By Alice Henderson 1. The River of Souls by Robert McCammon In 1703, detective Matthew Corbett journeys up the Solstice River in the Carolinas in search of an accused murderer. There he encounters strange settlements steeped in mysticism and eerie stories of a mythical beast hunting humans in the fetid landscape. But nothing will stop […]
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From Typewriters to Time Travel: Keeping a Crime Series Fresh Since 1988
By David Handler The Man Who Swore He’d Never Go Home Again is my sixteenth mystery featuring the dapper celebrity ghostwriter Stewart Hoag and his faithful, breath-challenged basset hound Lulu. I’m often asked by readers how it’s possible to keep a crime series that I launched way back in 1988 fresh. Actually, there’s a peculiar […]
DVD REVIEW: MARE OF EASTTOWN
DVD Review: Mare of Easttown Enjoy as Chris Chan tackles another review. This time, it’s a 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, […]