Review: NEVER BROKEN: A LISA JAMISON MYSTERY

NEVER BROKEN: A LISA JAMISON MYSTERY By Lori Duffy Foster Olney, MD: Level Best Books, 2022. $16.95 paperback Never Broken is the second book in Lori Duffy Foster’s Lisa Jamison series. If you haven’t read her previous book, A Dead Man’s Eyes (2021), it’s probably preferable to read that novel first, as some of the […]

BOOK REVIEW: JUNK SCIENCE AND THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

Book Review: Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System JUNK SCIENCE AND THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM By M. Chris Fabricant New York: Akashic Books, 2022. $29.95 Sir Bernard Spilsbury was arguably the first celebrity pathologist, a man whose testimony in early-twentieth-century British courts of law was long considered the final word in forensic […]

NOW STREAMING REVIEW: WHY DIDN’T THEY ASK EVANS?

Now Streaming Review: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? The twenty-first century has been both the best of times and the worst of times for Agatha Christie’s adaptations.  Some have been utter sludge that has gutted and twisted some of her finest books, and others have been brilliant and sparkling productions that have been glorious tributes […]