In his fifth gay mystery (after 2000's Name Games) featuring Mark Manning, editor and publisher of the Dumont Daily Register, Craft does a better job than usual of portraying the people of Dumont, Wis ...

Local mystery writer Michael Craft will discuss his two latest books, "Desert Getaway" and "Desert Deadline" — both set in the Coachella Valley — on Thursday, Oct. 19. This prolific writer has been at ...