Film Review: ANOMALISA

by | Jan 29, 2016 | Films

Directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson Written by Charlie Kaufman Featuring the voices of Tom Noonan, Jennifer Jason Leigh and David Thewlis Anomalisa, Kaufman’s stop-motion animation feature is set in a number of numbing settings (taxi, airport, hotel,...

Alafair Burke: THE EX Interview

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Author Interviews, Features

The plot of THE EX has one of New York City’s best criminal defense lawyers, Olivia Randall, representing her ex- fiancé, Jack Harris. He has been arrested for a triple homicide that includes a victim connected to his wife’s murder three years earlier....

Q&A with Benjamin Black

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Books

EVEN THE DEAD is the seventh novel in Benjamin Black’s Quirke series, which features a pathologist in 1950s Dublin. Black is also the author of the Philip Marlowe novel THE BLACK-EYED BLONDE. Benjamin Black is the pen name of John Banville, who is the author of...

WHERE IT HURTS by Reed Coleman Reviewed

by | Jan 25, 2016 | Reviews

WHERE IT HURTS Reed Coleman G.P. Putnam Jan. 26th, 2016 Where It Hurts is the first book of a new series written by Reed Coleman, the contracted writer of the Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone books. He introduces the character, Gus Murphy, who becomes a grieving father...

Peter James awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger

by | Jan 23, 2016 | Awards

Crime Writers’ Association has announced that the Diamond Dagger will be bestowed upon Peter James. While James is best known for his DSI Roy Grace novels, he has published 31 novels overall (12 of which feature DSI Grace). The CWA Diamond Dagger is awarded each year...

13 HOURS Reviewed

by | Jan 23, 2016 | Books

13 Hours Book Author: Mitch Zuckoff Studio: Paramount, Publisher: Hachette Books Movie Date released: January 15th 2016 13 Hours is a riveting movie and book. What makes it special is the discussion by the six American heroes about the terrorist attack on September...

Interview with Hank Phillippi Ryan

by | Jan 22, 2016 | Author Interviews

How would I describe Hank Phillippi Ryan? Hank is a storyteller. She is also one of the smartest people I’m lucky enough to know, glamorous as all get-out, and tough as heck. Much to the delight of readers everywhere, she writes the Jane Ryland/Jake Brogan...