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Jan 2012 21

The Dark Rose by Erin Kelly: Book Review/Giveaway

2012 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Gloria Feit

Louisa Trevelyan is working as a garden designer re-creating a historically accurate Tudor garden in Warwickshire, at the fictional Kelstice Lodge. After working for years recreating gardens that have fallen into neglect on private estates, this community program has really given her a chance to indulge her creative passion for garden design. It is there that she meets Paul Seaforth, 19 years old, who bears “an uncanny likeness” to her lover of years ago, Adam Glasslake.

Dec 2011 3

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson: Book Review

2011 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrance V. Mc Arthur

by Terrance V. Mc Arthur

There’s something about the people of Scandinavia. Between the sleep deprivation of the summer days with no night and the cabin fever of the long, dark winters, they seem to be very depressed and depressing. The films of Ingmar Bergman and the plays of Ibsen and Strindberg are not known as jolly romps. The life of Stieg Larsson was not cheery (raised by grandparents in northern Sweden because his parents had to leave him to find work in Stockholm, targeted for death threats because of his anti-neo-Nazi crusading, and dead at 50 before his books could be published), and his books push relentlessly into dark territory.

Oct 2011 31

In Time: Movie Review

2011 Articles, Books & Tales, Contributors, Lorie Lewis Ham, Movies, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Lorie Lewis Ham

If you’re looking for a fun sci-fi action flick to go see I would recommend In Time starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried, which just opened this weekend.
In Time is set in a world where the currency is time. You only age to 25 and then you have one year on your time clock. Unless you can earn, steal or borrow more time you die when your clock runs out.

Jun 2011 11

Thread: Original Short Story

2011 Articles, Christine Autrand Mitchell, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Christine Autrand Mitchell

Our lives unraveled off a circular stairwell that spun upwards into eternity, made up of a large turquoise dome, like the heavens painted on ceilings in cloisters and monasteries across Europe, where I once fell in love with the color. It was encircled in a giant gold band, to protect it from the visceral. A polished wooden railing held up by fragile, narrow rungs accompanied you on the way, the corporeal matrix of our design cast below the heavens. I never looked up when traversing the stairway because I knew I didn’t have to, not there. I was safe there. But we each finished alone in the end, completing our journey in our own mysterious shells just as we started.

Feb 2011 12

What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz: Book Review

2011 Articles, Christopher Lewis, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Christopher Lewis

Twenty years ago, Alton Turner Blackwood brutally murdered four families. There was only one survivor, a 14 year-old boy who surprised Blackwood from behind and killed him. Before he died, Blackwood vowed to return one day when the child had a family of his own and kill them all.

Oct 2010 30

KRL Staff Scary/Mystery Movie Pics

Books & Tales, Contributors, Movies, Mysteryrat's Maze

by KRL staff

The staff here at KRL decided it would be fun to share with our readers their favorite mystery, suspense or horror film! Feel free to comment and share yours with us too!
Our winners for top pics are Silence of the Lambs & The Sixth Sense!