Mystery

How Becerra Did a Proper Runner and Left Everyone Else at the Starting Block Right, let me be honest with you straight off the bat—when I first clocked this story about Becerra leapfrogging his rivals in California’s gubernatorial race, my first thought was: Has this bloke discovered some sort of political teleportation device? Because mate, watching someone vault over their competition in American politics is rarer than finding a honest estate agent. Yet here we are, and it’s absolutely fascinating in the way a car crash is fascinating—you can’t look away even though you probably should. ...

UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS A Mystery Pilot Created by an Original Voice FADE IN: COLD OPEN INT. VICTORIAN ROWHOUSE - MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT Dark. Rain hammers old windows. A flashlight beam cuts through the black. NORA CALLAHAN (40s, silver-streaked hair pulled back in a paint-stained bandana, sharp eyes that miss nothing) moves the beam across peeling wallpaper. Rose patterns. Faded to the color of old blood. She’s wearing a tool belt over a flannel shirt. Holds a clipboard in one hand, flashlight in the other. ...

VARNISH & ASHES An Original Mystery Series COLD OPEN FADE IN: EXT. CHICAGO — ESTABLISHING — NIGHT — 1943 Aerial view. The city grid glitters below, but dimly — blackout curtains soften every window to a bruise. A WAR BOND billboard looms over Michigan Avenue: a soldier’s silhouette against a sunrise, the words HE’S GIVING EVERYTHING. ARE YOU? A paper blows past it. Nobody watches it go. INT. ALDERMAN GALLERY — BACK ROOM — CONTINUOUS ...