Welcome to Blood & Whiskey
Once a month I share book reviews, recommendations, lists and news, mostly crime stories — mysteries, thrillers, noir, spy capers, also true crime — plus occasional author Q&As. Also: a cocktail of the month (usually whiskey, for those so inclined) and a monthly Blood & Whiskey playlist on Spotify.
I’ll tell you what my voracious wife is reading, what we’re watching, and I’ll share occasional updates on my own books. More on those at nealthompson.com
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And it's a battered old suitcase
To a hotel someplace
And a wound that will never heal
No prima donna, the perfume is on
An old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey…
-Tom Waits, “Tom Traubert’s Blues”
