I’ve dug too deep. The abyss has stared back. To be completely honest, I’m not sure if I really want to talk about Tomoyuki Shirai’s works. It’s more that I find myself needing to. Not just becaus...

Me standing in a random Seattle bookstore, looking at an all-in-one collection of five Ellery Queen novels, isn’t much of a story-opener. For that matter, this isn’t much of a story, but there’s a ...