Monday, October 19, 2015
About That Dumb Star Wars Boycott (Chuck Wendig on TerribleMinds)
In case it is not readily apparent I am one of those straight white guys Chuck refers to in the piece. I am 53 and grew up reading tons of science fiction and fantasy. I still read some though my main focus these days are crime, mystery and thriller novels. Sad to say, it was not until I started seeing all the flack Mr. Wendig was getting over his recent book that I even thought about the lack of diversity in the science fiction/fantasy world.
I feel pretty stupid for not seeing it before. I am paying attention now and I hope other folks are too. It is 2015 and we can and should do better. Period. Go read the piece. It is important.
About That Dumb Star Wars Boycott (Chuck Wendig on TerribleMinds)
I feel pretty stupid for not seeing it before. I am paying attention now and I hope other folks are too. It is 2015 and we can and should do better. Period. Go read the piece. It is important.
About That Dumb Star Wars Boycott (Chuck Wendig on TerribleMinds)
Bookblog of the Bristol Library: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jack...
Bookblog of the Bristol Library: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jack...: Reviewed by Christy H. Mary Katherine and Constance Blackwood are sisters. They live in a large, secluded house with their disable...
Ted Lehmann's Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms: The Hot Countries by Timothy Hallinan: Book Review...
Ted Lehmann's Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms: The Hot Countries by Timothy Hallinan: Book Review...: Timothy Hallinan is a prolific writer of Detective fiction/thrillers, currently writing two quite distinct series with vastly different...
Monday With Kaye: "The Mozart Conspiracy" by Scott Mariani (Reviewed by Kaye George)
Another Monday is made more
bearable by another installment of Monday With Kaye. This week she reviews The Mozart Conspiracy by Scott Mariani.
The Mozart Conspiracy by Scott Mariani
We're getting this thriller late. It was
published in England in 2008, but better late than never in this case. Mariani
has built an elaborate plot on a quote attributed to Mozart shortly before his
death. In the first scene, Oscar Llewellyn witnessed a horrific murder and, as
a result, meets his death soon after. But not before he manages to send a
message.
Nearly a year later, Oscar's beautiful
opera singer sister, Leigh, inadvertently setting a deadly chain of events into
motion, is forced to ask for help from retired SAS officer Benedict Hope, an
old lover of hers, and someone she knows she should not become entangled with
again. Benedict, a traitor only to the bad guys, helps Leigh go up against a
man so sinister he stops egg-throwing rioters in their tracks with his icy
gaze.
Madeleine Laurent, the wife of a
diplomat, gives impeccable witness to having seen Oscar's drunken, accidental
death, but all is not as it seems. At the heart of the mystery is research for a
book on Mozart Oscar was writing. Neither he, before his death, nor Leigh, now
deciding to finish his book, realize the implications of an old letter Oscar
discovered. A letter that mentions an ancient secret society that is surely now
dead.
The other hero of the story, Detective
Sergeant Markus Minski, knows something wasn't right about the drowning death
of Oscar, but can't put his finger on it. Until the hornet's nest of conspiracy
stirred up by Ben and Leigh threatens those dear to him, including his own
young daughter.
The story is told, in the beginning,
with alternating flashbacks that fill in the history and characters of Oscar,
Leigh, and Ben while we're meanwhile racing headlong into threats of disaster
and death. Throw in the political campaign of Philippe Aragon, the youngest
ever candidate for vice presidency of the European Commission, opposed by
swastika waving neo-Fascists among others, and you're off on a breathtaking
ride through England and Europe.
Reviewed by Kaye George, Author of A Patchwork of Stories
for Suspense Magazine
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Little Big Crimes: Stolen Lives, by Johanna Holmstrom
Little Big Crimes: Stolen Lives, by Johanna Holmstrom: "Stolen Lives," by Johanna Holmstrom, in Helsinki Noir, edited by James Thompson, Akashic Press, 2015. This is a complex stor...
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Today in MYSTERY HISTORY: 10/17/1936 Pretty Parker published
Today in MYSTERY HISTORY: 10/17/1936 Pretty Parker published: October 17, 1936. The issue of Detective Fiction Weekly with this cover date included the first section of Max Brand's Seven Faces,...
A Writer's Life....Caroline Clemmons: DEADLY OCCUPATION IS A FAST-PACED HISTORICAL MYSTE...
A Writer's Life....Caroline Clemmons: DEADLY OCCUPATION IS A FAST-PACED HISTORICAL MYSTE...: My Review of DEADLY OCCUPATION DEADLY OCCUPATION, by Suzanne Adair, is a rousing historical mystery. If you’ve read other works by Ms ...
KRL This Week Update
Up this morning in KRL a review & giveaway of
another
perfect mystery for Halloween, "Ghost of a Potion" by Heather Blake
http://kingsriverlife.com/10/17/ghost-of-a-potion-by-heather-blake/
And a review & giveaway of another perfect mystery for
Halloween, "Gossamer Ghost" by Laura
Childs
http://kingsriverlife.com/10/17/gossamer-ghost-by-laura-childs-reviewgiveaway/
We also have reviews & giveaways of 5 more mysteries
from Penguin and Kensington authors-"A Beeline to Murder": A Henny
Penny Farmette Mystey by Meera Lester, "Floral Depravity": A Bridal
Bouquet Shop Mystery by Beverly Allen, "The Big Chili": An Undercover
Dish Mystery by Julia Buckley, "A Gala Event" by Sheila Connolly, and "Pane
and Suffering" by Cheryl Hollon
http://kingsriverlife.com/10/17/october-penguinskensington-mysteries/
Also up a review & giveaway of theatre mystery "The
Sound of Murder" by Cindy Brown, and published by Henery
Press, along with an
interesting guest post by Cindy about the theatre setting
http://kingsriverlife.com/10/17/the-sound-of-murder-by-cindy-brown/
And the first of many Halloween mystery short stories, this
one by Margaret
Mendel
http://kingsriverlife.com/10/17/poor-devil-a-halloween-mystery-short-story/
What goes better with Halloween than Alfred Hitchcock, check
out this article by Deborah Harter Williams about "Alfred Hitchcock
Presents" http://kingsriverlife.com/10/17/alfred-hitchcock-presents/
We also have a review of the new show "Scream Queens",
perfect TV viewing for your Halloween
http://kingsriverlife.com/10/17/scream-queens-tv-review/
And over on KRL Lite, a review & giveaway of "The
Corpse with the Diamond Hand" by Cathy Ace
http://kingsriverlife.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-corpse-with-diamond-hand-cait.html
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