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And Be a Villain

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And Be a Villain

Throwback Thursday takes us back to a New York City brownstone on the southside of West 35 Street and the mystery of a murder broadcast live on radio. Originally published in 1948, With more than a dozen Nero Wolfe mysteries under his belt, Rex Stout‘s And Be a Villain gives the great detective a case which will frustrate and confound both Wolfe and Archie for almost the entire novel when he’s hired to discover who poisoned a guest on a popular radio program during the sponsor’s commercial break.

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The Irrational – Point and Shoot

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The Irrational - Point and Shoot

With Alec Mercer (Jesse L. Martin) helping a legal team rather than the FBI for an episode, “Point and Shoot” almost feels like a different show. I wonder if this plot was a hold over from a slightly different pitch for the series, since the FBI involvement is minimally shoehorned in as a separate B-story. The main story involves the death of Kylie’s (Travina Springer) friend in a police raid gone wrong and the court case by the victim’s husband looking for justice. Malcolm-Jamal Warner stars as an expert witness for the other side whose involvement in the case convinces Alec to sign on leading to some interesting back and forth between the experts on the stand and a frank discussion about the use of experts in court cases.

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Edenwood #1

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Edenwood #1

Written and drawn by Tony Daniel, the first issue of Edenwood introduces us to Rion and his friends who get sucked into the expanding Edenwood. Unable to save his girlfriend, Rion finds himself apprenticed to a Demon Hunter fighting a war against demons and their rise across the world. Given the large three-year gap in Edenwood #1 its unclear whether Rion’s story will continue from this point or if the series may jump back and forth in time filling Rion into becoming a demon hunter of his own.

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