Chris Wiegand talks to the creators of two very dissimilar detectives, both at work in Istanbul’s meanest streets.
Crime fiction aficionados know Istanbul as the beat of Cetin Ikmen, the shabby, middle-aged Turkish cop created by English novelist Barbara Nadel. A former actress who lives in the Pennines and was raised in London’s East End, her [...]
15
May
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15
May
It’s all a mystery to Bruce Steinberg of St. Charles — except for the good reviews his soon-to-be-released book “River Ghosts” has received.
Steinberg, a former Kane County prosecutor and public defender now in private practice in Batavia, provides a summary of his book, authored under his pseudonym of B.R. Robb.
“I’m a middle-aged white Jewish guy [...]
15
May
Author Jane Cleland and author Jeff Stone will sign copies of their new books this weekend at the Mystery Company in Carmel.
On Saturday, at 2 p.m.; Jane K. Cleland visits to talk about and sign copies of her novels. Her series features antiques appraiser Josie Prescott; her new novel, is Antiques to Die For, fourth [...]
15
May
Valentino is a movie archivist at UCLA but his business card reads “film detective.” His job: tracking down prints of old Hollywood movies before they deteriorate and are lost forever.
As “Frames” opens, Valentino has just sunk all of his savings, and then some, into buying the decrepit Oracle Theater in the hope of restoring it [...]
11
May
It begins with literal brilliance as a handsome Western traveller, calling himself “Mogor dell’Amore” (the Mughal of Love), arrives at Emperor Akbar’s newly built court in Fatehpur Sikri, where the lake looks like “a sea of molten gold.” The stranger, whose long yellow hair flows down his face like the golden lake, rides a bullock-cart [...]
11
May
We now have available at Leaky the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law documents from both Plaintiffs JKR/WB and Defendant RDR Books. These documents offer each side’s analysis of the trial and opinion on how it should conclude. The documents are in PDF format and total 10MB/200 pages.
Below, we provide a summary for the [...]
11
May
In an unprecedented challenge of municipal power, the B.C. Court of Appeal has backed Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan and council’s summary decision to fire the five volunteer members of the city’s board of variance.
Justice Risa Levine, supported by Justices Anne Rowles and David Frankel, said such quasi-judicial bodies are the spawn of government, exist to [...]
11
May
Establishing a private equity fund as a founding partner is the objective of thousands of practitioners across the industry. For the fortunate few, success has involved talent, good timing and perseverance combined with industry growth that has supported the entry of new firms. With the market continuing to mature, what are the hurdles, and what [...]
7
May
With the major studios rushing to launch direct-to-video initiatives and even dedicated labels, the indies that once claimed DTV as their own are feeling the squeeze. After all, they don’t have big libraries of high-profile theatrical features to mine for DTV sequels as the studios do.
Allumination FilmWorks is taking a novel approach to this dilemma. [...]
7
May
Discovery Of A Novel Mechanism For The Development Of Colon Cancer
Posted by admin Published in Tour newsRecent work from the Finnish Academy Center of Excellence on Cancer Biology at the University of Helsinki, Finland, has shed light on the mechanisms of colon tumor development and may help to design better treatment for this disease.
Colon cancer is one of the most common malignancies in Western countries: both men and women face a [...]
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