I read this morning that Robert B Parker, author of the Spenser, Jessie Stone and Sunny Randall novels, had died at his desk yesterday ( Read more... )

Last night, Greg was watching the movie "Drag Me To Hell" (I could only watch parts of it before needing to leave the room as horror movies make me jumpy). For those who haven't seen it (and without giving away too much), there's a scene where someone kills a kitten as a blood sacrifice ( Read more... )

I just started reading a new book called Death Takes the Cake by Melinda Wells. In it, the murder victim has been drowned in a large bowl of cake batter. I haven't finished it yet to discover if that's what actually happened, but that's what it appears to be ( Read more... )

I'm not sure what put me in mind of this execrable book, but this morning the novel Seventh Avenue Murder by Liza Bennett popped into my head ( Read more... )