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The Spider Becomes the Fly Author: Melanie Raabe Linda Conrads’ house is the world. The east wing is the African Savannah, the west an evening in bustling Paris, her bed a metropolis of travel guides and glossy dreams. The walls that confine her body nurture her mind. Let the public say she is a reclusive author, a victim to a strange disease ten years in the making. She is free. At least, she was, until the earthquake of revelation when she sees that face again, the one of her sister’s murderer, beaming out at her from the television. Like that, [...]

A Murder of Marples Author: Susan McCormick Let’s face it; ladies of a certain age have always been the best cozy mystery sleuths. Just ask Miss Marple or Jessica Fletcher. So what if we had a whole group of ladies (a gaggle of gumshoes? a bevy of bloodhounds?), living in the same apartment building, who solve mysteries together? Sounds pretty great, right? Well, yes and no. The Fog Ladies, by Susan McCormick, is the first in a series of cozy mysteries set in San Francisco. The titular ladies are indeed all of a certain age, and most have lived in [...]

  Is God Guilty? Author: C.S. Lewis God in the Dock contains forty-eight essays and twelve letters penned by C.S. Lewis between 1940 and 1963. As such, it’s different from a lot of Lewis’ other writings. Many consider it more complete, with Lewis excelling in the short form, although I personally find him more powerful when he has room to flex his theological muscles and go in-depth on the different vantage points and arguments for and against a certain article of faith. Nevertheless, God in the Dock is unique in its frankness and willingness to essentially take God on and wrestle with our [...]