I’ve heard it said that writers are God’s garbage men. We pick up people’s cast off details and deeds—some inspiring, some appalling—and use them to create our stories. For mystery writers, the newspaper is also a rich place to rummage through. Southern crime writer Ace Atkins commented, “I don’t have to make up plots. I…
The Covenant by Jeff Crook follows former Memphis police detective Jackie Lyons as she investigates a mysterious death in the second installment of the Jackie Lyons Mystery series (Available January 12, 2016). When photographer and former Memphis police detective Jackie Lyons finds Sam Loftin's lifeless body in the same location where his daughter died five…
There were just too many great summer reads and matching drink selections for one post, so here is Part Two. Book and drink selections were matched and tested by the same dedicated team that recently brought you Summer Reads with Drinks, Part One and Halloween Drinks and Reads last October. Now let’s get to those…
According to Deadline, “off-beat” (see what they did there?) cop drama Memphis Beat is being canceled after its second season. Huh? We felt like we never heard about this show, but here’s what TNT says about it: Memphis Beat centers on Dwight Hendricks (Jason Lee), a quirky Memphis police detective with an intimate connection to…
