The premiere of a new original series, Covert Affairs, airs tomorrow, July 13th, at 10 PM (ET/PT) on USA Network following the second season premiere of White Collar.
Meet the spy next door ...
The pilot episode introduces Piper Perabo as Annie Walker, a world-traveler fluent in six languages, who is besting her fellow CIA trainees in every test. But that doesn't explain why she's suddenly summoned to the agency headquarters to report for active duty as a field operative one month before her training is over. She doesn't know there may be something -- or someone -- from her past that her CIA bosses are really after.
Watch a 60-second preview below:
Monday, July 12, 2010
Covert Affairs Premieres Tuesday, July 13th on USA Network
Second Season of White Collar Premieres Tuesday, July 13th on USA Network
The second season of White Collar premieres tomorrow, July 13th, at 9 PM (ET/PT) on USA Network.
White Collar stars Matt Bomer as Neal Caffrey, a con artist who has been playing cat and mouse for years with his nemesis, FBI Agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay), and is finally imprisoned. When Neal escapes from a maximum-security prison to find his long-lost love, Peter nabs him once again. Rather than returning to jail, Neal suggests an alternate plan: He'll provide his criminal expertise to assist the Feds in catching other elusive criminals in exchange for his eventual freedom. Initially wary, Peter quickly finds that Neal provides insight and intuition that can't be found on the right side of the law.
In the season two opener titled "Withdrawal", an elusive master thief has targeted a handful of New York's most prestigious banks, and it's up to Peter and Neal to thwart his next heist. Watch a 30-second promo below:
New Poster Released for RED, based on the graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner
A couple of weeks ago we featured the first trailer for the film RED, based on the graphic crime novel of the same name by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner.
Now Summit Entertainment has released the first official poster for the film. It retains much of the look of its original source (see below), a nice touch by the studio.
RED opens in theaters on October 15th and stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren as retired CIA agents who embark on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret agency headquarters, where they will uncover one of the biggest conspiracies and cover-ups in government history.
A Fourth "Girl Who" Thriller by Stieg Larsson?
We can't resist the word "mystery" in the title of a news item, especially when that title reads "Stieg Larsson's 4th Manuscript Clouded in Mystery." A fourth manuscript?
The late Stieg Larsson is the author of the wildly popular trilogy of thrillers featuring journalist Mikael Blomkvist and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander. But as the Associated Press is reporting, a nearly completed fourth novel with the pair was found on Larsson's laptop.
"The plot is set 120 kilometers north of Sachs Harbour, at Banks Island in the month of September," Larsson wrote, about a month before his death, in an e-mail to his friend John-Henri Holmberg, who made it available to The Associated Press. "According to the synopsis it should be 440 pages." Holmberg doesn't know anything about the plot, but points out that Larsson's long-time partner Eva Gabrielsson is also aware of the unfinished novel, and probably has access to any outline made by the author before his death. For now, Swedish publisher Norstedts doesn't want to comment on the possibility of a fourth book.
The three existing titles in the series are The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.
Psych, Street Hawk, and White Collar, New This Week on DVD
Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive selections of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling three series being released this week.
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Smart. Scientific. Psychic? The decidedly distinctive team of Shawn Spencer (James Roday) and Burton Guster (Dulé Hill) from Psych P.I. are back for more laughs, more mystery, and more highly unusual cases in every wildly entertaining episode of the fourth season of Psych.
They might disagree, but they can always depend on each other. In this captivating season of whimsical and wonderful whodunits, their friendship and their business will be put to the test by a slew of potential culprits that include werewolves, ghosts, a shark, and those they trust the most.
The Psych: Season Four DVD set of 4 discs contain the 16 episodes that aired on USA Network from August through October 2009 and January through March 2010. Extras include a gag reel, deleted scenes, video and audio commentaries, and "psychouts".
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Rex Smith plays Jesse Mach, an ex-motorcycle cop injured in the line of duty, now a police trouble shooter, who has been recruited for a top-secret government mission to ride Street Hawk, an all-terrain attack motorcycle designed to fight urban crime, capable of incredible speeds of up to 300 mph and immense firepower. Only one man, Norman Tuttle (Joe Regalbuto), knows Jesse Mach s true identity. Richard Venture plays his commander, Lt. Leo Altobelli.
The Man, The Machine. Street Hawk.
The Street Hawk: The Complete Series DVD set of 4 discs contain the 13 episodes that aired as a mid-season replacement on ABC during the spring of 1985. Extras include a newly produced documentary on the series.
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Charming con man Neal Caffey (Matthew Bomer) escapes from a maximum-security prison, only to be recaptured by his nemesis, FBI Agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) in the pilot episode of White Collar. With few options, Caffey agrees to help the bureau bring down other elusive criminals in exchange for his eventual freedom. But before long, Caffey finds himself playing a game of cat and mouse with those who want him back in prison ... or dead.
The White Collar: Season One DVD set of 4 discs contain the 14 episodes that aired on USA Network from October through December 2009 and January through March 2010. Extras include a gag reel, deleted scenes, and episode commentaries. Also available: White Collar: Season One Blu-ray disc.
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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on DVD and Blu-ray disc.
Warner Bros. Options Film Rights to Occupied City by David Peace
The Risky Business blog of The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Warner Bros. has optioned the film rights to the crime novel Occupied City by David Peace. Set in 1948 Tokyo, Occupied City is the second in Peace's planned trilogy of novels based on true crimes committed in Japan.
“I am thrilled that at a time when studios are not investing in literary properties Warner Bros. is willing to invest in interesting material,” producer Polly Johnsen says. “David is an excellent writer, and this story is unlike anything that has been told before.”
We agree. In our review of Occupied City, we said "Far more of a literary novel than a mystery, some might be tempted to call Occupied City a tour de force based on its unusual approach to storytelling." Each of the 12 "candles", or chapters, is told -- sometimes in a most unusual manner -- from the perspective of a different character associated with the crime.
Peace is also the author of the Red Riding Quartet thrillers, which was adapted into a three-part mini-series that aired in the UK and was screened by IFC in the US. A new film adaptation is also in the works.
About Occupied City (from the publisher): A fierce, exquisitely dark novel that plunges us into post–World War II Occupied Japan in a Rashomon-like retelling of a mass poisoning (based on an actual event), its aftermath, and the hidden wartime atrocities that led to the crime.
On January 26, 1948, a man identifying himself as a public health official arrives at a bank in Tokyo. There has been an outbreak of dysentery in the neighborhood, he explains, and he has been assigned by Occupation authorities to treat everyone who might have been exposed to the disease. Soon after drinking the medicine he administers, twelve employees are dead, four are unconscious, and the “official” has fled ...
Twelve voices tell the story of the murder from different perspectives. One of the victims speaks, for all the victims, from the grave. We read the increasingly mad notes of one of the case detectives, the desperate letters of an American occupier, the testimony of a traumatized survivor. We meet a journalist, a gangster-turned-businessman, an “occult detective,” a Soviet soldier, a well-known painter. Each voice enlarges and deepens the portrait of a city and a people making their way out of a war-induced hell.
Mystery Godoku Puzzle for July 12, 2010
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!).
This week's letters and mystery clue:
A C E H I K R S T
This is the title of the mystery by Chelsea Cain that introduced Portland (OR) detective Archie Sheridan. (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!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
The Dog Park Club by Cynthia Robinson (Book Review)
The Dog Park Club by Cynthia Robinson. A Max Bravo Mystery. Minotaur Books Hardcover, June 2010.
One flamboyant opera singer, one emotionally unstable prima donna, a collection of dysfunctional dog owners, a pinch of drugs and alcohol, one gypsy from the grave, and oh yes – a touch of murder. These ingredients, when put together form the foundation for Cynthia Robinson’s debut novel The Dog Park Club. This is the first title in the Max Bravo mystery series.
Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: The Dog Park Club by Cynthia Robinson.
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Rizzoli & Isles Premieres Tomorrow, July 12th, on TNT
Tomorrow, Monday July 12th at 10 PM (ET/PT) is the premiere of Rizzoli & Isles on TNT.
Based on characters created by bestselling mystery novelist Tess Gerritsen, homicide detective Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) and medical examiner Maura Isles (Sasha Alexander) -- complete opposites but good friends with a supportive relationship -- work together to figure out whodunit as well as howdunit in some of Boston's most complex criminal investigations.
In the premiere episode, titled "See One. Do One. Teach One.", Rizzoli and Isles investigate the grisly murder of a wealthy couple. The M.O. matches the work of a serial killer known as the Surgeon, who once nearly murdered Jane. Now that the Surgeon is behind bars, it seems one of his proteges is picking up where he left off.
Watch a sneak peek of the series premiere below:
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Thrillers: 100 Must Reads co-edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner (Book Review)
Thrillers: 100 Must Reads by David Morrell and Hank Wagner, co-editors. Non-series. Oceanview Publishing Hardcover, July 2010.
The definition of what exactly is a "thriller" is hard to pin down. In introductory remarks to this list of novels and other literary works that have had an impact on the genre, David Hewson tries to do so by simply stating that "if a thriller does not thrill, it is not doing its job." However, not unlike the term "mystery", what it means to be a thriller seems to be something different to each and every reader. And so it is with the 100 novelists who contributed their thoughts on 100 thrillers written during the past 3500 years in Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads, co-edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner.
Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: Thrillers: 100 Must Reads by David Morrell and Hank Wagner, co-editors.
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Winners of the 2010 Thriller Awards Announced
Tonight the winners of the Thriller Awards were announced at Thrillerfest. The awards recognize the best books published in this genre from the previous year. Our sincere thanks to those attendees who tweeted the results in real time. And the winners are ...
◊ Best Novel: The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner
◊ Best First Novel: Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti
◊ Best Paperback Original: The Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli
◊ Best Short Story: "A Stab in the Heart" by Twist Phelan
Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express Premieres Tomorrow, July 11th, on PBS
Tomorrow, Sunday July 11th, PBS's Masterpiece Mystery! airs Murder on the Orient Express, the first of three new episodes in Series X of Poirot. (Check your listings for local air times.) It is based on the 1934 novel of the same title by Agatha Christie, one her most famous works.
On his way to Istanbul, Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) is called back to London for a case, and finds transport via the opulent Orient Express train. An ornery American businessman, Samuel Ratchett, interrupts Poirot's luxurious trip with a cryptic plea for help — he's seeking penance, but may be murdered in the meantime. When the train is sidelined by a snowdrift and Ratchett is found dead, Poirot becomes embroiled in one of the most fiendish cases of his career. The suspects are numerous and colorful — an erudite Russian princess, an English colonel, a pushy American matron and a devout Swedish missionary among others. The evidence suggests a shadowy assassin may have boarded the train during a stop in order to commit the murder, but is there an unforgivable evil even closer at hand?
Visit the PBS website to watch several behind-the-scenes videos for Murder on the Orient Express.
The Glades Premieres Tomorrow, July 11th, on A&E
Tomorrow, Sunday July 11th at 10 PM (ET/PT), The Glades premieres on A&E.
Matt Passmore stars as Jim Longworth, an attractive, brilliant, yet hard to get along with homicide detective from Chicago, who gets shot by his captain after being wrongfully accused of sleeping with his wife. After being exiled from the department, Longworth relocates to the sleepy, middle of nowhere town of Palm Glade, Florida, where the sunshine and golf are plentiful and crime is seemingly at a minimum. Only this town outside the Florida Everglades isn’t quite as idyllic as he thought ...
In the pilot, the easy life quickly falls by the wayside when a decapitated, unidentifiable woman is found in a creek, which begrudgingly drags Jim Longworth off the golf course in pursuit of her killer. Complicating matters more is Longworth's relationship with Callie, a hot and savvy nurse he has an interest in. With a Titleist sitting on the fourteenth fairway waiting for him to break eighty for the first time in his life, Longworth needles, cajoles, and harangues everyone in his path, including his golf partner and department medical examiner, Carlos, as he puzzles out the facts surrounding the mysterious killing to try and identify the victim and bring her killer to justice.
Discover more about the series on the A&E: The Glades website.
Watch a preview for the series pilot below:
Steve the Sheriff, Lost in the City, and Bonnie & Clyde, Now Available to Download from Amazon Video Games
Games of Mystery is pleased to announce this week's new mystery and suspense casual and adventure games available for immediate download from Amazon Video Games.
A complete list of downloadable mystery games is available on our Games of Mystery: Amazon Video Games Download page.
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Steve the Sheriff: The Case of the Missing Thing
Steve the Sheriff has returned in an all new case in Neptuneville. The Mona Medusa is missing and it's up to you to help Steve the Sheriff track down the thief. Use your detective skills to scour a multitude of screens. Find key objects within the scene to solve fun adventure-style puzzles.
See also the previous game in this series, Steve the Sheriff.
ESRB Rating: Not Specified.
Windows Vista/XP (150 MB download).
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Lost in the City
After the first date with a charming girl named April, our hero wakes up alone in an unknown abandoned city after being drugged. He is trapped and believes this somehow involves April. Explore the city while trying to investigate how April is involved. Help the hero survive in an atmosphere of drama and suspense. Are you Lost in the City?
ESRB Rating: Not Specified.
Windows Vista/XP (87 MB download).
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Public Enemies: Bonnie and Clyde
Follow Bonnie & Clyde’s track through the United States! It is 1933. Janette Jones Parker is a writer and has taken a room in the Red Crown Tavern in Platte City, Missouri, to write her next novel. She discovers it is where Bonnie & Clyde used to hide, and there she finds a notebook, which ends to be Bonnie’s log. Help Janette to decipher the strange message left by Bonnie along her journey! Go through the United States, on the tracks of the two outlaws!
ESRB Rating: Not Specified.
Windows Vista/XP (63 MB download).
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The Silent Places by James Patrick Hunt (Book Review)
The Silent Places by James Patrick Hunt. A George Hastings Mystery. Minotaur Books Hardcover, May 2010.
In a politically motivated move to "punish" him for taking a stand against the deputy chief, St. Louis homicide detective George Hastings is assigned to a protection detail for a local senator -- one that may involve protecting him from a man from his past out to kill him -- in The Silent Places, the fourth mystery in this series by James Patrick Hunt.
Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: The Silent Places by James Patrick Hunt.
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