Tag Archives: Crime

Rocksburg, Pa. Detective Officer Rugs Carlucci has two problems, one of which is much more difficult emotionally. The first fits into his traditional job – help determine who killed a local steel magnate. This work is relatively easy. But it’s the second problem – dealing with his mother as she …

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In life, there is always one big opportunity that we think is waiting out there for us. We prepare all our lives for it. The Sting happens to be that one big opportunity (big con) for Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) and Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman). Johnny works as a grifter …

Dunning, who has won the Nero Wolfe Award, wrote Booked to Die and The Bookman’s Wake. Both were excellent. This new book pales, however, in comparison to the two earlier ones. Dunning owned a Denver bookstore for many years but now does his sales online. I mention this because in …

15 years of imprisonment... 5 days of vengeance

As with many reporters, I will always have a soft spot for Michael Connelly. While I was working as a crime reporter for the Hemet News and the Sun City News in So. Cal as a younger man, he was a cop reporter for the L.A. Times. My dream then …

When he's funny Block can be as hilarious as Donald Westlake, one of my true writing heroes....

Chris Brookmyre's novels are so much more than just a plot waiting to be uncovered that you will want to read them repeatedly.

El Crimen Ferpecto is to selling women’s clothes is what Alfie is to seducing women. Directed by Álex de la Iglesia (800 Balas), El Crimen Ferpecto (Ferpect Crime) tells the story of Raphael, a womanizing department salesman (Guillermo Toledo), whose life revolves around selling women’s clothes. His dream is to …

With so much bad criticism hitting Tom Cruise these days, I thought it’d be best to remember the reasons why Tom Cruise is so famous. He’s acted in successful movies – maybe because of his acting or maybe not; but, his films are enjoyable, and his films have earned buttloads …