The son of Two Medicine County bartender and a mom who left when he was a baby, Rusty spent his fist six years in Arizona […]
Psychopath or Sociopath?
Psychopath or Sociopath? I tend to get these two terms confused. But, in Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel, Gone Girl, it’s apparent that one of the […]
Recommendations from Ellen
I am currently reading Kate Morton’s new novel, The Secret Keeper. I’ve been on a spree with her books lately, having just finished The Distant […]
Tigers in Red Weather
Tigers in Red Weather opens at the end of World War II with cousins and best friends Nick and Helena sharing a house, awaiting the […]
An Unlikely Pilgrimage
Man goes out to post a letter and keeps walking. It sounds like that familiar old story of a bad man leaving his long-suffering wife, but […]
When a Man Loves a Woman….Physically….
Love is never hearing your lifemate say “Baby, you might want to get tested. Today.” Photo attributed to Brandon Christopher Warren http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandoncwarren/4164759025/ Iceberg Slim, born Robert Beck, […]
Seating Arrangements
Winn Van Meter has a pretty ideal life — successful career, suitable wife, Harvard degree, exclusive club memberships, summer house on Waskeke Island. Things look […]
Unlocking a Crime Novel: The Lock Artist
“. . . in all the things I’ve done in the past years, there’s one particular thing I haven’t done. I haven’t spoken one single […]
Innocence, Prejudice and Tragedy in Appalachia
Hauntingly atmospheric, The Cove by Ron Rash takes places during the end of the First World War in the North Carolina Appalachian mountains.The land itself […]
