I'm a writer of essays, non-fiction and historical crime/spy fiction who comes from the ultimate WWII/Cold War family. As a child, our family dinner table conversations revolved around daring escapes, underground networks, being chased by secret police, and even the occassional ghost story. Come to think of it, not much has changed since I've had my own family.
Anything by Raymond Chandler or Alan Furst. Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, East of Eden, Child 44, The Alienist, The Man Who Was Thursday, Mickey Spillane is fun, The Captive Mind, most Greek Tragedies, The Name of the Rose, any Uncle Oswald story, Peter Mayle beach reading, Shantaram...
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Casablanca, Dr. Zhivago, Raiders of the Lost Ark, TheThomas Crown Affair (old and new), Pan's Labyrinth, Six Feet Under, Mad Men, loved the one episode I saw of Rome, Prime Suspect series, Agatha Christie movies from the 60s and 70s, sucker for James Bond, Ronin, English Patient, The Fugitive, The Pianist...
Thanks for the add, Victoria. The Past Never Ends didn't make the cut. I'm just glad it was considered. The Expats by Chris Pavone got the Edgar for Best First Mystery Novel.
I've been away from here for a while and just read your blog on Dracula. Nice job!
Hi Victoria. I'm in the middle of writing my first novel. I've just started reading some Raymond Chandler. Which other Noir/Detective novels do you recommend?
Jackson Burnett
Thanks for the add, Victoria. The Past Never Ends didn't make the cut. I'm just glad it was considered. The Expats by Chris Pavone got the Edgar for Best First Mystery Novel.
I've been away from here for a while and just read your blog on Dracula. Nice job!
Dracula is also the first legal thriller. Stoker beat Grisham by almost a century. https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/4383233-dracula-as-lega...
What do you think?
Dec 5, 2013
William G. Davis
Hi Victoria! This is me:
https://www.amazon.com/author/daviswilliamg-mikegagenovels
Feb 23, 2014
Gavin Woods
Hi Victoria. I'm in the middle of writing my first novel. I've just started reading some Raymond Chandler. Which other Noir/Detective novels do you recommend?
Oct 24, 2014