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“To hope is normal, to expect is naïve”—wise advice that Rosemary Mild’s psychoanalyst father taught her, and which she too often ignores. Rosemary is an award-winning writer of personal essays that have appeared in the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Chess Life, Generations, and elsewhere. As a retired editor, she’s a long-time member of the Society […]
Casino online games are one of the top favorite fun and betting games around the world. Although they are typically hosted on popular sites like Betsafe and 888 Casinos, the game platform itself is actually designed and supplied by a third party. These third-party developers are called game designers/providers, and there are a ton of […]
After an editorial from editor Michael Bracken, Black Cat Mystery Magazine: Issue #8 opens with “Trip Up On High Street” by John Hegenberger. It has been over forty years since Elliot Cross lived in a dorm room at Ohio State. Many things have changed in the decades since. A constant is the fac. Killian. t […]
Bone Canyon by Lee Goldberg opens a few weeks after Lost Hills and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Detective Eve Ronin is continuing to be back at work and recovering from injuries sustained during that case. She finally has the cast off her wrist and is grudgingly doing the physical therapy needed to gain […]
The Hundredth Man by Jack Kerley takes readers to Mobile, Alabama in this police procedural. It is the first read of a multi book series that contains more than a dozen novels. This is a good read that is graphic, at times, and not for those who prefer a traditional cozy style read. Detective […]
What Waits For You: A Tully Jarsdel LAPD Novel by Joseph Schneider is the second read in the series that began with One Day You’ll Burn. While an interesting read, for this reader, it was not the same level as the first book. A serial killer is at work in Los Angeles and getting […]
The gaming industry has just become this big ball filled with so much fun and innovations that are introduced to make sure that you get the best quality gaming that there is. Therefore, be sure on not to miss out on what has been described to best that the Xbox family has to offer their […]
Playing casino games, gamblers have tried to find different ways that they can try and manipulate the system. And while there are who have succeed in doing this, there are also those who have not. And today, we want to look at some very common theories in the world of gambling and casino games that […]
Many people are wondering how to play Roulette successfully. There are a lot of ways to play that you can find information in this article. There will be some great tips on how to play Roulette for beginners to understand. The process is not complicated. Playing with reason and calmness can be very profitable, so […]
As The Dread Line: A Mulligan Novel by Bruce DeSilva begins, former newspaper investigative reporter and current part time private investigator Liam Mulligan gets a phone call from his boss, Bruce McCracken. They have a new client who is not happy with the efforts of the Jamestown Police Department or the FBI. Approximately, three weeks […]
There is one sport that is not very popular in Thailand. Because due to the unfavorable weather in Thailand, this sport is popular ice hockey. A type of team sport played on the ice that uses speed and power in playing Ice hockey is a prevalent sport where it is naturally cold, such as Canada, […]
Change is a part of life, and at times, the process is very difficult. Professional athletes switch teams all the time. Some achieve success, while others unfortunately are unable to attain their goals. One of these star exchanges took place in the NHL and it changed the fortune of the player’s new team. On December […]
Orbiting buzzards in the desert country often indicated that a person is dead out there somewhere. Those circling buzzards did in this case as U.S. Border Patrol Officer Dolph Martinez had seen them and headed their way while pursuing a group of undocumented workers that had crossed the border and were heading through the surrounding […]
Fatal Divisions: A Sheriff Hank Worth Mystery opens with the good sheriff still thinking about recent events. It has only been a matter of a couple of weeks or so since the events of A Deadly Turn and Sheriff Hank Worth is shaken to his core. He is trying to fake it by throwing himself […]
Mystery Weekly Magazine: July 2020 issue opens with “A Hazard Of The Job” by Coy Hall. The psychiatric hospital has a problem and her name is Avery Sarfield. She has been a patient for five months and does not seem to really belong in the facility. But, she is in the place and seemingly able […]
It should have been a great day in the life of attorney Mickey Haller. He had truly had a television Perry Mason style moment that had destroyed a witness and ultimately won his case. The celebration at the Redwood on Second Street had been a fun time for all in attendance. It was on to […]
Thriller Shots: Murder Mystery Suspense by M. J. Newman is a collection of five short noir style tales and a sample of Violence In The Blood and offers of other books by the author. This read was originally published as 1054 Suburbia in 2016 and republished last year. The short tales make up a little […]
Before you watch a new movie, you may turn to the internet to find out what others have to say about it first. No one wants to waste their time on a poor quality film. When you read movie reviews, however, you may wonder how these opinions originate. Everyone has different tastes in movies, so […]
Unbeknownst to the good citizens of Ballard, Texas, as Hawke’s Prey: A Sonny Hawke Thriller by Reavis Z. Wortham begins, terrorists have crossed the nearby border and then violently through a nearby temporary border patrol checkpoint leaving bodies in their wake. While snowstorms and blizzards happen in this part of Southwest Texas, this one is […]
Warning Signs by award winning author Jan Christensen is made up of three short stories that were previously published in print and online markets. This collection is a bit less than 19,000 words and each story is a good one. Each story has a small intro, a brief explanation of how the story came about, […]
It has been several books since I read a Jack Reacher novel. For me, they had become entirely too predictable. Reacher drifts into town, finds a more than friendly local cop or waitress, cleans out the problem caused by entrenched locals, and moves out and on down the road. Names and places changed, but the […]
All Due Respect 2020 is the book version of the stories that appeared online at All Due Respect. Edited by Chris Rhatigan and David Nemeth, the stories appear in the book in the same order as they appeared each month on the website. These are crime fiction tales of characters dealing with hard problems. The […]
From the pen of talented historical novelist Joan Schweighardt comes another well-crafted, meticulously researched story about family, community, immigration, oppression, the environment, and having to face the consequences of one’s actions. It’s 1928 and the Great Depression is looming around the corner when two impoverish but talented mixed-raced—Amerindian and European—Brazilian immigrant cousins travel to NYC […]
The story that inspired the cover, “The Calculus of Karma” by M. C. Tuggle, leads off the Mystery Weekly Magazine: June 2020 issue. Deputy Marshal Malcom Lamb has to deal with a body in an alleyway of the asteroid’s main camp. The miner is dead because of the crack in his visor that allowed the […]
Mystery Weekly Magazine: May 2020 issue opens with “The Rusted Beetle” by James Nolan. He has been able to hide in the tiny village of St. Julien in France for some time. He thought he was safe until the man with the black backpack showed up at the same time the legendary wind that is […]
Finding a good product or service to sell really is only half of the story. Now you need to try and get out there and tell everyone about it. In the days before social media and the internet, the only real way for you to promote your business would be for you to get out […]
I have never been much of fan of an animated type movie but today when I got this one and watched the trailer for it, I knew I just had to write something about it since it was just so cute. This is a sequel to DreamWorks animation’s Oscar-nominated blockbuster comedy, The Templeton Brothers, Tim […]
Code Four is the final installment of the series that began in Charlie-316 by Colin Conway and Frank Zafiro. While much is resolved, one can see how this might not be the end of the story for several of these characters. As this is the fourth and final installment of the story arc that has […]
The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Sixth Scandalous Serving leads off with a very poignant introduction. In a note that honors the pain that many of us deal with this time of year, the loss of a loved one, Editor Jay Hartman honors author and friend, Earl Staggs. Earl was, and still is as his legacy […]
The Coronavirus has prompted changes in almost all aspects of our lives. Advice by government officials, as well as medical professionals have also brought about acute changes in the way we conduct our lives on a daily basis. Nobody has been spared, but few choose to dismiss the advice and proceed with life as if […]
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