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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Chris Nashawaty and his latest book, The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982

    Entrevista con un autor: Chris Nashawaty

    Chris Nashawaty es escritor, editor y excrítico de cine de Entertainment Weekly. Es autor de Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story y su trabajo ha aparecido en Esquire, Sports…

  • Author Meg Shaffer and her latest novel, The Lost Story

    Entrevista con una autora: Meg Shaffer

    Meg Shaffer es la autora superventas del USA Today de "El Juego de los Deseos", finalista del Libro del Mes para Libro del Año, ganador del premio al Mejor Libro del Año de Reader's Digest y del…

  • Bruce Borgos between his 2 books covers, Shades of Mercy and the Bitter Past

    Entrevista con un autor: Bruce Borgos

    Bruce Borgos vive y escribe desde el desierto de Nevada, donde trabaja arduamente a diario para demostrar que su orientador académico de la secundaria tenía buen instinto cuando le dijo: "Nunca serás…

  • Author Rob Costello and his short story collection, The Dancing Bears: Queer Fables for the End Times

    Entrevista con un autor y editor: Rob Costello

    Rob Costello (él) escribe ficción contemporánea y especulativa con una inclinación queer, dirigida a jóvenes y sobre ellos. Es autor de la próxima colección de relatos "Los Osos Bailarines: Fábulas…

  • Author Meg Shaffer and her latest novel, That Night in the Library

    Entrevista con una autora: Eva Jurczyk

    Eva Jurczyk es escritora y bibliotecaria y reside en Toronto. Ha escrito para Jezebel, The Awl, The Rumpus y Publishers Weekly. Eva irrumpió con fuerza en el mundo del misterio en 2022 con su debut,…

  • Author Stuart Turton and his latest novel, The Last Murder at the End of the World

    Entrevista con un autor: Stuart Turton

    Stuart Turton es el autor de los éxitos de ventas "Las 7 ½ muertes de Evelyn Hardcastle" y "El diablo en las aguas oscuras". Sus libros han ganado numerosos premios y se han traducido a treinta y…

  • Author Juli Min and her first novel, Shanghailanders

    Entrevista con un autor: Juli Min

    Juli Min es escritora y editora, radicada en Shanghái. Estudió literatura rusa y comparada en la Universidad de Harvard y tiene una maestría en Bellas Artes en ficción por Warren Wilson. Fue la…

  • Author Sara Nisha Adams and her latest novel, The Twilight Garden

    Entrevista con una autora: Sara Nisha Adams

    Sara Nisha Adams es escritora y editora. Vive en Londres y nació en Hertfordshire, de padres indio-kenianos e ingleses. Su primera novela fue "La lista de lectura". Su última novela es "El jardín del…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Devil and the Dark Water

    The Devil and the Dark Water

    • By: Turton, Stuart
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a "locked-room" or "impossible crime" mystery, a crime, or series of crimes, is committed under circumstances that appear, at least initially, impossible for said crime to have been enacted. Those same conditions will also seem to preclude the criminal entering or exiting the crime scene.The first “locked-room” mystery was...
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    The Eighth Detective

    • By: Pavesi, Alex
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In the early 1940s, a Scottish professor of mathematics devises a mathematical definition of the murder mystery story and writes seven provocative stories as proof of his theory. He publishes a journal article regarding his ideas and then self-publishes his seven stories in a small volume, entitled The White Murders.Decades...
  • Cover image for Crossings : consisting of three manuscripts

    Crossings : consisting of three manuscripts

    • By: Landragin, Alex
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Crossings, Alex Landragin’s debut novel is as difficult to define as it is to describe. At its most elemental, Crossings is a collection of three novellas that collectively tell a story. There are elements of several different genres present: historical fiction, mystery, fantasy, and romance. And, perhaps most surprising, the...
  • Cover image for Before She Was Helen

    Before She Was Helen

    • By: Cooney, Caroline B.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Helen Stephens lives a quiet life in Sun City, a retirement community in South Carolina. She regularly plays cards in the clubhouse with other residents of the complex, including her neighbors Joyce and Johnny. While she is mostly retired, she continues teaching some Latin classes at a local high school...
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    It Came From the Sky

    • By: Sedoti, Chelsea
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sixteen-year-old Gideon Hofstadt prefers an orderly life and an orderly future. In his schoolwork, he excels in the sciences, but struggles with the vagaries of the humanities. It is the same way he struggles with his relationships with his family, friends, and his maybe boyfriend, Owen. Gideon cares about Owen...
  • Cover image for The Operator

    The Operator

    • By: Berg, Gretchen
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a world where most people walk around with a telephone on their person that can allow them to contact someone anywhere in the country, or the world, easily and directly, it may be a bit of a shock to realize that as little as 50 years ago many people...
  • Cover image for The Darwin Affair

    The Darwin Affair

    • By: Mason, Timothy
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It probably goes without saying that when Charles Darwin published his revolutionary theories regarding evolution, and their supporting evidence, in The Origin of Species in 1859, there was controversy. Even today, 160 years later, Darwin’s theory of species evolving over time still engenders strong feelings of resistance to his ideas...
  • Cover image for The Ghosts of Sherwood

    The Ghosts of Sherwood

    • By: Vaughn, Carrie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The earliest references to Robin Hood date back to the 14th century, and the earliest surviving copies of the story are from the 15th century. The details may change, but the core of the legend concerns a nobleman turned outlaw with a band of followers known as the Merry Men...