Month: November 2010
1987
What’s so special about 1987? I first began writing stories and skits in the fourth grade. I mostly wrote based on the people and places I knew. By the seventh grade, my stories began to take on aspects of continuing characters and mystery elements. I believe Death on Stoneridge, in its first form, was drafted… Read More ›
Clue (1985)
One of my favorite movies of all time! The movie was released during the holiday season in 1985. Right at the cusp of my interest in murder mysteries. Though I’d always loved the board game, I never did get to see it at the cinema. By the time I saw it on TV, they… Read More ›
NOOK Color
I’m liking my new toy! Wednesday, I got my NOOKcolor at my local Barnes & Noble, and I’ve been having fun with it. I’d been waiting for an eReader to come out with color. A necessity for truly experiencing magazines, graphic novels, or even picture books. I also like the extras that come with the… Read More ›
Agatha Christie’s Double Sin
This was the very first Agatha Christie book I ever read. You can even see how yellowed the cover is! A girl in the seventh grade was reading Christie, and wanting to have something in common to talk about with my fellow classmate, I picked up this collection of stories to read. Needless to say,… Read More ›
Syracuse Mysteries – A First Look
Here’s a teaser for the first three novels in my Syracuse Mysteries series. In Death on Stoneridge, a series of burglaries and a suicide have plagued the residents of Stoneridge Drive. Then, late one night, Edith Baxter is reading in bed with her window open. She is starting to drift off when she suddenly hears someone… Read More ›
Death on Stoneridge – Prologue
Here’s a first look at the prologue for my very first novel in The Mysteries of Syracuse series, Death on Stoneridge : *** Her life ebbed, but the ending of her life was the beginning. Who was she? This young wife with dreams of motherhood, of growing old with her husband, lay against the cold porcelain of… Read More ›
Friday Cocktail: the Classic Martini
Enjoy a Friday Cocktail! The Friday Cocktail will be a regular feature of this site, though not necessarily weekly. And it fits in nicely with the theme of this blog. Up first, The Classic Martini. The origins of the martini date back as early as the 1860s, but the drink as we know it today… Read More ›
Death on the Nile
Imagine it! You see a gathering of mysterious people in costumed clothes. They are in an exotic looking lounge or study, and a portly, mustached man is talking, recounting a tale of murder. You witness these crimes. A sleeping woman shot at night. Another young woman, a maid, has her throat slit. Then a very… Read More ›
The Poisoner’s Handbook
As this site’s first book review, I’ve chosen the aptly titled, The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York. Author Deborah Blum presents the true story of Dr. Charles Norris, Manhattan’s first trained medical examiner, and toxicologist Alexander Gettler and their efforts to create standardized methods for identifying… Read More ›
Welcome to The Poisoned Martini!
The Poisoned Martini is all about mysteries with a mix of fantasy, myth, and gothic horror served up with a cocktail or two. You’ll find the occasional fiction book featured, whether it be contemporary or classic, and especially if it has a Syracuse or Central New York connection. This extends to other media formats like film and… Read More ›
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