Black Sheep by CJ Lyons is the sequel to Blind Faith featuring FBI agent Caitlyn Tierney (available February 26, 2013). As a thriller writer, CJ Lyons has a stellar reputation, but I must confess that I was never a loyal follower—until now. Oh sure, I’d heard lots of noise among readers about how they simply…
Watch this trailer and see! Okay, okay—it’s not a completely fair question, since both NBC’s Hannibal and Fox’s The Following (which we’re currently recapping) were announced last year. And of course, Dr. Lecter’s a notorious character from way back. However, both new shows do center on serial killing by multiple killers, as well as intricate…
Editor’s note: When we first heard from Scott Adlerberg, we gave him a hard time. He’d approached us about a “pre-pub” excerpt of a book we discovered had been out for a while, though with a different press than he now has. However, when he told us his tale, we not only understood how it…
Merciless by Lori Armstrong is the latest in the series featuring former Army sniper turned FBI agent Mercy Gunderson (available January 8, 2013) Mercy Gunderson is thrown into her first FBI murder case, working with the tribal police on the Eagle River Reservation, where the victim is the teenaged niece of the recently elected tribal…
First, it was New Scotland Yard, and now the FBI’s Hoover building is on the blocks? These are iconic Crime HQs, and *looks around nervously* even when iconic means hideous, we’ve grown accustomed to its facade in our crime shows and stories… According to Pete Yost of the AP, via the Star Tribune: Just six…
At New York Comic Con last month, I watched the premiere of The Following, Fox’s serial killer drama starring Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy, which will premiere January 21st. It’s taken this long for me to make sense of how I felt about it. There’s no question, it’s daring. It absolutely pushes the boundaries. My…
I’ve been a Kay Hooper fan for a long time. When I read Pepper’s Way back in the early ’80s, I knew I had to find more books by this entertaining writer. She’s passionate, provocative, and prolific—three great writer gifts in my opinion. Her early romances were lively and engaging, especially those written for the…
I’ve always been intrigued by the 1950s. On one hand, you’ve got poodle skirts and soda shops and greaser guys in fast cars and leather jackets; on the other, there’s Mom, her full-skirted dress pulling freshly baked cookies out of the oven just as Dad walks in the door with a big smile and a…
Are you a history buff? A gangster aficionado? Both? Well, we’ve got the house for you! This week, Kate “Ma” Barker’s house went on the market. The house in question, located 62 miles from Orlando in Ocklawaha, Florida, has been restored to its former glory with one tiny exception—the bullet holes from a shootout with…
Which of the following TV shows do you think you’d watch? 1. “Ichabod Crane . . . joins up with Sleepy Hollow’s tough female sheriff to battle forces of good and evil.” 2. “Ichabod Crane in a black FBI suit, investigating a rash of ritual beheadings in the legendary burg of Sleepy Hollow.” Well, both…
