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I knew this was going to be a quiet week here, but…it’s been too quiet for me. Hoping to get back into the swing of things next week, but I’m not going to promise anything. How are ya’ll doing?

Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
It’s the 10th Annual Independent Bookstore Day—go out there and support at least one!
S.A. Cosby Is Finding His Religion—in case you weren’t already excited for All the Sinners Bleed
Neil Gaiman is Releasing an Album?—sure, why not? Looks promising.
MWA Announces the 2023 Edgar Award Winners
As interesting as the awards are, I’m more excited because the Edgars means that it’s time for Crime Reads to post their The State of the Crime Novel Roundtable Discussion with the Edgar Nominees Part 1 and Part 2
For Poetry Month, Tor.com put together this list of Eight SFF Books Written in Verse—a.k.a. 8 Novels I Won’t Read, but Some of You Might Want to Try
“Holmes and Watson in Manhattan”: Musings on the Creation of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin—I will always read and always share a good Wolfe and Archie piece
What I Need Is a Literary Mood Ring—Molly Templeton asks, “how does a person go in search of the precisely right book that will incite a feeling?”
Duty Is Heavier Than A Mountain: A Ramble on Men and Mental Burdens in Early Epic Fantasy—Peat Long continues to ramble on men and Early Epic Fantasy
The Magic of Rereading Children’s Books
The Pain of Publishing
My Read-bait Words in the Synopsis or Reviews
Should We Be Paying More For Books?—I’m cheap enough to want to say no, but I’m pretty sure we should be
Star Rating System: Keep it or Abandon it Altogether?
What Plots Peat Likes—another good series by Peat continues…
Real Books: Funny Covers from Published Titles (I’ve read one of these and have had two others on my to-buy list for a bit, might have to add more)

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
The Eden Test by Adam Sternbergh—a thriller about a marriage on the brink. Not typically my kind of thing, but Sternbergh’s going to have a great take on this idea up his sleeve.
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane—”an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power, set against one of the most tumultuous episodes in Boston’s history.”

I spent more hours this week interacting with people after work hours than I’m used to (well, people who don’t live with me), which meant that I had very little time to do the kinds of reading that leads to things getting posted here. C’est la vie…

Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
National Library Week kicks off on Monday, the theme this year is “There’s More to the Story,” spotlighting the all the things libraries do.
I spent all night at the Last Bookstore. Things got spooky—a bookstore sleepover is such a great idea
Memes-field Park? ‘Digital natives’ are flirting with Jane Austen’s vision of the ideal man all over again
What Do Modern Mystery Novels and Medieval Mystery Plays Have in Common? Sin.
Nancy Drew and the Case of the Guilty Pleasure—how a young reader jumped the gap between blue-spined mysteries to those with yellow-spines
It’s Not The Size Of The Dog: A ramble on Small Men in early Epic Fantasy—a fun follow-up to Peat’s previous ramble about Large Men in Fantasy
Top 5 Tolkien Metal Bands—I didn’t even know this was a thing…
Stop the Audiobook Hate—it seems so stupid that this is a thing that people need to say, but…
What Worldbuilding Peat Likes—another follow-up from Peat Long, some good stuff here (probably doesn’t need to be said)

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
City of Dreams by Don Winslow—the second of Winslow’s swan-song trilogy is out, and getting nothing but (likely well-deserved) raves
The Rhythm of Time by Questlove and S. A. Cosby—I’m super-curious about what a collaboration between these two authors would produce—and then you make it a MG Fantasy (that sounds fun no matter who wrote it)? I’m dying to find out.
Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen—she solved one murder as an amateur, what can Annie McIntyre do as she trains as a P.I.? I had some very positive things to say about it recently.

Lastly, I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to Bachir Bastien, who followed the blog this week. I hope you enjoy the content and keep coming back.

I didn’t set out to share a bunch of recommendation lists this week, but, it ended up that way (and I axed a couple before publishing). Actually, I’m a little surprised to see that I have much to share. I spent most of my blog-hopping/social media/reading time this week doing things with people—a strange occurrence for this introverted homebody (all pleasant, don’t get me wrong–just strange).

Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
Bristol library exhibition of forgotten items left in books—I always enjoy these stories about odd things found in library books. (also, wow, is the BBC more comfortable with silence than US news. There’s no way that a US newscast wouldn’t impose a voiceover on those shots).
How Bookshop.org Survives—and Thrives—in Amazon’s World—(and yes, I would’ve shared this story even if I hadn’t recently been transitioned over to Bookshop.org for my purchase links)
Are these the most influential novelists of 2023?—LitHub’s Emily Temple trimmed TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023 down to the bookish people.
Judy Blume forever: the writer who dares to tell girls the plain truth—a nice piece about her on the eve of the long-awaited adaptation of her classic novel
Behind the Scenes of Barack Obama’s Reading Lists: Does the president really read all those books? The answer might surprise you.—huh. With lists like his (which are always interesting to peruse, even if they don’t move me to read anything) being so influential, it’s nice to get a behind-the-scenes glance.
How Ian Fleming Wrote Casino Royale and Changed Spy Fiction Forever
Don Winslow recommends 6 novels that have informed his craft
The 15 Best Modern Sci-Fi Authors Who Are Writing Today
What Characters Peat Likes
ARC Book Review Etiquette
Discussion: Star ratings need not be part of reviews
Revisiting my old blog posts—I don’t know that I’d have the guts to do this
Not So Gentle Giants: A Ramble on Big Men in early Epic Fantasy—a fun little ramble
Real Funny Books – Random Titles—some people would move on and try to forget these titles. Other people make lists with them.

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
Blood Runs Cold by Neil Lancaster—The newest DS Max Craigie promises to be disturbing as it focuses on human trafficking victims being re-abducted. It took me months to get to the last Max Craigie–I’m hoping my priorities are in better shape now.

Lastly, I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to Damien de Soto, who followed the blog this week. I hope you enjoy the content and keep coming back.

Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
What’s going on with all the empty author signing pics?—Lit Hub asks the question many of us have been asking lately.
Author James Patterson rips New York Times over its ‘bonkers’ Best Sellers list—On the one hand, it feels rather self-serving for this industry-unto-himself to take umbrage. But it could end up helping others, too.
Judy Blume Slams Gov. DeSantis’ Florida Censorship in Passionate Speech: ‘Teachers Are Under Fire’
A new edition of Gone With the Wind comes with a warning.—I could not care less about Mitchell’s work, but this warning is such a breath of fresh air following the Dahl, Christie, Fleming, etc. hubbub lately. This is how to do it.
Points mean pages: why I’ve embraced the world of online reading challenges
The Secret Codes Hidden in the Books of a Scottish Library—I’m pretty sure I’ve shared the link to this story before, but I saw a couple of people talking about it this week and had to do it again. How do you not smile about this?
Eli Cranor: An Author That’s Ozark Tough—A nice interview with Cranor
If you’re like me, when you think Eli Cranor your next thought is Sandra Boynton. Pop Culture of My Life: Sandra Boynton on Ted Lasso, Eloise, and her new book Woo Hoo! You’re Doing Great!—Okay, no one has ever thought that until now, but I thought the two pieces worked well. Also, I need a poster of that cover next to my desk.
Word love: In addition to being a fictionophile – I am also a logophile.—some great words are featured here (and some I’m trying to add to my working vocabulary now)—and the graphics are as good, if not better.
Breaking out of Completionist Mode—I’ve read this a few times just because I can appreciate where Alex is and have felt this so often.
For Adults Who Want to Try Kids Books

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
Ozark Dogs by Eli Cranor—I’m not going to try to summarize the story, if you need to know the plot, click the link. But the author’s name should be enough.
The Part About The Dragon Was (Mostly) True by Sean Gibson—not a new release, but a snazzy re-issue. This snarky bard’s story of a dragon hunt should not be missed.
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas—Thomas tries her hand at MG Fantasy “inspired by African American history and folklore.” This looks fun.
This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs—I’m not the target audience for this, but I’ve stumbled onto a couple of reviews this week and I’m very curious now. A love story, a celebration of pop music, a look at fame, and probably more, too.

Lastly, I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to Mike Finn and mehsi, who followed the blog this week. I hope you enjoy the content and keep coming back.

Before we kick things off today, a quick announcement: due to the success of such things as my Grandpappy’s Corner series where I read picture books (and the like), I’m starting a new series this month—A Latter-Day Victorian Reads Erotica (logo forthcoming). It’ll kick off Monday with a deep dive into the works of E. L. James, and it’ll get racier from there.

And now on to our regularly scheduled offerings (a big thanks to Celeste’s A Literary Escape for all the help with this week’s offerings!):
Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
Welcome to Brandon Sanderson’s Fantasy Empire—Esquire‘s Adam Morgan didn’t set off as much controversy as his colleague at Wired did last week. I’m still Sanderson-agnostic, but it’s stuff like this that makes me not want to be.
Guinness names four-year-old boy world’s youngest author—Awwww
Literary baby names ranked from least to most cringey.—this is a handy list for prospective/expecting parents. Or just fun to read for whoever.
An Interview With Tao Wong!—K.R.R. Lockhaven chats “with Tao Wong about cozy fantasy, food in books, and Kickstarter projects”
Constructing Doom in Eli Cranor’s DON’T KNOW TOUGH—Paul J. Garth breaks down a pivotal scene (maybe the pivotal scene) in Cranor’s novel. If you’ve read the book, this is a rewarding look. If you haven’t—stay away from this post until you’ve corrected your mistake.
Crazy Jobs 5 Famous Female Authors Had Before Writing—(I’m a little jealous of Octavia Butler, I’m sure the reality doesn’t match the fantasy around that job title, but man…)
I don’t (often) talk about adaptations, but how do you not get excited about this announcement from Edgar Wright?
Let’s Talk Bookish – Do Genres Change Over Time?—As I usually do when it comes to Let’s Talk Bookish prompts, I ran out of time to scribble anything in response. I think it’d have looked like a less thoughtful version of Peat Long’s had I managed to.
The Absurd Infantilisation of Children’s Literature—The Orangutan Librarian starts with the hatchet job taken to Dahl’s works and moves on from there.
Why I disagree with the Bowdlerisation of Agatha Christie by HarperCollins—Mike Finn nails it
What I’ve learnt from reading fiction – part 9—as always, I love these posts.
Reading is a radical act
Five Science Fiction Book Recommendations for Beginners—a good starter list. Also a decent list of SF reads for people who aren’t beginners
How the Pandemic Changed My Reading Experience
Have Book Bloggers Been “Deinfluencers” All Along?
How To Work With Book Bloggers [Marketing Tips]—I can think of a few authors I’d like to send this post to if I could only figure out a way to do it without being/coming across as a twerp
On Story-Savvy Audiences and Obviousness—this is incredibly important for the Thriller/Mystery community (but holds for every genre)

A Little Help for Our Friend
Kickstarter: Mrs. Covington’s: A Cozy Fantasy Novel—It’s at 81 percent with 11 days to go, if you haven’t kicked in yet, why not do it today? Pretty please?

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
Know Thy Enemy by Jeffery H. Haskell—Grimm and the crew of the Interceptor are back in death-defying action
Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey—”genre-defying story of humanity’s expansion across millions of dimensions—and the AI technology that might see it all come to an end.”
Strictly No Heroics by B.L. Radley—”a normal teen girl must navigate crushing on her best friend, starting a new summer job, and not being squashed during the next supervillain showdown in B.L. Radley’s young adult debut filled with humor and heart.”

Lastly, I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to Hilarey, who followed the blog this week. I hope you enjoy the content and keep coming back.

Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
An Unstandardized, Decentralized Carnival Fire: How Rare Books Are Cataloged—something I’d never given a moment of thought to before, but now I kind of want to spend weeks studying (Morgan Freeman voice-over: He won’t).
Benedict Jacka’s new series officially announced—he’s been talking pretty vaguely about this for months, but now things are official enough that we get details.
I Was a Teenage Pop Culture Detective: Hector DeJean on the delights of discovering cultural offerings in the days before the internet.—this goes beyond books, but I still think it counts. Readers of a certain age will identify with a lot of this. Younger readers might grow in their appreciation for how good they have it.
Beyond the Wardrobe: A Commendation of the Wider Works of C.S. Lewis
Reading in a Fallow Month
How I plan my blog posts—Wait, what? You can plan these things?
The Big, Long List of Awesome Indie Books—Great idea. And one I wish I had years ago. I was inspired for about 3 minutes by this to come up with my own. Then I started thinking about all the work involved and opened Twitter instead.
Speaking of great ideas involving a lot of work…The Longest SFF Series by Word Count
Are Wild Adaptations of Your Work a Sign You’ve “Made It” As an Author?
Why Rereading Books is Worthwhile: Rediscovering Old Favourites

A Book-ish Related Podcast episode (or two) you might want to give a listen to:
Fiction Fans Author Interview: The Hero Interviews by Andi Ewington—since I finally got around to writing about the book this week, I could let myself listen to this. A good chat about a good book—brought up a lot of stuff I forgot to say, too.
Fiction Fans Author Interview: Mrs. Covington’s by K.R.R. Lockhaven—Sara and Lily talk to Lockhaven about the Kickstarter for his new novel.

A Little Help for Our Friend
Kickstarter: Mrs. Covington’s: A Cozy Fantasy Novel—It’s almost at 40 percent after 4 days, if you haven’t kicked in yet, why not do it today?

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto—a delightful mystery about tea, found family, loneliness, and (sure) a murder. I tried to express how happy it made me earlier this week
Good Dog, Bad Cop by David Rosenfelt—It really feels like The K Team series is coming into its own with this one. I talked a bit about it recently.

Lastly, I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to SHANNON K SEXTON, who followed the blog this week. I hope you enjoy the content and keep coming back.

I’m still dealing with the Tiki Idol necklace I mentioned on Wednesday, but at least I’ve been able to escape into a few good books this week–hopefully, I can find the time to talk about them soon.

In the meantime, let’s take a look at this week’s Miscellany.

Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
Former resident born in library returns to celebrate 94th birthday—Enjoy a moment of “Awwwwww…”
Bookstores enjoy a renaissance as readers embace [sic] real books
How to organize your books, according to people with thousands of them
Judy Blume Forever – Official Trailer
Top 11 Funniest Mistakes in Popular Books—Maybe not funny ha-ha but funny weird.
The series Conversations on Hope in the Fantastical series continued this week at Witty & Sarcastic Book Club with:
…Featuring JCM Berne
An Interview with Joyce Reynolds-Ward
An Interview with Michael Lortz
An Interview with Beth Tabler
Amazon vs. Piracy: Who’s winning, and why?—one author’s perspective and experience
The best and worst publishing trends—N.S. Ford has a few opinions on publishing trends
Everything is Fantasy—Hiu Gregg has some thoughts on the wideness of the Fantasy genre

A Book-ish Related Podcast episode (or two) you might want to give a listen to:
The Acknowledgements “The Part About the Dragon Was (Mostly) True” by Sean Gibson – Episode 2—1. The idea behind this podcast is ingenious. 2. This particular episode is great–I laughed multiple times and enjoyed learning a bit more about the novel, too.

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
Fox Spirit by Allyson Johnson—I intended to talk about this last week, but slipped up. This is an online novel being posted twice a week, the link’ll take you to the intro post. Johnson knows her stuff when it comes to books, I can only imagine that’ll shine through in her writing.
Backpacking through Bedlam by Seanan McGuire—The latest InCryptid novel finds Alice and Thomas trying to get used to life on Earth again—just when the Covenant of St. George launches an attack. This looks fun.
Teen Titans: Robin by Kami Garcia, Gabriel Picolo (Art)—the new graphic novel in this series focuses on Dick Grayson and Damian.
But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films by Kristen Lopez—”Turner Classic Movies offers an endlessly fascinating look at 52 beloved screen adaptations and the great reads that inspired them.” This looks like a fun look at what makes for a good adaptation—either a faithful one or one that isn’t.
Instinct edited by L. J. Hachmeister—UF stories about animal companions of some of our favorite characters (and some brand new), with profits donated to a puppy rescue. What more could you want?

Lastly, I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to hikingtheup who followed the blog this week. I hope you enjoy the content and keep coming back.

One of the best things about what I’ve been reading/blogging about lately is that I can walk away from not being able to write about a book featuring bent and broken cops to do a quick write-up about a children’s D&D book. I mean, those cops are still weighing on my mind, like they have been for two weeks—but at least I produced something.

It feels like I’m on the verge of a long ramble, but today is an oddly busy Saturday, so I’m going to shut up and move on with the Miscellany…

This is another week without any new releases catching my eye—is it me or is there something going on in the publishing world? It seems like we’ve had more of those this year than I’m used to. I will say the next two weeks will not find me saying that, however.

Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
Bryant & May novelist Christopher Fowler has died aged 69—I didn’t read as much Bryant & May as I intended to, but any time I spent with Fowler was a reward.
Roald Dahl is the last thing we should worry about on World Book Day—great perspective
Autism can be a huge publishing strength—and challenge—really glad I read this
The Indie Fantasy Fund—what a great idea, definitely worth throwing a couple of bucks at
How Two Jewish Kids in 1930s Cleveland Altered the Course of American Pop Culture: On Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, and the Birth of Superman—I don’t know that I want to take the time to read the whole book, but I really liked this excerpt
Suspiciously Suspect: Who Is—and Isn’t—an Unreliable Narrator?—I don’t spend much time doing it, but I do appreciate chewing on the idea of what makes an unreliable narrator—and what supposedly doesn’t.
Why You Shouldn’t Write to Market: Book Berne-ing ep 002—Even if you ignore what he says about The Irresponsible Reader, this discussion about the relationship between authors and readers is well worth your time. Berne hits on things that I think we’re prone to ignore. The fact that my friend includes a shout-out to this here website was a pleasant surprise and a bonus.
Witty and Sarcastic Book Club is in the middle of another great series. These Conversations on Hope in the Fantastical are my favorite non-book reads of the week.
…Featuring Dorian Hart
An Interview with DH Willison
…Featuring Ricardo Victora
An Interview with Raina Nightingale
Why is every character suddenly an ‘antihero’ now? What happens when no one can call a villain a villain—The author has some strange ideas about “suddenly.” And honestly, I think a lot of what he says/concludes is flawed. But I did enjoy the piece…any thoughts?
World Book Day 2023: Books That Are Special To Us—to commemorate Wold Book Day, “the FanFiAddict team wanted to share some of the books that are special to us, whether it be an old favourite from our childhoods or a new found love.” If this post doesn’t cause your heart to grow three sizes, something’s wrong with you. At the same time, if your heart does grow three sizes…you should consult a physician immediately, something really could be wrong with you.
The Slow Horses, but Muppets—Spy Write’s bringing the grins lately, this casting of Herron’s Slow Horses with the Muppets made me chuckle—and some of the pictures sealed it (Kermit’s in particular). I’m not sure I was prepared for Scooter’s picture though, some things are still too fresh…

Lastly, I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to Mike Finn, who followed the blog this week. I hope you enjoy the content and keep coming back.

Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
AI-generated fiction is flooding literary magazines — but not fooling anyone—Am sure you’ve all seen headlines about this already…
Literary giants have thoughts on the new edits to Roald Dahl’s works.—this is a bit (just a bit) moot thanks to the news yesterday that Roald Dahl’s publisher responds to backlash by keeping ‘classic’ texts in print—which makes a the voice inside my head that wears a spiffy tinfoil chapeau wonder if the whole thing was a publicity stunt.
The rise and fall — and rise again — of Barnes & Noble
What Is It That Makes Used Bookstores So Wonderful?: Used bookstores are more than just stores with books—Yes.
The Importance of Duality of Plot in Space Operas
The Importance of Rom Coms!
From the Pages of Slough House: Leadership Tips from Jackson Lamb, The Perfect Boss—yes, I’m critical of ChatGPT things, but when used the way that Jeff at Spy Write does here, it produces some fun content. I’m going to remember some of these tips for my next job interview…

A Book-ish Related Podcast episode (or two) you might want to give a listen to:
The Chronscast E15 – Introducing Peat Long—Peat Long joins the team over at Chronscast and gets introduced here, if you’ve ever wondered about the voice behind the provocative blog posts, here’s your chance. (also, listen to their exit music at 1.0…I might make this podcast a regular listen for it alone)
The Professional Noticer An Accidental Death…with Peter Grainger—an incredibly rare audio appearance by the great Peter Grainger

Heavy on the book blogger posts this week—some great stuff, IMHO. The one news story is likely going to my favorite (or in the top 3) of the year.

Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
Calvin & Hobbes Creator Bill Watterson Is Back With “A Fable For Grown Ups” Called The Mysteries—For me, all I needed to read/link to this week is this post. And yes, I’ve placed my order.
Although, I thought LitHub’s version of the announcement was more amusing.
What “The Last Unicorn” Means to Us Today: A metaphor for our search for belonging.—eh, sure, this is about the movie, not the novel. Close enough, I guess. (I do like the idea of Geek Therapy, and will have to look at more of this author’s work)
Adult Consolations: Tolkien on Fantasy—loved this
A draft examination of the direct influences of fantasy authors pre-2000 part one: Preliminaries and Overview—The title says it all—a great post from Peat Long (who should probably share the byline on my Miscellanies lately), the work on this one post has to roughly equal the work I’ve done on this whole blog over the years.
Celebrating Love Stories #RespectRomFic—In honor of that holiday earlier in the week
In the same vein: You can read it in the time it takes to have a one night stand’: authors on their favourite romcom books—this is an interesting list from The Guardian. Worth checking out if only for Mike Gayle’s entry, he suggests the last author I’d have imagined on a list like this.
Negative Book Reviews Are Necessary—yup
Songs that fit book characters—this is a fun idea
The Audience for Book Reviews

A Book-ish Related Podcast episode (or two) you might want to give a listen to:
Roughneck Dispatch: Jo Perry—Matt Phillips has started a new podcast about storytelling, this episode features a conversation with the great Jo Perry. I’m only halfway through the episode, but it’s so good that I didn’t want to risk forgetting to post the link.

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel—A story of some twins struggling to make it in a small Ohio city (which is a lousy description, but you try to sum up this book in a pithy sentence). It’s from McDaniel, it’s beautiful, it’s tragic. Here’s my inadequate take on it from a couple of weeks ago.
Black Wolf by Kathleen Kent—An undercover CIA agent in Belarus during the crumbling of the USSR trying to prevent nuclear weapons from falling into the wrong hands, maybe discovers a serial killer (or something worse)