Spin-offs are more common in TV shows or movies than in novels, but John Sandford spun-off his character Detective Virgil Flowers with the novel Dark of the Moon in 2008. Virgil is not your typical detective – he keeps his hair long, wears obscure rock band t-shirts, and has a string of ex-wives. As an … More John Sandford’s ‘Dark of the Moon’ Introduces Readers to Virgil Flowers
In 1991, Timothy Zahn’s Star Wars Heir to the Empire was the first Star Wars novel to be set after the conclusion of Return of the Jedi, which was a pretty big deal at the time, thus making it very successful in both paperback and hardback. It is the first book of the Thrawn trilogy, … More Book Review: Heir to the Empire
David Fincher directed Zodiac, a movie about the hunt for a serial killer in 1970’s San Francisco. Fincher is probably best known as the director of Se7en. He later directed the American version of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl, and The Social Network. Robert Graysmith was working as a cartoonist for the … More Zodiac
After writing several novels about LAPD detective Harry Bosch, Michael Connelly switched gears and wrote a legal thriller the Lincoln Lawyer about a defense lawyer, Mickey Haller. Mickey does not have an office. He meets clients in his Lincoln town car, and that is why he is known as the Lincoln lawyer. He has two … More The Lincoln Lawyer
