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Death Stalks Door County: A Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery by Patricia Skalka is the first book in a multi book series. Published in 2004, author takes readers to the peninsula that juts out between Lake Michigan and Green Bay. Dave Cubiak is a man living with incredible grief. His wife and daughter were […]
Mystery Weekly Magazine: August 2020 opens with “Lucid” by Bill Kelly. Lucy Pritchard, a twenty-eight-year-old grad student, has a plan to help Alzheimer’s patients. She wants to bring up older, lingering memories in the hopes of helping the elderly and those in their lives communicate better. Ted, the 45-year-old director of the Westwood Senior Center, […]
Five previously published short stories make up A Simple Murder: A Kate Burkholder Short Story Collection by Linda Castillo. Published in 2013 to 2019, each short story was released at that time as a marketing effort to draw attention to the new book that would soon follow. Such is the case here as there is […]
It is the first week of December as Missing and Endangered: A Brady Novel of Suspense by J.A. Jance begins. Things are fairly routine as the paperwork keeps coming. Jenny is making plans to be home as soon as finals are over. Butch is out of town on a book tour. As always, Sheriff Brady […]
It was not a job that Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett wanted, but the Governor made it clear he had no choice. At fifty-one and doing a job for the most part he loves, he is very well aware that politics controls his career and his department. If he did not already know, a recent […]
It has been a few months since Naked in Death and Lieutenant Eve Dallas is on the scene of another murder as Glory in Death. The year is 2058 and murder still happens in New York city despite genetic testing and catching those who might have hereditary traits predisposing them to violence. Guns are banned, […]
Roulette is one of the oldest and most popular casino games today. It has long been a source of fun, and of course, earnings for players around the world. However, the game could be quite tricky at first, mostly for beginners as there are different types of bets you can make. Knowing these different bets […]
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 […]
Naked in Death: Eve Dallas Mysteries (Book 1) is the first novel in a police procedural series that is set in 2058 according to the author’s website thought it is not actually specified in the book itself. AI is everywhere, there are flying cars, and more. Firearms, as we know them, are banned and those […]
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 […]
Traveling is one thing that most people enjoy doing. This is as we have time to see the world and take a breath of fresh air. However, due to the pandemic, traveling has been shut down, or has it? Today we want to take a look at the latest form of travel, Virtual Travel. What […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our move into the digital age over recent years means that we now go online for all sorts of reasons on a daily basis. People now rely on internet technology to do their shopping, conduct banking transactions, book holidays, socialize with friends, carry out work, and enjoy entertainment, among other things. People also turn to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Short message service is not a new concept, but it’s a novel way to boost a modern marketing strategy. It’s one of the most effective ways to get your message across to a large audience without relying on traditional social media push tactics. The text message costs less per target and can return up to […]
When planning an extended stay away from your home, it is the norm to be guided by a mental checklist. Some people make it a priority to find the right home for their pet. Others will install additional security and ask a trusted friend to check in periodically. However, very few people purchase Vacant Home insurance. […]
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 […]
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