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And How Do We Keep Our BalanceScott's Note: The always interesting Richie Narvaez joins us this week as guest blogger, talking about how he finds variety is the spice of...
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How Long Before You Give Up on a Book?By Scott D. Parker I’ll be brutally honest: if I’m not enjoying a book, I pull the rip cord and parachute to the next book. This includes the...
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Catching up with BeauBeau has a stack of books this week to share with you
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Plot Info from the Tech WizardI've been watching The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix. Coming from the Michael Connally books and adapted by David E. Kelly, set in Los Angeles, it...
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Will Streaming TV Evolve to a Network TV Model?by Scott D. Parker A few weeks ago, my wife started watching “Brothers and Sisters,” the family drama/comedy that ran on ABC from 2006 to 2011....
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Beau's fever dreamTake a trip with Beau
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Time: You Don’t Know How Much You Have So Use It WiselyBy Scott D. Parker The text arrived on Monday night: I’ve got some bad news. Turned out, a good friend from my undergrad years, a guy only a...
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What's the (dark) matter with Beau?This week, Beau recommends DARK MATTER by Blake Crouch. A mind-bending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of...
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LOWDOWN ROAD With Scott Von DoviakLowdown Road , the 70s set soon to be classic caper, featuring a pair of cousins, a psycho Texas Sheriff, a drug kingpin, a million...
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Monsters and FriendsWhen I was a child, like kids everywhere, Japanese monster films from the 1950s through the 1970s were among my favorite movies. The list of...
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Timeshares: A Killer IndustryBy Claire Booth I’m a big fan of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the satirical news show on HBO. I’ve been catching...
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Drowning by T.J. Newman is the Best Movie You'll Read This SummerBy Scott D. Parker From the opening, harrowing moments of the first three chapters to the last 30 minutes of the audiobook, this book did...
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Beau takes a tripBeau has so many recommendations this week.
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Pub Day for The Screaming ChildToday is pub day for my new novel The Screaming Child, so I think I should devote this post to that. It's a book that's been a long time in the...
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Growing Up and Older With Indiana Jones: A Dial of Destiny Reviewby Scott D. Parker The new movie is a chance to reconnect with an old friend for one last adventure before we have to say good-bye. In...
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The lowdown on Lowdown RoadThis week, Beau recommends Lowdown Road from Scott Von Doviak . *** One of “The Most Wanted Crime Novels of 2023” —...
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Happy FireworksHappy 4th of July, or, as it's known in Brian DePalma's great BLOW OUT, Liberty Day. Also, if you're at the beach, avoid sharks!
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A Rom-Com That’s Dialed Up to Eleven: Charm City Rocks by Matthew Normanby Scott D. Parker Note: I know this is not a mystery novel, but I haven't been this excited about a book in a long time so I thought...
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Grab some southern noir, Beau saysThis week, Beau Johnson takes a look at Mark Westmoreland's A Violent Gospel . *** If there’s a bad idea in Tugalo County,...
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Stop Comparing Your Writingby Scott D. Parker You ever compare your writing with other writers? Of course you do. We all do. It’s human nature to compare, but it can only...
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Beau returnsThis week, Beau recommends The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias, which just won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in...
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STEALING PARADISE - A Cover Reveal and Conversation with Curtis IppolitoThe Grifter's Song series is awesome. The recipe, taking some of the best crime writers working today, from up and comers to heavyweight...
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Nothing to FearI love film books, and an interesting one I read recently is Nothing to Fear by Jason Isralowitz. It's the first book Isralowitz has written,...
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How Do You Keep Track of What You Read?By Scott D. Parker On New Year’s Day 2023, I decided to try something new. I have long kept scattered notes about the things I consume. This...
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Orphan Road by Andrew NetteScott's Note: Andrew Nette writes a lot of pieces (and they are very good ones) for places like CrimeReads, but it has been some years since he...
