Short Stories by Kate Flora It’s the Holidays and Kate Flora invites you to read her four Christmas short stories. If you read nothing else on this page, I hope you will find time to read one of them as they are all feel-good crime fiction stories. Just what the doctor ordered for me, anyway, as the world does seem darker than any of my preceding 76 Christmases. Free for … Continue reading
Remembering Peter Robinson Canadian mystery author Peter Robinson who wrote 28 Inspector Banks novels, died last year, but his final book, Standing in the Shadows, was published this month. The publisher brought together 3 blockbuster authors to remember and celebrate Robinson, as well as to promote the final book; the three were Ian Rankin (author of the Inspector Rebus books), Louise Penny (author of the Inspector Gamache books), and Michael … Continue reading
Sara Paretsky During the last meeting, when discussing various books for the future, I mentioned that Sara Paretsky has been a long time favorite of mine when it comes to PI novels, and her protagonist, V. I. Warshawski, is a very likable strong female hero. So I was happy to just get a notice that Bouchercon2023 (which I am planning to attend at the end of August), has selected Paretsky … Continue reading
Amazon Prime Video has canceled the show based on Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache books, Three Pines, after just one season. According to Deadline, the news was confirmed by showrunner Emilia di Giorlamo, source material writer Louise Penny and star Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers on Instagram. Tailfeathers described the cancellation as “difficult to process” and said that as an Indigenous actor she “never thought I’d have the opportunity to be the leading woman … Continue reading
The first Season of 8 episodes from the Louise Penny novels featuring Inspector Gamache are now live on Amazon Prime, and probably some of you have watched the shows. I will give you my opinions, but I am interested in what the fans actually think. Those who have read many or all of the books will no doubt have much to say. And feel free to disagree with anything I … Continue reading
Harry Wild is a show made for Acorn TV, now playing for free on Hoopla. It’s set in Dublin! It has Jane Seymour starring the lead as a Jessica Fletcher type, but she is 5 times sassier! It’s light mystery entertainment with good writing. Literature professor Harriet “Harry” Wild (Jane Seymour) is adjusting to retirement when she’s mugged. While recovering at the home of her son (Kevin Ryan), a detective … Continue reading
As of this weekend (Dec 2, 2022), the new Inspector Gamache and Three Pines videos are streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime. All based on the novels of Louise Penny. Continue to cartoon just below. For full details about the new Three Pines streaming videos, click to the earlier post on Nov 5, 2022.
A steadfast group of mystery book fans in our book club read all 17 of the existing Inspector Gamache books. This is not the only indication of the popularity of Louise Penny and her famous book series set in the fictional town of Three Pines, Quebec. Last year’s book, The Madness of Crowds, was at the top of the NY Times best selling hardcover fiction list for 5 weeks straight. … Continue reading
Here is some information for my fellow Bosch fans: 2022 is a great year for Michael Connelly fans! Both The Lincoln Lawyer and Bosch are getting new series adaptations. Of course, this isn’t the first time Michael Connelly’s works have been adapted for film or television! Here’s a quick and easy guide to every Michael Connelly film adaptation so that you can make sure you don’t miss out on a single one of them. … Continue reading
Here is the latest trailer for the movie, Jack Reacher, scheduled for release in theaters December 21. It’s based on Lee Child’s book, One Shot, which I read last year. In fact I have read 11 of the 17 available Reacher books; I hope I can read them all before I give in to the temptation to see the film adaptation of One Shot. I’m afraid of allowing Tom Cruise … Continue reading
LET'S PLAY CLUE: Was it MBC Leader Dick Goutal, in the garden, using the poisonous plant, Black Henbane?
