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German Beer Halls and Murder

October 27, 2015 James Huston 0

“Be ready for dinner at 7:00,” my new German friend told me. “Where are we going?” “Hofbrauhaus,” I was told. A huge beer hall where I could get Wiener Schnitzel and drink pitchers of Paulaner. Sounded good […]

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Fighting Boredom as a Cop?

October 27, 2015 Tony Schumacher 0

Back when I was a beat cop working 999 Response (911 calls) in Liverpool, England, I had a partner named Jimmy. Jimmy was one of those old school cops who had joined the job as […]

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Top 10 World War II Thrillers

October 22, 2015 James Thayer 0

Trouble is the engine of fiction, and a novel set during World War II has the advantage of plenty of trouble. Soldiers, spies, diplomats, refugees, commandos, secret police, prisoners of war: they are all there, […]

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Why Are We Fascinated With Hitmen?

October 19, 2015 Chris Holm 0

I suppose I should’ve seen it coming. After all, I’m the one who wrote a book about a hitman who hits hitmen. It’s no surprise folks want to know which hitman novels inspired it. The […]

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Top Ten Spookiest Books of All Time

October 17, 2015 Tonya Kappes 0

When Strand asked me to name what I considered to be the top ten spooky mysteries, I had to step back and look at what spooky meant to me. As the word spooky crosses my lips, I literally get the chills. […]

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OCTOBER READS: REVIEWS OF PATRICIA CORNWELL AND ELIZABETH GEORGE…

October 16, 2015 Jordan Foster 0

With fall in the air and Halloween just around the corner, what better way to settle into the season than with a stack of new mysteries and thrillers? This month’s assortment offers up plenty of […]

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The Lighter Side of Mysteries

October 13, 2015 Susan McBride 0

Sixteen years ago, my first book appeared on the mystery scene. And Then She Was Gone was a sad tale of a lost child that had anything but a happy ending. My second novel, Overkill, concerned a school […]

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Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes

October 9, 2015 Bonnie MacBird 0

Dr. Watson on Sherlock HolmesA Californian writes as a Victorian physician in her new Sherlock Holmes Adventure – ART IN THE BLOOD. Of the many challenges faced in writing as Dr. John Watson, perhaps the […]

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Review: Murdoch Mysteries, Season 8

October 6, 2015 CHRISTOPHER Chan 0

Murdoch Mysteries, Season 8 Acorn Media 2015 $59.99 Based on the novels by Maureen Jennings, Murdoch Mysteries is a historical crime series set in Toronto. By the eighth season, it is in the early 1900s, and the […]

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Old Phrases Never Die

October 3, 2015 Reavis Wortham 0

Old Phrases Never Die My eighteen-month-old granddaughter, Riley, recently spent three nights in the hospital fighting a serious bout with asthma. For two of those days I watched my daughter sit on the hospital bed, […]

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