" manual.
• "Harlan Coben criticism" -- Me, criticize Harlan? Never. Have you seen the man? He must be eight feet tall.
• "how much do crime fiction authors make" -- Very little, my friend. Very little.
• "David Montgomery blog" -- Wow, that's flattering. I think that's the first time I've seen that one. Of course, they were probably looking for David Montgomery, the Yale Historian.
• "what can i put for a blurb for a mystery story" -- I wonder if this was Stephen King. Could he finally be out of jacket quotes?
• "gumshoe awards 2006" -- Cool! Someone actually searching for Mystery Ink's awards.
• "hawke speak devil" -- I'm hoping that's Richard Hawke's book, Speak of the Devil (which I reviewed), and not the details for some Satanic ritual.
• "frederick forsyth review afghan" -- I didn't review Forsyth's new book, but I did run it through the Blurb Machine. This is by far the most popular search of the past few weeks. A lot of interest in this book!
• "How has crime fiction evolved or changed" -- Great question. I don't think I've answered it, though.

And my favorite:

• "Joe Konrath pseudonym" -- That one I can answer: Barbara Cartland.

Comments

[Elaine Flinn]

Barbara Cartland? Of course! I should have known. Brilliant deduction, David.

[Lana Lang]

I found the blog by using the search term "sexy crime fiction reviewer"

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