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- At 7:08am on August 31, 2009,
Libby Cudmore said… - OH! I love Homicide! My boyfriend and I just finished the series and movie. Today is Det. Sheppard's birthday (according to IMDB) so you can eat a cupcake in her honor. Who was your favorite cop? I loved Bayliss, Kay and Beau, my boyfriend loved Gee and Lewis. He even bought me a copy of the book! Good stuff!
- At 5:11am on August 27, 2009,
Preetham Grandhi said… - Hi Margot , I want to introduce you to my debut novel "A Circle of souls" which is a murder, mystery, psychological thriller and a tale of justice and hope. Do visit www.acircleofsouls.com to read more about the book. Make sure you sign up to win an autographed copy of the book. You can also read more reviews by clicking on the More Reviews button at the website. Thanks for your time in advance.
Best regards
Preetham Grandhi
Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.
- At 4:00pm on August 6, 2008,
Beth Groundwater said… - Thanks for becoming my friend, Margot. Being a mystery author, I looove librarians and I have a soft spot for the profession that helped foster a love of reading--and writing--in me.
- At 8:36am on June 27, 2008,
Donna Carrick said… - I don't think we ever got Life on the Street up here in Toronto, but I love Law&Order, both original & Criminal Intent, also SVU, and Prime Suspect was a terrific show.
Hope you get more time for your own writing soon!
Donna
- At 9:08am on June 25, 2008,
Donna Carrick said…
- Excellent space, Margot! And man, you sure have my favourite TV shows pegged!
All the best,
Donna Carrick
www.donnacarrick.com
- At 1:28am on June 14, 2008,
carole gill said… - thanks so much!
I finally got my page the way I wanted.
all the best,
carole
- At 12:48am on June 14, 2008,
carole gill said…
- I don't know what happened, can't find you in my friends! it's happened before to me, just bring yourself back, Margot!
- At 1:26pm on March 20, 2008,
L.J. Sellers said… - Hi Margot
Elmore Leonard and Stephen King are at top of my list too. And thanks for being a librarian. I worked in our small town public library as a high school student — and discovered the amazing world of fiction authors.
- At 3:11am on March 9, 2008,
Grant McKenzie said… - Hey Margot: US rights to SWITCH have still to be sold. The final edited manuscript is to be presented to international buyers at the London Book Fair, so keep your fingers crossed ;-)
I was born in Scotland, live in Canada, and the book is set in Portland, Oregon, so, hopefully, a North American deal is just around the corner.
- At 10:05am on October 22, 2007,
Rosemary Harris said…
- Good grief..Gil Scott Heron! I'm having flashbacks.
Thanks..
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- Hometown:
- Greencastle, IN
- About Me:
- I get to do all the fun stuff at our public library. I coordinate the annual author series, organize the library book group and our Putnam County READS program (AN UNFINISHED LIFE by Mark Spragg), select books for the adult ficiton collection and much more as Director of Community Relations.
I've met some great authors and love mystery and crime fiction. I like to read a wide range of genres and also nonfiction--but always have to go back for my fix of mystery and/or crime, in between.
- I Am A:
- Reader, Librarian
- Website:
- http://www.putnam.lib.in.us
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Elmore Leonard, James Ellroy, Stephen King, Mo Hayder, John Connolly, James Lee Burke, Walter Mosley, Michael Robotham, Peter Straub, Tobias Wolff, Lynda LaPlante, Ian McEwan, Alice Munro, John D. MacDonald,Larry Brown, Michael Chabon, Robert Crais, Craig Holden, P.D. James, Michael Connelly, Michael Koryta, Giles Blunt, Jonathan Lethem,Phillip Roth, Yan Martel, Harper Lee, Armistead Maupin, Mary Karr, Amy Hempel, Mary Doria Russell, Kay Ryan, Michael Martone, Mark Spragg, John Irving, Pete Hamill, Elizabeth George, Val McDermid, Margaret Atwood, Louise Erdrich, Anchee Min, Dennis Lehane, T.C. Boyle, Scott Turow, Lisa See, Gus Lee, Lee Child, David L. Lindsey, Marcus Sakey, Gil Adamson
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- TV: Homicide: Life on the Street (best show they ever took off TV), Law & Order (original--from the very beginning), Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Medium, Prime Suspect, Rescue Me, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, That 70's Show, Damages, Life,
MOVIES: Band of Brothers, Last King of Scotland, Blood Diamond, Pan's Labyrinth, The Shawshank Redemption, The Departed, Crash, The Green Mile, The Silence of the Lambs, The Deer Hunter, Glory, Rain Man,One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Chinatown, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Annie Hall, Deliverance, To Kill a Mockingbird, A River Runs Through It, Rear Window, Rope, The Third Man, The Birds, Unforgiven(just watched again), Babel, The Kite Runner, In the Valley of Elah, No Country for Old Men, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead
The very heart and core of ages past,
The reason why men lived and worked and died,
The essence and quintessence of their lives.
—Amy Lowell, The Boston Athenaeum
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2008 Man Booker Longlist Announced
29 July 2008
The judges for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction have announced the longlist for this year's prize.
The longlist of 13 books, often referred to as the ‘Man Booker Dozen', was chosen from 112 entries; 103 were submitted for the prize and nine were called in by the judges.
The authors & titles are:
Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger
Gaynor Arnold, Girl in a Blue Dress
Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
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No time to blog, when planning a FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK.
I haven't had time to write anything of late that doesn't have to do with promotion of our library's inaugural FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK, scheduled for Saturday, September 15, 10 am - 5 pm. I hope if you're in the area you'll take the day to attend. Some great mystery writers will be there! Scarlett Dean, Kit Ehrman, JA Konrath, Michael Koryta, and Lisa Lutz.
Posted on September 4, 2007 at 1:30am —
Research: Detectives
I have been researching how to write the perfect detective novel. The following has been immensely helpful. Although I risk sharing this--I can't help but pass along the information from, This American Life: Detectives.
Believe me, it's worth a listen.
http://podcast.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/28.mp3
Act One. Detective Notebook.
Ir
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How do you do it?
After spending a week of non-stop writing I am exhausted. By writing, I don't mean the creative kind. Let's make up the crime to top all crimes. Or, damn I didn't have her pegged for the killer untill the very last paragraph.
I wrote a press release for our library's midnight Harry Potter book-release party, complete with all the gut-wrenching treats (that was creative and involved some research) we'd be serving from the Trolley of Treats to what prizes would be awarded to the
… ContinuePosted on July 15, 2007 at 4:35am — 3 Comments
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