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Dumb Witness

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Hercule Poirot received a letter from someone named Miss Emily Arundell from Market Basing. The letter was dated 17th of April but he received it on the 28th of June. Poirot already found it strange, and its content disturbing.

Posted by1B23 October 2019Posted inBookTags:Agatha Christie, book review, crime fiction, Hercule Poirot, mystery

Cat Among the Pigeons

Cat Among the Pigeons book cover and rating

I found it unusual that Hercule Poirot appeared past the story’s midpoint. But then again, with Poirot investigating, everyone in the school becomes a suspect.

Posted by1B1 October 2019Posted inBookTags:Agatha Christie, book review, crime fiction, ebook, fiction, Hercule Poirot, mystery, novel

The Heart of an Assassin

The Heart of an Assassin book cover and rating

A professional assassin, a mafia family, the FBI and the NYPD… mix them up in intelligence and counter-intelligence, you get a page-turner of a novel.

Posted by1B16 September 2019Posted inBookTags:assassination, crime fiction, e-book, Kindle, suspense, thriller

The Last Call

The Last Call book cover and rating

An action-packed story that hooked me at the beginning until the end. A good, entertaining, and educational read (a little history of Texas included).

Posted by1B13 September 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, crime fiction, mystery series

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd book cover and rating

This is the third novel to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. It was originally a fifty-four part series in the London Evening News in 1925 under the title, Who Killed Ackroyd?

Posted by1B12 September 2019Posted inBookTags:Agatha Christie, book review, crime fiction, Hercule Poirot, mystery

The Face of a Stranger

The Face of a Stranger book cover and rating

The novel is the first of the William Monk detective series set during the Victorian era right after the Crimean War. A detective story plus a historical fiction would be a nice combination.

Posted by1B10 September 2019Posted inBookTags:Anne Perry, crime fiction, detective story, mystery series, Victorian era, William Monk

DMQZ

DMQZ book cover and rating

What would the world be like after a virus that originated from a dormouse spread and killed millions of people instantly and left some ‘resisters’ (those who were infected by the virus yet are still alive)?

Posted by1B6 September 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, crime fiction, ebook, Kindle, post-apocalyptic

On What Grounds

On What Grounds book cover and rating

The first book in the Coffeehouse Mystery series centers on Claire Cosi, a manager of The Village Blend and the case of her assistant, Annabelle Hart, a graceful dancer, who tripped over and lay unconscious on the floor due to a “misstep”.

Posted by1B22 August 201915 September 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, Cleo Coyle, Coffeehouse Mystery series, crime fiction, mystery

Danger.Com @2 – Firestorm

Danger.com Firestorm cover and rating

The story is about a high school student Randy Kincaid who enters a chat room and meets other characters by their aliases. It is fast-paced, entertaining, and reflective of the youth during the early years of the Internet.

Posted by1B15 August 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, crime fiction, mystery, thriller, white supremacist, young adult

A Mind to Murder

Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh discovered that there were different motives to murder Miss Bolam and almost all doctors and employees in that clinic were suspected.

Posted by1B2 August 2019Posted inBookTags:Adam Dalgliesh, book review, crime fiction, e-book, Kindle, mystery, P.D. James

Ordeal By Innocence

The title itself is proper. All the innocents had to suffer an ordeal during those trying times. This is the first Christie novel I’ve read and I was amazed on how she revealed the murderer at the end.

Posted by1B1 August 2019Posted inBookTags:Agatha Christie, book review, crime fiction, novel

Doctored Evidence

Doctored Evidence book cover and rating

The novel depicts the city of Venice — the place, the food, and the corruption in government. And despite the negative effect of corruption, one man still upholds the good.

Posted by1B24 June 201923 June 2019Posted inBookTags:Book, book review, crime fiction, Donna Leon

And Then There Were None (miniseries)

And Then There Were None miniseries title credit and rating

And Then There Were None is a 2015 BBC One miniseries based on the original 1939 novel which was once featured on iFlix.

Posted by1B23 June 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:Agatha Christie, crime fiction, drama, film review, iFlix, miniseries, television

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None book cover and rating

The story is about ten people of different professions and social status who received an unusual invitation from a certain millionaire named U.N. Owen. The invitation requires them to stay for a week in a private island called Indian Island.

Posted by1B23 June 201922 June 2019Posted inBookTags:Agatha Christie, Book, book review, crime fiction, mystery

Blood & Circumstance

Blood & Circumstance title credit and rating

I stumbled upon this 2014 film on iFlix. Based on a 2006 novel by Frank Turner Hollon, the movie received the “Best of D.C.” award at the D.C. Independent Film Festival.

Posted by1B22 June 201922 June 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:award-winning film, crime fiction, drama, Film & TV, film review, iFlix, movie, movie review

Through the Grinder

It centers on Claire Cosi who manages The Village Blend, a coffeehouse in New York City. However, as the business booms, customers are dying. A good romantic mystery plus doses of knowledge on coffee and recipes.

Posted by1B22 June 201915 September 2019Posted inBookTags:Book, book review, Coffeehouse Mystery series, crime fiction, mystery, novel

Contratiempo (The Invisible Guest)

This is one of the reasons why I prefer watching foreign films than Hollywood. Less effects, just pure story of human character. The movie played on the who’s-smarter-than-who game. And the film played it so well at the end.

Posted by1B12 June 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:crime fiction, drama, film review, foreign film, movie review, Netflix, suspense

Take Me

Take Me

The film is about Ray Moody’s business, Kidnap Solutions, LLC. It is an 8-hour abduction that provides alternative therapy for his clients. People call him to kidnap them mainly to traumatize them or scare them out of their addiction, weight gain, or whatever personal problem it might be.

Posted by1B14 April 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:crime comedy, crime fiction, film review, kidnapping, Netflix

48 Hours – A City of London Thriller

48 Hours – A City of London Thriller

Josh Hammond worked as a financial adjuster in London. One day, he received a text message from someone named Bob. The text message was, “If you don’t pay me £250,000.00 in the next 48 hours you will die”.

Posted by1B25 March 201925 March 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, crime fiction, London, thriller

Murder On Cue

Murder On Cue

Before everyone points an accusing finger at her, Josh decides to play the role of a sleuth. After all, everyone around Harriet — from Harriet’s family down to the stage manager — has a motive to murder, if given the right opportunity.

Posted by1B24 March 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, crime fiction, mystery, novel

Diary of a Serial Killer

Diary of a Serial Killer

Reece, a mailman who wants to become an author, comes up with a plan to write a first-person account of a serial killer by becoming a serial killer himself. In short, he kills in the name of research to come up with a “Diary of a Serial Killer.”

Posted by1B23 March 2019Posted inBookTags:Amazon, crime fiction, Free-eBooks.net, serial killer

Shimmer Lake

Shimmer Lake

The story is a bank robbery gone wrong told backwards, one day at a time. So the narrative started on a Friday, and it referred that the bank robbery happened on a Tuesday.

Posted by1B17 March 201917 March 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:crime fiction, film review, Netflix

2020 – A Simply Divine Mystery

2020 A Simply Divine Mystery

2020 – A Simply Divine Mystery, written by Lee Raudonis, runs on the premise “What if the USA is governed by devout Christians and proposing a constitutional amendment making the New Testament as the basis of all civil laws?”

Posted by1B16 February 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, crime fiction, e-book, Free-eBooks.net, mystery

Twisted Threads

Twisted Threads

The novel meets my expectation of what a suspense thriller should be. The author was able to manage the multiple characters which provide the substantial sub-plots. Despite the multiple characters, I can still root for Akira as the main character.

Posted by1B13 February 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, crime fiction, e-book, mystery, novel, suspense, thriller
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