J. Sydney Jones's Posts - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T05:39:58ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJoneshttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/60995794?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=1hxqhie5pv68i&xn_auth=noOne half of the thriller team Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-05-02:537324:BlogPost:2871552011-05-02T16:37:35.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Douglas Preston’s Pendergast Thrillers and Beyond</h2>
<p class="post-info">May 2, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1970&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/preston-3.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1973" height="300" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/preston-3.jpg?w=199&h=300" title="preston 3" width="199"></img></a> Douglas Preston…</p>
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Douglas Preston’s Pendergast Thrillers and Beyond</h2>
<p class="post-info">May 2, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1970&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/preston-3.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1973" title="preston 3" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/preston-3.jpg?w=199&h=300" height="300" width="199"/></a>Douglas Preston is the author of a score of thrillers working solo on works featuring ex-CIA agent Wyman Ford, or collaborating with Lincoln Child on the books featuring FBI special agent Aloysius X. L. Pendergast. He has also penned several nonfiction works, including the 2008 title, <em>The Monster of Florence,</em> a true crime story about a series of sensational murders in Italy. He is a contributing writer in archaeology for magazines from the <em>Smithsonian</em> to the <em>New Yorker.</em></p>
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<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/douglas-prestons-pendergast-thrillers-and-beyond/" target="_blank">SCENE OF THE CRIME:</a><em><br/></em></p>British Crime Author Jim Kelly at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-04-24:537324:BlogPost:2857462011-04-24T19:06:14.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>The Crime Novels of Jim Kelly: “The cold, bleak landscape of the fens seems to seep through the paper”</h2>
<p class="post-info">April 24, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1946&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>The Crime Novels of Jim Kelly: “The cold, bleak landscape of the fens seems to seep through the paper”</h2>
<p class="post-info">April 24, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1946&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/jim-kelly-credit-neil-cooper.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1949" title="Jim Kelly credit Neil Cooper" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/jim-kelly-credit-neil-cooper.jpg?w=235&h=300" height="300" width="235"/></a>Winner of the 2006 Dagger in the Library award from the Crime Writers Association, Jim Kelly is the author of five crime novels in the series that features fictional journalist Philip Dryden. These novels are set in England’s Cambridgeshire Fens. Most recently, Kelly has written three novels in his new series featuring Detective Inspector Peter Shaw, which are set on England’s North Norfolk coast and in the port of Lynn. The <em>New York Times Book Review</em> declared of Kelly’s work, “Ever since the days of Agatha Christie, the great divide in the British detective story has been between plot and character…The novels of Jim Kelly are. . . a find.” Similarly, the <em>Washington Post</em> said of his work, “Kelly enlivens his tale with a richly atmospheric setting, sharp contemporary characters, and an often biting knack for capturing the essence of people.”</p>
<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/the-crime-novels-of-jim-kelly-the-cold-bleak-landscape-of-the-fens-seems-to-seep-through-the-paper/" target="_blank">SCENE OF THE CRIME:</a></p>Check out the Boston of Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli and Isles Series at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-04-17:537324:BlogPost:2845362011-04-17T23:49:49.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>A Dark Side of Boston: Tess Gerritsen’s Rizzoli & Isles Series</h2>
<p class="post-info">April 17, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1923&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>A Dark Side of Boston: Tess Gerritsen’s Rizzoli & Isles Series</h2>
<p class="post-info">April 17, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1923&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/tess-pub-photo-2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1926" title="tess pub photo 2" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/tess-pub-photo-2.jpg?w=198&h=300" height="300" width="198"/></a>This week’s guest at <em>Scene of the Crime</em> needs little introduction to crime and mystery fans. Tess Gerritsen, former physician, is the author of eight books in the popular Rizzoli & Isles series featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles, books that inspired the TNT television series. She has also written bestselling stand-alone medical thrillers such as <em>The Bone Garden</em> and <em>Harvest,</em> as well as a number of romantic suspense novels that she began her writing career with.</p>
<p>For more, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/a-dark-side-of-boston-tess-gerritsens-rizzoli-isles-series/" target="_blank">Scene of the Crime:</a></p>British Mystery Writer Alison Bruce at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-27:537324:BlogPost:2803882011-03-27T23:48:15.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Alison Bruce’s DC Gary Goodhew Novels: “No Tea-Sipping Academic Mystery”</h2>
<p class="post-info">March 27, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1863&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>Alison Bruce’s DC Gary Goodhew Novels: “No Tea-Sipping Academic Mystery”</h2>
<p class="post-info">March 27, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1863&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/dscf0013.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1867" title="DSCF0013" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/dscf0013.jpg?w=200&h=300" width="200" height="300"/></a>Alison Bruce is the author of the DC Gary Goodhew crime novels set in Cambridge, England. In the series opener, the 2009 <em>Cambridge Blue,</em> Goodhew, an idealistic 25-year-old, has been recently promoted to detective constable at Cambridge’s Parkside Station and is eager to prove himself. He gets a chance when a young woman’s body is found atop a heap of trash bags. <em>Publishers Weekly</em> called this an “assured debut.”</p>
<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/alison-bruces-dc-gary-goodhew-novels-no-tea-sipping-academic-mystery/" target="_blank">Scene of the Crime:</a></p>Kris Rusch, aka Kris Nelscott, Mystery and SciFi Author at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-20:537324:BlogPost:2791772011-03-20T23:47:14.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>From the Mean Streets of Chicago to Lunar Noir: The Mystery Novels of Kris Rusch</h2>
<p class="post-info">March 20, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1844&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>From the Mean Streets of Chicago to Lunar Noir: The Mystery Novels of Kris Rusch</h2>
<p class="post-info">March 20, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1844&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/kristine-kathryn-rusch.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1848" title="Kristine Kathryn Rusch" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/kristine-kathryn-rusch.jpg?w=196&h=300" width="196" height="300"/></a>Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an award-winning writer of mysteries, fantasy, science fiction, and romance, with scores of novels to her credit, both in series format and stand-alones, as well as how-to’s for the freelance writer. Her awards range from the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award to the John W. Campbell Award. She is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won a Hugo award for editing and a Hugo award for fiction. Rusch is the former editor of the prestigious <em>Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,</em> and before that she and Dean Wesley Smith started and ran Pulphouse Publishing, a science fiction and mystery press in Eugene. She lives and works on the Oregon Coast.</p>
<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/from-the-mean-streets-of-chicago-to-lunar-noir-the-mystery-novels-of-kris-rusch/" target="_blank">Scene of the Crime:</a></p>
<p> </p>The Sebastian St. Cyr Novels of C.S. Harris at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-07:537324:BlogPost:2761072011-03-07T00:44:17.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Think Mr. Darcy with a James Bond Edge: The Sebastian St. Cyr Novels of C.S. Harris</h2>
<p class="post-info">March 7, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1798&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>Think Mr. Darcy with a James Bond Edge: The Sebastian St. Cyr Novels of C.S. Harris</h2>
<p class="post-info">March 7, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1798&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/c-s-harris-author-photo.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1802" title="c s harris author photo" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/c-s-harris-author-photo.jpg?w=212&h=300" width="212" height="300"/></a>A former university professor, Candice Proctor writes the Sebastian St. Cyr Regency mystery series under the name of C.S. Harris and thrillers as one half of C.S. Graham. She has also written historical romances as Candice Proctor.</p>
<p>Perhaps best known for her Sebastian St. Cyr series, however, the author brings Regency England alive with her St. Cyr–Viscount Devlin, heir to an earldom, a disillusioned Army officer, and a latter day knight errant. As Proctor notes on her <a href="http://www.csharris.net/">homepage</a>: “Think Mr. Darcy with a James Bond edge…” <em>Publishers Weekly,</em> reviewing the first in this popular series, <em>What Angels Fear,</em> called it a “riveting debut [that] delivers a powerful blend of political intrigue and suspense.” <em>Booklist</em> concurred, dubbing this first series installment a “fast-paced pre-Regency mystery” and prophesying: “Expect to hear more from Harris’ troubled but compelling antihero.”</p>
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<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/think-mr-darcy-with-a-james-bond-edge-the-sebastian-st-cyr-novels-of-c-s-harris/" target="_blank">Scene of the Crime:</a></p>Stuart Pawson's Yorkshire and D.I. Charlie Priest at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-02-28:537324:BlogPost:2748462011-02-28T01:22:46.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>“Yorkshire’s Answer to Inspector Morse”: Stuart Pawson’s D.I. Charlie Priest</h2>
<p class="post-info">February 28, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1769&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>“Yorkshire’s Answer to Inspector Morse”: Stuart Pawson’s D.I. Charlie Priest</h2>
<p class="post-info">February 28, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1769&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/pawson.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1773" title="pawson" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/pawson.jpg?w=209&h=278" width="209" height="278"/></a>Author of the D.I. Charlie Priest mysteries, British mystery writer Stuart Pawson began writing after a career as a mining electrical engineer and as a part-timer for the probation service. The latter work provides deep insights into the British criminal justice system, evident in his Charlies Priest mysteries, now thirteen strong and counting. The books have been referred to as “Yorkshire’s answer to Inspector Morse.” The series kicked off in 1995 with <em>The Picasso Scam;</em> latest is the 2010 <em>A Very Private Murder.</em></p>
<p>To continue, go to <em><a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/yorkshires-answer-to-inspector-morse-stuart-pawsons-d-i-charlie-priest/" target="_blank">Scene of the Crime:</a><br/></em></p>Bestselling Mystery Writer Iris Johansen at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-02-14:537324:BlogPost:2714302011-02-14T17:12:13.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Iris Johansen’s Atlanta and Forensic Sculptor Eve Duncan</h2>
<p class="post-info">February 14, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1729&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/johansen.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1734" height="300" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/johansen.jpg?w=198&h=300" title="johansen" width="198"></img></a></p>
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Iris Johansen’s Atlanta and Forensic Sculptor Eve Duncan</h2>
<p class="post-info">February 14, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1729&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/johansen.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1734" title="johansen" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/johansen.jpg?w=198&h=300" width="198" height="300"/></a>Bestselling author Iris Johansen turned from a successful career in contemporary romance novels and historical romances to writing crime fiction in 1991. Her novels featuring Atlanta, Georgia, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan began with the 1998 <em>The Face of Deception</em>. Eve has made ten more appearances since then, the most recent being last year’s <em>Chasing the Night.</em></p>
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<p>To continue, go to <em><a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/iris-johansens-atlanta-and-forensic-sculptor-eve-duncan/" target="_blank">Scene of the Crime--</a><br/></em></p>British Author Graham Hurley Talks of "Pompey" at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-02-07:537324:BlogPost:2678862011-02-07T17:29:36.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>“The UK Writ Small”–Graham Hurley’s DI Joe Faraday Novels and the Island City of Portsmouth</h2>
<p class="post-info">February 7, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1711&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>“The UK Writ Small”–Graham Hurley’s DI Joe Faraday Novels and the Island City of Portsmouth</h2>
<p class="post-info">February 7, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1711&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/hurley_06.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1713" title="hurley_06" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/hurley_06.jpg?w=300&h=200" width="300" height="200"/></a>Graham Hurley is an award-winning former director and producer of documentaries in England who finally made a long-time dream come true by turning to fiction writing in 1990. Since that time he has penned a score of novels, beginning with such popular stand-alone thrillers as <em>Rules of Engagement, The Perfect Soldier,</em> and <em>Permissible Limits,</em> and since 2000, with the Joe Faraday series. The eleventh in that series, <em>Borrowed Light,</em> was published in England last November.</p>
<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/the-uk-writ-small-graham-hurleys-di-joe-faraday-novels-and-the-island-city-of-portsmouth/" target="_blank">Scene of the Crime:</a></p>Kelli Stanley Talks of Her Noir Novels at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-02-01:537324:BlogPost:2661062011-02-01T17:05:31.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>From Roman Noir to the Streets of 1940 San Francisco: The Novels of Kelli Stanley</h2>
<p class="post-info">February 1, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1700&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>From Roman Noir to the Streets of 1940 San Francisco: The Novels of Kelli Stanley</h2>
<p class="post-info">February 1, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1700&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/kelli-stanley-author-photo-color.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1702" title="Kelli-Stanley-Author-Photo-Color" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/kelli-stanley-author-photo-color.jpg?w=200&h=300" width="200" height="300"/></a>Kelli Stanley is the acclaimed author of two very different series. Her “Roman noir” books are set in the first century AD and feature physician and sometime investigator Arcturus. The first in that series, <em>Nox Dormienda: A Long Night for Sleeping</em> (with a tip of the hat to Chandler’s <em>The Big Sleep)</em>, was a Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award winner and a Macavity Award finalist. <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> thought that novel “takes the reader on a colorful tour of this singular culture high and low, from jails and brothels to the corridors of power. First-timer Stanley is sure-footed and enthusiastic about history … and crafts a satisfyingly intricate puzzle.” The second novel in the series, <em>The Curse-Maker,</em> is just out and finds Arcturus investigating a murder in the sacred spring at Bath, Brittanica. <em>Booklist</em> noted of this second installment: “Stanley serves up fascinating and never heavy-handed information on Roman life.”</p>
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<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/from-roman-noir-to-the-streets-of-1940-san-francisco-the-novels-of-kelli-stanley/" target="_blank">Scene of the Crime:</a></p>Elly Griffiths' Norfolk Forensic Archaeologist at Scene of the Crimetag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-01-21:537324:BlogPost:2626522011-01-21T01:48:21.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>“Utterly Desolate”–The Norfolk of Elly Griffiths’ Ruth Galloway Novels</h2>
<p class="post-info">January 21, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1666&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>“Utterly Desolate”–The Norfolk of Elly Griffiths’ Ruth Galloway Novels</h2>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/jerrypic1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1670" title="Jerrypic1" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/jerrypic1.jpg?w=227&h=300" width="227" height="300"/></a>Elly Griffiths is the author of a series of crime novels set in England’s Norfolk county and featuring forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway. The first in the series, <em>Crossing Places,</em> earned a good deal of praise both in Griffiths’ native country, England, and in the U.S. The <em>Literary Review</em> termed it “a cleverly plotted and extremely interesting first novel, highly recommended.” <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> also lauded the work, noting, “A winning debut…. the first-rate characters and chilling story are entrancing from start to finish.”</p>
<p>To continue, got to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/utterly-desolate-the-norfolk-of-elly-griffiths-ruth-galloway-novels/" target="_blank">Scene of the Crime:</a></p>British Crime Author Chris Simms Talks about Manchester and His DI Jon Spicer at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-01-14:537324:BlogPost:2610462011-01-14T20:39:23.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>Chris Simms and His Mancunian Policeman– DI Jon Spencer</h2>
<p class="post-info">January 14, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1636&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/photolink-06ii.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1639" title="Photolink 06ii" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/photolink-06ii.jpg?w=199&h=300" width="199" height="300"/></a>Manchester-based writer Chris Simms is the author of six novels in the D.I. Jon Spicer series, procedurals which follow the investigations of the mercurial Spicer. Simms’s most recent installment in the series, <em>Cut Adrift,</em> earned him a place on the short list for the 2010 CWA Dagger Award and elicited rave reviews from the critics. The <em>Guardian</em> called it “well-researched, pacey and engaging,” while the <em>Irish Independent</em> dubbed it “an absolutely ace British police procedural.”</p>
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<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/chris-simms-and-his-mancunian-policeman-di-jon-spencer/" target="_blank">Scene of the Crime:</a></p>Henry Chang Talks about His Chinatown Trilogy at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-01-07:537324:BlogPost:2602402011-01-07T00:58:09.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Chinatown Noir: Henry Chang’s Detective Jack Yu Novels</h2>
<p class="post-info">January 7, 2011 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/henry_chang.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1620" height="300" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/henry_chang.jpg?w=202&h=300" title="Henry_chang" width="202"></img></a> Henry Chang’s Chinatown series featuring Chinese-American NYPD Detective Jack Yu debuted to critical acclaim in 2008 with <em>Chinatown Beat,…</em></p>
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Chinatown Noir: Henry Chang’s Detective Jack Yu Novels</h2>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/henry_chang.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1620" title="Henry_chang" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/henry_chang.jpg?w=202&h=300" width="202" height="300"/></a>Henry Chang’s Chinatown series featuring Chinese-American NYPD Detective Jack Yu debuted to critical acclaim in 2008 with <em>Chinatown Beat,</em> “a fascinating look at New York’s Chinese-American urban community and its subcultures,” according to <em>Publishers Weekly.</em> The <em>Boston Globe</em> also had praise for this first novel, noting, “For readers who relish noir suspense, it doesn’t get any better than this stunning novel.”</p>
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<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/chinatown-noir-henry-changs-detective-jack-yu-novels/" target="_blank">Scene of the Crime:</a></p>Nick Quantrill at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-12-30:537324:BlogPost:2596052010-12-30T22:52:05.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
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<p class="post-info">December 30, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/nick-quantrill.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1600" height="300" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/nick-quantrill.jpg?w=202&h=300" title="nick-quantrill" width="202"></img></a> British author Nick Quantrill opened his PI Joe Geraghty series with the 2010 <em>Broken Dreams,</em> set in Hull, England. Here…</p>
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Nick Quantrill’s Joe Geraghty Books: The Incredible “Hull”</h2>
<p class="post-info">December 30, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/nick-quantrill.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1600" title="nick-quantrill" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/nick-quantrill.jpg?w=202&h=300" width="202" height="300"/></a>British author Nick Quantrill opened his PI Joe Geraghty series with the 2010 <em>Broken Dreams,</em> set in Hull, England. Here Geraghty, a former rugby player turned private investigator, becomes involved in a murder and subsequent police<br/>
investigation that involves the demise of the city’s fishing industry<br/>
and explores the problem of how Hull can build a new future for itself. A<br/>
reviewer for <em>thisisUll.com</em> felt that “Quantrill’s passion for<br/>
this neglected part of East Yorkshire is evident in his writing and<br/>
reminiscent of Ian Rankin’s love affair with Edinburgh.”</p>
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<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/nick-quantrills-joe-geraghty-books-the-incredible-hull/" target="_blank">Scene of the Crime:</a></p>British Crime Novelist Neil White at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-12-23:537324:BlogPost:2590172010-12-23T21:05:49.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Neil White’s Lancashire Crime Novels: Garret and McGanity on the Job</h2>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>Neil White’s Lancashire Crime Novels: Garret and McGanity on the Job</h2>
<p class="post-info">December 23, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1581&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/neil.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1586" title="neil" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/neil.jpg?w=225&h=300" width="225" height="300"/></a>British author Neil White is a criminal lawyer by day and a crime novelist by night. His books featuring reporter Jack Garrett and girlfriend DC Laura<br/>
McGanity are set mostly in the Lancashire town of Blackley. White draws<br/>
on his expertise and experience in the courtroom to provide<br/>
reality-based fiction that has drawn acclaim from reviewers. The <em>Blackpool Gazette</em> hailed his first novel in the series, <em>Fallen Idols,</em> “a stunning debut.” Second in the series, <em>Lost Souls,</em> has, according to <em>eurocrime.co.uk,</em> “plenty of excitement, character development and tension…this book will make you squirm<em>.” Closer</em> Magazine called that same work “a fast-paced crime novel that will keep you guessing until the very end.<em>”</em></p>
<p><em>To continue visit <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/neil-whites-lancashire-crime-novels-garret-and-mcganity-on-the-job/" target="_self">SCENE OF THE CRIME:</a><br/></em></p>Leighton Gage Talks About His Brazilian Mysteries at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-12-17:537324:BlogPost:2585192010-12-17T04:29:02.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
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<div class="posttitle"><h2><a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/leighton-gages-irresistible-chief-inspector-mario-silva/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Leighton Gage’s “Irresistible” Chief Inspector Mario Silva">Leighton Gage’s “Irresistible” Chief Inspector Mario Silva</a></h2>
<p class="postmetadata">December 17, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1558&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/leighton01_print_lr_v.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1568" title="Leighton01_PRINT_LR_V" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/leighton01_print_lr_v.jpg?w=229&h=300" width="229" height="300"/></a>Leighton Gage is the author of the award-winning Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations, set mostly in Brazil, where Leighton now makes his home. As Leighton notes on his homepage: “Silva has a big job. He’s a Brazilian Federal Cop. In his country there’s no FBI, no DEA, no Secret Service, no DHS, no CBP and most police corporations have no Internal Affairs Department. Mario and his colleagues have to do it all and more. And they do it while traveling a lot. The area of their responsibility is larger than the continental United States.”</p>
<p>The most recent title in the series, <em>Every Bitter Thing,</em> published this month, is “Gage’s gripping fourth mystery to feature quick-witted Chief Insp. Mario Silva,” according to <em>Publishers Weekly.</em> The <em>New York Times</em> called Silva “irresistible,” in its review of the same title. Other books in the series include <em>Dying Gasp,</em> from 2009, <em>Buried Strangers,</em> from 2008, and <em>Blood of the Wicked,</em> from 2007<em>.</em> Leighton’s books have earned praise from many corners. The <em>New York Times</em> found the series “top notch,” <em>Publishers Weekly</em> dubbed the books “intelligent and subtle,” and Booklist called it am “outstanding series,” adding, “Silva just may be South America’s Kurt Wallander.”</p>
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<p>To read more, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/leighton-gages-irresistible-chief-inspector-mario-silva/" target="_self">Scene of the Crime:</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone Novels: The Perfect Mix of Thriller and History</h2>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone Novels: The Perfect Mix of Thriller and History</h2>
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<p>Steve Berry is the best-selling author of the Cotton Malone series, a blend of history and suspense that have catapulted Berry to the top of the thriller game. With over 11 million books in print translated into<br/>
37 languages and sold in 50 countries, Berry has come a long way from<br/>
the 85 rejections he garnered trying to break into writing. With Malone,<br/>
a former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer, Berry<br/>
has found the winning combination, and his protagonist has made six<br/>
appearances thus far, starting with <em>The Templar Legacy</em> in 2006, and continuing with <em>The Alexandria Link, The Venetian Betrayal, The Charlemagne Pursuit, The Paris Vendetta,</em> and <em>The Emperor’s Tomb,</em> just out.</p>
<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/steve-berrys-cotton-malone-novels-the-perfect-mix-of-thriller-and-history/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scene of the Crime:</span></a><br/></p>Mystery Writer Leigh Russell at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-11-16:537324:BlogPost:2564122010-11-16T17:06:01.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Leigh Russell’s D.I. Geraldine Steel: “Psychologically Acute”</h2>
<p class="post-info">November 16, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1453&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<p class="post-info">November 16, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1453&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/leigh-russell.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1456" title="Leigh Russell author CUT SHORT and ROAD CLOSED" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/leigh-russell.jpg?w=300&h=300" alt="" width="300" height="300"/></a>Leigh Russell arrived with a bang on the crime scene with her 2009 novel, <em>Cut Short,</em> shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger. She introduces D.I. Geraldine Steel in “a stylish, top-of-the-line crime tale, a<br/>
seamless blending of psychological sophistication and gritty police<br/>
procedure,” according to fellow novelist Jeffrey Deaver. “You’re just<br/>
plain going to love DI Geraldine Steel,” Deaver added. <em>Publishers Weekly</em> also praised this “gritty and addictive” debut. Russell followed up this first success with the 2010 <em>Road Closed,</em><br/>
a novel that “confirms Leigh Russell’s promise as a writer…<br/>
well-written, soundly plotted and psychologically acute,” according to<br/>
the London <em>Times.</em> <em>Eurocrime</em> described it as “well-written and absorbing… with an exhilarating climax that you don’t see coming.” <em>Dead End,</em> the third in the D.I. Geraldine Steel series, will be published in June 2011.</p>
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<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/leigh-russells-d-i-geraldine-steel-psychologically-acute/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scene of the Crime:</span></a><br/></p>Sam Millar's Belfast Noir at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-11-10:537324:BlogPost:2559352010-11-10T16:59:45.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Sam Millar’s Belfast Crime Novels: Art Reflects Life</h2>
<p class="post-info">November 10, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1436&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>Sam Millar’s Belfast Crime Novels: Art Reflects Life</h2>
<p class="post-info">November 10, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1436&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/millar.jpeg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1439" title="millar" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/millar.jpeg?w=187&h=270" alt="" width="187" height="270"/></a>Sam Millar is one of those authors whose experiences in his private life rival those of his fictional protagonists. An IRA volunteer imprisoned<br/>
in Long Kesh for his political beliefs and actions, he was the<br/>
mastermind behind the 1993 Brinks robbery in New York, one of the<br/>
biggest heists is U.S. history. He served more hard time, this time in<br/>
the American penal system, but was ultimately pardoned by President Bill<br/>
Clinton. Upon his return to Northern Ireland, he turned from the sword<br/>
to the pen.</p>
<p>Winner of the Aisling Award for Art and Culture among other prizes, Millar is the author of a memoir, <em>On the Brinks,</em> as well as a number of edgy novels, among them two noir thrillers featuring PI Karl Kane. In the series debut, <em>Bloodstorm,</em> Kane delves into the murders of a group of Belfast men who, over twenty years before, were involved in a gang-rape death. <em>Publishers Weekly</em> dubbed this the “powerful first of a new crime series,” while <em>Booklist</em> termed it “a real find for aficionados of the classic hard-boiled novel.” Kane returns in the 2010 series addition, <em>The Dark Place,</em> a novel dealing with “hard-edged crime with a vengeance,” according to <em>Booklist.</em> Similarly, <em>Publishers Weekly</em> noted of this second series installment: “Millar distinguishes himself from many of his contemporaries in the genre with taut writing and a<br/>
memorable lead character.”</p>
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<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/sam-millars-belfast-crime-novels-art-reflects-life/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scene of the Crime:</span></a><br/></p>Thriller Writer Jon Land Joins Us at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-11-05:537324:BlogPost:2551332010-11-05T22:37:16.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>The Texas You Don’t Know: Jon Land and His Caitlin Strong Series</h2>
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<p class="post-info">November 5, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1405&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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McCracken” series, about the exploits of a former government agent who<br/>
has become an international troubleshooter.</p>
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<p>To continue, go to <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/the-texas-you-dont-know-jon-land-and-his-caitlin-strong-series/">Scene of the Crime-</a>-</span><br/></p>British Novelist John Harvey Discusses Nottingham and the Charlie Resnick Books at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-10-26:537324:BlogPost:2543652010-10-26T23:57:36.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>John Harvey’s Nottingham: The World of Charlie Resnick</h2>
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<p>British author John Harvey, the author of over a hundred a hundred books, is the creator of the celebrated series featuring Nottingham policeman Charlie Resnick. Mystery novelist Sue Grafton calls Resnick<br/>
“one of the most fully realized characters in modern crime fiction;<br/>
complex and capable, a man who not only loves justice, jazz and cats,<br/>
but who can turn the construction of a sandwich into a work of art.”<br/>
London’s <em>Daily Mail</em> noted of the author: “Harvey is a good as<br/>
they come; a writer of consummate elegance and deft characterisation,<br/>
never wasting a word in what amounts to a master class in crime writing.<em>”</em></p>
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<p>In addition to the eleven books in the Resnick series, Harvey also writes the popular Frank Elder books, the first of which, <em>Flesh & Blood,</em> won the CWA Silver Dagger Award and the Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel. Harvey is also a poet of note.</p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>The Crown Princess of Crime: The Works of Denise Mina</h2>
<p class="post-info">October 21, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>The Crown Princess of Crime: The Works of Denise Mina</h2>
<p class="post-info">October 21, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a></p>
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trilogy featuring Maureen O’Donnell as an unwilling sleuth; three novels<br/>
(out of a planned five) in the “Paddy Meehan” series–<em>Field of Blood, The Dead Hour,</em> and <em>The Last Breath</em> (titled <em>A Slip of the Knife</em><br/>
for the U.S. edition)–featuring the eponymous journalist in 1980s and<br/>
1990s Glasgow; and two novels featuring Glasgow DI Alex Morrow, <em>Still Midnight</em> and <em>The End of the Wasp Season</em> (out in 2011). She has also written the stand-alone crime novel, <em>Sanctum,</em> the 2010 graphic novel, <em>A Sickness in the Family,</em> and has contributed to <em>John Constantine, Hellblazer</em> series.</p>
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<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/the-crown-princess-of-crime-the-works-of-denise-mina/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scene of the Crime:</span></a><br/></p>Alan Dershowitz Joins Us at SCENE OF THE CRIME to Talk about His Abe Ringel Courtroom Novelstag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-10-18:537324:BlogPost:2532332010-10-18T21:28:08.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Dershowitz for the Defense: The Abe Ringel Novels</h2>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>Dershowitz for the Defense: The Abe Ringel Novels</h2>
<p class="post-info">October 18, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1343&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/dershowitz.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1346" title="dershowitz" src="http://jsydneyjones.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/dershowitz.jpg?w=190&h=300" alt="" width="190" height="300"/></a>High-profile lawyer and legalist is the description that comes most rapidly to mind when hearing the name Alan M. Dershowitz. A professor at Harvard Law<br/>
School and a noted appellate lawyer and columnist, he has represented<br/>
such clients as Claus von Bülow, O. J. Simpson, Anatoly Shcharansky,<br/>
Michael Milken, Mia Farrow, and Mike Tyson. But Dershowitz is also a<br/>
bestselling author of numerous nonfiction and fiction titles.</p>
<p>He has published three novels featuring prominent defense attorney Abe Ringel. The first, <em>Advocate’s Devil,</em> from 1995, finds Abe defending a young basketball star accused of rape. The second, <em>Just Revenge,</em> has Abe defending a Holocaust survivor who takes revenge on the man who killed his pregnant wife, son, and extended family in Lithuania in<br/>
1942. <em>Publishers Weekly</em> praised the “dramatic and tragic events<br/>
that frame the plot, and the intensity of [the author's] moral<br/>
argument” in that novel. In the just-published <em>The Trials of Zion,</em><br/>
Abe’s daughter Emma, a recent Yale grad in law, plans to help defend a<br/>
young Palestinian accused of setting off an explosion that has killed<br/>
several of the world’s leaders in Israel. Eventually Abe is drawn into<br/>
the proceedings; he must win the Palestinian’s case or risk losing his<br/>
daughter forever. Playwright David Mamet noted of this work that<br/>
Dershowtiz writes “a real good rip-snorter” of a thriller. <em>Booklist</em><br/>
also commended this title, writing that Dershowitz “combines exciting<br/>
action with courtroom drama and a lesson in the history and politics of<br/>
the Middle East … [in] a thought-provoking page-turner.”</p>
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<p>To continue, go to <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/dershowitz-for-the-defense-the-abe-ringel-novels/">Scene of the Crime</a>--</span><br/></p>Mystery Author James R. Benn Takes Us to the Days of WWII at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-10-10:537324:BlogPost:2524702010-10-10T23:40:19.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>A Detective in the “Good War”–James R. Benn’s Billy Boyle</h2>
<p class="post-info">October 10, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1304&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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Boston Police Department when the war begins, Boyle ends up on the staff<br/>
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<p>The series started off with <em>Billy Boyle,</em> which finds the eponymous hero investigating the death of n official of the Norwegian government in exile. Lee Child, who knows a fair amount about creating<br/>
suspense in a novel, noted of this debut, “This book has got it all – an<br/>
instant classic.” Further books in the series include <em>The First Wave, Blood Alone, Evil for Evil,</em> and the recently published fifth title, <em>Rag and Bone,</em> a book <em>Publishers Weekly</em> declared “stellar,” and about which the <em>New York Times Book Review</em> said that “scenes of London under siege are stark and poignant.”</p>
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<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/a-detective-in-the-good-war-james-r-benns-billy-boyle/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scene of the Crime:</span></a><br/></p>Will Thomas Speaks of Victorian Crime at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-10-05:537324:BlogPost:2521292010-10-05T23:29:15.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
<div class="posttitle"><h2>Will Thomas’s Victorian London: Barker and Llewelyn at Your Service</h2>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>Will Thomas’s Victorian London: Barker and Llewelyn at Your Service</h2>
<p class="post-info">October 5, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1273&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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London and parts of the British Isles in the latter part of the<br/>
nineteenth century. The series starts off with <em>Some Danger Involved,</em> and is continued with <em>To Kingdom Come, The Limehouse Text, The Hellfire Conspiracy,</em> and last year’s <em>The Black Hand.</em> The books deal with vital topics of the day, from anti-Semitism to anarchism.</p>
<p>The books have received critical praise. Of <em>Kingdom Come,</em> <em>Booklist</em> noted, “Thomas places his cast of likeable even heroic characters within a complex political minefield and the waits for the explosion.<br/>
Intense and insightful.” The <em>Denver Post</em> declared the same novel a “thorough delight.” <em>Library Journal</em> noted of <em>The Hellfire Conspiracy:</em> “Thomas<br/>
knows his Victorian London and his way around the makings of a great<br/>
mystery. Fans of Victorian historicals will snap this up.” The <em>New York Times Book Review</em><br/>
said of the Barker and Llewelyn books, ‘Will Thomas explores wonderful<br/>
uncharted territory…true believers who go along for the ride will hate<br/>
to see it end.”</p>
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<p>To continue go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/will-thomass-victorian-london-barker-and-llewelyn-at-your-service/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scene of the Crime:</span></a><br/></p>British thriller writer Paul Adam delves into violin-making and mysteries on SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-09-27:537324:BlogPost:2513372010-09-27T00:44:00.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
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<p class="post-info">September 27, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1244&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit…</a></p>
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<p class="post-info">September 27, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1244&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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journalist Mike McLean) that cover topics from people smuggling, to<br/>
genetically modified crops, cigarette smuggling in the European Union,<br/>
Chinese oppression in Tibet, corruption within the Vatican, and the 21st<br/>
Century surveillance society in which we live. In <em>Unholy Trinity,</em> Adams looks at connections between the Catholic Church and Italian neo-Fascist groups in a tale that London’s <em>Literary Review</em> thought would have appealed to Eric Ambler. Of his <em>Flash Point,</em> novelist Nelson DeMille blurbed, “Wonderfully plotted, fast-paced and refreshingly original.”</p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>“Tales of Tragedy, Death and Dislocation”: The Kamil Pasha Novels of Jenny White</h2>
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<p class="post-info">September 22, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1225&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p>To continue, go to <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/tales-of-tragedy-death-and-dislocation-the-kamil-pasha-novels-of-jenny-white/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scene of the Crime--</span></a><br/></p>Join mystery author and forensic scientist, Lisa Black, on her blog tour at SCENE OF THE CRIMEtag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-09-20:537324:BlogPost:2506052010-09-20T00:12:52.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
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<p class="post-info">September 20, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1207&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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a job as a forensic scientist at the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office,<br/>
where she analyzed gunshot residue on hands and clothing, hairs, fibers,<br/>
paint, glass, DNA, blood and many other forms of trace evidence, as<br/>
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<p>To continue, go to <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/a-forensic-map-of-cleveland-the-novels-of-lisa-black/">Scene of the Crime</a>--</span><br/></p>Mystery Writer Bob Morris Regales SCENE OF THE CRIME with His Caribbean Novelstag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-09-10:537324:BlogPost:2495842010-09-10T05:45:24.000ZJ. Sydney Joneshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JSydneyJones
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<p class="post-info">September 10, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a></p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>Tales of the Caribbean: Bob Morris’s “Zack Chasteen” Novels</h2>
<p class="post-info">September 10, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a></p>
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convicted), who becomes an unwilling detective to save his own skin in<br/>
the series opener, <em>Bahamarama.</em> An “edgy debut novel,” is how <em>Publishers Weekly</em> described that book. <em>Booklist</em> was also impressed, noting that “Morris knows how to put some bounce in his writing.”</p>
<p>Since that debut, Morris has written four more Chasteen novels, his most recent being the 2010 <em>Baja Florida,</em> about which <em>Booklist</em> lauded its “mixture of humor and mystery.” His earlier <em>Bermuda Schwartz</em> was dubbed “a ripping good yarn,” by <em>Booklist,</em> while <em>Jamaica Me Dead</em> prompted a <em>Publishers Weekly</em> reviewer to observe that the “tropical backdrop and Zack’s wisecracking commentary make for another crackling whodunit for Morris.”</p>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>Quebec Author Louise Penny and Her Chief Inspector Gamache Series</h2>
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<div class="posttitle"><h2>Quebec Author Louise Penny and Her Chief Inspector Gamache Series</h2>
<p class="post-info">August 31, 2010 by <a href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/author/jsydneyjones/" title="Posts by Scene of the Crime">Scene of the Crime</a> | <a class="post-edit-link" href="http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1132&action=edit" title="Edit Post">Edit</a></p>
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<p>Canadian writer Louise Penny turned to novels after a successful career as a journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She is the author of the acclaimed mystery series featuring Chief Inspector<br/>
Gamache and his team from the Surete du Quebec. The sixth book in the<br/>
series, <em>Bury Your Dead,</em> comes out in September. Penny’s mysteries have won awards and high critical praise.</p>
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