by Andrew Gulli | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog Article, Monthly Reads, Reviews
By: Chris Chan Book Review: Straight Up: A Murder on the Rocks Mystery Straight Up: A Murder on the Rocks Mystery is the third book in Cathi Stoler’s series featuring bartender Jude Dillaine. In Straight Up, Jude is constantly looking over her shoulder, as a serial...
by Andrew Gulli | Aug 3, 2022 | Blog Article, Reviews
DVD Review: Murdoch Mysteries, Season Fourteen By: Chris Chan (WARNING: Some oblique spoilers here.) Due to the pandemic, the fourteenth season of Murdoch Mysteries was a bit shorter than usual. Luckily, the current season (fifteen) is extra-long to make up for it....
by Andrew Gulli | Aug 3, 2022 | Blog Article, Fiction
The Lure of a Ghost Story by B.R. Myers, author of A Dreadful Splendor Ghost story. Those two words illicit an immediate response; anticipation, intrigue, and perhaps foreboding. Even Arnold Lobel wrote a ghost story for his Frog and Toad series. In SHIVERS, Frog is...
by Andrew Gulli | Aug 1, 2022 | Blog Article, Reviews
Book Review: Shooting Script and Other Mysteries By: Chris Chan William Link and Richard Levinson are best known for their work in television, such as the classic crime shows Columbo; Murder, She Wrote; and Mannix; as well as a number of classic television movies. ...
by Andrew Gulli | Jul 26, 2022 | Blog Article, Fiction, Reviews, Sherlock
Book Review: More Sherlock Holmes Pastiches By: Chris Chan New entries in the Sherlock Holmes saga have become a subgenre in themselves in crime fiction, and this review will cover some interesting new releases. Liese Sherwood-Fabre has released three books in a...
by Andrew Gulli | Jul 25, 2022 | Blog Article, Reviews
DVD Review: Perry Mason: The Complete First Season By: Chris Chan The most glaring problem with the new HBO series Perry Mason is that the creators wanted to make a gritty noir story filled with the darker side of human nature and present-day social concerns, but...