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Hometown:: Carthage NC

About Me:: Author of the e-book STORM SURGE, as well as the Jack Keller thriller novels: THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND, GOOD DAY IN HELL, and SAFE AND SOUND. Also check out my standalone novel BREAKING COVER!

I Am A:: Writer

Website:: http://jdrhoades.com

Books And Authors I Like:: Ken Bruen, Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, Jason Starr, Duane Swierczynski, Allan Guthrie, John Connally, Laura Lippman, Margaret Maron, Cornelia Read, David Terrenoire, Victor Gischler, Sean Doolittle, Lee Child, Anthony Neil Smith, Barry Eisler, Pat Mullan, Lori G. Armstrong, Harlan Coben, Karin Slaughter, Robert Crais, Dennis Lehane, Joe Konrath, Dashiell Hammett, Jim Thompson, Raymond Chandler, Robert A. Heinlein, Spider Robinson, Peter F. Hamilton, Richard K. Morgan, John Scalzi, Naomi Novik, George McDonald Frasier

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Godfather I & 2, Hard Boiled, The Usual Suspects, The Transporter, Leon (The Professional), Alien, Aliens, The Terminator, Conan the Barbarian, Red Dawn, The Hunt for Red October, Saving Private Ryan, Patton, Das Boot, Seven Samurai, Ran, Ronin

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Step Right Up, Ya Can't Win If Ya Don't Play...

Be sure to drop by Murderati
today and check out the contest I'm running there. You have to come up
with a line from a mystery or thriller novel containing something a
well-known character would be highly unlikely to say or do. Prizes
include free books by Your Humble Narrator.

Posted on August 16, 2007 at 12:22am

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Hot Handed God of Cops

Hot-Handed God of Cops

I just saw John Woo's HARD BOILED (Chinese title: GOD OF GUNS or HOT HANDED GOD OF COPS) for the first time.

Total Body Count: 307.

Explosions.

Weapons with apparently endless supplies of ammo.

Friendship.

Betrayals.

Reversals of fortune.

Sacrifice.

Not one, but…

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Posted on August 9, 2007 at 1:23pm — 2 Comments

BSP: Bookreporter.com Likes SAFE AND SOUND

Joe Hartlaub at Bookreporter.com calls SAFE AND SOUND "one of the darkest --- and best --- novels of 2007."

There's more...check it out!

And thanks, Joe!

Posted on August 7, 2007 at 8:57am

Let Us Now Praise Famous Fen

Crossposted from Murderati

Fen: The plural of fan. Another word for "fans," as in people who like something, not cooling devices.

The Urban Dictionary

One of the greatest parts about the writing life is the chance it gives me to meet other writers--people whose work I love, and who, as it turns out, are huge fun to hang out

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At 1:50pm on April 8, 2008, L.J. Sellers said…: Hi J. D.
Did you ever see my blog (here on CrimeSpace) called The Power of Jack?

At 6:19am on March 16, 2008, L.J. Sellers said…: Just saying Hi

Looking for common interests, I came up with Michael Connelly and The Transporter.

At 4:30am on September 9, 2007, Northern Light said…: Hey. Thanks for the recommendation. I can see Ken Bruen has written a number of books, is there any book you will recommend as first choise?

At 12:51am on September 2, 2007, David L. Hoof said…: J.D.
In a first novel I made the mistake of having the Chicago River flow the way most rivers flow, into larger lower bodies of water. Good guess, no? But it's wrong. Engineers have reversed the flow so that Chicago's sewage doesn't flow right into its fresh water intake. It was a small error but from then on I wanted to get everything right, even if the story could get along well with faking it. Even one of Ray Bradbury's short stories had the moons of Mars revolving the wrong way around the parent planet, and if you notice things like this, it's jarring.

At 6:48am on August 31, 2007, Karen E. Olson said…: Hi Dusty, thanks for visiting my page and the kind words about Secondhand Smoke! (I've been on vacation and out of the loop, which is why I'm so tardy in responding!) I've got your new book in my TBR pile; can't wait!

At 6:06am on August 24, 2007, Maryann Mercer said…: Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the murderati contest! Have The Devil's Hand at home to read (actually bought it after 'running into you' at TLC) this weekend (even though I'm also writing...). Those 'quotes' would make a great book by themselves.

At 9:45pm on August 15, 2007, Joseph Finder said…: Thanks for looking me up here, Dusty!

At 12:14pm on August 15, 2007, Nick Lawless said…: Thanks! I'll be posting some fiction soon. Let me know what you think!

At 5:56am on August 15, 2007, Josh Aterovis said…: Thanks for the welcome!

At 5:53am on August 15, 2007, J.D. Rhoades said…: Cormac: yes. it's definitely a sign I spend too much time on the Internet.

Cass: you're secret's safe with me.

Everybody else: Welcome!