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The Donzerly Light: A Good, Rewarding Supernatural Thriller

I got this book free for my Kindle (it still is free, at least as of this writing), and ...

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“Conan the Barbarian”: Not Perfect, But Closer

With this review, I consciously renounce all right to any respect as a film critic. I lov...

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Bertrand’s ‘Back on Murder’: Christian Mystery in the Big Leagues

By Lars Walker Those of us who read both secular and Christian fiction tend to employ a...

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“Altamont Augie:” Talkin’ About My Generation

By Lars Walker Will this book have the same visceral effect on other readers as it does ...

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“The Final Hour” Is a Compelling One

By Lars Walker I'll get out, I told myself. Rose'll get me out. Two months, maybe three....

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“Scaramouche”: A Sense That the World Was Mad

By Lars Walker. When writing a review of Rafael Sabatini's Scaramouche, it's almost obl...

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At the Bottom of the Bachmann-WELS Flap

By Lars Walker All right, I’ll come clean. Sam Karnick wore me down, and I have to admit...

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“Auralia’s Colors” Stand Out Against a Drab Field

I am tentatively prepared to declare Jeffrey Overstreet, author of Auralia's Colors and i...

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“The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” Is Worthy of Its Source

By Lars Walker The big question you’re bringing to this review, I’m pretty sure, is,...

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‘A Corpse in the Koryo’ Offers Fascinating, Troubling Glimpse at North Korea

By Lars Walker I’d never heard of author James Church (a pseudonym for a former wester...

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No Mistaken Identity Here: Klavan’s Book Is Masterful

By Lars Walker I will stipulate to being a hopeless fanboy in regard to Andrew Klavan’...

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Andrew Klavan’s The Truth of the Matter: A Compelling Ride for Young Adults

By Lars Walker. If what you're looking for in a book is subtlety and nuance, Andrew Klavan...

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Sherlock: A Study In Pink

Although we naturally (and quite rightly) think of Sherlock Holmes as a character comforta...

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‘A Voyage Long and Strange’ Offers Good Information, Dubious Conclusions

By Lars Walker I didn't dislike Tony Horwitz' rambling book, A Voyage Long and Strange. H...

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Book Review: ‘Heat Wave,’ by ‘Richard Castle’

Television and motion picture tie-in books are always a gamble. Sometimes they're written ...

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“The Whole Wide World” Is a Big, Little Movie

Here's a remarkably fine, distinctive film, the victim of criminally bad distribution, whi...

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Punditry of the Future

By Lars Walker Here's something I fully expect to  see in my lifetime, in an editorial i...

journalism
Update on Outrage

By Lars Walker A few weeks back I wrote about a matter in the church which I attend, whi...

books
Dick Francis, Manly Novelist

A while back I read Dick Francis' mystery, Decider, and decided I'd be reading more. So I ...

movies
“Elling” Questions Norwegian Liberalism

I have a great love for the country of Norway,  land of most of my ancestors. I study its...

manners-and-morals
A Pastoral Letter From the Future

A PASTORAL LETTER From Bishop Judith Hardanger-Hansen Dearly beloved, There has been co...

books
New Book Provides Cultural Compass

Scott Nehring is a sometime film writer and current film critic, who blogs at GoodNewsFil...

journalism
Outrage

I attend a Lutheran congregation in north Minneapolis, one that belongs to the church body...

books
‘Hollywood Witches’: On Right Side, but Fails to Enchant

I love a good Hollywood story. The town's like an old trollop with a million tales to tell...

books
Dean Koontz’ Relentless, an Odd Mix of Genres

Dean Koontz is a bold writer when it comes to experimenting with genres.  In Relentles...

books
John Sandford Shakes Things Up in ‘Wicked Prey’

Minnesota author John Sandford (real name John Camp) has established a nice little fran...

books
The Detective Story as Soulcraft—Stuart M. Kaminsky’s Final Lew Fonesca Novels

In March of 2009, mystery author Stuart M. Kaminsky moved with his wife from his Saraso...

art
Frank Frazetta, 1928-2010

He was an artist, not an author, but I suspect he was responsible for more fantasy book...

books
Denial Is an Effective Mystery by a Thorough Professional

Stuart M. Kaminsky, who passed away last October, was a consistently prolific and gifted...

books
George H. Scithers, 1929-2010

I got word today that the first editor to buy one of my stories professionally, and my ag...

books
‘The Redbreast’ Raises Interesting Moral Questions, With Few Answers

'It's an historian's duty to uncover, not to judge.' He lit his pipe. 'Many people belie...

books
‘Girl Who Played with Fire’ Is Impelled by Moral Obsession

If there was ever an author whose work I ought not to enjoy, it would be the late Stieg L...

movies
DVD Review: ‘Gone Baby Gone’ Perhaps Too Faithful to a Good Book

Gone Baby Gone is my favorite of Dennis Lehane's novels, which is saying a great deal. F...