Five Cop Shows That Influenced Me

by | Jan 21, 2015 | TV

Five Cop Shows That Influenced Me When is set out to write my PROSPERO’S WAR speculative crime fictions series, my goal was to combine all the things I loved about great cop shows with the world building I am used to using in contemporary fantasy novels. In fact, the...

DVD Review: THE EQUALIZER

by | Jan 20, 2015 | DVD/Blu Ray Review

THE EQUALIZER Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Director: Antoine Fuqua Cast: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour I was a HUGE fan of this TV series back in the 80s. Robert McCall was cool. He was suave and had skills and when h said I...

SPECTRUM by Alan Jacobson

by | Jan 17, 2015 | Books

SPECTRUM Alan Jacobson Open Road Media October 2014 Book six of the Karen Vail Series Spectrum by Alan Jacobson is a very interesting thriller as it explores the main characters’, Karen Vail’s, backstory. Through a serial killer case that has haunted Vail for twenty...

Film Review: BIG EYES

by | Jan 16, 2015 | Films

BIG EYES Directed by Tim Burton Written by Scott Alexander and Larry Kraszewski Written by Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter Amy Adams, who seems adept at playing any part at this point, is Margaret Keane in BIG EYES. The movie begins with her fleeing her...

Q & A with Mark Greaney

by | Jan 15, 2015 | Author Interviews

Elise Cooper: What was it like working with the icon author Tom Clancy? Mark Greaney: I was called in 2011 and was asked if I would like working with Clancy. My first reaction was, ‘how am I going to get out of this’ because I was totally intimidated. It turned out my...

Throwback Thursday

by | Jan 15, 2015 | Books

Throwback Thursday for January 15 2015 looks back on MONKEY’S RAINCOAT. In 1987 Bantam published THE MONKEY’S RAINCOAT by Robert Crais, it introduced Private Detective Elvis Cole. The following year at Bouchercon in San Diego the book won the Anthony award...