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Homicide

Killer Triggers by Joe Kenda: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

March 5, 2021

CHAPTER THREE:  THE COMING UNDONE OF A GOOD MAN THE TRIGGER: DEMENTIA The human mind is an immensely complicated piece of machinery. Nobody knows how it works and why people do what they do. If I did, I’d write a psychological bestseller, retire, and move to the south of France. I am not a psychologist…

First in Series: Homicide: Life on the Street

By Scott Adlerberg

February 13, 2017

In January, 1993, right after airing Super Bowl XXVII, NBC premiered the series Homicide: Life on the Street. I remember watching the first episode then because I had seen the promo spots for it during the game, and it appeared to be an intriguing enough police show to give it a try. It’s amusing now…

A Good Month for Murder: Audio Excerpt

By Del Quentin Wilber

June 16, 2016

A Good Month For Murder by Del Quentin Wilber is the inside story of a homicide squad set in Washington, D.C. Twelve homicides, three police-involved shootings and the furious hunt for an especially brutal killer—February 2013 was a good month for murder in suburban Washington, D.C. After gaining unparalleled access to the homicide unit in…

City of the Lost: New Excerpt

By Kelley Armstrong

April 27, 2016

City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong is the 1st Casey Duncan Novel, introducing Casey Duncan—a homicide detective with a secret—who, along with her best friend Diana, flees her old life to a community that might present more danger than they were in previously (Available May 3, 2016). Casey Duncan is a homicide detective with…

Fresh Meat: Bad Bones by Linda Ladd

By Jenny Maloney

September 26, 2014

Bad Bones by Linda Ladd is the sixth Missouri-based mystery featuring homicide detective Claire Morgan where a frozen and broken corpse is found in a state park (available September 29, 2014). A nasty ice storm covers Missouri, and Canton County Homicide Detective Claire Morgan and her partner are stuck directing the slip-and-slide traffic when they…

Longmire: 3.05 “Wanted Man”

By David Cranmer

July 1, 2014

“If you do the job right, Walt, by the time you put down your sheriff’s badge, you’re a wanted man.” —Lucian Connally. “Wanted Man” started strong and remained strong through the very end. A terrific episode written by Tony Tost and directed by Lucian himself (Peter Weller) followed the ongoing plotlines with some interesting twists…

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