Stephen King returns with his strongest work in years with If It Bleeds, a collection of four novellas. King kicks it off with Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, a story featuring a student and mentor dynamic between two unlikely parties. Mr. Harrigan, a retired business magnate, settles into Maine to live out his golden years. Craig, a…
With his new book Broken, author Don Winslow returns with a collection of six novellas. In the title story, Winslow travels down to New Orleans to focus on a family of cops when tragedy strikes. A vengeful cop looks to inflict his wrath on the powerful, elusive drug dealer responsible. Broken reads like John…
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cape Breton (and everything else ever) is a new book written by James FW Thompson (Rise of The Mudmen), the man behind the Facebook page “Fictional Sydney Information”. In this book, Thompson attempts to answer a cornucopia of questions such as: “How Did Balls Creek Get Its Name?…
Welcome back to Three Pines – a small village in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. It’s Easter weekend and a few residents decide to tempt the spirits by holding a series of seances. While eerie, all seems to be going smoothly until one of the party members dies suddenly. Once again, Detective Inspector Armand…
Under The Black Hat is the second volume of a two-book series detailing the life and career of Hall of Fame pro wrestling broadcaster, Jim Ross. I’ve yet to read Jim Ross’ first book, Slobberknocker. No real reason other than the fact that I haven’t yet gotten around to it. While I do plan to…
The Splendid And The Vile follows Prime Minister Winston Churchill in his first year in power as he worked tirelessly to fend off the invading forces of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Given this is an Erik Larson book, you can guarantee it is exhaustive in its research. Having tackled a…
The Forest City Killer is the story and investigation of the disappearance and subsequent murder of Jackie English, a resident of London, Ontario in 1969. I received an advanced copy from ECW Press in exchange for an honest review. Having read, reviewed and interviewed the author of Murder City, a book about both the murders…
Once Upon A Time I Lived on Mars is a collection of essays by author Kate Greene, one of the thirteen people to take part in the HI-SEAS experiment meant to simulate life on Mars. Alongside a crew of thirteen others, Greene spent approximately six months atop Mauna Loa, an Hawaiann volcano eight thousand feet…
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