Moving forward Moving on? When I last wrote about Melissa Yi’s wonderful character Dr. Hope Sze, she was in dire circumstances in Stockholm Syndrome. The aftermath of this has resulted in PTSD. Currently living in Ottawa, Sze is set for a rotation at a lab for stem cell research. Scoping out the lab the evening before her first work day, she finds a body in the snow. The…
Murdered Sex Workers Lost Daughter It’s the work that keeps DI Fenchurch going, and when the body of a young woman is found without a clue to her identity, he digs in. She is about the age of his missing daughter Chloe, gone for 10-years. The pain and anxiety killed his marriage and could yet take him under. When another woman is found…
Heat – Drought Hatred – Murder Aaron Falk left Kiewarra, Australia as a teenager, driving away from rancor and suspicion. Many years later, now a Federal Agent in Melourne, he returns for the funeral of his childhood friend Luke. The friend whom many believe killed his wife and child, before killing himself. Regional police have ruled it a murder, suicide. Local officer Sergeant Raco,…
New City Alternate Life Dallas – Detective Betty Rhyzyk’s new city. A place to forget about policing in Brooklyn. New York law enforcement is her family culture, but that is her past. Her life is in Texas now with her girlfriend Jackie. She scores a great partner in Seth and deftly handles the other detectives she works with who have problems with her sexual orientation. And Jackie’s family, that’s…
Halifax Noir A body long buried and undiscovered. An ex-con with vengeance raging in his brain. A prostitute with personal history with Peterson, and a missing daughter. All underscored by pain, loss and regret. T.J. Peterson takes the hard way through everything, leaving those in his wake either gasping or puzzled. For him it’s not the hard way through it’s the only way through. Kroll goes unexpectedly deep…
Tomorrow, March 6th, marks the beginning of ‘The Hell of it All’ blog tour with a Q&A with Bob Kroll over at Criminally Good. The tour culminates on March 14th with a book giveaway at The Pulp & Mystery Shelf. In between, check out the other sites for additional Q&As, excerpts and reviews, including Murder in Common’s Q&A and recommended reading post.…
Victoria Weisfeld is a talented blogger who discusses books, movies, plays and topics of general interest on her website: VWeisfeld.com. Her posts are always informative and well worth reading. She is also a talented book reviewer for the stellar UK website: CrimeFictionLover.com. A few months ago she asked me the question: Where is the crime fiction genre…
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