Rick Mofina

Profile Information:

Hometown:: Canada ("Canada? I don't even know what street Canada's on." -- Al Capone
About Me:: Award-winning thriller author of A Perfect Grave, Every Fear, The Dying Hour, Be Mine, No Way Back, Blood of Others, Cold Fear, If Angels Fall and SIX SECONDS, to be released early in 2009.
I Am A:: Writer
Website:: http://www.rickmofina.com
Books And Authors I Like:: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
In Cold Blood, Crime & Punishment, As I Lay Dying, Homicide (David Simon) Close Pursuit, Carsten Stroud.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Them! Homicide and The Exorcist

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Jordan Dane

I know what street Canada is on and I'd love to go back there. Wishing you the best in 2008 and thanks for the friendship. Cheers!

Jan 2, 2008
Dennis Leppanen

Thanks for the invite, Rick. Happy New Year to a fellow journalist.

Jan 2, 2008
Sylvia Dickey Smith

Thanks for the invitation, Rick! And hi from Texas!

Jan 2, 2008
Breanda Cross

G'day from Australia Rick. Lived in Ottawa many eons ago. Loved it - but too cold for an Aussified Brit like me.
We seem to enjoy same books/authors. In Cold Blood started me off on faction writing but over here the bookstores still frown on it - don't know where to put the book on the shelves. Like you, I'm not a blogger, so this is all very new to me.

Jan 2, 2008
S D Fiennes-Clinton

Happy New Year, Rick. I'm feeling rather overwhelmed and excited, too by the response of authors like yourself in welcoming me to Crimespace. Thank you.

Jan 2, 2008
Sarah M. Chen

Happy New Year Rick! Thanks for the invite and it's always nice to meet a fellow Canadian.

Jan 2, 2008
Camilla Trinchieri

Thanks for including me among your friends. I've hought of blogging too but won't as I think it will drain my writing energy. Novel writing is challenging enough. As for slam bang openings--they are wonderful if you can come up with them. fHappy New Year. Camilla

Jan 3, 2008
Craig McDonald

Thanks very much for the invite Rick, and best wishes for a great ought-eight.

Jan 3, 2008
Eddie Vincent

Happy New Years! Thanks for the invite.
Eddie

Jan 5, 2008
Hazel Edwards

Happy to accept your invite. Agree about Heart of Darkness.Crimespace is a new experience for me and so is blogging.I co-authored my son's exblog 'Cycling Solo;Ireland to Istanbul' into a co-written book, but tend to concentrate on writing on my projects with deadlines, rather than blogging. However writing crime is new for me, so I'm regarding this as research. Many thanks.

Jan 6, 2008
Kim Smith

Hey Rick,
Thanks for the friend invite. I admit *gasp* that I have not read any of your books. After reading the line about the ax, well, at least now I know to read your books in the daylight!! I am going to my local B&N this afternoon and I promise to "pick you up".
Will give you a nod when I finish *gulp* digesting your thriller ! :) kim

Jan 7, 2008
Margaret Grace

Thanks Rick. Now that Dexter is over for the season, I have yours to look forward to!

Jan 7, 2008
Larry W. Chavis

Rick,
Thanks for your invitation. Congratulations on the recognition of A PERFECT GRAVE. I've got it on my 'to-be-acquired' list.

Jan 7, 2008
len howlett

Hi Rick,

Thanks for your attention. I value the company of people who care about literature. I just noticed you like Conrad. 'The Secret Sharer' is one of my all time favorites. I also like john burdett, forgot to mention him on my page. But I will read some of your work as well. Looking forward to it.
Len

Jan 7, 2008
Margot Justes

Rick,
Thank you for the invitation. Congratulations on the award.
Margot

Jan 7, 2008
Regina Williams

Thanks for the invite. Will be looking for your books.

Jan 7, 2008
Jackie Tritt

Thanks for inviting me, Rick. Huge congratulations for being named best paperback 2007.

cheers

Jackie

Jan 7, 2008
Donna Moore

Hi Rick - thanks for the invite. Congrats on your Deadly Pleasures best book listing!

Jan 7, 2008
L. A. Starks

Thanks for the add. Impressive background.

Jan 7, 2008
Loretta Ross

Hi! Thanks for the invite and congratulations on making the "best of" list! A Perfect Grave sounds intriguing. I'll have to add it to my wish list. ;)

Jan 8, 2008
Ron Adams

Thanks for the invitation, Rick. Good to be here!

Ron Adams

Jan 8, 2008
Rose Mercer

Tks for inviting me. Wishing you much success in this New Year!

Jan 8, 2008
LJ Roberts

Hey Rick! Thanks for the invitation.

LJ

Jan 9, 2008
Candy Calvert

Hello Rick--thank you for friending me, and congratulations on the DEADLY PLEASURES pick. A great holiday "gift" indeed--though I know how hard you worked for it. Again, kudos--and Happy New Year!

Candy

Jan 10, 2008
Dorien Grey

Hi, Rick:

Thanks for inviting me to your friends' list...I'm happy to accept. Congratulations on the Deadly Pleasures nod for A Perfect Grave. I hope to learn more about you (and maybe vice-versa) here on CrimeSpace.

Dorien

Jan 10, 2008
Susan Whitfield

Good morning, Rick. Congratulations on your writing success! I'm going to check out your new series soon.

Jan 11, 2008
Maryann Miller

Thanks for the invite, Rick. I see I will be adding more books to my TBR pile. :-) Your books sound like the type my husband and I enjoy reading.

Jan 11, 2008
Sylvia Dickey Smith

I agree with Al Capone, Rick, I don't know which street Canada is on either! But Texas -- heck you can get lost in Texas, too! 900 miles across from east to west. And if you don't like the weather here, just wait a minute!

Jan 11, 2008
Brian L Porter

Hi Rick, thanks for the welcome. Nice to know you. See my websites too!

Brian

Jan 11, 2008
ruth

Hi Rick, thanks for the invite. Canada huh, hopefully nowhere near my relatives, cause they'd probably be real quick to tell you I am the Black Sheep of the family!

Never blogged? No I thought I hadn't either, til someone pointed out our website was "an original blogger". Wow, I live and learn. So - happy blogging, actually, you get to learn a lot by reading blogs - so carry on writing!

Jan 12, 2008
Amanda Howard

Hi Rick I'm in the same boat about blogging. I didn't know why I needed one, but I've just done my third entry and it's been enjoyable. Letting me just throw away some energy so I can then get back to my 'normal writing'.

I've actually stopped writting True crime for just a moment to try my hand at a fiction. I didn't think I had it in me, but it's going rather well.

Cheers from Australia

Amanda. .

Jan 12, 2008
Sue Dawson

Congratulations on your award for A Perfect Grave. I will take a look-see at one of my online book sites (I use Seattle Mystery Bookshop a lot.). I wish I could purchase all the mysteries that I enjoy and find on various sites, but as a retired teacher, I have a champagne appetite and a beer pocketbook." Heck, I have always been in that boat even before I was retired. Oops, too many metaphors--my local library will get notification if I do not buy it, and because the book is an award winner, I may be able to convince the head librarian to make a purchase.

Jan 13, 2008
Sue Dawson

It is in Dallas Library's collection and is checked out until January 31, 2008. I put a hold on an earlier book, though. New stuff only checks out for 2 weeks; older, for 3.

Jan 13, 2008
Michael Haskins

Thanks for the invite Rick and congrats for making the best of 2007 list!

Jan 14, 2008
Declan Burke

Hi Rick - Much obliged for the invite, sir ... if you fancy dropping over to Crime Always Pays to fill out a Q&A, just drop me a line ... dbrodb(at)gmail.com. Cheers, Dec

http://crimealwayspays.blogspot.com/

Jan 15, 2008
robert walker

Hello Rick -- we met all too briefly and on the fly at B-Con Madison. Hope all is going well with your writing. Hey if you hear tell of a mystery suspense anthology going down let me know, will ya?
Rob Walker
City of the Absent

Jan 16, 2008
Pepper Smith

Thanks for the invitation, Rick. Nice to meet you.

Jan 17, 2008
Shayk1951

Thanks, Rick, for adding me as a friend. And congrats on your book being selected.

Shay

Jan 20, 2008
Neil White

Thanks for the invite, Rick. One of the problems I have is that I don't know any other writers. I know other lawyers, and I know other people I would call friends, but not writers, and it is good to meet someone who is where I would like to be, and seven books further along.

Jan 20, 2008
Jon McGoran as D. H. Dublin

Hey Rick,
Thanks for the invite. Nice to meet someone who shares my enthusiasm for blogging...

Jan 20, 2008
Geoff McGeachin

Hi Rick,
Very interesting bio up on your site and congratulations on your success. Always had an affinity for Canada as my old man was an RAAF navigator who trained there in WW2.
I guess his subsequent adventures in Europe were what got me interested in the thriller/espionage/man-on-the-run genres.

Best wishes, Geoff

Jan 21, 2008
Sophie Littlefield

thx for the invite - what an honor! A Perfect Grave is on my to-be-read pile right now. - Sophie

Jan 21, 2008
Laura L. Cooper

Thanks for the invite. Congrats on the recognition for your work from Deadly Pleasures!
--Laura

Jan 24, 2008
pam ward

Hi fellow crime hound. glad to be found in this urban maze of crime writers. I liked your blog by the way. Keep it up!
Pam Ward, author, WANT SOME GET SOOME

Jan 26, 2008
Alison Bruce

Hi, You're making blogging sound like it's worth a try - I'll watch your progress and might even give it a try myself!

Good luck with it, Alison

Jan 28, 2008
Rakesh Singh

Thanks for inviting me.Hope to interact you soon in detail.Take care.

Jan 28, 2008
Andrea Campbell

Rick,

Nice to see your page on crimespace - - and your smiling face. Congrats on the latest award from Deadly Pleasures.

Cheers,

Andrea

Jan 29, 2008
Karen Allingham

Hi Rick, nice to meet you! I'm still getting my bearings on this site, so bear with me. So far, I'm loving it!

Jan 30, 2008
Dee Owen

Thanks for the invitation Rick. Dee

Jan 30, 2008
Donna Carrick

Hey, Rick, I recently re-read Crime & Punishment. What a marvel of wordology -- truly inspirational! When I see words used like that to lay open the human mind with such utter precision, it really makes me want to kick my heels up and write.
Happy Family Day, if you get this new holiday in your part of Canukia!
Donna Carrick www.donnacarrick.com

Feb 18, 2008