by mike | Feb 27, 2023 | Books, Mysteries, Mystery Novels, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
Bestselling American author Elizabeth George published her first Inspector Lynley mystery, A Great Deliverance, in 1988 to much acclaim. To date the series is still going strong both here and in the United Kingdom, with over twenty titles in print. And in 2001 the...
by mike | Feb 16, 2023 | Books, Death, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
This post, which first ran in 2019, is one of my most disturbing, given that there are numerous people in our country that believe this repressive way of life, which includes the banning of BOOKS, would be acceptable. I recently got the chills—not in a good way,...
by mike | Jan 23, 2023 | Mysteries, Mystery Series, Thrillers, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
Award-winning Canadian writer Louise Penny is the author of the popular mystery series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec police force, which services the sprawling province of Quebec from its headquarters in Montreal. The primary...
by mike | Jan 9, 2023 | Mysteries, Mystery Series, Thrillers, TV Shows, Uncategorized, Women |
My bride and I just finished viewing the three seasons (with a fourth on the way) of the PBS Masterpiece mystery series, Miss Scarlet and the Duke, which we enjoyed. The stories are set in 1882 London, not the era in which you’d expect to find a strong-willed,...
by mike | Jan 5, 2023 | Books, Death, Humor, Mysteries, Mystery Films, Mystery Novels, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
Midsomer Murders is our absolute favorite show! Or is that “favourite”? This post first ran in 2019. There are not many TV series that survive for two decades. But England’s detective drama, Midsomer Murders, has been aired on ITV for even longer, with the...
by mike | Oct 27, 2022 | Death, Fantasy, Horror Movies, Humor, Life, Movies, Science Fiction, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
This actor had lots of screen time…but was hardly ever seen. Say what? I first presented this post in 2019. During his all-too-brief career—and life—actor Kevin Peter Hall was billed as “…the tallest man on stage and screen.” At over 7’2” the assessment was spot on....
