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Merissa (13770 KP) created a post

Feb 26, 2025  
"Is Virginsky getting closer to the truth or walking straight into a deadly trap?

Excerpt: Death Of A Princess (Empire of Shadows #3) by R. N. Morris - #TheCoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #Russia, #Historical, #Crime, #Mystery, available in #KindleUnlimited,

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Merissa (13770 KP) created a post

Jul 28, 2025  
"A quiet cabin getaway turns into a fight for survival when a haunted past collides with a deadly present."

Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: They Came At Night by Westley Smith - #Psychological, #Crime, #Thriller, #Action, available in #KindleUnlimited,

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Darren (1599 KP) rated In the Heat of the Night (1967) in Movies

Sep 13, 2019  
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
1967 | Classics, Drama, Mystery
9
8.4 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Characters – Virgil Tibbs is one of the best homicide detectives in his home city, he has earnt this position with hard work and higher education. He finds himself stuck in a racial divided town that does require his help, but doesn’t want to accept it. Virgil is strong and creates some of the most iconic scenes in film history. Gillespie is the chief that must reluctantly accept Virgil’s help, he is racist, but knows he needs Virgil’s help when it comes to solving this case, he must learn to be accepting of Virgil while being put under pressure by the supremacist that live in he area to rid the town of Virgil. Sam is the deputy that takes an instant dislike to Virgil, but he is mostly just a lowlife cop that gets past doing the basics of the job. The cast is filled the generic racist characters that don’t want to accept a black man helping with the investigation.

Performances – Sidney Poitier gives us one of the most memorable and powerful performances in any crime film, one that has iconic scenes that will forever stand the test of time. Rod Steiger is brilliant to, he shows us just how conflicted his character is to do the right thing and to keep his backwards mind on racial differences. When we look at the rest of the performances, we see good work from the whole cast.

Story – The story here follows a black detective forced into helping solve a murder in Mississippi while the racial hate between the two whites and blacks still comes off strong. There is two ways to look at this story, first we see how crime takes place and must get solved, which is interesting to keep us guessing throughout because of the large number of potential suspects. That however, isn’t the main story here, the racial divide between the people of town makes this more interesting because seeing how different characters interact with Virgil, some with open smiles, some with gritted smiles and some with pure hate. This shows us how we must witness how America was still filled racial hate in certain states that can point fingers before solving the crimes.

Crime/Mystery – The crime in this movie is murder, though trying to solve this opens up plenty of smaller crimes and deals with the racial hate still going on at the time in Mississippi, the mystery keeps us guessing to just who was the one the committed the crime in the first place.

Settings – The film takes place in Mississippi which for the time was still facing the divide between black and whites, this ups the tension for Virgil trying to solve the crime while also showing us the smaller crimes going on through the town.


Scene of the Movie – They call me Mister.

That Moment That Annoyed Me – The locals can feel too generic.

Final Thoughts – This is one of the greatest crime movies you will ever see, it keeps you guessing from start to finish and deals with the racial hatred that was still going strong in the 1960s America.

 

Overall: Must watch crime mystery.
  
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Zuky the BookBum (15 KP) rated The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception in Books

Mar 15, 2018  
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The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception
Emmanuel Carrere | 2002
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I’m obsessed with true crime novels. There, I said it. I just find them so fascinating, especially when you find a book about a crime / criminal you’ve never heard of before… Introducing Jean-Claude Romand. A narcissistic liar and cheater who swindled his family out of all their money, lied to them about who he really was for 18 years and then murdered them. This sounds like something out of a fictional novel, but ladies & gents, this is all 100% real.

Maybe my 5 star rating is a little bias because I love true crime so much, but this book ticked all the boxes for me. Firstly, it was about such a bizarre and extraordinary crime, I was enthralled by every part of it, and secondly Carrère writes in such a simple and beautiful way that you forget you’re reading fact.

What astounds me so much about this novel is its subject. Jean-Claude Romand lived 18 years of his life (that’s only 2 years younger than I am right now) living a lie. How does a person get away with lying about everything for 18 years without getting caught? I can’t go into much detail in this review, otherwise I’m just going to spoil the whole thing, and once I get talking about it, I’ll never stop. But I mean really, how his friends & family trusted this man so much as to believe everything he said… amazes me. However, it’s also made me very aware that you don’t question the people you trust, I’m sure people could get away with so much before anyone noticed!

This book is incredible, shocking and mind-boggling. It reads like poetry but it packs a very real punch. I loved it! If you’re a true crime fan, like myself, pick this one up quick!

<i>Thank you to Penguin Random House UK & Vintage for sending me an arc copy for review.</i>