What happens when currency is an illusion and the world seems on the verge of another Collapse? The drinks keep flowing! So uncover the conspiracy with this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—“The Last Paloma” cocktail, inspired by Robert Kroese's 2nd Erasmus Keane…
Set in the world of The Big Sheep, The Last Iota by Robert Kroese delivers another dystopian adventure novel full of wit and intrigue. When last we saw Blake Fowler and Erasmus Keane—private detectives in a near-future L.A.—they had narrowly escaped a brush with femme fatale Selah Fiore, Hollywood actress-turned-cutthroat-businesswoman, with their lives. Which makes…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, we get a new novel from acclaimed author Dennis Lehane, as well as the 11th Harry Hole thriller from…
Set in the world of The Big Sheep, The Last Iota by Robert Kroese delivers another dystopian adventure novel full of wit and intrigue (available May 9, 2017). The year is 2039, and Los Angeles is poised between order and chaos. After the Collapse of 2028, a vast section of LA, now known as the…
The Big Sheep by Robert Kroese is a delicate balance of sci-fi, mystery, and humor. “That's a really big sheep,” said Erasmus Keane, his observational powers functioning as flawlessly as ever. The woman in the lab coat nodded curtly. “He's a Lincoln Longwool,” she said. “Largest breed of sheep in the world.” She had introduced…
The Big Sheep by Robert Kroese is a balance of sci-fi, mystery, and humor (Available June 28, 2016). Los Angeles of 2039 is a baffling and bifurcated place. After the Collapse of 2028, a vast section of LA, the Disincorporated Zone, was disowned by the civil authorities, and became essentially a third world country within…
