DVD Review: Mare of Easttown MARE OF EASTTOWN HBO, 2021. $24.98 DVD, $22.99 Blu-Ray Mare of Easttown, HBO’s latest crime-centric “limited series,” is both brilliant and pedestrian. There is a lot to rave about here—most notably the excellent cast, particularly Kate Winslet as the title character (a police detective with a tragic personal life), Julianne […]
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BOOK REVIEW: THE THREE LOCKS, BY BONNIE MACBIRD
THE THREE LOCKS By Bonnie MacBird London: Collins Crime Club, 2021. $26.99 The Three Locks is Bonnie MacBird’s fourth novel continuing the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. It’s largely successful, with some twisty mysteries and some colorful settings and clever details. As the book opens, London is suffering from a terrible heat wave, […]
Top 30 Mystery Novels of 2022
Top 30 Mystery Novels of 2022 (In no order of importance or rank, they all are number one!) The Lost Man of Bombay by Vaseem Khan (Hodder & Stoughton) Khan does a great job of combining humor, and mayhem, in a historical setting. His books are series books that never feel the same. Those wishing […]