A group of four friends travel from New York City to Cape Breton Island to oversee the sale of a home in beautiful Starling Cove. Blue, the man who inherited the property following his grandmother’s death, needs the cash to pay off some shady mobsters who had funded his expanding restaurant in Brooklyn. Originally from…
In 1951, Henrietta Lacks passed away due to complications arising from cervical cancer. Following her death, cancerous cells were harvested from her body and used in ongoing experiments regarding the growth of cells outside the human body. Previous to Henrietta, scientists could only make it a few days before the cells would ultimately die, forcing…
Ever wonder what happens to your body after you die? For most of us, we’re either buried six feet under in a box or cremated and poured into an urn. That being said, there are a few folks who make the decision to donate their mortal vessel to science. In Stiff, Mary Roach explores the…
The whole concept behind Batman Black & White began in the mid-1990s when DC asked several artists and writers to collaborate on stand alone stories featuring the Caped Crusader – using only black and white of course. Since it sold better than expected, a second and third series would soon follow. Lying dormant since 2007,…
When a married couple is found brutally murdered in their own home, the two scum bags thought responsible are found dead in their own apartment of an apparent murder suicide. While the NYPD feels confident in closing the case, the niece of the deceased does not. She mentions this in passing to TJ who in…
Raymond Chandler never wanted to be a mystery writer, which is surprising considering how masterfully he performed within the genre. While it was never his goal to be classified as a crime fiction author, he would stretch the limitations of what could be considered a mystery novel, choosing to focus on character development and dialogue…
Ever wonder how the McMahon family became sports entertainment tycoons? It’s all here in Tim Hornbaker’s Capitol Revolution: The Rise of the McMahon Wrestling Empire. I received a free copy from ECW Press in exchange for an honest review. Hornbaker goes back, waaaay back, to the beginning of the 20th century to discuss the roots…
Mark Watney and a crew of daring astronauts travel to Mars for what was to be a temporary visit to the Red Planet. When Mark is feared dead following an accident arising from an errant dust storm, the crew must make the difficult decision to leave without him. The problem? Mark isn’t dead. What follows…
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