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Kristen Houghton

Review: Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles

By Kristen Houghton

March 17, 2017

Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles is the final installment in the Natchez Burning Trilogy set within the larger Penn Cage series (available March 21, 2017).  Mississippi Blood is the last book in Greg Iles’s Penn Cage trilogy, which has captured the hearts and minds of readers who love their fictional suspense novels expertly mixed with…

Dear Lisbeth Salander: Dealing With Sexual Harassment

By Kristen Houghton

March 10, 2017

This week's guest columnist is Lisbeth Salander, who's a hacker but not a hack, Wasp but not a WASP, and an all-around tough-as-nails badass.   Dear GWTDT, I am being sexually harassed at my place of employment. I do contracts for an entertainment agency, and the man with whom I have to work has been…

Crimes of the Century: Leopold and Loeb

By Kristen Houghton

February 23, 2017

Compulsion, a novel written in 1956, details the true story of a murder that gripped the nation back in the Roaring Twenties—1924 to be exact. “The Crime of the Century,” screamed the headlines. The murder, committed by two sons of multimillionaire families, captivated America in a case that shocked the public.  The young men—nineteen-year-old Nathan…

Dear Lisbeth Salander: The Company You Keep

By Kristen Houghton

February 17, 2017

This week's guest columnist is Lisbeth Salander, who's a hacker but not a hack, Wasp but not a WASP, and an all-around tough-as-nails badass.   Dear Lisbeth Salander, I have never written to anyone for advice, and truthfully I feel very foolish doing this. However, a friend of mine who had written to you concerning…

The Best Crime Dramas to Binge Watch Now

By Kristen Houghton

February 10, 2017

Oh the joy of binge-watching! Everyone has been talking about a show that you’ve promised yourself you’d “get to,” but somehow you never have the time when the episodes are actually aired. But the appeal of the shows and your friends’ enthusiastic reviews are making you anxious to see what it’s all about. It’s time…

The Pleasures of Reading J.D. Robb

By Kristen Houghton

February 6, 2017

When you find a mystery series that you completely enjoy reading, it’s as if you have found reading gold. Finishing each book is no longer an agony because you know your favorite main characters will come back in the next book in the series. Readers of my Cate Harlow Private Investigation series have told me…

Dear Lisbeth Salander: Dating Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

By Kristen Houghton

January 27, 2017

This week's guest columnist is Lisbeth Salander, who's a hacker but not a hack, Wasp but not a WASP, and an all-around tough-as-nails badass.   Dear Lisbeth Salander, I’m dating this woman who seems kind, smart, friendly—you get the picture. And man is she hot! I cannot wait to tap that as soon as I…

Review: Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb

By Kristen Houghton

January 13, 2017

To celebrate the upcoming release of J.D. Robb's 44th Eve Dallas mystery, Echoes in Death, we're taking a look back at every single book in the In Death series. Today, Kristen Houghton reviews #27, Salvation in Death. Hector Ortiz had been a good man. He had lived for a hundred and sixteen years, and his large family…

Review: Memory in Death by J.D. Robb

By Kristen Houghton

January 6, 2017

To celebrate the upcoming release of J.D. Robb's 44th Eve Dallas mystery, Echoes in Death, we're taking a look back at every single book in the In Death series. Today, Kristen Houghton reviews #22, Memory in Death. If you’ve had a childhood as bad as Lt. Eve Dallas, the last person you want to see during the…

Lisbeth Salander’s Assassin’s Guide to New Year’s Resolutions

By Kristen Houghton

January 2, 2017

This week's guest columnist is Lisbeth Salander, who's a hacker but not a hack, Wasp but not a WASP, and an all-around tough-as-nails badass.   Dear Readers, The end of a very interesting year is fast coming to an end, and this is the time when most people make those alcohol-soaked, maudlin resolutions for the…

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