DVD Review: Longmire: Season 6

DVD Review: Longmire: Season 6 Some of the best works of crime television of recent decades have attempted to capture the spirit of various regions of the United States, or at least the creative team’s personal interpretations of the heart of the areas.  The David Simon series The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street […]

DVD Review: Killing Eve, Seasons 1 and 2

DVD Review: Killing Eve, Seasons 1 and 2 The curse of many terrific television shows is poor reviews.  By “poor reviews,” I don’t mean reviews that evaluate the show negatively.  I mean badly crafted reviews, which praise the show in such a way that the show comes across as unappealing.  Over the past couple of […]

Book Review: Paper Son: A Lydia Chin/Bill Smith Novel

Book Review: Paper Son: A Lydia Chin/Bill Smith Novel   Paper Son is the latest in S.J. Rozan’s Lydia Chin series, about a Chinese-American private detective based in New York who works with her investigative partner Bill Smith.  In this book, Lydia is drawn out of her familiar metropolis when her mother pressures her to […]