Film Review: NON-STOP

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra Written by John W. Richardson, Christopher Roach, Ryan Engle Starring: Liam Neeson, Julianna Moore, Lupita Nyong’o Neeson has forged a second career of sorts by a series of late winter releases. THE GREY, ranks as the best of these. Not...

Q & A with CJ Box

C.J. Box’s latest, Stone Cold, a Joe Pickett novel, as with his other thirteen books, are all based in Wyoming. They have the flavor of a modern day Western where the setting becomes almost a character in itself. Box’s novels always include two plots: one involving...

Q & A with CJ Box

C.J. Box’s latest, Stone Cold, a Joe Pickett novel, as with his other thirteen books, are all based in Wyoming. They have the flavor of a modern day Western where the setting becomes almost a character in itself. Box’s novels always include two plots: one involving...

FANTASTIC FOUR #1 by Kate (and Dan)

Kate (and Dan) are driving through some godforsaken place going to some indiscriminate locale for some unknown reason. When suddenly, Fate takes a hand… K: ::hands to face:: Goodness gracious, Dan! What has happened to the sky?! D: ::puffs pipe in a gentlemanly...

THE ACCIDENT by Chris Pavone

THE ACCIDENT Chris Pavone March 2014 Crown Publishers   Literary agent Isabel Reed has been up all night reading—not so uncommon, really, given her job, but this manuscript is different.  This manuscript, titled “The Accident” was delivered by courier, the author...

MY TOP 5 TRUE CRIME BOOKS

ECHOES IN THE DARKNESS by Joseph Wambaugh. This story of a looking-for-love schoolteacher who falls for a co-worker with the gift of gab and little else was one of my first introductions to what true crime could be: fascinating, twisty, sad, tedious, sometime...

Busted by Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker

Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker Harper Collins March 11th, 2014 Philadelphia Daily News reporters Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker won a Pulitzer Prize for their series of articles, “Tainted...