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Alan Cook
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Favorite Female Thriller Writers?
Replied Sep. 28, 2007
Help for my crime writing workshop
Replied Jul. 17, 2007
I've Finally Seen: BRICK (2005)
Replied Mar. 28, 2007
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- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, California
- About Me:
- After spending over a quarter of a century in the computer business, I am now pursuing my first love--writing, especially mysteries. My mystery novels include:
RUN INTO TROUBLE--a footrace along the California coast in 1969 during the Cold War. But is the Cold War about to heat up?
HONEYMOON FOR THREE--suspense takes a thrill ride. Winner Silver Quill award from the American Author's Association and Reader Views award for best Mountain West book.
THE HAYLOFT: a 1950s mystery--bobby sox, slow dancing, bomb shelters, the communist conspiracy, and murder
HOTLINE TO MURDER--is the voice on the line that of a killer?
CATCH A FALLING KNIFE--sexual harassment, a stripper, murder in a college town.
THIRTEEN DIAMONDS--an unbelievable bridge hand, but you've got to survive to play it.
- I Am A:
- Reader, Writer
- Website:
- http://alancook.50megs.com
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Ray Bradbury, Denise Hamilton, Robert Crais, Sue Grafton, Tony Hillerman, Sir Walter Scott
The Horatio Hornblower books, by C.S. Forester, books about spying, such as BETWEEN SILK and CYANIDE, by Leo Marks
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- TV--Veronica Mars, The Medium, Buffy
My all-time favorite is MASH.
Movies--The Coca Cola Kid, A Little Romance, Shakespeare in Love, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Mrs. Henderson Presents
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Posted on March 12, 2009 at 8:16am —
HONEYMOON FOR THREE wins Readers Choice Award
Posted on March 25, 2008 at 7:36am —
Award for HONEYMOON FOR THREE
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 12:15pm —
MOON OVER MURDER on Amazon Shorts
My short story, MOON OVER MURDER, is live on Amazon Shorts. It is downloadable for only 49 cents at
http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Over-Murder/dp/B000WH7DNI/ref=dp_shrt_new_0/105-6270387-5936403
Such a deal!
A teenage boy in the 1950s gets a dream summer job working in a restaurant beside a lake, owned by his aunt and uncle. It doesn't hurt that three pretty female cousins
… ContinuePosted on October 6, 2007 at 11:00am —
Mystery Limericks
I started writing limericks in high school. That was before I got into trouble for publishing a high school look-alike of the 1950s Confidential magazine (a fictional version of the story appears in my mystery novel, The Hayloft). I no longer write scandal sheets, but I do still write limericks. Here are some of my mystery limericks:
Of hostage talks writes Jeffery Deaver:*
… ContinuePosted on August 1, 2007 at 6:51am —
Comment Wall (17 comments)
- At 10:52am on October 19, 2008,
Alan Cook said…
- You're welcome, Beth. I need all the friends I can get!
- At 10:30am on October 19, 2008,
Beth Groundwater said… - Alan,
Thanks for befriending this fellow mystery author!
- At 2:36am on March 2, 2008,
Kitty said… - I loved Honeymoon for Three, it was very easy to read and get caught up in.
Congrats on the award!
Sorry it took me so long to let you know what I thought of the book, but sometimes life just gets in the way.
- At 7:20am on October 25, 2007,
Charlotte Williamson said…
- Alan,
I'll have to try that. I have five books to give away. Help me work through this. Do I just announce it over the Crimespace blog discussion, or whatever? Refer them to my website to learn more about my books? Please bear with me. I'm new to this; still learning to wade my way through the milieu of promotional wares.
- At 5:58am on October 24, 2007,
- Alan,
Good idea about the drawing for your book. I'm a new author, and getting my name "out there' is a tremendous effort. I'm also new to Crimespace. Explain the "drawing." Could be something I'd like to try. Anything to promote my books.
- At 4:25am on October 24, 2007,
Laura Root said…
- Hi Alan, just to let you know the copy of "Honeymoon for three" arrived safely - there's been a 2 week postal strike in Liverpool, England, so that has delayed things!
- At 8:37am on October 1, 2007,
Dick Lochte said…
- Alan, thanks for the note about my review of the new Dick and Felix Francis novel. My feeling is that every time Francis gets too far from the track, the books suffer. This time, his hero hates horses, so ...
- At 5:01am on September 29, 2007,
- Alan - so sorry, I've only just seen your message regarding a copy of "Honeymoon for Three". Many apologies.
- At 7:24am on August 1, 2007,
Karen Anderson said…
- Hey, watch out with those remarks about Seattle. We have beautiful summers, exactly 9 weeks long.
Cheers,
/K
- At 7:23am on August 1, 2007,
Jackie Houchin said…
- Um... that "viewing," not virewing... sheesh!
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