Sherlock Holmes and the Vampires of London is a graphic novel written by Sylvain Cordurie and illustrated by Laci about The Great Detective's post-Reichenbach return to London to face a plague of vampires (available February 18, 2014). With the recent federal ruling determining that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes oeuvre (barring details only available…
The short film above, thankfully, has nothing to do with with disappointing Poe-turned-detective film from last year. It is the seven-minute short for the sci-fi thriller, The Raven, soon to be a major motion picture starring Liam Hemsworth of Hunger Games fame. Here's the plot summary: Chris Black possesses a power that could lead to…
Nora Roberts has written 32 books as J.D. Robb (and that’s not counting the novellas), and still I look forward to each new release. Blessedly, this prolific woman is still publishing two a year. I’m sure it must be true that you cannot write at this pace without turning out a clunker or two. And…
Since we’re excited for today’s release of Ghost Story, it’s a great day to talk about what makes the private-investigator/wizard-for-hire, Harry Dresden, so great. I’ll admit, I wasn’t sold on Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden the first time we met. A co-worker was a fan of the first book, Storm Front, and it sounded like everything…
Recently, I overheard two women in the mystery section in a bookstore: “Oh my gawd, I can’t believe it, they have this in the mysteries! It has spells and magic and everything!!!” “Oh gawd, that’s so stupid!!!” I moved away before my inner librarian erupted to explain to the shocked duo that the books had…
