Orlando Bloom ("Pirates of the Caribbean", "The Lord of the Rings") has joined Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator, Blood Diamond) as co-stars in the film adaptation of Caryl Férey's 2008 crime novel Zulu. Jérôme Salle (The Tourist) is set to direct his adapted screenplay, co-written with Julien Rappeneau.
In the book, Ali Neuman — presumably to be played by Hounsou — ran away from home as a child to escape the Inkatha, a militant political party at war with the then-underground African National Congress. He and his mother are the only members of his family that survived the carnage of those years and the psychological scars remain.
Today, Neuman is chief of the homicide branch of the Cape Town police, a job in which he must do battle with South Africa’s two scourges: widespread violence and AIDS. When the mutilated corpse of a young white woman is found in the city’s botanical gardens, Neuman’s job gets even more difficult. He is chasing one false lead after another when a second corpse, again that of a white woman, is found. This time, the body bears signs of a Zulu ritual. A new evil has insinuated itself into this recently integrated city. And a new drug: traces of an unknown narcotic have been found in the blood of both victims. The investigation will take Neuman back to his homeland, where he will discover that the once bloody killing fields have become the ideal no-man’s land for unscrupulous multinationals, and that the apparatchiks of apartheid still lurk in the shadows and the back rooms of a society struggling toward reconciliation.
Among its many literary honors, Zulu won Le Prix Mystère de la Critique for Best French Novel in 2009.
(Related article: AlloCine.com.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Casting News for Film Adaptation of Zulu by Caryl Férey
The Clinch Knot by John Galligan is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Clinch Knot by John Galligan as today's third free mystery ebook.
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The Clinch Knot by John Galligan
A Ned "Dog" Oglivie Fly Fishing Mystery
Publisher: Tyrus Books
This is the third mystery (of four to date) in this series, a repeat freebie from December 2011.
About The Clinch Knot (from the publisher): The Dog is in Livingston, Montana, daydreaming about fishing the Stone and, as usual, subsisting on Swisher Sweets, vodka-Tang, and the hope that pretending to forget will be enough.
He's forged a few tenuous friendships, and now finds himself watching from the bank as troubled local girl Jesse Ringer leads D'Ontario Sneed into the swift current of young love. It's sweet, really … but some of the locals object to the relationship on the basis of Sneed's skin color.
Then the unthinkable: vibrant, wild Jesse is found shot in the head, and Sneed is passed out in her car, gun beside him, window seams taped, and engine running. Sneed is hospitalized for severe carbon monoxide poisoning and can't string together a sentence to defend himself, so it falls to the Dog.
If only the Dog could run from his life without ending up in the tangle and snarl of the lives of others. A man who wants to lose himself in the current must be careful of his backcast; it'll always keep him tethered to a life he's trying to forget.
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Three to Get Deadly by Lee Goldberg, Joel Goldman, and Paul Levine is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook
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Three to Get Deadly by Lee Goldberg, Joel Goldman, and Paul Levine
A Crime Novel Collection
Publisher: Various
About Three to Get Deadly (from the publisher): A trio of stunning bestselling novels of action and suspense from three masters of the craft …
The Walk by Lee Goldberg. In this stand-alone thriller, a massive earthquake devastates L.A. One ordinary man sets across the landscape of destruction to his home in the San Fernando Valley. It's a journey that will test the limits of his endurance and his humanity, a trek from the man he was to the man he can be … if he can survive The Walk.
Motion to Kill by Joel Goldman. His first novel, this mystery introduces Kansas City trial attorney Lou Mason. When two of his partners are killed, corruption, sex and murder fill Lou Mason's docket as he tracks the killer. Will Lou be the next victim?
To Speak for the Dead by Paul Levine. Linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter is introduced in this mystery. Jake Lassiter suspects his client, a surgeon in a malpractice case, is innocent of negligence … but guilty of murder. Add a sexy widow, a deadly drug, and a grave robbery to the stew, and you have the recipe for Miami's trial of the century.
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Scarlet Sins by Julia Madeleine is Today's Featured Free MystereBook
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Scarlet Sins by Julia Madeleine
Publisher: Black Heart Books
This is a short prequel to The Truth about Scarlet Rose, which was originally published in 2008 as simply titled Scarlet Rose. In our review of this book at that time, we called it "a characteristically noir novel, … first-class in its genre."
About Scarlet Sins (from the publisher): Life for an unwed teenage mother in the 1960s can be a hard road. Sylvia knows all too well how limited her options are. At seventeen taking a job as a burlesque entertainer to support herself and her baby is her best hope. But choosing to marry an older man and have a family with a cheating, boozing, gambling husband who makes promises he can't keep, becomes her downfall. And for a woman with limited choices, her decision to commit murder is not one she makes lightly, but carefully plans and executes in cold blood.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Mystery and Suspense Films, New This Week on DVD (120221)
Checking through our list of films currently scheduled for release this week on DVD and/or Blu-ray disc, shown below are those that fall into the mystery, suspense, thriller and adventure categories.
See also a list of current mystery and suspense DVD, Blu-ray, or VOD deals on Amazon.com.
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London Boulevard (2010)
Film Synopsis (from the studio): London Boulevard follows an ex-con trying to make a fresh start in a relationship with a reclusive actress. A sexy, stylish gangster thriller bristling with wit and brutal intrigue, the film stars Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley as star-crossed lovers who run afoul of one of London's most vicious crime bosses.
Adapted from Ken Bruen's 2009 crime novel of the same title. Rated R. 103 minutes.
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The Son of No One (2011)
Film Synopsis (from the studio): Al Pacino stars in this movie about a young cop (Channing Tatum), who is assigned to a precinct in the Queens neighborhood where he grew up. To provide for his wife (Katie Holmes) and ailing daughter, he works hard to keep his life on track. But this life is threatened when a dark secret bubbles to the surface. An anonymous source reveals new information about the unsolved murder of two boys and a possible police cover-up, setting off a chain of events that rattles the neighborhood.
Rated R. 94 minutes.
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Tower Heist (2011)
Film Synopsis (from the studio): Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead an all-star cast in this hilarious comedy caper about a luxury condo manager (Stiller) who leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler (Alan Alda) who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty crook Slide (Murphy) to steal the $20 million they're sure is hidden in the penthouse.
Rated PG-13. 104 minutes.
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Telemystery: Maigret and Matlock, New This Week on DVD
Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling two series being released this week.
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Sporting his pipe that seems a nod to Sherlock Holmes, the pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret (Bruno Cremer) investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth. To crack his cases he peels back the veneer of seemingly idyllic villages and neighborhoods, exposing the criminals who lurk in all levels of society.
Against a backdrop of 1950s Paris and the surrounding French countryside, these original feature-length made-for-television movies based on a character created by Georges Simenon pay homage to one of the most brilliant detective minds of the twentieth century.
Maigret: Set One is available on DVD and consists of 6 episodes — "Maigret in Montmartre", "The Burglar's Wife", "The Flemish Shop", "The Judge", "The Headless Corpse", and "The Crossroads" — that originally aired on French television during 1991 and 1992. The episodes are in French with English subtitles.
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Andy Griffith stars as Atlanta defense attorney Ben Matlock in Matlock.
For six seasons, Matlock aired on NBC. In this, its seventh (of nine) season, it moves to ABC and finds Matlock reopening a 30-year-old murder case, representing a ghost, and learning to work with his daughter and new partner, Leanne (Brynn Thayer).
Also this season, his trusted colleague Conrad McMasters (Clarence Gilyard, Jr.) is joined by recent law school graduate Cliff Lewis (Daniel Roebuck).
Using his street-savvy tactics and down-home instincts, Matlock always knows how to captivate a jury … and generations of audiences.
Matlock: Season Seven is available on DVD and consists of episodes that originally aired during the spring of 1993.
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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.
A Creative Kind of Killer by Sandra Scoppettone is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook
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A Creative Kind of Killer by Sandra Scoppettone
Publisher: Franklin Watts/Sandra Scoppettone
Sandra Scoppettone published this mystery as written by Jack Early in 1984. It won the Shamus Award the following year for Best First PI Novel.
About A Creative Kind of Killer (from the publisher): Lots of long-time residents of Soho don't approve of the transformation the art crowd has brought to the area. But Fortune Fanelli, ex-cop turned private investigator and single parent of two, likes his old neighborhood in its chic and glitzy guise. He also likes to work, and accepts the task of finding a young woman's killer, by following a trail that snakes along the underbelly of artsy Soho, where drug smugglers, runaways, and legions of hustlers crowd.
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The Price of Life by Greg McCarthy is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook
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The Price of Life by Greg McCarthy
Publisher: Otherworld Publications
About The Price of Life (from the publisher): Eight-year-old Jennifer Haller's brain tumor is killing her. A timely CT scan would likely have saved her, and a new surgery offers hope for a cure, but Julie Haller is crushed when their insurance company refuses to pay for her daughter's operation.
Shortly after Jennifer's diagnosis, Marine Captain Ed Haller loses his leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq. He comes home to rehabilitate while Jennifer wages her own losing battle with cancer and its treatment. Jennifer's death leads the family to Fort Worth lawyer Grant Mercer, whom they hire to sue Jennifer's neurologist.
As Mercer works the case, Julie Haller learns the results of recent tort reform efforts, including a $250,000 limit in medical malpractice cases. She and her husband realize that a quarter-million dollar price tag on a beloved eight-year-old girl is simply inconceivable. They have no interest in the money, focusing instead on their responsibility to honor their daughter by seeking justice for her death.
The murders of a lobbyist in Austin, a state senator on a remote country road, and an insurance executive in New York seem unrelated until Jennifer's doctor is kidnapped. Mercer makes the disturbing connection between the victims and his case, and discovers how far some people will go when the usual avenues of justice are too sharply curtailed.
Read our review of The Price of Life by Greg McCarthy.
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The Last Time by David Fulmer is Today's Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Last Time by David Fulmer as today's free mystery ebook.
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The Last Time by David Fulmer
Publisher: Stay Thirsty Press
This stand-alone thriller is by the author of the Shamus Award-winning Valentin St. Cyr series of mysteries.
About The Last Time (from the publisher): Joey Sesto is dead. His complicated life abruptly ended when he fell from a mountain ledge to his death. A tragic misstep on a dark night or the result of someone protecting a secret so explosive that, if revealed, it would rock the very foundations of a small Pennsylvania town?
The police ruled the incident an accident, but others suspect something more sinister. Childhood friendships, long ago romances and small town whispers lure Joey’s boyhood friend, Richard Zale, back to his roots and into a web of intrigue, danger and betrayal in his quest to uncover the truth in this fast-paced crime thriller.
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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for February 20, 2012
A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.
Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).
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This week's letters and mystery clue:
A C D K L M N U Y
Deborah Coonts's series character is so this in the title of the third book to feature her (9 letters).
We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.
Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.
Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!
