Book Review: The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe

Book Review: The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe   The surest proof that something has become a genuine part of the popular culture is when it can be parodied.  How many fictional characters of the twenty-first century (strictly from books, not from television or movies) are sufficiently recognizable to the average person that a good-natured riff […]

Book Review: The Potato Masher Murder

Book Review: The Potato Masher Murder   Decades after the fact, it’s disturbing to discover that a member of your family was murdered.  It’s even more shocking to discover that another family member was responsible for that violent death.  This scenario actually happened to Gary Sosniecki, a journalist who discovered that in 1906, his great-grandmother Cecilia […]

BOOK REVIEW: Further MX Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

  BOOK REVIEW: Further MX Adventures of Sherlock Holmes   MX Publishing continues to release new Sherlock Holmes stories, bringing new perspectives and approaches to familiar figures and settings. The Last Confession of Sherlock Holmes by Kieran Lyne is a new edition to a popular subgenre of Sherlock Holmes literature: Holmes’ investigation of the Jack […]