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WANDA AND MARIA: A TALE OF TWO STORMS
One of my favorite websites is called Reading California Fiction. It is hosted by Typepad and was written entirely by my friend Don Napoli. Sadly, Don…
Apr 5
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THE WIT AND WISDOM OF BARNABY JONES
When people discuss the prestige TV crime dramas of the 1970s, they tend to mention Columbo, The Rockford Files, Kojak, The Streets of San Francisco…
Apr 4
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March 2024
NIGHT STALKS THE MANSION
Recently, I published a piece in Quillette on the cultural phenomenon that was The Amityville Horror. In 1975, a young family – George and Kathy Lutz…
Mar 16
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LEW ARCHER AND THE EXCITABLE BOY
Earlier this year I read two excellent crime novels written by Newton Thornburg – To Die in California (1973) and Cutter and Bone (1976) – both of them…
Mar 9
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AURORA: BORING TITLE; THRILLING NOVEL
In my last post I reviewed Cold Storage, David Koepp’s campy thriller about exploding green zombies (I loved it). I mentioned in that post that I had…
Mar 1
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February 2024
GREAT GREEN GOBS OF GREASY, GRIMY ZOMBIE GUTS
Writer David Koepp’s name is strongly associated with three better-known creative geniuses: Stephen King, Michael Crichton, and Steven Spielberg. Koepp…
Feb 21
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January 2024
AND THE WINNER IS…THE 2023 MIMSIE AWARDS!
January is upon us, which means that, once again, it is time to look back at all the books I read in the previous year (in this case, 2023) and hand out…
Jan 4
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AND THE WINNER IS…THE 2023 MIMSIE AWARDS!
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October 2023
THE FLOOD AND THE FREEZER
Note: When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, I read that the two major American cities most vulnerable to flooding were New Orleans and my…
Oct 27, 2023
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FREDERICK FORSYTH'S FINAL FICTIONS
(Note: This examination of Frederick Forsyth’s fiction contains numerous spoilers and is intended mainly for those who are familiar with his work. Read…
Oct 6, 2023
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September 2023
SHOULD INDIVIDUALS BE ALLOWED TO COLLECT NAZI ARTIFACTS?
They say that a man’s home is his castle but it would probably be more accurate to say that a man’s (or a woman’s) home is his museum. Most of us tend…
Sep 30, 2023
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THE CASE OF THE BELLIGERENT BOOKSELLER
(NOTE: This essay was published on the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine blog in February of 2019. The prices quoted herein are probably no longer accurate…
Sep 23, 2023
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RUMPOLE AND COLUMBO: TWO ICONS OF THE 1970s TV MYSTERY SCENE
(NOTE: This essay was published in the Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine blog on April 20, 2023.) John Mortimer, creator of the immortal fictional…
Sep 22, 2023
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