by StrandMag | Feb 21, 2023 | Interviews
Can you tell us a little about your latest release Murder in Haxford? While the book is a stand-alone, it does continue the adventures of Pignon Scorbion and his colorful group of amateur detective assistants who debuted in Pignon Scorbion & the Barbershop...
by StrandMag | Feb 20, 2023 | Interviews
Finding inspiration in a fever dream, Jonathan Payne wrote his debut novel, Citizen Orlov. But beyond its surreal inspiration, the novel’s subject matter is rooted in Payne’s own experiences. Before moving to Washington, DC, Payne worked in national security for the...
by StrandMag | Feb 14, 2023 | Interviews
Can you tell us a little about your upcoming release, “Death of a Dancing Queen”? My elevator pitch is that it’s Veronica Mars meets the George Washington Bridge. In a nutshell, it’s the story of a New Jersey private eye who is trying to balance a missing persons case...
by StrandMag | Feb 2, 2023 | Reviews
NEVER BROKEN: A LISA JAMISON MYSTERY By Lori Duffy Foster Olney, MD: Level Best Books, 2022. $16.95 paperback Never Broken is the second book in Lori Duffy Foster’s Lisa Jamison series. If you haven’t read her previous book, A Dead Man’s Eyes (2021), it’s probably...
by StrandMag | Feb 2, 2023 | Reviews
Book Review: Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System JUNK SCIENCE AND THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM By M. Chris Fabricant New York: Akashic Books, 2022. $29.95 Sir Bernard Spilsbury was arguably the first celebrity pathologist, a man whose...