THE HALLMARKED MAN (2025) **** by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) This paperback edition published by Sphere, 2025, 897pp ISBN: 978-1-4087-2378-4 Blurb: A dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop. The police initially believe it to be that of a convicted armed robber – but not everyone agrees with that theory. One of them is…
Tag: Mystery
TV Review – AFTER THE FLOOD – SERIES 2 (2026)
AFTER THE FLOOD – SERIES 2 (UK, 2026, 6 x 45m) ***½ Crime, Drama, Thriller dist. ITV; pr co. Quay Street Productions d. Azhur Saleem; w. Mick Ford, Joe Forrest, Maxine Alderton (based on characters created by Mick Ford); pr. Juliet Charlesworth; exec pr. Richard Fee, Mick Ford, Huw Kennair-Jones, Nicola Shindler; ph. Phil Wood;…
Film Review – THE UNDERGROUND MAN (1974)
THE UNDERGROUND MAN (TV) (1974, USA, 74m, PG) *** Crime, Mystery dist. National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (USA); pr. co. Aries Films / Paramount Television. d. Paul Wendkos; w. Douglas Heyes (based on the novel by Ross Macdonald); pr. Philip L. Parslow; ph. Earl Rath (Colour | 1.33:1); m. Richard Hazard; ed. Richard E. Rabjohn, Norman…
Book Review – THE UNDERGROUND MAN (1971) by Ross Macdonald
THE UNDERGROUND MAN (1971) **** by Ross Macdonald This hardback edition published by Book Club Associates, 1972, 255pp © Ross Macdonald, 1971 ISBN: 978-0-002-31848-8 Blurb: A forest fire has mysteriously broken out in the hills above southern California. Meanwhile, Lew Archer has been asked by a desperate mother to find her six-year-old son. Instead, he discovers…
Book Review – THE LONGMIRE DEFENSE (2023) by Craig Johnson
THE LONGMIRE DEFENSE (2023) **** by Craig Johnson This paperback edition published by Penguin, 2024, 351pp © Craig Johnson, 2023 ISBN: 978-0-593-29733-9 Blurb: Sheriff Walt Longmire and Dog are called on a routine search and rescue to Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains, where Walt finds himself on a rock outcropping remembering when his father told him about the…
Book Review: HELL AND BACK (2022) by Craig Johnson
HELL AND BACK (2022) *** by Craig Johnson This paperback edition published by Penguin, 2023, 336pp © Craig Johnson, 2022 ISBN: 978-0-593-29730-8 Blurb: What if you woke up lying in the middle of the street in the infamous town of Fort Pratt, Montana, where thirty young Native boys perished in a tragic 1896 boarding-school fire?…
Book Review – DAUGHTER OF THE MORNING STAR (2021)
DAUGHTER OF THE MORNING STAR (2021) ***½ by Craig Johnson This paperback edition published by Penguin, 2022, 322pp © Craig Johnson, 2021 ISBN: 978-0-593-29727-8 Blurb: When Lolo Long’s niece Jaya begins receiving death threats, Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire as lethal backup. Jaya “Longshot” Long is the phenom of the…
Film review – EYEWITNESS (1981)
EYEWITNESS (1981, USA, 103m, 15) *** Crime, Mystery, Thriller dist. Twentieth Century Fox; pr co. Twentieth Century Fox; d. Peter Yates; w. Steve Tesich; pr. Peter Yates; ph. Matthew F. Leonetti (Colour | 1.85:1); m. Stanley Silverman; ed. Cynthia Scheider; pd. Philip Rosenberg; ad. John Kasarda (uncredited). cast: William Hurt (Daryll Deever), Sigourney Weaver (Tony…
Book Review – ONE OF US IS DEAD (2024) by Peter James
ONE OF US IS DEAD (2024) *** by Peter James This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 2025, 464pp © Really Scary Books/Peter James, 2024 ISBN: 978-1-5290-9003-1 Blurb: Arriving late for a funeral, James Taylor spots a familiar face in the church – his old schoolfriend Rufus Rorke. Except it couldn’t be him, could it? Because two…
Film Review – THE BODY STEALERS (1969)
BODY STEALERS, THE (1969, UK, 91m, 15) ** Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi dist. Tigon Pictures (UK), Allied Artists Pictures (USA); pr co. Tigon Pictures; d. Gerry Levy; w. Michael St. Clair, Gerry Levy (based on a story by Michael St. Clair); pr. Tony Tenser; ph. John Coquillon (Eastmancolor | 1.85:1); m. Reg Tilsley; ed. Howard Lanning;…