Have we finally reached the end of the line for mass-market paperbacks? killercoversoftheweek.blogspot.com/2025/12/mass...

"Anything you don't take care of, kid, you don't deserve to own. A dog, a gun a reel, a bike or a woman. You learn how to do it and you do it, because if you don't you hate yourself." -- THE LONELY SILVER RAIN, John D. MacDonald

Was in a speakeasy in NYC tonight and the singer sang SUNNY One of my late mothers favorite songs Merry Christmas mama youtu.be/mVhy7JPqM7A?...

Sometimes, life calls for a Christmas kitten. Meet Ziggy Stardust 🎄💫

1000 Ways to Hide Epstein Files for a Dummie Administration #ABlueView🧵1/3 Distractions, distractions, distractions no matter how lame ...

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George Roy Hill's multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇲American caper film "THE STING" starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan, Charles Durning, Harry Gould and Robert Earl Jones 🎬 Universal Pictures

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

This year, New Yorkers loved James, The God of the Woods, and Onyx Storm!

Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated. Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...

Statement from Bill Clinton and he’s right. This isn’t about him. They are using him to deflect off Trump. They are hiding the files, pictures and redacting trump from them.

Among the most interesting recent crime and thriller releases are works by Con Lehane, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Ace Atkins, Val McDermid, Tod Goldberg, and Cara Black. therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/12/revu...

@nkolakowski.bsky.social on an epic French crime comic. crimereads.com/the-killer-a...

Educator-blogger Marilyn Brooks reveals her 2025 favorites! therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/12/elev...

I've become particularly fond of this episode over the years. It is the only film of any kind that James Garner directed.

Morning.

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And it's against the law.

New lists of favorite crime/mystery fiction of the year from BOLO Books, CrimeReads, and Crime Fiction Lover. therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/12/sele...

Alex Dueben in conversation with Amie McNee, the author of "To Kill a Queen." crimereads.com/amie-mcnee-o...

Good to see focus like this on Putin's power. The new head of MI6 has used her first major public speech in the job to warn of the growing threat Russia poses. Blaise Metreweli said the UK is operating in a “space between peace and war”, with Russia “testing us in the grey zone”.

“One of his charms lay in a certain boyish zest with which he welcomed everything that happened to him…” David S. Brown on Theodore Roosevelt’s popularity, charisma, and progressive politics. lithub.com/the-groundbr...

‘Miller is chilling and doom-laden in his furiously poetic depiction of a once great civilization going off the rails. Addressing this through the framework of crime fiction—laced with surreal doses of Old English and Celtic folklore—produces a fascinating hybrid that is Miller’s alone’ - Airmail.

Cartoon by Rick McKee.

TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 718.4 with guest Stefanie Powers is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

Cartoon by Rick McKee.

This is what Presidential Leadership looks like at the time of an unfathomable American tragedy. #BarackObama

You love to hate 'em! crimereads.com/scandal-yes-...

Tim Sandlin's LIT is OUT NOW! A KIRKUS editor's pick! "Wacky fun... Mystery fans with a love of the quirky will find much to enjoy here. Think Kinky Friedman, if he lived in northwestern Wyoming." https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/B0FK369GYG/brash-twitter-20

Rap Sheet editor J. Kingston Pierce identifies his favorite crime/mystery books of 2025! therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/12/favo...

Sarah Stewart Taylor has won the Nero Award for her 2024 novel, "Agony Hill" (Minotaur), which introduced series detective Franklin Warren. therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/12/tayl...

For the love of money.💰

Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!

Page One in Indy: #redistrict 🇺🇸

#GVerse While you fly around the country, playing dress-up for the cameras. 🤣 Mic drop!🎤

Today I talked with the Atomic Abe YouTube channel about all of the attempted Diagnosis Murder spinoffs... www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2ly...

The Rap Sheet's British correspondent, Ali Karim, names his favorite books of 2025! therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/12/favo...

“I suspect the surprise would be how little I’m glued to my chair.” Shelby Van Pelt, Tracy K. Smith, and more writers share the most surprising parts of their creative routines.

“and then I just grabbed them by the pussy” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

If you commit murder you should definitely fear "personal legal blowback."