by StrandMag | Feb 2, 2023 | Reviews
DVD Review: Mare of Easttown MARE OF EASTTOWN HBO, 2021. $24.98 DVD, $22.99 Blu-Ray Mare of Easttown, HBO’s latest crime-centric “limited series,” is both brilliant and pedestrian. There is a lot to rave about here—most notably the excellent cast, particularly Kate...
by StrandMag | Feb 2, 2023 | Reviews
THE THREE LOCKS By Bonnie MacBird London: Collins Crime Club, 2021. $26.99 The Three Locks is Bonnie MacBird’s fourth novel continuing the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. It’s largely successful, with some twisty mysteries and some colorful settings and...
by StrandMag | Jan 25, 2023 | Interviews
Author of New York Times bestseller Close Pursuit and Arthur Ellis Award winner Sniper’s Moon, Carsten Stroud has been writing and publishing novels for over thirty years. Writing from his home in Toronto, Ontario, Carsten mostly draws on inspiration outside of the...
by StrandMag | Dec 27, 2022 | Interviews
Author Warren C. Easley began his journey as a full-fledged novel writer when he picked up a pen and notebook out of boredom on a plane. The twenty-three pages that came out of that flight sparked the fire that would result in the award-winning Cal Claxton Mysteries....
by StrandMag | Dec 21, 2022 | Interviews
Can you tell us a little about your debut novel “The Dead Won’t Tell”? It’s an edgy Southern mystery. Abbie, a failed historian turned journalist, chases down the cold case murder of a young Black girl the night when, on July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew returned to...
