Shortlists for 2014 Davitt Awards

by | Aug 19, 2014 | Awards

The lovely folks at  Sisters in Crime Australia have announced the shortlists for the  2014 Davitt Awards. These prizes are named for Ellen Davitt, the author of Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud (1865), and honor the best in Australian  crime/mystery...

An Unwilling Accomplice by Charles Todd

by | Aug 18, 2014 | Books, Reviews

AN UNWILLING ACCOMPLICE Charles Todd William Morrow August 11th, 2014 An Unwilling Accomplice by Charles Todd is a great read. Not only does it have a riveting mysterious plot but it also has details about English society during World War I. Since this month marks the...

Richard Kadrey: Dates for THE GETAWAY GOD tour

by | Aug 18, 2014 | Events

THE GATEWAY GOD, Richard Kadrey’s latest Sandman Slim novel hits stores on August 26th. End times are here again A half-human, half-angel with a bad rep and a worse attitude—we are talking abuout the former Lucifer here—James Stark, aka Sandman Slim, has made a...

2014 Traverse City Film Festival

by | Aug 18, 2014 | Films

The 10th year of the Traverse City Film Festival took place on July 29-August 3 in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan. The brain child of film maker, Michael Moore, each year has seen the festival grow in the number of films offered, venues, attendees, and prestige....

BLACK PANTHER: THE CLIENT

by | Aug 17, 2014 | Comics, Reviews

Marvel Comics 1998   Look around you. We live in a Golden Age of comics. Think about it: Superman t-shirts are sold at Old Navy stores. I have two. Superhero movies are guaranteed MEGA HITS every year! Guardians of the Galaxy just made 100 million on opening...

THE BLACK HOUR by Lori Rader-Day

by | Aug 17, 2014 | Books, Reviews

THE BLACK HOUR Lori Rader-Day 2014 Seventh Street Books Sociology Professor Amelia Emmet, was shot in a college hallway on campus by a student she didn’t even know. Amelia’s colleagues were more concerned about the negative effects or backfire this shooting would...