It Was A Dark And Stormy Book Club

Mafia Hitman Lib/E: Carmine Dibiase, the Wiseguy Who Really Killed Joey Galloby Michael Benson, Frank DiMatteo, Eric Jason MartinPublished September 28th 2021 by Citadel PressWho really killed Crazy Joe Gallo? It wasn't Frank The Irishman Sheeran as he claimed. Sober, he was nothing, but drunk he would blow your head off. That's how Pete the Greek described Carmine Sonny DiBiase, the Colombo crime family hitman who'd been terrorizing Manhattan's Little Italy since he was a kid. After beating and robbing a local tailor and doing time in reformatory, Sonny set up operations at the Mayfair Boys Civic and Social Club, an illegal poolroom where he shot and killed his best friend on Christmas day . . . A prime suspect of this and other crimes, Sonny went on the lam and off the grid for seven years. He then surrendered himself to police, was tried for murderm and sentenced to death. But after a second trial, he walked away a free man--free to kill again. Joey Crazy Joe Gallo and his President Street mob waged a dead

We are excited to announce a new monthly feature. Spooky Baltimore tales from the most haunted city in the United States. This week we explore The Death of Edgar Allen Poe and the haunted graveyard of Westminster Presbyterian where he is buried.

This weeks episode we feature two authors we met at Fright Reads a spooky book festival in Maryland in early October.The Burgers Brothers' Family Funeral HomePublished December 3rd 2019 by Clayton TuneThe Burgers Brothers' Family Funeral Home is dying and Donnie Burgers wants out. When Donnie expresses his desire to sell the company, he expects the passionate resistance he receives from his younger brother, Frank. What he didn't expect from his brother was the dirt covered, bulky trash bag now hiding on his closet floor.Convincing Frank to close the home won't be as easy as Donnie imagined. When a local, stuttering cop begins asking questions about a recent grave robbery, Donnie realizes his brother's plan to save the family business is disturbing more than just their relationship.What Lies Between the LakesPublished September 2021 by Clayton TuneFor a competitive price, Donnie and Frank Burgers’ Funeral Home will help bury your loved ones.For the right price, Frank Burgers will dig them back up.This scheme b

The Wilkes Insurrection: A Contemporary Thriller by Robbie BachPublished November 2nd 2021 by Greenleaf Book Group PressAn elusive extremist hell-bent on destroying America.​A woman of uncommon valor haunted by her tragic past.A dark web hacker confronting his conscience.A failed intelligence officer in search of redemption.The relative calm at Offutt Air Force Base is shattered when commercial Flight 209 crashes down onto its runway. From the flaming wreckage, Major Tamika Smith must try to rescue survivors and make sense of the tragedy. But this isn’t just an isolated incident. In a time of national unrest and division, a cunning shadowy mastermind is tearing down the United States from the inside out, playing law enforcement like puppets. Soon, thousands are dying and there are precious few leads. Can Tamika and an unlikely collection of committed Americans stop the destruction in time to rescue a nation descending into chaos?With heart-pounding action, compelling plot twists, and a rich tapestry of charac

Seven-Year Witch (Witch Way Librarian Mysteries #2)by Angela M. SandersPublished August 24th 2021 by Kensington Publishing CorporationFinding your feet in a new job isn't always easy. That goes double for Josie Way, who's settling in as Wilfred, Oregon's, new librarian--and has just discovered she's a witch. But will her fledgling powers be enough to save her from a spell of murder?While Josie develops her witchcraft with the help of letters left by her grandmother, there are other changes happening in her new hometown. A retreat center is being built at the old mill site, and rumor has it that the location is cursed. That piques Josie's interest almost as much as Sam Wilfred, handsome FBI agent and descendent of the town's founder...When Sam's soon-to-be ex-wife, Fiona, goes missing at the same time that a bloodied weapon is found, Josie enlists her witchy insight, and her cat familiar, to clear Sam's name. But then the mill project's architect is found dead, and it's clear that someone has been drawing up a

Gothic Mystery RoundupThe Vine Witch (The Vine Witch #1)by Luanne G. Smith Published October 1st 2019 by 47NorthA young witch emerges from a curse to find her world upended in this gripping fantasy of betrayal, vengeance, and self-discovery set in turn-of-the-century France.For centuries, the vineyards at Château Renard have depended on the talent of their vine witches, whose spells help create the world-renowned wine of the Chanceaux Valley. Then the skill of divining harvests fell into ruin when sorcière Elena Boureanu was blindsided by a curse. Now, after breaking the spell that confined her to the shallows of a marshland and weakened her magic, Elena is struggling to return to her former life. And the vineyard she was destined to inherit is now in the possession of a handsome stranger.Vigneron Jean-Paul Martel naively favors science over superstition, and he certainly doesn’t endorse the locals’ belief in witches. But Elena knows a hex when she sees one, and the vineyard is covered in them. To stay on and

Welcome to the Mobtown Paranormal Research Team We interviewed Steve and Beth based out of Baltimore, Maryland. They investigate reported hauntings and ghost sightings throughout Maryland and southern Pennsylvania.If you think you have paranormal activity in your home or at work, you can contact us for information, support, or arrange for an investigation. Investigations and services are free of charge.We are a team of paranormal investigators whose primary goal is to document and investigate haunted locations. We investigate both public places and private residences. We strive to help those who live with hauntings deal with their fears and experiences. Although the use of psychics is not discredited, we instead use both simple and high-tech electronic equipment to document and substantiate our experiences. We are a serious group of professionally-minded adults who believe that skepticism is healthy, and that all reasonable explanations should be ruled out prior to declaring an experience to be paranormal in

The Forger's Forgery by Clay G. Small Published April 20th 2021When Art Mimics Life, Somebody’s Going to Get What’s Coming to ThemHenry Lindon's flight across the north Atlantic was turbulent and sleepless. His plane has just touched down in Amsterdam, where he’s come to work as a visiting professor. Lindon is torn about leaving his troubled wife, Marylou, behind in Dallas, but relieved and excited to start a new chapter in a lively city. The taxi drops him off at an elegant building at Roetersstraat 8-1, where he’s greeted by his university liaison and soon-to-be neighbor, the lovely and spunky art professor, Bernadette Gordon. After settling into his apartment, Lindon changes clothes and sets out to explore canals and cafes, wondering what the dinner invitation from Bernadette means for his fresh start.But troubles from the past soon cross the Atlantic. Lindon discovers that notorious Dutch art forger Han van Meegeren, born in 1899, is about to play a part in Lindon’s own personal drama. With evil closing i

The Icepick Surgeon by Sam KeanPublished July 13th 2021 by Little, Brown and CompanyScience is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn’t everything, it’s the only thing—no matter the cost. Bestselling author Sam Kean tells the true story of what happens when unfettered ambition pushes otherwise rational men and women to cross the line in the name of science, trampling ethical boundaries and often committing crimes in the process.The Icepick Surgeon masterfully guides the reader across two thousand years of history, beginning with Cleopatra’s dark deeds in ancient Egypt. The book reveals the origins of much of modern science in the transatlantic slave trade of the 1700s, as well as Thomas Edison’s mercenary support of the electric chair and the warped logic of the spies who infiltrated the Manhattan Project. But the sins of science aren’t all safely buried in

An interview with Harry Carpenter, Coordinator for the Fright Reads Book Convention to be held on October 2, 2021

Cold Case Story is based on the brutal murder of a housewife in the Denver suburbs in 1973. A college student back then, Stephanie Kane was more than a witness to this terrible crime. For nearly thirty years, she remained silent. Then, in 2001, she tried to exorcise the crime by fictionalizing it in a mystery novel called Quiet Time. But instead of laying the murder to rest, Quiet Time brought it roaring back to life.Cold Case Story is about a family that fractured along the fault lines of a murder. It's about fiction colliding with a cold hard crime, and the very personal story of how it feels to ping-pong between participant and observer, novelist and witness to one's own uneasy set of facts. In the end, all are punished--even the guilty.Stephanie KaneStephanie Kane is a lawyer and award-winning author of seven crime novels. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she came to Colorado as a freshman at CU. A second-degree black belt, she owned and ran a karate studio in Boulder. After becoming a corporate partner at a

Recast of an interview with Ann Cleeves, author of the Vera Stanhope, the Shetland and the Two Rivers Mystery series.

Recast of an interview with Bonnie MacBird, author of the Sherlock Holmes pastiche "The Devil's Due" from March of last year

Memorium episode and recast of episode 65 featuring an interview with Caroline and Charles Todd

Death of a Dispatcher (A Becky and Rufus Cross-Country Mystery #1)by Sheryl Ickes Published March 25th 2021 by Independently PublishedBecky and Rufus Bridgewater are a cross country trucking team that enjoy seeing the country as they work. Shortly after returning to their company in Tennessee because of a merger, Becky finds a much hated dispatcher dead and quickly becomes the prime suspect. Clearing her name with the help of a few friends is not easy nor safe. Rufus may have to get used to going solo, both in trucking and in life. Sheryl C. D. Ickes lives in the Carlisle, Pa area with her husband, daughter, and two dogs. She draws from and uses her work experience and general observations of life to write her award winning mysteries. Her Slice of Life mysteries centers around Alexandra Applecake, owner of the Slice of Life bakery and supply shop, in the fictitious town of Creek Water, Pa. The Becky and Rufus Cross Country mysteries transport the reader into the wonderful world of cross country trucking.

One Got Away - Nikki Griffin #2by S.A. Lelchuk Published April 13th 2021 by Flatiron BooksNikki Griffin, a private-investigator when she isn’t running her small bookstore, is on a case. The matriarch of one of the wealthiest San Francisco families has been defrauded by a con-man, and her furious son enlists Nikki to find the money. And find the con-man.Nikki isn’t a fan of men who hurt women. Her secret mission, born of revenge and trauma, is to do everything she can to remove women from dangerous situations—and to punish the men responsible.As Nikki follows the trail toward the con-man, she realizes that no one involved is telling her the whole truth. When the case overlaps with her attempt to protect a woman in trouble, and Nikki’s own life is put in danger, Nikki has to make terrible choices about who to save—and how to keep herself alive.Choose Meby Tess Gerritsen and Gary BraverPublished July 1st 2021 by Thomas & MercerTaryn Moore is young, beautiful and brilliant...so why would she kill herself? Whe

Paranormal Mystery Boooo ks we loveA Charming Deception (Magical Cures Mystery #13)by Tonya Kappes Published February 25th 2020Welcome to Whispering Fall where magic and mystery collide!Bubble... Bubble...June Heal and Oscar Park are beyond thrilled with the upcoming arrival of their baby.Cures and Trouble...June's pregnancy is turning out to more at risk than anticipated and she has to go to a specialist doctor outside of Whispering Falls where patients are nosey and hormones are raging, leaving the nurses and receptionist at their wits ends and bickering at each other.Magic Stirs...Poor June is put on limited activity. The baby is proving to a little mischievous and magic before it's even born and leaving the doctors a little miffed with all the different ultrasound shenanigans.Trouble Doubles...June's hormones have messed with her intuition and spiritual gifts, leaving her unsure of things going on around her.On one of her many doctor appointments, June arrives a little early and find the receptionist has

The Lost Apothecaryby Sarah Penner Published March 2nd 2021 by Park RowA female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them—setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course.Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman.Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register.One cold February evening in 1791, at the back of a dark London alley in a hidden apothecary shop, Nella awaits her newest customer. Once a respected healer, Nella now uses her knowledge for a darker purpose—selling well-disguised poisons to desperate women who would kill to be free of the men in their lives. But when her new patron turns out to be a precocious twelve-year-old named Eliza Fanning, an unexpected friendship sets in motion a string of events that jeopardizes Nella’s world and threatens to expose the many women whose names are written in her register.In present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcew

The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur #1) by Elly Griffiths Published March 5th 2019 by Mariner BooksClare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R. M. Holland, she teaches a course on it every year. But when one of Clare’s colleagues and closest friends is found dead, with a line from R. M. Holland’s most famous story, “The Stranger,” left by her body, Clare is horrified to see her life collide with the storylines of her favourite literature.To make matters worse, the police suspect the killer is someone Clare knows. Unsure whom to trust, she turns to her closest confidant, her diary, the only outlet she has for her darkest suspicions and fears about the case. Then one day she notices something odd. Writing that isn't hers, left on the page of an old diary: "Hallo, Clare. You don’t know me."Clare becomes more certain than ever: “The Stranger” has come to terrifying life. But can the ending be rewritten in time?The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking th

The Streel -Published May 12th 2020 by Univ Of Minnesota PressWhen I was fifteen and my brother Seamus sixteen, we attended our own wake. Our family was in mourning, forced to send us off to America.The year is 1880, and of all the places Brigid Reardon and her brother might have dreamed of when escaping Ireland’s potato famine by moving to America, Deadwood, South Dakota, was not one of them. But Deadwood, in the grip of gold fever, is where Seamus lands and where Brigid joins him after eluding the unwanted attentions of the son of her rich employer in St. Paul—or so she hopes. But the morning after her arrival, a grisly tragedy occurs; Seamus, suspected of the crime, flees, and Brigid is left to clear his name and to manage his mining claim, which suddenly looks more valuable and complicated than he and his partners supposed.Mary Logue, author of the popular Claire Watkins mysteries, brings her signature brio and nerve to this story of a young Irish woman turned reluctant sleuth as she tries to make her way