Review: OUT OF THE BLACK by John Rector

by | Sep 30, 2013 | Books, Reviews

OUT OF THE BLACK 2013 Thomas and Mercer This book called to me, a very nice simple cover that got my attention. The title also made me curious. Upon opening I see this first line: “In the dream, I do everything right” At this point I’m on board. What did he do wrong?...

Flashback: Under The Radar by Richard Katz.

by | Sep 29, 2013 | Flashback

Editor’s note: This flashback comes from issue four. Mystery One bookstore owner Richard Katz offered up his thoughts on some of the more recent books: In the age when the Publishers are run by giant or mid-sized conglomerates, many top authors do not receive...

Fox orders pilot for UNTHINKABLE.

by | Sep 29, 2013 | TV

Fox has ordered a pilot for UNTHINKABLE, a proposed series that stems from the comic book series, of the same name, from Boom! Studios. “They’ve been hired to think the UNTHINKABLE. But what happens when the unthinkable actually happens? After 9-11, best-selling...

CBS orders 3rd season of UNFORGETTABLE.

by | Sep 28, 2013 | TV

CBS has announced they are ordering a third season of UNFORGETTABLE. Some of you may remember this show was canceled after their freshman season, only to get a reprieve and undergo a complete make-over. Only Poppy Montgomery, Dylan Walsh and Jane Curtain continued....

THE TENTH WITNESS by Leonard Roseny

by | Sep 27, 2013 | Books, Reviews

The Permanent Press August 28, 2013 Henri Poincarre is a young engineer and he and his partner have won a contract to raise the shipwreck Lutine. Henri meets a young German woman, whose wealthy family is the Klug steel company, and he is soon pulled into their sphere....

Five Movies I Always Return To

by | Sep 27, 2013 | Features, Five Things

We all have at least one. One movie that we’ll watch when nothing else is on, or if we’re bored, or if we just want to revisit a story that we know we’ll enjoy. Doesn’t matter if it’s on AMC at two in the morning, or on a scratched DVD, or sitting below a ton of...

Titus Welliver to play Harry Bosch

by | Sep 26, 2013 | TV

After all these years, Harry Bosch will have a face. Deadline is reporting that actor Titus Welliver will play Michael Connelly’s L.A. detective in the upcoming pilot. Titus has appeared in over 20 films and on such TV shows as THE GOOD WIFE, SONS OF ANARCHY and...

Jasper Fforde and the Thursday Next series

by | Sep 26, 2013 | Books

The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde is one of my favorites.  These are books that ingeniously flirt with several genres while shamelessly exploiting my love of books and literature.  I am always astounded by the sheer size of Fforde’s imagination and his...