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BBC’s ‘Luther’ is Superlative Cop TV

It is a fact generally acknowledged, that the English do cerebral television better than...

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Dean Koontz Presents a Graceful ‘Interlude’

Such genuine trust, so sweetly expressed, bears witness to an innocence in the human hear...

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Klavan’s ‘Crazy Dangerous’ is Crazy Good

Andrew Klavan has taken a small (but worthwhile) detour in his writing career over the la...

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‘Cold Blue’: Well-Told, Problematic

 This will have to be a mixed review. Gary Neece’s Cold Blue is a pretty good story, ta...

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“The Water’s Edge” Disappoints

Not long ago I heaped high praise on Norwegian author Karin Fossum's police novel, Don't ...

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“Don’t Look Back” is Definitely Worth a Look

“It's a legend, a story from the old days. If you're out rowing and hear a splash...

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‘Hunter’ Is an Intriguing Thriller, Weakened By Its Own Concept

“… They even make virtues out of ‘humility’ and ‘turning the other cheek’ and...

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Shelby’s ‘Killer Swell’ Is . . . Pretty Swell

First of all, I’ll just start by saying thumbs up on this one. Jeff Shelby's Killer Swe...

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‘Thread of Hope’ Introduces an Intriguing New Hero

But I was angry. For seven years, I had been angry. Ever since my daughter disappeared, a...

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‘Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association’ Is as Much Fun as a Two-Reeler

I've always had a fondness for tales of early Hollywood. It was an amazing time and place...

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Collins’s “True Detective” is Truly Impressive

[Detective] Miller stood planted there like one of the lions in front of the Art Institut...

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“Bullet for a Star” is a Welcome E-release, But Overpriced.

The good news—almost wonderful news, except for the One Problem that I'll detail at the...

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“Damsels in Distress” to the Rescue!

Ooh! Ooh! After more than a decade without a new Whit Stillman film, his new one, "Damse...

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Hines’s ‘The Unseen’ Is Worth a Look

I think I'll just start my review by saying that T. L. Hines's The Unseen is one of the m...

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Lawhead’s ‘The Skin Map’ Is an Enjoyable Series Opener

Stephen Lawhead has never been a conventional Christian author, or even a conventional fa...

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Stuck on Pogo

Stefan Kanfer has warmed my heart with an affectionate article on the cartoonist Walt Kel...

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“War Horse” Is Pretty, But Has No Legs

Stephen Spielberg’s new film War Horse is, as one would expect from a Spielberg producti...

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‘Chicago Lightning:’ Hard-Boiled Historical Fiction

Max Allan Collins is probably best known for having written the graphic novel on which th...

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The Dance of the Straw Men

If you're a social conservative, chances are you’ve had a conversation something like ...

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‘Hugo’ Is a Children’s Movie Mostly for Grownups

I made a point of catching Martin Scorsese's change-of-pace movie, Hugo, because it was h...

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Klavan’s ‘Agnes Mallory’ Will Break Your Heart

'Look,' she said wearily from the stairs. I was leaning against the stove, studying her s...

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A Devilishly Good Mystery-Thriller

I've been pleased, especially since I got my Kindle, to discover some writers who are lif...

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“The Unquiet Bones” Provides Comfortable Medieval Entertainment

If you're mourning the end of Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael novels, you could do a lot wo...

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And They All Think Just the Same

Yesterday morning, while driving to work, Malvina Reynold's song "Little Boxes" popped int...

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‘For Conspicuous Valor,’ a Conspicuously Good E-story

A novelty in publishing which has come in with the e-book, almost unremarked, is the e-st...

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‘Temporary Duty’ Is an Extended Pleasure

First of all, the disclaimer: Although I didn't get the book free, I should probably note...

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Connelly’s ‘The Reversal’ a Strong Return to Form

I felt what Maggie had tried to describe to me on more than one occasion when we were mar...

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The Value of a ‘Buck’

Full disclosure: I'm not a horseman. I've ridden some, and generally managed not to fall o...

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“Sybil,” Engineered

Back when I was in college, there was a TV miniseries (I never actually saw it myself) ca...

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“Endless War” Provides Infinite Food for Thought

The conviction prevails, in privileged circles that, if we study history without res...

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Film Trailer: “The Whisperer In Darkness”

Courtesy of Furious D, here's a little film trailer for a low-budget production of H. P. L...

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“Pattern of Wounds:” Bertrand Scores Again

One of the keys to a long career in law enforcement is learning how to tell police psycho...

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John Locke’s “The Love You Crave:” Not Much Good, Except As a Lesson to Publishers

I'm not going to post the cover of John Locke's The Love You Crave, because it's kind of r...