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Bad Monkey: Builders, Murderers, and Roach Patrol Author: Carl Hiaasen In a tongue-and-cheek homage to dark sarcasm, voodoo, and the shady world of real estate marketing, Bad Monkey is another epically deranged, yet brilliant jaunt through the insanely hilarious mind of Carl Hiaasen. Enhanced with an ex-police officer (Yancy) hero now slotted to roach-patrol (i.e. restaurant inspector) after assaulting the husband of his paramour with sodomy via-vacuum cleaner, the story just gets that much weirder when a severed arm, proudly sporting a rude gesture, is hauled aboard a local fisher. By the dent of general police ineptitude and the very [...]

Life as illusion... Author:  David Eagleman Every once in a while, humanity’s view of the world gets turned completely upside down.  In 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus started a revolution that removed the Earth from the center of the universe.  Similarly, in 1859 Charles Darwin spawned controversy when he relegated humans to a single ordinary twig on the tree of life.  We’re living through another revolution today that has just started to reveal that we’re not in control of our minds.  While it’s probably silly to speculate, maybe David Eagleman will be the name school kids will hear in future centuries when [...]

Another Cozy Caper with Chief Maurice  By: J.A. Lang With the snow lacing his mansion, acclaimed wine aficionado and collector Sir William Burton-Trent prepares his hearth fire and his home for guests. Snowed in and ready to wine out, the frolicsome party soon hits a sour note when the host is discovered among his valuable collection with his skull smashed in. Now, stranded among a group of quarrelsome guests, all with potential motives and a stake in the late collector’s will, only Chef Maurice and his laconic helper, Arthur, seem incapable of murder most foul. As the snow piles up [...]