novel
The Many Words for Yakuza
.
โIt seems fairly evident that the selection of such simple terms must to a certain extent depend upon the chief interests of a people; and where it is necessary…
Peril in Paradise: A List Of Thrillers In Which Bad Things Happen In Beautiful Places
.
Conflict lies at the heart of all mystery and suspense, and what could be more conflicting than taking a trip to paradise only to get caught up in the…
โUNSUBโ Is Mostly Forgotten, But It Launched a New Era of Crime Procedurals
.
Back when I was a newspaper reporter, I was hanging around our local prosecutorโs office when an investigator for the prosecutor was fondly recalling his days as a police…
Mystical Threads: Spirit Mediums and Psychics in Crime and Suspense Fiction
.
I never met my paternal grandmother. She died before I was born, but from a few family photos, I formed a picture of a smartly turned-out woman with warm…
A Supernatural Survival Horror Reading Listย
.
Have you read Dan Simmonsโs The Terror โ and are you looking for more reads which combine gruesome survival horror with a creepy supernatural element? Have you been binge-watching…
Dark Academia: YA Edition
.
If youโre anything like me, youโll find the winter evenings perfect for immersing yourself in a little dark academia. Whether you enjoy the prestigious school settings, the thrown-together friendships…
Memory, Place, and Hauntings: On Torontoโs Seedy Seventies-Era โSin Stripโ
.
In the late 70s my family emigrated to Toronto and stayed for two years. In those days, downtown was notorious for its Sin Strip. Four blocks concentrated on Yonge…