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Today at the blog, I take a look at Simon Brett's clever mystery short, "How is Your Mother?". A tale that first appeared in 1980 (in the UK) and in the Oct. 1983 issue of EQMM in the US. Check it out here:
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Review: "How's Your Mother?" by Simon Brett
“How’s Your Mother?” by Simon Brett Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct. 1983 Simon Brett’s, “How’s Your Mothe...
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July 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Today at the blog, I take a look at Simon Brett's clever mystery short, "How is Your Mother?". A tale that first appeared in 1980 (in the UK) and in the Oct. 1983 issue of EQMM in the US. Check it out here:
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What? A TV review at the blog today? No--there are three tv reviews at the blog today. We take a look at Your Friends & Neighbors (AppleTV+), Loudermilk, and Paranoid (Netflix). Check it out here:
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A Triptych of TV Reviews
A Triptych of TV Reviews While I talk about television here at the blog every so often, I rarely review television ...
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July 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What? A TV review at the blog today? No--there are three tv reviews at the blog today. We take a look at Your Friends & Neighbors (AppleTV+), Loudermilk, and Paranoid (Netflix). Check it out here:
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At. The. Blog. Today. How's that for building suspense? Check out this sleek line from David Housewright's WHAT THE DEAD LEAVE BEHIND (2017). I liked it, and I bet you will too: gravetapping.blogspot.com/2025/07/pass...
Passages: David Housewright's "What the Dead Leave Behind"
This tough guy line from David Housewright’s What the Dead Leave Behind (2017), the 14 th book in the McKenzie series, caugh...
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July 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
At. The. Blog. Today. How's that for building suspense? Check out this sleek line from David Housewright's WHAT THE DEAD LEAVE BEHIND (2017). I liked it, and I bet you will too: gravetapping.blogspot.com/2025/07/pass...
In the late-80s and early-90s, mystery writer Ed Gorman collaborated with "demonologists" Ed & Lorraine Warren on four books about the paranormal. One of these, THE HAUNTED (1988), was made into a solid tv movie. Read the complete story here:
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Ed Gorman and Ed & Lorraine Warren
Ed Gorman and Ed & Lorraine Warren * * * The novelist Ed Gorman collaborated with demon...
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June 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In the late-80s and early-90s, mystery writer Ed Gorman collaborated with "demonologists" Ed & Lorraine Warren on four books about the paranormal. One of these, THE HAUNTED (1988), was made into a solid tv movie. Read the complete story here:
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My Minotaur Books reading adventure continues with Douglas Corleone's NIGHT ON FIRE (2011). This legal thriller, set on Oahu, is a terrifically entertaining mystery with a solid setting and a wonderfully ethically challenged hero. Read my review here: gravetapping.blogspot.com/2025/06/revi...
Review: "Night on Fire" by Douglas Corleone
Night on Fire by Douglas Corleone Minotaur Books, 2011 Douglas Corleone’s second Kevin Corvelli mystery, ...
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June 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
My Minotaur Books reading adventure continues with Douglas Corleone's NIGHT ON FIRE (2011). This legal thriller, set on Oahu, is a terrifically entertaining mystery with a solid setting and a wonderfully ethically challenged hero. Read my review here: gravetapping.blogspot.com/2025/06/revi...
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I'm teaching a class this coming Saturday at Kaleidoscope Art Supply in West Rutland, VT. We will be learning to paint flowers and birds. FOLLOW this link to sign up. AGES 9-99 WELCOME. $25.00 FOR EVERYTHING!
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June 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm teaching a class this coming Saturday at Kaleidoscope Art Supply in West Rutland, VT. We will be learning to paint flowers and birds. FOLLOW this link to sign up. AGES 9-99 WELCOME. $25.00 FOR EVERYTHING!
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If you're a consistent reader of the blog, you know I love David Housewright's McKenzie books. THEM BONES, the latest in the series (and due out tomorrow), is a little different from the series norm, but... Well, check out my review here:
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Review: "Them Bones" by David Housewright
Them Bones by David Housewright Minotaur Books, 2025 David Housewright’s Them Bones —which is the twenty-second ...
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June 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If you're a consistent reader of the blog, you know I love David Housewright's McKenzie books. THEM BONES, the latest in the series (and due out tomorrow), is a little different from the series norm, but... Well, check out my review here:
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Renaissance man, Mike Baker, waxes poetic (and critically) about Raymond Chandler's final Philip Marlowe novel, PLAYBACK (1958). This essay--I hesitate to simply call it a critical review because, well...--from Mike is a must read. Check it out here:
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Review: "Playback" by Raymond Chandler
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June 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Renaissance man, Mike Baker, waxes poetic (and critically) about Raymond Chandler's final Philip Marlowe novel, PLAYBACK (1958). This essay--I hesitate to simply call it a critical review because, well...--from Mike is a must read. Check it out here:
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Live at the blog: a profile of actor, Lee Majors, from the February 19, 1966, issue of TV Guide. At the time, Majors was starring in the western, The Big Valley, and I tell you he didn't lack for confidence. Check it out here... gravetapping.blogspot.com/2025/06/lee-...
Lee Majors Profile (TV Guide, Feb. 19, 1966)
This interesting article about Lee Majors—with no writer’s byline attached—appeared in the Feb. 19, 1966, issue of TV Guide . At...
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June 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Live at the blog: a profile of actor, Lee Majors, from the February 19, 1966, issue of TV Guide. At the time, Majors was starring in the western, The Big Valley, and I tell you he didn't lack for confidence. Check it out here... gravetapping.blogspot.com/2025/06/lee-...
Riding high at the blog today with an old review made new: Bari Wood's THE TRIBE. Originally published in 1981, and republished in 2019 after its inclusion in PAPERBACKS FROM HELL, this old school horror novel is a blast. Read the review here...
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Review: "The Tribe" by Bari Wood
The Tribe by Barri Wood Valancourt Books, 2019 The Tribe , by Bari Wood—which was originally published by NA...
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June 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Riding high at the blog today with an old review made new: Bari Wood's THE TRIBE. Originally published in 1981, and republished in 2019 after its inclusion in PAPERBACKS FROM HELL, this old school horror novel is a blast. Read the review here...
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It's a brand new month, which means my latest Booked (and Printed)" column is live. This time I look at KISS, by John Lutz, ROBAK'S FIRE, by Joe L. Hensley, THE DEEP BLUE GOOD-BY, by John D. MacDonald, and more than a few others. Check it out here... darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/06/book...
Booked (and Printed): May 2025
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June 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
It's a brand new month, which means my latest Booked (and Printed)" column is live. This time I look at KISS, by John Lutz, ROBAK'S FIRE, by Joe L. Hensley, THE DEEP BLUE GOOD-BY, by John D. MacDonald, and more than a few others. Check it out here... darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/06/book...
At the blog today. A new review of John Lutz's excellent crime tale, "High Stakes." Check it out...
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Review: "High Stakes" by John Lutz
“High Stakes” by John Lutz from American Pulp , ed. by Gorman, Pronzini & Greenberg Carroll & Graf, 1997 ...
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May 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
At the blog today. A new review of John Lutz's excellent crime tale, "High Stakes." Check it out...
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Mary Dixie Carter's second novel, MARGUERITE BY THE LAKE--a marvelous gothic thriller--hits the streets tomorrow, May 20. But you can read my review right now, today, at the blog.
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Review: "Marguerite by the Lake" by Mary Dixie Carter
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May 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Mary Dixie Carter's second novel, MARGUERITE BY THE LAKE--a marvelous gothic thriller--hits the streets tomorrow, May 20. But you can read my review right now, today, at the blog.
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Paul Doiron's SKIN AND BONES collects eight Mike Bowditch stories; the tales range from shorts to novellas, from Bowditch's perspective to his friend and mentor Charlie Stevens's. Scheduled for release May 13--read my review now:
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Review: "Skin and Bones and Other Mike Bowditch Short Stories" by Paul Doiron
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May 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Paul Doiron's SKIN AND BONES collects eight Mike Bowditch stories; the tales range from shorts to novellas, from Bowditch's perspective to his friend and mentor Charlie Stevens's. Scheduled for release May 13--read my review now:
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A new "Booked (and Printed)" is live at the blog. This month I look at seven novels and a couple short stories, including detailed reviews of JELLY'S GOLD, by David Housewright, Stephen King's THINNER, and THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND, by J.D. Rhoades.
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Booked (and Printed): April 2025
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May 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A new "Booked (and Printed)" is live at the blog. This month I look at seven novels and a couple short stories, including detailed reviews of JELLY'S GOLD, by David Housewright, Stephen King's THINNER, and THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND, by J.D. Rhoades.
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Monday means the hard work goes on. But today, Mike Baker, gives us a clear-eyed, raucous, and meaningful review of Elmer Kelton's 1956 novel, BUFFALO WAGONS. Read it here... darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/05/revi...
Review: "Buffalo Wagons" by Elmer Kelton
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May 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Monday means the hard work goes on. But today, Mike Baker, gives us a clear-eyed, raucous, and meaningful review of Elmer Kelton's 1956 novel, BUFFALO WAGONS. Read it here... darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/05/revi...
A new week, and a gently used review at the blog. Today I dust off a review (from 2017) of Garry Disher's excellent procedural, CHAIN OF EVIDENCE (2007). As they say, it just may be new to you. Check it out here... darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/04/revi...
Review: "Chain of Evidence" by Garry Disher
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April 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A new week, and a gently used review at the blog. Today I dust off a review (from 2017) of Garry Disher's excellent procedural, CHAIN OF EVIDENCE (2007). As they say, it just may be new to you. Check it out here... darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/04/revi...
Is true crime your beat? Then this review of Thibault Raisse's THE CLEVELAND JOHN DOE CASE (Crime Ink, 2025) is right up your alley. Check it out here... darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/04/revi...
Review: "The Cleveland John Doe Case" by Thibault Raisse
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April 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Is true crime your beat? Then this review of Thibault Raisse's THE CLEVELAND JOHN DOE CASE (Crime Ink, 2025) is right up your alley. Check it out here... darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/04/revi...
There is a new "Booked (and Printed)" at the blog. This month I look at John Keyse-Walker's PALMS, PARADISE, POISON (2021); Douglas Corleone's first novel, ONE MAN’S PARADISE (2010); Joyce Carol Oates's BLACK WATER (1992); and other miscellany. darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/04/book...
Booked (and Printed): March 2025
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April 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
There is a new "Booked (and Printed)" at the blog. This month I look at John Keyse-Walker's PALMS, PARADISE, POISON (2021); Douglas Corleone's first novel, ONE MAN’S PARADISE (2010); Joyce Carol Oates's BLACK WATER (1992); and other miscellany. darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/04/book...
Today at the blog, I review Brian Gruley's new novel, BITTERFROST. Check out the review here... darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/03/revi...
Review: "Bitterfrost" by Bryan Gruley
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April 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Today at the blog, I review Brian Gruley's new novel, BITTERFROST. Check out the review here... darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/03/revi...
This is a little different than usual. A short-short science fiction tale from Fredric Brown, "Keep Out." Available today at the blog. darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/03/shor...
Shorts: "Keep Out" by Fredric Brown
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March 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is a little different than usual. A short-short science fiction tale from Fredric Brown, "Keep Out." Available today at the blog. darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/03/shor...
It's Monday. Let's celebrate by reading this feisty new review of Henry Slesar's "The Tin Man" (EQMM, 1984) at the blog. darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/03/revi...
Review: "The Tin Man" by Henry Slesar
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March 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It's Monday. Let's celebrate by reading this feisty new review of Henry Slesar's "The Tin Man" (EQMM, 1984) at the blog. darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/03/revi...
It's been quiet around here the past week or so. But a new post went live at the blog this morning. It's a little something about the handful of books that joined my personal stacks this past month. It's called WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? Check it out here: darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/03/what...
What's New Pussycat?: March 2025
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March 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It's been quiet around here the past week or so. But a new post went live at the blog this morning. It's a little something about the handful of books that joined my personal stacks this past month. It's called WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? Check it out here: darkcityunderground.blogspot.com/2025/03/what...
At the blog today, I look at my February reading. A reading month with a few ups and downs and a bunch of cold weather. Check it out here...
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Booked (and Printed): February 2025
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March 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
At the blog today, I look at my February reading. A reading month with a few ups and downs and a bunch of cold weather. Check it out here...
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