Mystery Books News is pleased to publish a review of a “Mystery on TV”, a television series or movie featuring either a detective, amateur sleuth, or private investigator, or a mystery, suspense, or crime drama with an ensemble cast, that is now available on DVD. —  Read More →

“Union Atlantic” is a lumpy, disappointing book.  Read More →

The historian Tony Judt, who has written nine books and scores of essays, has lost the ability to move nearly every muscle in his body.  Read More →

Fate’s Janitors is a serialized web novel that takes the reader inside the mental health and addiction industry, the people who clean up after fate. A perennial student must complete a counseling internship at an outpatient mental health clinic.  Read More →

Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com – The Little Stranger, Sarah Water’s latest novel is set in the Post-War period and tells of disturbing occurances in an English country house.  Read More →

Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com – Grotesque, At the moment I am enjoying rereading "Grotesque" by Natsuo Kirino. It is a compelling and disturbing book focusing on the twisted lives of  Read More →

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Warner Bros. has won a multi-studio bidding war to option the film rights to Ally Carter ’s young adult thriller Heist Society , which publishes next week. Shauna Cross will write the adaptation, which is expected to feature somewhat older characters than the teenagers in the book. About Heist Society (from the publisher): When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre... 

Book Quote: ” A thousand cartoons and TV shows and teen movies would lead you to believe that when you’re drawing something at your desk in school, a pretty girl is going to say ‘What are you drawing?’ and you’ll tell her and she’ll go ‘That’s neat’ and your artistry will reveal to her the secret sensitivity in your soul and she’ll leave her football-player boyfriend for you. These cartoons and TV shows and teen movies... 

Summary for a book by support@shvoong.com – Introduction To: To Kill a Mocking Bird, This is an introduction to: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, written by Harper Lee.  Read More →

Mysterious Reviews , mysteries reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books , is publishing a new review of The Viper’s Nest by Peter Lerangis. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website. The Viper’s Nest by Peter Lerangis The 39 Clues Scholastic (Hardcover) ISBN-10: 0-545-06047-8 (0545060478) ISBN-13: 978-0-545-06047-9 (9780545060479) Publication Date: February 2010 List Price:... 

The Mystery Bookshelf , where you can discover a library of new mysteries, is pleased to feature a new mystery series title we recently received from the publisher. The Empty Mirror by J. Sydney Jones A Karl Werthen Viennese Mystery (1st in series) St. Martin’s Minotaur (Trade Paperback) Publication Date: January 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-60753-1 About The Empty Mirror (from the publisher): The summer of 1898 finds Austria terrorized by…  Read More →

The mayors of the two Super Bowl cities often concoct a symbolic wager of the fruits of their hometowns, but what I'd love to see them bet instead would be a box of local books. A few days ago, I ran across (via American Fiction Notes ) Chauncey Mabe's entertaining assessment of how Indiana's literary legacy stacks up against Louisiana's (since limiting it to Indianapolis vs. New Orleans would be a rout from the opening whistle).... 

Deadline: Hollywood is reporting mystery author Walter Mosley and Jonathan Demme ( The Silence of the Lambs , The Manchurian Candidate ) will co-write a pilot for HBO based on The Long Fall , Mosley’s 2009 novel that introduces series character Leonid McGill, a private investigator in New York City. Demme will direct and co-executive produce with Mosley. About The Long Fall (from the publisher): His name is etched on the door of his Manhattan... 

Games of Mystery , your source for mystery-themed board, electronic and video games, parties for kids and adults, and murder mystery weekends and mystery getaway vacations, is pleased to announce the availability of a new mystery casual game from Big Fish Games released today. You can find out more about these games by visiting our Mystery Games: Big Fish Download Games page or by clicking on the links provided below. Take on the role of a lowly... 

Book Quote: “This is something about himself that Alec still doesn’t know: how much he was wanted, how difficult it was to have him. And during some moments of adolescent rebellion, and again during the wars over his dropping out of Hampshire, when he would scream that he wished he’d never been born, Elaine would grab his flailing arms, hold him still, and say, You can never say that. That’s the one thing you are never...