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Twentieth Century Geopolitics and East-West Relations in the Shadow of Dr. Fu Manchu
Books, Fraser Sherman, History, Mystery and Mayhem, Villains

Twentieth Century Geopolitics and East-West Relations in the Shadow of Dr. Fu Manchu

By frasersherman October 26, 2020 October 25, 2020 7

Rereading Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu series the past year or so (this is a rewritten 2011 post from my own blog) has been a fascinating experience. Not always the reading. …

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Be he ever so divergent, there’s no place like Holmes
Books, Mystery and Mayhem

Be he ever so divergent, there’s no place like Holmes

By frasersherman October 18, 2020 October 18, 2020 3

As I know we have some Holmes fans reading and writing posts here, I thought I’d post this week about two Holmes novels that bend the canon in different ways, …

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Down these magic streets a man must go: Lovecraft, P.I.
Fantasy, Fraser Sherman, Horror, Movies, Mystery and Mayhem

Down these magic streets a man must go: Lovecraft, P.I.

By frasersherman August 9, 2020 August 9, 2020 3

When my DVD player/VCR died a while back, that left my VHS tapes more or less orphaned. Sure, I could get down my backup VCR and swap it out with …

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Good Cop Bad Cop
Greg Hatcher, Movies, Mystery and Mayhem, TV

Good Cop Bad Cop

By Greg Hatcher June 6, 2020 June 8, 2020 17

Thinking about the all the scary events of the last week, and the contribution pop culture might have made to how we got here.

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Two From Collins– Well, Two and A Half.
Books, Greg Hatcher, Mystery and Mayhem

Two From Collins– Well, Two and A Half.

By Greg Hatcher March 7, 2020 March 7, 2020 3

Still working on the to-read pile. Here’s three more mysteries, this time featuring Max Allan Collins.

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A Stack of Hard Cases… and One Ringer
Greg Hatcher, Mystery and Mayhem

A Stack of Hard Cases… and One Ringer

By Greg Hatcher January 26, 2020 January 26, 2020 5

In which your humble columnist takes a look at the latest offerings from Hard Case Crime… and another novel from a licensed property that’s really a lot of fun. Cops, P.I.’s, murderers, con men, and sociopaths galore. Buckle up.

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Kicking It Old-School….No, Really. Kicking. And Punching. And General Mayhem.
Greg Hatcher, Mystery and Mayhem

Kicking It Old-School….No, Really. Kicking. And Punching. And General Mayhem.

By Greg Hatcher June 30, 2019 July 1, 2019 5

Today in action films, hand-to-hand is all about martial arts. But once upon a time… it was just brawlin’.

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