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Dishing the Dirt

Let the Bodies Hit the Floor Author: M.C. Beaton In the sleepy town of Carslie, our 26th (ok, probably more like 30th) serial killer is steadily thinning the herd and only Agatha Raisin can stumble her way into a solution. This time, it’s the neighborhood therapist who has been scamming clients, romancing Agatha’s ex, and spreading dirt about Agatha herself. And Agatha, with her loudmouth, threatened to kill the woman the day before she showed up strangled. Agatha, however, isn’t a suspect for long. Mostly because the bodies really start to stack up here. It is literarily impossible to keep up [...]

2024-02-04T12:26:31-07:00February 4th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , |

Last Word

A Review To Die For Author: Taylor Adams Taylor Adams has proven himself yet again in The Last Word; he is a master of the thriller, of the suspenseful, twisting narrative with shocks and surprises, of deeply wounded yet empathetic characters caught in wildly escalating situations that, somehow, we breathlessly believe. In this story, we have an ominous grey beach, waves pounding relentlessly on shore. It’s off season, only a few residents remain. Among them is Emma and her dog, Laika. Emma is house-sitting, and she likes the solitude, the aloneness. It’s perfect for what she has in mind. Her [...]

2024-02-02T16:02:14-07:00February 2nd, 2024|Tags: , , , , |

Zombie Bake-Off

A Cruel, Samey Attempt at Horror Comedy Author: Stephen Graham Jones What happens when a group of Pro-Wresters arrives early to their venue, only to crash a soccer-mom style baking event? You send them to the back room . . . where they unfortunately eat infected donuts and turn into the living dead. From here, all you need to do is accidentally lock everyone in the building, block the loading dock, and scream and run around a lot. Honestly, it’s a concept that could have been cute on the big screen. Think of my all-time favorites: Zombie Strippers and Sharknado. Sometimes [...]

2024-01-21T17:06:17-07:00January 21st, 2024|Tags: , , , , |
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