Carl F. Gauze doesn’t need CSI, he’s got Heather Dune Macadam’s The Weeping Buddha, a tightly written muder mystery revolving around modern forensic science and traditional police leg work.

Danny Goldberg, Victor Goldberg, and Robert Greenwald reserve their spots on John Ashcoft’s hit list by editing It’s a Free Country a collection of essays on post-9/11 America. Carl F. Gauze risks inclusion with a review.

If you thought Raymond Chandler was hard-boiled, you’re in for quite a shock from the gritty reality of Matthew Stokoe’s gripping new book, High Life. Ian Koss needed a shower after writing this review.

Sex, political intrigue, and… ancient Greece? Carl F. Gauze explains why Daniel Chavarria’s The Eye of Cybele is perfect summer reading.

Editor Norman Kelly takes a hard look at this business of black music in Rhythm And Business, a series of essays on the economic place of blacks in the music industry. Carl F. Gauze does the math.

What does the Chinese government fear from the exercise/philosophic movement of Falun Gong? Danny Schechter explores the subject in his new book, Falun Gong’s Challenge to China. James Mann takes an in-depth look.

Sure, we can all feel sympathy for the homeless, but do they all deserve your sympathy? That’s what Carl F. Gauze had to ask himself after finishing Daniel Buckman’s new novel, Water In Darkness.

The seamy underbelly of Brooklyn is exposed in Tim McLoughlin’s debut novel, Heart of the Old Country. But what’s tougher: a Brooklyn goombah, or a review from Carl F. Gauze?