If you haven't yet been introduced to Charles Ramsey, he's a Clevelander who helped rescue women who had been held in captivity in a neighbor's house for a decade after being kidnapped as teenagers. He heard Amanda Berry's cries, helped her break out of the home's door and call 9-1-1. Also rescued was kidnap victim…
The Aylesford Skull by James P. Blaylock marks the author’s return to steampunk with an adventure featuring Victorian gentleman and inventor Langdon St. Ives (available January 15, 2013). It is the summer of 1883 and Professor Langdon St. Ives—brilliant but eccentric scientist and explorer—is coming to enjoy country life in Aylesford with his beloved wife…
If you are anything like me, you’ve been thinking to yourself that there hasn’t been nearly enough of Liam Neeson kicking kidnapper tail in your life lately. I mean we all remember the awesomeness that was the first Taken. And it is because of that awesomeness that I can’t wait for the sequel. Below is…
The Three-Day Affair by Michael Kardos is a thriller featuring three ordinary men who test the limits of their friendship when a robbery goes wrong (available September 4, 2012). Will, Jeffrey, and Nolan are lifelong friends. They went their separate ways as adults, living their own lives while forging their own careers. They have no…
Dognapping seems like it would be mostly a victimless crime right? I mean, yeah, it’s pretty crappy to do to someone. But you grab the dog, take care of it for a couple of days while waiting for the owner to post information about a reward, then return it. No problem right? But what happens…
Lake Country by Sean Doolittle is a thriller featuring an ex-soldier out for revenge (available July 31, 2012). Five years ago, successful architect Wade Benson killed a young woman when he fell asleep at the wheel. His punishment: two days in jail for every year of his probation. But for one friend of the victim’s…
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An excerpt from Dolled Up For Murder by Jane K. Cleland (available March 27, 2012). On a sparkling spring day in the cozy coastal town of Rocky Point, New Hampshire, with the lilacs in full bloom and the wisteria hanging low, antiques dealer Josie Prescott is showing a stellar doll collection she’s just acquired to…
If you watched the TNT Mystery Movie Night presentation of Mary Higgins Clark’s and Carol Higgins Clark’s Deck the Halls last night, what did you think? Did it kidnap your interest then feed it some Christmas cookies before releasing it? And what do you think now about the concept? At HQ, we’ve found the movies…
Culminating the holiday season of crime for TNT Mystery Movie Night—though new bestsellers’ books have been picked up for next year already—is Deck the Halls, based upon Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark’s first co-authored Christmas mystery. This story brings together two of their series characters, Alvirah Meegan (Kathy Najimy), who’s a former cleaning…
