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MOONSTONE DOUBLE SHOT: GREEN HORNET & KATO/I.V. FROST & MORAY

Moonstone Books presents a new, Double Shot release, headlining those dynamic crime-fighters, the Green Hornet, Kato, I.V. Frost and Jean Moray in two sensational stories.

The Hornet novella springs from Mel Odom, and the Frost short story from Ron Fortier. The tales complement each other well, making this Moonstone submission a literary winner on both counts, abetted by a crackerjack cover from Malcolm McClinton and striking interiors from Sergio Ibanez.

For Odom's adventure, "The Hornet's Big Score", Britt Reid and Hayashi Kato face a killing spree from the crafty crime lord Kavieff and race forth to snuff the carnage. The Detroit escapade proves touchy, but our resilient duo fights on to right the great wrong in this sizzling exploit.  

In Fortier's Frost caper, "the Vanishing Train", our cool criminologist and his scrupulous, Harlow-ish confidant, Miss Moray, investigate a missing locomotive. How could an object so massive just disappear? That's the clever angle of this crisply written mystery, which will leave readers conjecturing to the hilt.  

Don't miss out on this momentous Moonstone Double Shot. Purchase it now at 

http://moonstonebooks.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=1240

WISE WORDS:

GOODBYE, ROMY WALTHALL (WINDSOR)...

Many fans know you best from the series, Man of the People; Hotel Malibu; Civil Wars; and Murder One. 

To werewolf aficionados, however, you're a first-class, lunar darling, thanks to Howling IV: the Original Nightmare and Howling: New Moon Rising. 

You also shared your alluring aura to Face/Off; Surf Ninjas; Up the Creek; A Bunny's Tale; Thief of Hearts; Os and 1s; and House of Usher '89; plus guest starred on such television entries as Quantum Leap; the X-Files; the Nightmare Room; In the Heat of the Night; L.A. Law; Loveboat: the Next Wave; Camp Nowhere; and Charles in Charge. 

You were a mesmerizing beauty and all-around, splendid talent, Ms. Walthall, taken from us far too soon, but not soon forgotten. 

Time Travel Time/Loki Time: Erasure or Redemption

That Thor's adopted brother, Loki, is now a heroic sort, or in the very least an anti-hero, is rather peculiar when one considers how rotten-to-the-core he once was (and probably still is). Nevertheless, just like we see bad guys turn good in pro wrestling and the fans let bygones be bygones, the same seems to apply to this lethal trickster. 

Loki's Disney+, Michael Waldron co-produced extension will explore the God of Mischief's quirky duality by placing him front and center where his mad charm can be further dissected and savored. Tom Hiddleston (also the show's exec producer) is, of course, reprising his most famous role in the 6-part event which, like WandaVision and the Falcon and the Winter Soldier, will buffer further Phase IV chapters. 

From what's reputed, Loki's exploits will bounce off Endgame, with the devilish deity summoned by the Time Variance Authority (a league that monitors time/reality ruptures), giving our lead the choice of erasure or redemption, the latter by investigating the murders of TVA's police force, the Minutemen. (Incidentally, there may be a Loki counterpart in this crafty caper and a fetching lady, at that; hint, hint.) 

Joining Hiddleston is Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Revonna Lexus Renslayer (a TVA judge) and Owen Wilson as Mobius M. Mobius (a TVA analyst). Also in the series is Sophia D. Martino (hmmm, wonder who she's portraying), Eugene Cordero, Erika Coleman, Tara Strong (via voice), and fantasy-film favorite, Richard E. Grant.  

Fans continue to speculate on whether Chris Hemsworth's Thor, Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie and/or Jaimie Alexander's Lady Sif will drop by, not to mention Jonathan Majors as a possible Kang the Conqueror. Anything is possible (perhaps even probable) after Evan Peters shook the MCU, and springing surprises on viewers when they least expect them is now the norm, but all the same, we'll wait and see.

But one thing's for certain: From every indication and insinuation, Loki should be another huge, Disney+ hit. It streams into home theaters June 9. 

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