Baltimore

(1) Murder in Baltimore (Sentinel/Homicide: Life on the Streets)

By D L Witherspoon
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 28th February 2000 (1)
Tags: Short Story
(30K)

Jim and Blair get involved with the H:LOTS folks when Jim sees a body fall into the harbour. This is a nice intro, putting the two universes together. Though it was convenient to have the old-friend-of-Simon thing to ease the way, if it hadn't, then they would have wasted a lot of time being suspicious of the wrong person. There was enough there that I could cope even though I've never seen H:LOTS, and it was well enough done to make me want to look up the other stories in this sequence, even though the main reason I'd read it was so I'd have a bit of backstory for the second "Supernatural" story, which is a crossover in this sequence.

(2) Conversations in Cascade (Sentinel/Homicide: Life on the Streets)

By D L Witherspoon
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 28th February 2000 (3)
Tags: Short Story
(26K)

The second in the Baltimore sequence. Jim has a talk to Frank Pemberton about "Ellison's Guide for the Proper Care and Feeding of Partners". It's delightful. Priceless, actually.

(3) Busman's Holiday (Sentinel/Homicide: Life on the Streets)

By D L Witherspoon
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 28th February 2000 (4)
Tags: Novelette
(53K)

The third in the Baltimore sequence. Team building from across the nation. This was good. I enjoyed it better than TAE's "team building" stories because the writing flowed better. This had a few nice Deep & Meaningful's tossed in, as well as some cool, but lighter, dialogue. Enjoyable.

(5) Darkest of Nights (Sentinel/Homicide: Life on the Streets)

By D L Witherspoon
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 28th February 2000 (5)

The fifth in the Baltimore sequence. This one is really H:LOTS angst, with Jim providing a friendly ear. More for the H:LOTS fans, I think.

(6) Recovery and Loss (Sentinel/Homicide: Life on the Streets)

By D L Witherspoon
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 28th February 2000 (6)

The sixth in the Baltimore sequence. Companion piece to Darkest of Nights, with a different set of characters coming at the same H:LOTS angst from the other end. With a touch of Jim & Blair smarm at the end.