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The Brass Verdict - October 2008


The Brass Verdict is the 20th Michael Connelly mystery novel. To mark the occasion, Connelly brings together Detective Harry Bosh and Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer. The Brass Verdict is a pretty good mystery but as it took me 4 ... More

Mom Reviewed - Roxy Hunter - Secret of the Shaman


Roxy Hunter is the story of a young 9-year-old girl detective who has moved to a small community (Serenity Falls) with her widowed mother, and best friend Max (he's living with them, as his parents are off on an archaeological ... More

Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost


Nickleodeon's Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost is a good family DVD if you've got tweens, especially a tween girl. This Roxy Hunter DVD is a smart, non-violent kids' mystery and something a parent can watch without ... More

Brad Meltzer


Brad Meltzer is a good writer but The Book of Lies is really not as good as its author.  This mystery is interesting, often energetic, but too cryptic for its own good and unfair to the reader.Everything should work for ... More

Street Kings


Street Kings stars Keanu Reeves as Detective Tom Ludlow, a lone wolf troubled detective who is not against taking the law in his own hands. When it seems others have done the same thing and murdered his ex-partner, Ludlow cannot ... More

Lovejoy - The Complete Season Three


Antiques Roadshow meets a scamp and larceny and intrigue in the BBC ‘s Lovejoy The Complete Season Three,  a 4 DVD 13 episode box set. If you are unfamiliar with Lovejoy a ballpark comparison would be Murder She Wrote goes ... More

Spare Change - A Sunny Randall Mystery


Of recent Robert B. Parker mystery novels Spare Change, a Sunny Randall novel, is one of the better ones. Parker has become very recipe driven. He has been using his talent and long experience at writing good whodunits to get ... More

Simple Genius - A Sean King / Michelle Maxwell Mystery


Simple Genius is not David Baldacci ‘s best mystery thriller by far. It suffers from Ludlum-osis i.e. a much too convoluted plot that is dragged on for far too long with little believable payoff in the end.Baldacci writes complicated mystery ... More

In Bruges


In Bruges is an excellent and one hell of a very weird DVD. This dark comedy gangster movie manages to both please the eye and surprise at just about every turn. In a world of formulaic movies, In Bruges really ... More

Vantage Point - 2 Disc Special Edition


The way I see it Vantage Point is brilliant. This DVD is an extremely addictive political thriller. The first time you watch Vantage Point it is difficult not to constantly rewind a scene to make sure you did not miss ... More

Child 44


If you do not read Child 44 you will never read anything like it.This Tom Rob Smith mystery / thriller is a police procedural set in Stalin's Soviet Union. Smith's ability to convey the paranoia and schizophrenia of this world ... More

The Monster of Florence


The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi is an unbelievable read! As if the title is not enough, the cover photo of the contorted bodies and agonized faces of Giambologna's The Rape of the Sabine Women repulses ... More