A new series begins – the Hunter and Tate Mysteries.
Book #1 is OK. Easy reading.
I doubt I’ll continue with the series.
True crime podcaster Ella Tate is shaken to her core by the horrific assault and murder of Josie Wheatly, a teacher she has never met … because not only had Josie moved into Ella’s vacated apartment three months earlier, but her Facebook photos reveal a striking resemblance between the two women.
Within days, two people close to Ella are harmed, and she fears that she’s become the target of twisted revenge from her crime-reporting days.
Reluctantly teaming up with her neighbour Tony, a hairdresser who loves the finer things in life, and Liam Hunter, the persistent detective assigned to the cases, Ella struggles to stay one step ahead before she becomes the target of the final kill.
Billy Bragg is one of the few artists I’ve seen live. And in a small venue.
He’s exactly my age and I related to his political activism. An opponent of fascism, racism, bigotry, sexism and homophobia, and a supporter of a multi-racial Britain.
His record label boss Andy Macdonald observed that “his presence onstage took on more of the avenging angel”.
An impressive and passionate performer.
Kirsty MacColl recorded the song the year after its release by Bragg (1983). It was her biggest solo hit.
Billy first performed it like a busker. Rough. And a short version. Kirsty expanded the song.
This duet, to me, seems a good compromise between the versions.
I was twenty one years when I wrote this song I’m twenty two now, but I won’t be for long People ask when will you grow up to be a man But all the girls I loved at school Are already pushing prams I loved you then as I love you still Though I put you on a pedestal They put you on the pill I don’t feel bad about letting you go I just feel sad about letting you know
I don’t want to change the world I’m not looking for a new England I’m just looking for another girl I don’t want to change the world I’m not looking for a new England I’m just looking for another girl
I loved the words you wrote to me But that was bloody yesterday I can’t survive on what you send Every time you need a friend I saw two shooting stars last night I wished on them but they were only satellites It’s wrong to wish on space hardware I wish, I wish, I wish you’d care
I don’t want to change the world I’m not looking for a new England I’m just looking for another girl I don’t want to change the world I’m not looking for a new England I’m just looking for another girl Looking for another girl Looking for another girl Looking for another girl…
When I realized my favourite character, Lewis, was not going to be in this story, I was disappointed.
BUT a murder mystery set in a December blizzard in Iceland turned out to be right up my alley. 😀
Losing ground in his fight against post-traumatic claustrophobia, war veteran Peter Ash has no intention of getting on an airplane–until a grieving woman asks Peter to find her eight-year-old grandson.
The woman’s daughter has been murdered. Erik, the dead daughter’s husband, is the sole suspect, and he has taken his young son and fled to Iceland for the protection of Erik’s lawless family.
Finding the boy becomes more complicated when Peter is met at the airport by a man from the United States Embassy. For reasons both unknown and unofficial, it seems that Peter’s own government doesn’t want him in Iceland. …
Fast paced, irreverent, funny. Cumberbatch is perfect as the brilliant high functioning sociopath.
Amanda Abbington, Freeman’s then-real life partner, plays Mary Morstan, Watson’s girlfriend and eventual wife. A nice touch. They have 2 children together.
First time around I was a bit disappointed in his archenemyJim Moriarty (Andrew Scott) — but that weird performance seemed better to me on second watching.
Of course everyone would love to see more episodes, but it seems unlikely.
For one thing, the season 4 was good, but inferior to all the preceding episodes.
Here’s a montage on Vimeo of some of the video editing techniques.
Wesley King is the author of over a dozen novels for young readers.
His debut, OCDaniel, is an Edgar Award winner, a Canada Silver Birch Award winner, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and received a starred review from Booklist.
The author suffered in silence with Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) when he was a kid. This coming-of-age novel is quite autobiographical.
13-year-old Daniel is shy and smart. He’d be bullied if not for his best friend Max who is a school football star.
Daniel is on the team too — as back-up punter and water boy. He really doesn’t want to get on the field.
The only stranger kid in his Grade is Sara Malvern who does not speak to anyone. Though she keeps her grades high.
Daniel is shocked with Sara approaches him with a personal problem. And speaks.
She fears her father has been killed by her Mom’s new boyfriend.
It’s partly a murder mystery.
Simultaneously, Daniel is secretly writing a book called The Last Kid on Earth.
King is a great story teller. And his books are long.
Fairy Tale (2022) is twice as long as most novels. Too long, I’d say.
I really enjoyed the first half. But found it began to drag in the middle.
In fact, I would have been happier to stop reading at the halfway point.
The novel follows Charlie Reade, a 17-year-old who inherits a portal to a hidden, otherworldly realm, and finds himself leading the battle between forces of good vs evil.
A German Shepherd dog, named Radar, is important to the voyage — through a shed — to Empis, an unhappy land where Charlie befriends exiled members of the royal family.
If you like King’s books, you’ll like this one too.
It’s a scary, modern fairy tale with references to Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, H.P. Lovecraft, and Ray Bradbury.
From there I’d most like to head back up to the Dolomites. On to Switzerland. And north to Arctic Norway to start the LONG ride I had planned for last summer. CANCELLED when SAS Airlines failed to deliver my bike.
It’s something like the 1st book in the Harry Potter series. But at Mystwick magic is created along with music. The book is available, as well, but the audio version includes all the music. Better.
Amelia Jones has always dreamed of attending the Mystwick, as her mother had gone there.
She is accepted into the academy by accident — and faces plenty of challenges.
Rick McCharles 