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Silent Bite by David Rosenfelt: Featured Excerpt

By Crime HQ

August 27, 2020

Chapter 1 “This is Terry Banner asking you to remember that you heard it here first.”  The red light went off, telling Banner with certainty that he was no longer on the air. He took out his earpiece, removed his microphone, opened his shirt collar, and removed his tie. He hated ties; if the inventor…

Book Review: The K Team by David Rosenfelt

By Doreen Sheridan

March 20, 2020

Fresh from the latest in David Rosenfelt’s superlative Andy Carpenter series comes a brand new spin-off featuring the investigative unit Laurie and Marcus decided to found at the end of Dachshund Through The Snow. The K Team is both the name of their little squad, as well as the title of the debut novel in…

Hannibal 3.11: “And the Beast From the Sea”

By Clare Toohey

August 18, 2015

  In Hannibal's 3.11 “And the Beast From the Sea,” Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) discovers his best crime-stopping asset is the durability of his masochism. For a moment, I thought he'd really blame Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) in some way that cost more than blunt words, but he seems resigned to being used this way,…

Spaghetti Western! (with Dogs and Vacuum, of Course)

By Crime HQ

July 17, 2015

Now, that's what we call a good ole' spaghetti western. Why yes, of course there are costumed dogs and a vacuum! If you're trying to portray true struggle, pioneering spirit, and romance, how else would you do it? h/t: Cute Overload. We look forward to hearing about Baxter and Dixie's nominations.

Scent of Murder: New Excerpt

By James O. Born

April 7, 2015

Scent of Murder by James O. Born is a police procedural about Tim Hallett, a detective recently reassigned to a special K-9 unit (available April 7, 2015). Two years after being tossed from the detective bureau for using questionable tactics while catching a child molester, deputy Tim Hallett's life is finally on track. Assigned to…

Fresh Meat: A Dog Gone Murder by Elaine Viets

By Rachel Kramer Bussel

November 3, 2014

A Dog Gone Murder by Elaine Viets is the 10th cozy murder mystery in the Mystery Shopper series featuring amatuer sleuth Josie Marcus (available November 4, 2014). Elaine Viets’ Mystery Shopper series is always a delightful mix of zany murder and family togetherness. In the latest entry, Josie Marcus, an animal lover with a dog…

Hounded: A New Excerpt

By David Rosenfelt

July 16, 2014

Hounded by David Rosenfelt is the 12th mystery in the Andy Carpenter series about a lawyer with a reputation for saving both humans and animals from Death Row (available July 22, 2014). Andy Carpenter isn’t sure what to think when he gets a mysterious phone call from a good friend, policeman Pete Stanton, asking him…

Have My Drone Walk the Dog

By Crime HQ

May 27, 2014

Obviously, it's a wonderfully-tempered dog, obviously, not everyone has a drone… but enough with the caveats and concerns about pooper-scooping, because finally, thanks to Jeff Myers, something in today's world is actually better than in George Jetson's! We look forward to the attempts to have drones fill in for Rosie the maid, too. A drone…

Justified 5.06: “Kill the Messenger” Settles for Consexual Bloodletting

By Regina Thorne

February 17, 2014

After last week’s bullet-filled extravaganza, the latest episode of Justified, “Kill the Messenger” didn’t feature a single dead body (though there was a good bit of blood flowing, even if some of it was claimed to be “consexual.”) Various subplots came together, as the Crowes were integrated into the Crowder fold and Raylan’s girlfriend had…

Dying to Know by TJ O'Connor

Dying to Know: New Excerpt

By TJ OConnor

December 29, 2013

Dying to Know by TJ O'Connor is the debut of the Gumshoe Ghost series about a homicide detective who must help his wife, now widow, solve his murder (January 8, 2014). When Dr. Angela Tucker hears a bump in the night, Oliver “Tuck” Tucker is in no mood to investigate. But he does. And before…

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