• Mystery Fanfare has a good piece by the Bancroft Library’s Randal S. Brandt, who reminds us that mystery/thriller writer David Dodge (Death and Taxes, To Catch a Thief) was born on this date 100 years ago.
• Crimespree Cinema has the latest promo video for Tom Selleck’s forthcoming and troubled police drama, Blue Bloods. Click here to watch.
• Meanwhile, TV Squad has the video brief on Season 5 of Dexter.
• You can expect to find lots of bonuses on the DVD collection, Ellery Queen--The Complete Series, due in stores on September 28.
• This would be hilarious, if it weren’t just so sad.
• Sara Paretsky talks here about Chicago and her new novel, Body Work.
• A short interview with author Peter Robinson (Bad Boy).
• In his personal blog, Rap Sheet contributor Ali Karim makes the case for funding public libraries and speaking out in favor of reading.
• And with science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury’s 90th birthday coming up on August 22, this outrageous (but nonetheless entertaining) video has been making the rounds. Just one warning: This is not something to open up at work. But can it be construed as further proof that reading is stimulating?
Ha. Bradbury has it going on.
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