by Clea | Feb 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
That’s my take on Michael Stanley’s new “A Carrion Death,” the first in a proposed series featuring the absolutely cuddly Detective Kubu. But even if Kubu (a nickname that means “hippo” in his native Setswana) loves opera, good...
by Clea | Feb 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
Has anyone else out there thought that the lyrics to the Foo Fighters’ song “The Pretender” go: “One of these things is not like the other”? Dave Grohl as Cookie Monster?I mean, as we used to say in lit class, contrast and compare. Am I...
by Clea | Feb 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
I know I’m associated with cats, and I do love me some felines. But when I was much younger, I also had a serious thing for toads and lizards (not snakes, I like legs). I still remember my pet toad, Dyatt (pronounced “Dwight”) fondly. And so, for the...
by Clea | Feb 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
Jennifer Ryser of Wetumpka, Alabama, won the right to name a cat in the upcoming Theda Krakow mystery #4 at the Murder on the Menu silent auction, sponsored by Friends of Wetumpka Library, by making a donation to the Crime Lab Project. Thank you, Jennifer! And...
by Clea | Feb 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
Think Falco crossed with the old “Meow Mix” commercial…
by Clea | Feb 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
In her Annie Seymour mysteries, Karen E. Olson gets the world of contemporary newspapers right. (Though she is gentler than the brilliant “The Wire.”) Guess that’s why it was such a pleasure to read this piece about her in the Connecticut Post.Oh,...
