The Nighttime is the Right Time is a collection of short fiction from the author of the popular Sheriff Dan Rhodes series. In these 11 previously published tales, we meet a detective who also happens to be a werewolf; investigate two separate missing-animal cases; tag along with series characters Carl Burns (the amateur-sleuth English teacher) and Dan Rhodes; watch Elvis Presley hunting a vampire; and check out a handful of other interesting puzzles. Crider is a very smooth writer: his prose is always lively, and his characters are always fun to hang around with. (His fans will notice that a couple of the stories here are much harder-edged than usual; he can be quite dark, when he wants to be.) A must read for fans of mystery, and darker fantasy tales. There will even be a few stories for fans of a certain Jack MacLane, whose work Bill Crider is intimately familiar with... CONTENTS:GoredCap'n Bob and GusPoo PooSee What the Boys in the Locked Room Will HaveThe Santa Claus CaperIt Happened at Grandmother's HouseThe Nighttime is the Right TimeA Evening Out With CarlBlest Be the TiesKing of the NightHow I Found a Cat, Lost True Love, and Broke the Bank at Monte CarloRaining Willie