THE CHILL (1963) **** by Ross Macdonald This paperback edition published by Penguin Modern Classics, 2012, 344pp © Ross Macdonald, 1963; copyright renewed © Margaret Millar, 1991 ISBN: 978-0-141-19661-9 Blurb: Private detective Lew Archer has better things to do than take on an investigation for Alex Kincaid, a young man claiming that his new bride, Dolly, has…
Tag: Mystery
Book Review – THE SECOND MURDERER (2023) by Denise Mina
THE SECOND MURDERER (2023) *** by Denise Mina This hardback edition published by Harvill Seeker, 2023, 245pp © Denise Mina, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-78730-285-3 Blurb: It’s mid-September, a heatwave has descended on the parched hills of LA and Private Detective Philip Marlowe is called to the Montgomery estate, an almost mythic place sitting high on top of Beverly Hills….
Book Review – 77 NORTH (2023) by D.L. Marshall
77 NORTH (2023) **** by D.L. Marshall This paperback edition published by Canelo, 2023, 362pp © D.L. Marshall, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-80436-431-4 Blurb: An agent the world thinks is dead can be useful. John Tyler has gone rogue, pursuing an international vendetta against those responsible for killing his brother. But he’s lured back by the CIA for one…
Film Review – A HAUNTING IN VENICE (2023)
A HAUNTING IN VENICE (2023, USA/UK/Italy, 103m, 12) ***½ Crime, Mystery, Thriller dist. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; pr co. 20th Century Fox / 20th Century Studios / Kinberg Genre / Mestiere Cinema / Scott Free Productions / TSG Entertainment / The Mark Gordon Company; d. Kenneth Branagh; w. Michael Green (based upon the novel…
Film Review – THE LITTLE THINGS (2021)
THE LITTLE THINGS (2021, USA, 128m, 15) **½ Crime, Drama dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. Gran Via / Warner Bros.; d. John Lee Hancock; w. John Lee Hancock; pr. John Lee Hancock, Mark Johnson; ph. John Schwartzman (Colour | 2.39:1); m. Thomas Newman; ed. Robert Frazen; pd. Michael Corenblith; ad. Lauren E. Polizzi. cast: Denzel…
Film Review – DOUBLE JEOPARDY (1999)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (1999, USA/Germany/Canada, 105m, 15) *** Crime, Mystery, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures (USA), United International Pictures (UIP) (UK); pr co. Paramount Pictures / MFP Munich Film Partners GmbH & Company I. Produktions KG / Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit; d. Bruce Beresford; w. David Weisberg, Douglas Cook; pr. Leonard Goldberg, Richard…
Book Review – THE INK BLACK HEART (2022) by Robert Galbraith
THE INK BLACK HEART (2022) **** by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) This paperback edition published by Sphere, 2023, 1,227pp ISBN: 978-0-7515-8419-6 Blurb: When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink…
Film review – PRESUMED INNOCENT (1990)
PRESUMED INNOCENT (1990, USA, 127m, 18) **** Crime, Drama, Mystery dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. Warner Bros. / Mirage Enterprises; d. Alan J. Pakula; w. Frank Pierson, Alan J. Pakula (based on the novel by Scott Turow); pr. Sydney Pollack, Mark Rosenberg; ph. Gordon Willis (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. John Williams; ed. Evan A. Lottman;…
Film Review – THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF (1970)
MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF, THE (1970, UK, 94m, PG) *** Drama, Mystery, Thriller dist. Anglo-EMI Film Distributors / Warner-Pathé Distributors (UK), Levitt-Pickman (USA); pr co. EMI Films / Associated British Productions (ABP) / Excalibur Films; d. Basil Dearden; w. Basil Dearden, Michael Relph (based on the novel “The Case of Mr. Pelham” by Anthony Armstrong);…
Book Review – MISCHIEF (1993) by Ed McBain
MISCHIEF (1993) *** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Coronet, 1993, 309pp First published in 1993 © Hui Corporation, 1993 ISBN: 978-0-340-60301-1 Blurb: A punk wielding a spray can is no match for a killer armed with a gun — and a deadly aim to knock off the city’s graffiti artists. One by…