
Winterkill
Book
It's hours away from darkness with a bitter winter storm raging when Joe Pickett finds himself deep...

The Darkslayer II: Brigands and Badlands
Book
Danger rises ... Hunkered down in Dwarven Hole and reunited with Mood and Chongo, Venir, Melegal,...

The Playing Card Killer
Book
Brian Sheridan may be losing his mind. Asleep, he’s plagued by dreams of murder, women strangled...
Mystery Thriller

Forget Me Knot
Book
Welcome to San Fernando Valley, California, where Martha Rose and her coterie of quilters are...

An Eye for a Lie (Inspector Richter #1)
Book
Lukas Richter is a San Francisco police detective with a cybernetic eye and heightened senses. He...
Mystery

Princess Aurora (2005)
Movie
A woman gets killed in a department store. No one imagines this could lead to serial murders, but...

The Truth We Hide
Book
May 1943. Betty Ahern is studying for her private investigator's license when a new client-Edward...

Freeze Before Burning (Sam Tate Mystery #3)
Book
What do a bartender, a priest, and a librarian have in common? They all work in New York City....
Mystery Suspense

David McK (3562 KP) rated Mission: Impossible (1996) in Movies
Jan 15, 2023
here, we have Tom Cruise's superspy Ethan Hunt on the run and trying to clear his name after being framed for the murder of his entire team (during the bravura opening section), a task that involves the now-iconic 'dangling-form-the-wires' scene when he (and the new team he puts together) has to break into the CIA headquarters in Langley to steal some data - a masterclass in suspense.
Yes, it has aged slightly (it is over 25 years old now, remember!), but still holds up surprisingly well!

The Virgin of the Wind Rose
Book
A Templar cryptogram has confounded scholars for centuries. Is it a ticking cipher bomb just...
Historical Mystery Historical Thriller