Friday, October 20, 2023
Bitter Tea and Mystery: #1962Club: Something Wholesale by Eric Newby
Bitter Tea and Mystery: #1962Club: Something Wholesale by Eric Newby: Something Wholesale is a memoir by Eric Newby, a renowned British travel writer. This was the first book I have read by this author. It is ...
FFB Review: Treachery in Death: Eve Dallas Mysteries by J.D. Robb
Treachery in Death
by J.D. Robb opens with the murder of a shop owner before delving into a
complicated case of police corruption. After winding up a case, Detective Peabody
is alone in a little used bathroom at police headquarters when two people barge
in. She is naked, having just had a shower, and far from her weapon as two
officers come in and have a heated argument. Peabody realizes as she listens
that the officers are corrupt and that is in deadly danger if they find her.
Eventually they leave, and Peabody is able to get dressed
and get McNab, a fellow officer with whom she is living with, and they go to
Dallas’s house to tell her what happened. Even though she is badly shaken, Peabody
knows the best course of action is to tell Dallas and she does. With what
Peabody learned, it isn’t too hard to identify the two officers and a possible
murder scene.
Dallas and Roarke go checkout the possible murder
scene and they find a body. A known junkie is very much dead. The scene is set
up to be setup to be perceived as an overdose. Dallas would probably have
caught it being fake anyway, if she had caught the case, but with Peabody
telling her how the two she overheard were involved in the murder, Dallas knows
that they have rot in the department.
You don’t tarnish the badge. You especially don’t
when you come from a family that is legendary in the NYSPD. One of the officers
did just that and Dallas plans on taking that person and everyone else involved
down hard.
What follows is a complicated and fast-moving tale
with Dallas determined to take down the two corrupt officers she knows about,
thanks to Peabody, as well as the rest of the criminals involved. The rot
extends to various departments. Once all are caught, the ramifications to the
rest of the department and the legal system will be huge.
Another good one in the series that pulls you into
the world of 2060 and reminds the reader that greed kills.
My reading copy came by way of the Libby App and the
Dallas Public Library System.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2023
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Caves of Steel (1953/54) by Isaac Asimov
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Caves of Steel (1953/54) by Isaac Asimov: Once upon a time, in the 1950s, the detective genre received a distinguished visitor from outer space, Isaac Asimov , who came as an ambassa...
Jungle Red Writers: Terry Shames--Guilt Strikes at Granger's Store
Jungle Red Writers: Terry Shames--Guilt Strikes at Granger's Store: DEBORAH CROMBIE : Every writer of a long-running series at some point is faced with a very ticklish question, and our Jungle Red friend and ...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
MAKE MINE MYSTERY: The End Is Nigh
MAKE MINE MYSTERY: The End Is Nigh: by Janis Patterson For every beginning there is an ending... and conversely, for every ending there is a beginning... and sometimes it’s har...
Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Dragon Teeth, Small Town Sins, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Dragon Teeth, Small Town Sins, Dr. Jek...: Nevermore September 19, 2023 Reported by Rita Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton takes place in 1876 in the American west. Two rival pa...
SleuthSayers: My First Century
SleuthSayers: My First Century: Monday was the publication date for Happiness is a Warm Gun: Crime Stories Inspired by Songs of the Beatles. My story is the lead-off,...
Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: "The Choc-Ice Woman" by Mary Costello
Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: "The Choc-Ice Woman" by Mar...: Mary Costello is a new author to me. Per Wikipedia, she is an Irish author of short stories and novels; she was born in Galway and now liv...
Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: "CANNON IN FRONT OF THEM"
Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: "CANNON IN FRONT OF THEM": "Cannon in Front of Them" by Manly Wase Wellman (from Short Stories , October 25, 1944) Confederate Captain C aldecott allowed him...
Short Story Wednesday Review: Daughters by Nathan Walpow
From the massive archive...
Sometimes you know that your foe of the moment has no
future. That he is too far down the wrong road so you put him down because you
have to end his misery. That and you can rescue the three young girls held in
the back of the van. It is just part of the job.
The woman in his living room also has a job in mind. A
far more personal job for the man who used to be Special Forces and now is a
vigilante killer working out of Los Angeles. A job that is complicated and also
very much needs doing in the short story Daughters by Nathan Walpow.
Told in the first person, this is a hard edged fast
moving short story featuring a nameless and very interesting main character.
Borderline sociopath with a touch of humor, our antihero is very much of the
opinion that the world is a place that needs cleaning up after on a fairly
frequent basis. One can’t reveal much about the short story without giving away
too much, beyond what has been said above, but there are a couple of twists in
this tale that help create a mighty good read.
I picked up this free read to read and review thanks to the author mentioning it on Facebook.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2015, 2023
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
SleuthSayers: Daddy, Where Do Anthologies Come From?
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Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
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Bitter Tea and Mystery: #1962Club: Gambit by Rex Stout
Bitter Tea and Mystery: #1962Club: Gambit by Rex Stout: Rex Stout wrote 33 novels and 41 novellas about the private detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant, Archie Goodwin. The novellas were publ...
Would You Like To Be A Guest?
As the blog rapidly closes in on three
million page views, and since I have not mentioned this in some time, I thought
I would remind you that I welcome guest posts here.
Guests are more than welcome. Unlike some
folks and their places, I don’t have a lot of forms to fill out or hoops to
jump through so I have made the process as easy as possible. Most questions you
may have are already answered below so please read the post before reaching
out.
The open days are currently Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Sundays. I usually run excerpts from published or about to be
published works on Sundays as they seem to work best on those days.
Topic--pretty much anything goes. While my
blog is mainly aimed towards items of interest for readers and writers of
mystery and crime fiction, I am open to pretty much anything. I do ask that
folks avoid the topics of religion and politics unless either or both directly
relate to the work being discussed or promoted. I also am not going to run
anything that advocates big pharma is hiding the cure for cancer. Folks that
come up with that stuff deserve a special place in hell.
Before contacting me, please have an
actual idea in mind. I absolutely do not assign topics. That means I am NOT
going to tell you what to write about. This is your opportunity to write what
you want to write about. You know your books, your expertise in topics, etc. I
do not. Your idea does not have to be set in stone. It does need to have some
detail. Have at least a couple of things that you know you want to have in your
piece and tell me that in your pitch.
Word Count: Totally up to you. I do not
set a maximum or a minimum word count.
When your piece is ready, you send it to
me by email and include a 100 word or fewer bio. Also send any pics that you
think should be included in the piece. While some guest posts are super heavy
in pictures, I think it works best to have two or so. While I can and do lift
author photos and book covers from Amazon and author websites, it is easier if
you just send it from the start as well as any other pics you believe should be
included.
This is, as always, a nonpaying
opportunity. Yes, I absolutely value your work. I also have no income other
than SSD (and that is just a few hundred each month) and am supporting myself,
my adult son, and this old house on what little I inherited when my Mom passed.
The bank account is steadily shrinking and I am doing the best I can to hang in
here as inflation and other issues are making it even harder.
While I have no funds to pay you, I can
promise to promote the heck out of your appearance. You will be seen. I can’t
promise a certain number of sales, but most guests do see a spike in their
sales. Guests who are on the blog on a semi regular basis do far better than
one off appearances, but everyone does see an impact.
Questions/ pitches should be sent to me at
Kevinrtipple AT Verizon.net
I hope you choose to be a part of things here. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Kevin R. Tipple © 2023
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