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The Bad Girls of Film Noir Volume 1

The Killer That Stalked New York is one of 4 thrillers on the Bad Girls of Film Noir Volume 1 2 DVD 4 film set. This is an odd though original mystery. The other movies in this film noir collection ... More

The Murder of King Tut - with Martin Dugard

In The Murder of King Tut – The Plot to Kill the Child King James Patterson and Martin Dugard take on the task of solving perhaps the greatest murder in history. Generally, this historical mystery novel is well put together ... More

Mystic River Blu-ray

Finally on Blu-ray, Mystic River is the superb screen adaptation of the Dennis Lehane mystery novel. Unlike what was done to another Lehane adaptation, Gone Baby Gone, this one respects the book, the characters, and the tone. Director Clint Eastwood ... More

See Them Die - An 87th Precinct Mystery

See Them Die is the thirteenth 87th Precinct mystery novel by Ed McBain. This one really is for fans only. There is a certain tension in this particular mystery that will remind some readers of thirties or forties gangster movies ... More

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Lost
The Complete Second Season

Whiteout

Whiteout is a suspense without much suspense until the last third of the movie. On Blu-ray Whiteout looks especially good but that does not make up for that. This is a competent movie with competent actors and a decent story ... More

Virgin With Butterflies

Virgin With Butterflies by Tom Powers is one of six pulp paperback Harlequin reissued to celebrate its 60th anniversary. It is the oddest and least pulp fiction novel of the bunch and a very novel and entertaining read. Virgin With ... More

The Republic of Doyle - CBC Wednesdays 9 P.M.

The Republic of Doyle is a hit. There has not been anything quite like this mystery on Canadian TV ever. If you like an at times comic, non-violent aside from fisticuffs, smart TV mystery with great characters, The Republic of ... More

I Confess - Turner Classic Movies Hitchcock Thrillers

I Confess is one of four Alfred Hitchcock thrillers whose title is known more than the movie itself. The other three thrillers on the TCM Greatest Classic Films 2 DVD set are Suspicion, Strangers on a Train, and The Wrong ... More

Strangers on a Train - TCM Greatest Classic Films

Strangers on a Train is probably the most famous Alfred Hitchcock thriller people have not seen. You might think this would be The 39 Steps but the premise to Strangers on a Train is better known: two men meet on ... More

Among Thieves

Among Thieves is the latest mystery by attorney David Hosp. In Among Thieves prominent members of Boston’s organized crime community are turning up dead. Central to the story is the 1990 art theft at the Isabella Stewart Museum which included ... More

From Ice to Ashes

The Yukon – Alaska winter setting does a lot for Jessica Simon’s thriller From Ice to Ashes. Simon is so good at conveying this environment you instinctually bundle up and then check the thermostat when you take a break from ... More

Pardon My Body - Harlequin Vintage Collection

Pardon My Body is one of the six pulp mystery novels from the fifties reissued by Harlequin to celebrate its 60th Anniversary. Harlequin used to do mysteries and had a stable that included the great James Hadley Chase. Dale Bogard ... More