Addy and Beth rule their cheerleading squad with an iron fist. Practices are rare, performances are uninspired and the effort is just not there. However, when a new coach arrives and challenges Beth’s captaincy by threatening to whip the girls into a well coordinated unit, some members are less than impressed. Can the new Coach…
Over the last few years, I’ve been making my way through Lawrence Block’s Matt Scudder series. I’ve also branched out into his novels with Hardcase Crime as well as his Bernie Rhodenbarr series with last year’s self-published release, The Burglar Who Counted The Spoons. As you could probably guess, Block has emerged as one of my…
Unlicensed detective Matt Scudder is hired by a member of a secret group of men who meet once a year to discuss progress made in their lives. In 1961, the group started out strong with thirty-one members and now, some thirty years later, they’re down to fourteen. It doesn’t seem uncommon – people die all…
Three jailbirds are being transferred when an escape plan goes horribly wrong. With nowhere left to turn, one of the escapees decides to call in a favor and request the assistance of one Charlie Manx. Manx has a talent for making folks disappear so he offers a solution to their problem – only they may…
Retired Detective Bill Hodges is toying with the idea of ending it all. Alone in his home, he spends the majority of his golden years in front of a TV, stuffing his face with processed food and keeping a watchful eye on his father’s gun; his passport to the afterlife. Everything changes when he receives…
In the not-too-distant-future, a new civil war has erupted between the United States of America and the secessionist Free States Army. Both factions have declared the island of Manhattan a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), leaving those inside to fend for themselves. An intern with Liberty News Network, Matty Roth, has elected to live in the zone…
Blake J. Harris, author of the new book CONSOLE WARS: Sega, Nintendo, And The Battle That Defined A Generation, stopped by to chat narrative nonfiction, NHL ’94 and the feature film adaptation of his work. How did you come to write Console Wars? By accident, almost. Before I set out to write a book…
A man is gunned down and the person deemed responsible is caught red handed at the scene of the crime. While the accused’s brother realizes that the evidence is damning, he cannot imagine his brother committing such a horrible act. He remembered meeting a man who identified himself as a detective during an AA meeting…
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