I, Spy: How to Be Your Own Private Investigator by Daniel Ribacoff is the quintessential book for the armchair detective that wants to become their own private eye! Have you ever wanted to be your own private eye? Have you ever wanted to track down long-lost relatives or people who've scammed you? Have you ever…
Mounties aside, we in the U.S. don’t usually think of Canada as the sort of place that would spawn a great TV police show. (Insert polite-criminal joke here.) Yet it did: Da Vinci’s Inquest has been called by some the best crime series ever made. Premiering at the same time as The Sopranos, it won…
The Outsiders by Gerald Seymour is an espionage thriller featuring MI5 agent Winnie Monks who follows a Russian crime czar to Spain for revenge of a brutal murder from years ago (available February 24, 2015). If you were to ask Jonno’s parents about their son, they would describe him as ordinary, a good enough sort,…
Don't get homicidal for the holidays, at least not without us and 7 Noir Holiday Films Encypted Messages from the North Pole? Christmas Movies with Explosions Warped, Weird, and Wonderful Christmas Graphic Novels Santa Stake-Out Kit Reindeer Poop Threats Holiday Stories for the Halloween-Hearted and even More Crime Fiction for the Holidays On this Christmas…
After last week’s outstanding episode, “Wanted Man” —where Walt, Branch, and Vic finally located Hector, then the dying man identified a photo of extremist David Ridges as his attacker—I expected to see Ridges back from the dead (especially with an episode titled “Reports of My Death”), and it didn’t happen! But I wasn’t disappointed with this…
Via the International Business Times: Silicon Valley startup Knightscope has created robots that can replace policemen – and cost just $6.25 (£3.80) an hour to rent. The robots, which are 1.50 metres (59.06 inches) tall and weigh 136 kilos (about 21 stone), are able to collect real time data and utilise predictive analytics to provide a…
See the proof for yourself: The outfitter also points out that once you've got the $6499.00 of gear (including items like a full winter ghillie suit, hearing enhancer, tactical vest, thermal and night vision cameras, knives, camping and survival gear, etc.) you're not merely ready to bag proof of the fat man. Oh, no. You're…
The Raven's Eye by Barry Maitland is the twelfth in the series about Scotland Yard's DCI Brock and DI Kolla, who are trying, despite the brass's interference, to investigate a mysterious death among the houseboats that line the canals around London (available November 12, 2013). It’s almost the holidays and some parents like to use…
There is an acknowledged condition in which people have extraordinary face-recognition abilities. The opposite is also known, the more worrisome prosopagnosia, that in severe cases keeps sufferers from recognizing their own family's faces. The Notting Hill Carnival is expected to draw a million paraders and participants, so this year, the Met are employing special officers…
