Mystery Writer Robert Parker Dies at 77
I was very saddened today to learn of the passing of one of my all-time favorite writers, Robert Parker. Parker, who is probably best...
TMR Book Review: True Blue by David Baldacci
Mace Perry, a former Washington DC police officer, sits in a crowded jail, impatiently finishing out her two year jail term. She was...
TMR Book Review: Trust Me by Peter Leonard
As the great detective Adrian Monk would say, OK, here’s the thing: When your father is known for being one of the best at...
TMR Book Review: Josh Bazell’s Beat the Reaper
Right from the very first page, you just know that Beat the Reaper (Back Bay, 336 pp.), by Josh Bazell, is not going to...
TMR Book Review: James Patterson – Alex Cross’s Trial
The year is 1906 and much of the nation is still getting used to the post-Civil War ideals regarding race relations. Parts of the...
TMR Book Review: The Hunted by Brian Haig
As Communism falls in the USSR, and free market and capitalism is still in it’s infancy, Alex Konevitch is making millions. He quickly figures...
TMR Book Review: Screenplay – Inglourious Basterds
There are certain things that we have come to expect in a Quentin Tarantino screenplay: Great dialogue, non-stop action, and violence immediately come to...
TMR Book Review: The Chris Farley Show, A Biography in Three Acts
Best known for his Saturday Night Live characters “Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker” and “The Fat Chippendale Dancer”, as well as the film, Tommy Boy,...
TMR Book Review: This Wicked World
Jimmy Boone is an idealist. He thinks things should be a certain way. That’s what got him in trouble in the first...
TMR Book Review: Swimsuit by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
We have known Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez, John Wayne Gacy, and of course, Jack the Ripper. None of these real-life psychopaths compare...
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No, Seriously, Sexism in Video Games
In my last post, I made a point of ridiculing the notion that a lack of female protagonists means that developers are sexists. Essentially,...
