If you are in the mood to start your Halloween season early, or you enjoy horror and all of its tropes year-round, you won’t want to miss Evil Dead the Musical on stage at the Selma Arts Center through September 7.
If you are familiar with our work here at KRL, and with my mystery novels that are set in the Tower District, you know I spend as much time there as I can. So I was surprised when I found out that not only was there a bookstore in the Tower called Bookish, but that it had opened in November of 2021. To be fair, I haven’t spent as much time there since the pandemic.
We don’t review a lot of non-fiction here at KRL, but when author Teresa Peschel reached out to me about her new book Agatha Christie, She Watched, it not only sounded like a lot of fun, but also something that KRL’s readers would be interested in, so here we are! I had the pleasure of also interviewing Teresa about the book and I don’t want to give too much away from the interview, so this will be a bit of a different review.
If you are looking for some great mysteries to enjoy watching, Acorn is one of the best places to go! And they not only have shows set in England, but other countries as well—such as the two shows we are reviewing this week Harry Wild (set in Ireland) and My Life is Murder (set in New Zealand). These two shows also star actresses who are well known in the United States as well--Jane Seymour and Lucy Lawless.
We are doing something a bit different this week, we have an interview with mystery author Jill Johnson together with a giveaway of her latest book The Woman in the Garden. Details at the end of this post on how to enter to win a copy of the book and a link to purchase the book from Amazon.
As we come to the end of Pride Month, we close it out by interviewing the hosts of local podcast It’s A Queer Thang, Chris Jarvis and Kaylia Metcalfe.
Here is your weekly reminder that there are also new articles up on our other website KRL News & Reviews! Every week there will be book reviews and giveaways, plus sometimes pet articles, theatre articles, and more! And listen to our new podcast!
Set in 1950, Puzzles Can Be Deadly is a fun cozy mystery perfect for a summer beach read. The main characters, Skip Valentine and Henry Finch, are a couple at a time when such couples had to keep their relationships secret, and Skip has a passion for solving puzzles.
Every year during Pride month we make a special effort to profile local LGBTQ+ members of the arts community. This year is something a bit different and extra special as we are interviewing a pair of local actors/directors who also happen to be a couple-- Claudio Laso and Chris Ortiz-Belcher.
Over the last several years I have become a big fan of the work of Anthony Horowitz, both in books and on screen. But I think my favorite thing of his is the Hawthorne and Horowitz mystery series, in which Anthony acts as the Watson to Hawthorne’s Holmes. The fifth book in that series, Close to Death, came out in April and I couldn’t wait to read it!
