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 Andrew Gulli | Jan 21, 2023 | Blog Article, Reviews
Top 30 Mystery Novels of 2022 (In no order of importance or rank, they all are number one!) The Lost Man of Bombay by Vaseem Khan (Hodder & Stoughton) Khan does a great job of combining humor, and mayhem, in a historical setting. His books are series books that...
by Odin Halvorson | Dec 18, 2022 | Blog Article, Fiction, Reviews
Available 11 July, 2023 Jane Hunter is a retiring professional librarian and archivist, pushed out of her career path by a younger crowd and tough economic times. Divorced from her abusive husband, and with her grown actress daughter touring the world, Jane takes a...
by Odin Halvorson | Nov 26, 2022 | Blog Article, Fiction, Reviews
Available 03 Jan 2023 What’s a high-functioning Sherlock Holmes type to do in the face of a gullible, tarot-believing public? Fleece them for everything they’re worth, while solving all of their crimes, of course! Together with his charming assistant...
by Odin Halvorson | Nov 14, 2022 | Blog Article, Fiction, Reviews
Available on 03/21/2023 There is a particular skill to writing books in a series. You need to be able to write each book in such a way that a fresh reader could conceivably pick it up and enjoy it without having experienced any of the others. At the same time, each...
