Archive for November, 2008

Sun
30
Nov

Get a life (FSView)

11:58 pm

Bordertown — Dec. 1 at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. “… If you catch me at the border, I got Visas in my name.” Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Kicking off a week that seems to reek of cannabis, this film is certainly not the 1935 film starring Bette Davis you were all obviously assuming.

HESPERIA • An owner is expanding a 100-acre ranch to double as an event venue, but is still short of several building permits.

A murder mystery from 100 years ago may be ancient history to most people but to Jin Yuzhang it is part of everyday life.

CONCORD, N.H. - Elegant resorts long for glowing accounts of their sumptuous meals, breathtaking views and meticulous service - but how about a shady employee, a missing guest,…

BOOK REVIEW Beware the book whose author admits in the introduction he’s afraid to read the stories that follow.

Elegant resorts long for glowing accounts of their sumptuous meals, breathtaking views and meticulous service — but how about a shady employee, a missing guest, a murder?

Literally like a ghost from the past, an original play by a Central Coast drama teacher will rise on the Judkins Middle School theater stage next week.

Sun
30
Nov

BOOKS (St. Catharines Standard)

9:20 am

The following books are available at the St. Catharines Public Library. FICTION BRASS VERDICT, by Michael Connelly Lincoln lawyer Mickey Halter inherits an A-list murder [...]

A Good Death is a deftly plotted mystery.

When a revered Tar Heel writer and teacher used to counsel his creative writing students, “If you’re going to write about a bear, bring on the bear,” he probably had in mind something like the opening line of “The Private Patient,” P.D. James’ extraordinary new mystery.