Author Workspace: John Schulian

by | Feb 13, 2016 | Author Workspaces

It’s a sunny afternoon in an El Nino winter and I’m at home looking out my office window at the kind of view readers might never expect if all they had to judge me were the damaged knight valiant, soiled angel, show-biz pimp and relentless sociopath who populate my...

Q&A with Jack Getze

by | Feb 12, 2016 | Author Interviews

 by Rob Brunet Jack Getze is serious about being funny. If you’ve read any of his BIG series, you’re familiar with the helplessly self-aware Austin Carr. Layering Austin’s humorous point of view into tales chock full of crime and skirt-chasing is a craft Getze doesn’t...

Two Films About Old Age

by | Feb 12, 2016 | Films

45 YEARS Directed by Andrew Haigh Written by David Constantine Starring: Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtney THE LADY IN THE VAN Directed by Nicholas Hhtner Written by Alan Bennett Starring: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings Although these films were very different in tone,...

Phillip Margolin's VIOLENT CRIMES Reviewed

by | Feb 10, 2016 | Reviews

Violent Crimes Book Five in the Amanda Jaffes series Phillip Margolin Harper Collins Feb. 9th, 2016 Violent Crimes by Phillip Margolin brings back the “take no prisoner” defense attorney Amanda Jaffe. In this fifth book of the series she has two clients suspected of...

Space Case by Stuart Gibbs Reviewed

by | Feb 9, 2016 | Reviews

SPACE CASE Stuart Gibbs 2015 Simon & Schuster SPACE CASE by Stuart Gibbs is a clever “whodunit” set in the year 2041, where NASA has rebooted and has made a permanent human colony on the moon, cleverly dubbed “Moon Base Alpha”. The story revolves around a 12 year...