“M is now for midnight, Mackenzie, and…murder. Welcome to Dead Air.” ~ Mackenzie Walker’s podcast introduction In Brief: Dead Air, a mystery serial available on Serial Box, uses multiple platforms to tell its story. It is co-written by Gwenda Bond, Carrie Ryan, and Rachel Caine. In Depth: College student Mackenzie Walker is a fan of true crime, and she’s …
STABBED IN THE BAKLAVA, the latest Kebab Kitchen Mediterranean mystery, is on bookstore shelves today! Lucy Berberian has taken over her family’s Mediterranean restaurant on the Jersey Shore after an unsatisfying stint at a Philadelphia law firm. It’s great to be back in her old beach town, even if she’s turning into a seasoned sleuth. …
The Plot Witty and stylish in the classic Dashiell Hammett tradition: in Michael Murphy’s latest high-flying Jake & Laura Mystery, their Hawaiian honeymoon is interrupted when their friend Amelia Earhart is accused of murder. Hawaii, 1935. Mystery novelist Jake Donovan and actress Laura Wilson are in gorgeous sun-soaked Hawaii, but their best laid plans for canoodling …
Ethel Lina White wrote many great mystery novels before her death in 1944, and several of those novels found their way onto the big screen. The Wheel Spins became Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes (1938). Her Heart in Her Throat became Lewis Allen’s The Unseen (1945). And, in 1946, her novel Some Must Watch (which I …
