Department Q: New Series on Netflix
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The new *"Department Q" series*, starring *Matthew Goode,* will be
available exclusively on *Netflix* and will premiere on May 29, 2025. The
series is bas...
An Englishman's Castle - 1978 TV review
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Back in 1978, I began my first 'proper job', having previously worked for
six months in a factory prior to university. I had no money to spare, so I
cou...
Proving Santayana
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* Guest Blogger Michael J. Cooper*
*From Annamaria: Today I am happy to welcome back my fellow historical
novelist, who writes riveting mystery-thrillers...
Review - A Hopeless Case
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When I noticed that the Hallmark series "The Jane Mysteries" was from a
book series by K.K. Beck, I had to read at least one of the books. This is
the ...
Aspects of Sherlock Holmes: Further Observations
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The following is an excerpt from “The Naval Treaty,” a story which is
included in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: “Do you know anything of the
commissionai...
Мелбет бонус промокод на сегодня
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Регистрация в Мелбет без паспорта Компания Melbet давно популярна среди
беттеров. Букмекер предлагает широкий набор спортивных событий,
привлекательные кот...
Wondrous Words Wednesday
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Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words
that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love. Feel free to get
creative! ...
#amreading What Lies Beneath Us, Kirsty Ferguson
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I'm actually half way through this extremely promising piece of writing.
*From the Blurb:*
Jessica James had the perfect life. She had a good job, suppor...
Out of Mind by Kendall Talbot
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Title: Out of Mind Author: Kendall Talbot Genre: Romantic suspense Opens:
From the moment Holly climbed into the helicopter, a sense of foreboding
plagued ...
Review: BREAKHEART HILL by Thomas H. Cook
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I’m very grateful to regular visitor Tracy (who blogs wonderfully herself
at Biter Tea and Mystery) for recommending this book set in her native
Alabama fo...
From Fred Vargas to Kati Hiekkapelto
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I have finally finished A Climate of Fear after many weeks. This is nothing
to do with the quality of a fine book but more to do with my state of
health an...
>People Like Us….
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>In real life, murders are committed by all kinds of people from every
social class. Murder victims, too, come from every social class. So do
those who inv...
Not "To be"
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Terry here, with our question of the week: Look at your last book and count
the number of times you used is, are, was, and were. Thoughts? Lessons
lear...
The Dark Maestro by Brendan Slocumb
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First Line: *The flash of the FBI badge would wipe away, forever, his
identity*.
Growing up in the Southeast Washington, D.C., projects with a drug deale...
Tough Luck by Sandra Dallas
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It’s been more than a few years since I read one of Sandra Dallas’ books,
although she wrote two books I still remember and recommend, The Persian
Pickle C...
The Mystery of the Crooked Man - Tom Spencer
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The Mystery of the Crooked Man, is from Tom Spencer.
From the publisher: "Meet Agatha Dorn, cantankerous archivist, grammar
pedant, gin afficionado and m...
WHAT'S A WRITER TO DO?
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by Steve Pease/Michael Chandos A short one tonight, I'm afraid.
I've been sick for a week with a chest cold and didn't do anything
interesting ex...
Weekly Mewsings: Happy Mother's Day!
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I am linking up to the *Sunday Post* hosted by Kim of Caffeinated Book
Reviewer and *The Sunday Salon* (TSS) hosted by Deb Nance of Readerbuzz where
part...
Proving Santayana
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* Guest Blogger Michael J. Cooper*
*From Annamaria: Today I am happy to welcome back my fellow historical
novelist, who writes riveting mystery-thrillers...
20 Books of Summer 2025 Challenge
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This challenge was previously hosted by Cathy of 746 books and has now been
taken on by AnnaBookBel and Emma of Words and Peace. If you don’t want to
read ...
The Weekend Review - May 10th-12th
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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book
Reviewer ~ It's a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on
your bl...
PaperBack: “Journey Into Terror”
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*Part of a series honoring the late author and blogger Bill Crider.*
*Journey Into Terror, by Peter Rabe (Gold Medal, 1957). Cover illustration
by Mitch...
Review - A Hopeless Case
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When I noticed that the Hallmark series "The Jane Mysteries" was from a
book series by K.K. Beck, I had to read at least one of the books. This is
the ...
Fandom as We Get Older
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By
Scott D. Parker
Being a fan of something is different when you’re younger.
A fellow Gen-Xer and I have discussion about fandom: what it was like a...
National Crime Reading Month
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*National Crime Reading Month Returns this June *
*with Bestselling Authors*
*Lives of Crime: The Compelling Power of Dark and Twisty Tales*
The nat...
Harry, the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
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Zion, Gene. Harry the Dirty Dog. Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham.
Harper, 1956. Here’s another book that was first published in 1956, the
year before I...
Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations – April 2025
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April is over, so it’s time to discuss our favorite Cozies that we read
this month! (As I mentioned last month, I’m doing these at the beginning of
a new m...
Aspects of Sherlock Holmes: Further Observations
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The following is an excerpt from “The Naval Treaty,” a story which is
included in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: “Do you know anything of the
commissionai...
F.H. Batacan, Acidents Happen
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Accidents Happen (from Soho Crime) is a story collection by the leading
crime writer in the Philipines. Her fiction is darkest noir, dealing with
social ...
TGIF!
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Cyber security protocols
Well, this is about the 7th try for a GarbAugust 3.5 read for this weekend.
TOMB OF THE QUEEN by Joss Walker (pseudonym for J.T...
Reading fog
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Well I am getting there with the new hip. Walking so much easier. I am
doing circuits of our communal gardens using crutches but indoors I am
managing with...
Media Murder for Monday
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It's the start of a new week and that means it's time for a brand-new
roundup of crime drama news: THE BIG SCREEN/MOVIES Roundtable Entertainment
has green...
Book Notices | The Memory Monster by Yishai Sarid
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Yishai Sarid, The Memory Monster Amazon This short book is written in the
first person and purports to be a letter written by the unnamed narrator to
his b...
Thinking about Second Half of 2023
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Hello friends. It has been a long while. Longer than I realized actually.
I'm here and reading away, as many books on the go as usual. (Which for me
can be...
Small Mercies - The Return of Dennis Lehane
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A time honored tradition at The Hungry Detective HQ is to perform the
twice annual, and largely ceremonial, 'Dennis Lehane New book 20XX" Google
search. N...
The Last Hurrah
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‘Relax will you. It’s just an abandoned warehouse.’
‘Well, it’s giving me the creeps.’
‘We’ll just glance it over and skedaddle. Tomorrow you’ll be a fre...
The Agatha Awards
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From somewhere in Cyberspace, the winners of this year's Agatha Awards for
mystery writing were announced this evening at a virtual convention of
mystery w...
THE LAMMISTERS: a bourbon-smooth riot, apparently
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It’s been a busy end to 2019 for yours truly, folks, and we wind down tired
but happy, with THE LAMMISTERS published – something I thought would never
hap...
Rural Crime: The politician speaks
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*Criminal Minds at Work *is honoured to have Doug Schweitzer, Alberta’s
Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, as a guest today.
In the following op-...
WRITING COURSES FOR 2019
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*I'm very aware how lucky I am to make a living from writing books (my
dream from being 12 years old).*
*But one disadvantage I had when I was trying to ge...
Oh hey! I moved to Wordpress!
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I'm still in the process of migrating my old content to Wordpress, but all
new posts will come from estellasrevenge.net (which was formerly forwarded
to th...
Two Mini-Reviews
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I’m well behind on my Scandi crime reading, and even further behind on
reading. Maybe I’m suffering from a bit of a reading slump; a lot of books
just have...
Book Review: Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
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In Mudboud (2008), Hillary Jordan’s narrative voice is easily engaging
about a white and black family living in the Mississippi Delta during the
Jim Crow e...
The Nebulous Genre
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A friend of mine to whom I complained of the relative paucity of comments
on this blog told me it might have to do with so many of my posts dealing
with "b...
Upcoming Events
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Lit Crawl Belfast:
As part of the Belfast Book Festival, come to No Alibis see me and Rosemary
Jenkinson read from works by our favourite crime authors,...
Twice Honored
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*Edith here, still riding on a joy cloud!*
Why am I riding on a joy cloud? I learned last week that *Called to Justice*,
my second Quaker Midwife Mystery...
Hail and Farewell
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Jeff Cohen So that was it. We hope you liked it. This is the 3464th post on
HEY THERE'S A DEAD GUY IN THE LIVING ROOM, and unless someone else
parachutes i...
Stylistic
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What’s your favorite style of book? Serious? Playful? Humorous? Thoughtful?
Action-packed? Moody? Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response
(so ...
Celebrating Pat Conroy
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Happy Birthday to the wonderful Pat Conroy. We miss you.
I'm celebrating him today because he celebrated so many young writers like
me.
The Soullessness of Our New Machines
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My fellow-blogger at Inside Higher Ed and an insatiable consumer of books,
Joshua Kim, reviewed Tracy Kidder’s new book, A Truck Full of Money, and
I’m gla...
Coming to Mcintyre's • Fearrington Village
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Straight from the pen of Mcintyre's book buyer and mystery guru Pete
Mock. Don't miss these events--and say howdy to me!
Wednesday, June 22, 6:30
Brian P...
Discover
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Image courtesy of Faber-Castell Design A few years ago I noticed some of my
favorite quilting blogs were choosing a word for the year. I like that
idea. It...
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