The Lincoln Lawyer, Season 3, now on Netflix!

The Lincoln Lawyer, Season 3, premieres today on Netflix. There will be 10 episodes. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo returns as Los Angeles defense attorney Mickey Haller, who handles his cases from the back seat of his Lincoln. The new season is based on The Gods of Guilt, the fifth book in Michael Connelly’s The Lincoln Lawyer series.

Need a recap of the first two seasons?  Go Here: https://blavity.com/entertainment/the-lincoln-lawyer-recap. Want to rewatch? The first two seasons are on Netflix.

Cartoon of the Day: Dog Trick or Treat

SLOW HORSES RENEWED FOR SEASON 6

Great News.. 

Today on Deadline:

Apple TV+ is staying with the spies of Slough House for a sixth season. 
Hit Gary Oldman starrer Slow Horses has been re-upped again upon the conclusion of Season 4 on the streaming platform. A fifth season was ordered back in January.

In Season 6, the spies head out on the run as Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas) embroils them all in a fatally high-stakes game of retaliation and revenge. The sixth season will be based on Mick Herron’s novels Joe Country and Slough House, which are the sixth and seventh books in the series.

Season 5 is expected in 2025. In the past, Apple has unveiled two seasons of Slow Horses concurrently, but there is no word as of yet on Season 7.

Read more here. 

REBUS: New Adaptation of Ian Rankin's Iconic Detective

New Adaptation of Ian Rankin’s Iconic Detective: REBUS: US Debut, Thursday, November 7 on Viaplay

Recently airing on the BBC to rave reviews and more than 10 million streams on BBC iPlayer, the new adaptation of Sir Ian Rankin’s internationally best-selling “Inspector Rebus” novels, Rebus, with Richard Rankin (Outlander) in the title role debuts in the US onThursday, November 7 with all six episodes available to binge on the Viaplay US streaming service. 

The English-language series offers a fresh interpretation of the beloved character from Sir Ian Rankin’s detective novels, which have sold more than 30 million copies and been translated into 36 languages. Rebus reimagines the iconic character John Rebus as a younger Detective Sergeant, drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line into criminality.
 
Set in present-day Edinburgh, a demoted John Rebus is at a psychological crossroads. As he struggles to navigate a world increasingly driven by technology, Rebus finds himself embroiled in a toxic affair with the wife of his disabled former police partner and replaced in his daughter's life by his ex-wife's wealthy husband. Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play as a father and contemporary police officer. In a world of divisive politics and national deprivation, does the law still have meaning or is everyone reverting to an older set of rules? And if so, why shouldn’t Rebus?
A brazen daylight attack draws Rebus and his new partner into a gang war which escalates when Rebus’s ex-soldier brother steals from drug dealers to provide for his family. Rebus finds himself torn between protecting his brother and enforcing the law to bring him to justice. 
 
A fresh and thrilling offering in the high-end crime genre, with a globally recognizable character at the heart of the story, the series explores family, morality and class through an emotionally-charged story, set against the Scottish landmarks that Rankin’s readers know so well.

 

Produced by Eleventh Hour Films (Foyle’s War) for Viaplay, the six-part series is written by the award-winning Gregory Burke (‘71) and is skillfully directed by BAFTA-winner Niall MacCormick (Complicit, The Victim) and Fiona Walton (Shetland, London Kills).

 

In addition to Richard Rankin, the all-star cast includes Brian Ferguson (The Ipcress File), Lucie Shorthouse (We Are Lady Parts),Stuart Bowman (The Rings of Power, Grantchester, Bodyguard), Amy Manson (The Diplomat), Neshla Caplan (The Rig), Noof Ousellam (Andor, Vigil), Caroline Lee-Johnson (Trying), Sean Buchanan (Mary Queen of Scots), Thoren Ferguson (Emmerdale Farm) and Michelle Duncan (Baptiste, Dalgliesh).

HURRICANE MYSTERIES // HURRICANE CRIME FICTION

Hurricane Helene was one of the most disastrous hurricanes on record, followed by the incredibly destructive Hurricane Milton with forced evacuations and damage all across Florida. I send love and support to everyone who found themselves in either of these hurricanes' paths or the path of any other hurricane.

Not surprisingly, hurricanes have been the focus of many crime novels over the years. Here's a list of Hurricane mysteries for those of us who prefer their hurricanes in books and not in 'real life."

This is an updated list of Hurricane Mysteries. Let me know if you have any titles I should add.

HURRICANE MYSTERIES

Down in the Flood by Kenneth Abel
Murder with Puffins by Donna Andrews
Wyatt's Hurricane by Desmond Bagley 
Storm Surge by John F. Banas

Tricky Business by Dave Barry
Storm Warning by David Bell

City of Sins by Daniel Blake 
Twisted by Jay Bonansinga
Too Much Stuff by Don Bruns 
Jesus Out to Sea (short stories), The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke 
Under the Storm by Christoffer Carlsson

The Killing Storm by Kathryn Casey
Nobody Knows by Mary Jane Clark
Died Blonde by Nancy Cohen 
Skeleton Crew by Beverly Connor
Typhoon by Joseph Conrad 
Skeletons of the Atchafalaya by Kent Conwell

The Sentry by Robert Crais 
Trojan Odyssey by Clive Cussler
Category Five by Philip Donlay 
Hurricane Punch by Tim Dorsey
Hurricane by Ken Douglas 
Murder on the Tropic by Todd Downing 
First the Dead by Tim Downs
Tubby Meets Katrina by Tony Dunbar
House of Storm by Mignon Eberhart 
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

Hurricane Crimes by Chrys Fey
Second Wind by Dick Francis 
Hurricane Season by Mickey Friedman
Murder at 28:10 by Newton Gayle
A Dish Best Served Cold by Rosie Genova 
City of the Dead by Sara Gran

Camino Winds by John Grisham

Baptism in Blood by Jane Haddam
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris 
Dead Man's Island by Carolyn Hart
Hurricane Ron by CJ Hatch 
Murder in the Rue Chartres by Greg Herren 
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiassen
In Hazard by Richard Hughes 
Dark Rain by Mat Johnson
Damaged by Alex Kava
Acts of Nature by Jonathon King
Murder on the Yacht by Rufus King 
Dead and Alive by Dean Koontz
Cypress House by Michael Koryta 
Getting Old is a Disaster by Rita Lakin
A Spirited Gift by Joyce and Jim Lavene
Apparition Island by Jenifer LeClair 
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Her Name will be Faith by Max Marlow 
Storm Track by Margaret Maron
Toros & Torsos by CraigMcDonald
Hurricane (aka Murder in the Wind), Cape Fear (aka The Executioners), Condominiumby John D. MacDonald
On Hurricane Island by Ellen Meeropol
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

Stone Cove Island by Suzanne Myers
The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh

Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker 
Island of Bones by P.J. Parrish
Final Warning by James Patterson 
Bloodman by Robert Pobi
Water Mark by J.M. Redmann

The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs
Storm Surge by J.D. Rhodes
Hurricane by Jewell Parker Rhoades 
Rebel Island by Rick Riordan

Hurricanes and Homicide by Angela K. Ryan 
Raw Deal by Les Standiford
New Orleans Noir, edited by Julie Smith  (short stories)
Orleans by Sherri L. Smith

Last Known Victim by Erica Spindler

The Hurricane's Tail by Robert Banks Stewart
The Hurricane Blonde by Halley Sutton

Without a Grave by Marcia Talley 
Proof of the Pudding by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Storm Damage by Linda Underwood 
Murder Unleashed by Elaine Viets
Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi 
Salvage the Bones by Jasmyn Ward

Shadows of a Cape Cod Wedding by Lea Wait (April 2013/Perseverance Press) 
The Eye of Anna by Anne Wingate

Children's Mysteries/YA: 

Hurricane Joe (Hardy Boys) by Franklin W. Dixon 
The Horrendous Hurricane Mystery by Carole Marsh

The Hurricane Hoax and Other Cases by Seymour Simon & Kevin O'Malley
The Hurricane Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries) by Gertrude Chandler Warner 

Graphic Novel:

Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story by Mat Johnson; Simone Gane (Illustrator)

Not Mysteries but a few Classics: 

 
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes 

Cartoon of the Day: Holiday Candy