April 2013 Blog Posts (50)

Review - Rotten Gods, Greg Barron

Title:  ROTTEN GODS

Author Name: Greg Barron

Author's Home Country:  Australia

ISBN:  9780732294342

Year of Publication:  2012

Publisher:  Harper Collins

Category:  Thriller

Location:  Dubai, Somalia



Book Synopsis



 The near future. Climate change is causing havoc in coastal areas and the world is in economic and ecological crisis. World leaders gather at a billion-dollar conference centre in Dubai, determined to make the decisions necessary to…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on April 29, 2013 at 11:33pm — No Comments

CSI Gateshead a big success with crime authors Pauline Rowson, Matt Hilton and Mari Hannah

Nearly a hundred and twenty people attended the first ever CSI Gateshead event at Gateshead Library on Thursday 25 April. Inspired by the CSI Portsmouth event, which I help to organise. The CSI Gateshead event was a huge success.

CSI Gateshead was modelled on the CSI Portsmouth event with some slight variation. The Gateshead event took place over two hours on an evening with one panel of crime fiction authors and crime experts whereas CSI Portsmouth is a full day event with…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on April 29, 2013 at 7:29pm — No Comments

THE PICKAXE KILLERS: Karla Faye Tucker and Daniel Garrett (A True Crime Short)

From R. Barri Flowers, award winning criminologist and internationally bestselling author of THE SEX SLAVE MURDERS, comes a riveting new true crime short, THE PICKAXE KILLERS.

 

Having written about hundreds of notable murders in his bestselling true crime book, MURDERS IN THE UNITED STATES: Crimes, Killer and Victims of the…

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Added by R. Barri Flowers on April 29, 2013 at 7:04am — No Comments

BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN: A Veronica Vasquez Thriller

From R. Barri Flowers, award winning crime writer and internationally bestselling author of DARK STREETS OF WHITECHAPEL and KILLER IN THE WOODS, comes a gripping new psychological thriller, BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN: A Veronica Vasquez Thriller.

 

FBI psychologist and criminal profiler Veronica Vasquez returns to her hometown of…

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Added by R. Barri Flowers on April 29, 2013 at 7:02am — No Comments

HEATING UP with a New Book Release: DEAD BURN, An Emily Stone Thriller

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***OFFICIAL BOOK RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT***

From the Award Winning EMILY STONE THRILLER SERIES comes a new serial killer crime novel:

Terrified California residents face the…

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Added by Jennifer Chase on April 28, 2013 at 7:09am — No Comments

Exploring the Missing Link in Psychopaths

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We know that psychopaths lack remorse, empathy, ethics, and a conscience.  They lie with absolute clarity for whatever appeases them and their lifestyle. They are almost like an unscrupulous chameleon showing their mask of normalcy for most of the world to see, but wait for the opportunity to strike out against unsuspecting victims.

Crime seems to be a logical choice for many of these…

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Added by Jennifer Chase on April 28, 2013 at 7:07am — No Comments

Jenn Mckinlay, Heather Blake, & more mystery reviews, giveaways, short stories & articles

Up in Kings River Life Magazine 6 more reviews & giveaways of Penguin mysteries. "The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy": A Witchcraft Mystery By Heather Blake, "Curse of the PTA" by Laura Alden, "Under Currents" by Author Pamela Beason, "Going, Going Ganache" by Jenn McKinlay, "Oak and Dagger" by Dorothy St. James and "The Homicide Hustle": A Ballroom Dance Mystery By Ella Barrick.…

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Added by Lorie Ham on April 28, 2013 at 3:12am — No Comments

Review - Mad Men, Bad Girls & The Guerrilla Knitters Institute, Maggie Groff

Title:  MAD MEN, BAD GIRLS AND THE GUERRILLA KNITTERS INSTITUTE

Author Name:  Maggie Groff

Author's Home Country:  Australia

ISBN:  9781742610795

Year of Publication:  2012

Publisher:  Pan MacMillan Australia

Location:  Gold Coast, Byron Bay



Book Synopsis



When a secretive American cult moves to the Gold Coast, freelance journalist Scout Davis's investigative antennae start quivering. She sets out to expose the cult's lunatic beliefs and bizarre…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on April 27, 2013 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Review - Out of the Silence, Wendy James

Title:  OUT OF THE SILENCE

Author: Wendy James

ISBN:  B00BMFEUPS

Year of Publication:  2013

Publisher:  Momentum Books

Location:  Melbourne



Book Synopsis



I call his name – only quietly, but he hears me as I knew he would, and wants me as he always does. And we come together – right there in the darkness. And even though there is no way to be certain of any other thing in the world, I am certain that I would risk anything to keep what is between the two…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on April 27, 2013 at 12:12am — No Comments

Review - Red Dirt Talking, Jacqueline Wright

Title:  RED DIRT TALKING

Author: Jacqueline Wright

ISBN:  9781921888793

Publisher: Fremantle Press

Year of Publication: 2012

Location: Outback, Western Australia



Book Synopsis



Set in the outback of Western Australia, this novel centres around the disappearance of Kuj, an eight-year-old girl, during a bitter custody battle. Annie, an anthropology graduate newly arrived from the city, is increasingly distracted from her work by the mysterious event. As…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on April 26, 2013 at 5:49pm — No Comments

Review - Dead Girl Sing, Tony Cavanaugh

Title:  DEAD GIRL SING

Author:  Tony Cavanaugh

ISBN:  9780733627880

Publisher:  Hachette Australia

Series: Darian Richards

Year of Publication:  2013

Location:  Gold Coast, Queensland



Synopsis



Darian Richards knew he should have let the phone keep ringing. But more than two decades as a cop leaves you with a certain outlook on life. No matter how much he tried to walk away, something, or someone, kept bringing him back to his gun.



One phone…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on April 26, 2013 at 3:08pm — No Comments

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Added by John Cassian on April 26, 2013 at 8:37am — No Comments

Another 5-Star Review for Russian Roulette

On Amazon, Shamcq said: “I've read the entire Hannibal Jone series and Russian Roulette continues to be a great story as well. Missed his usual buddies in this book, but it's good to change it up, and the characters in this story all tied together nicely. I'll keep looking for the next book."…

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Added by Austin S. Camacho on April 25, 2013 at 12:26am — No Comments

Review - Antidote to Murder, Felicity Young

Book Title:  ANTIDOTE TO MURDER

Author:  Felicity Young

ISBN:  9780732293697

Series: Dody McCleland

Year of Publication:  2013

Publisher:  Harper Collins

Location:  London (Edwardian)



Book Synopsis



When an act of compassion misfires, autopsy surgeon Dr Dody McCleland must fight not only for her career, but also for her life.



The body of a scullery maid is discovered in her room. When it emerges that she had recently begged Dody to terminate…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on April 25, 2013 at 12:02am — No Comments

Review - The First Shot, Patricia Kristensen

Book Title:  THE FIRST SHOT

Author:  Patricia Kristensen

Author's Home Country: Australia

ISBN:  9781618971630

Year of Publication:  2012

Publisher:  Strategic Book Publishing



Synopsis



Murder, cannibalism, kidnapping and breach of copyright hit the sleepy state of Tasmania. To make ends meet, law student Jennifer Shot rents rooms to Nathan, Rod and Cindy, two oversexed fellow law students, and a police officer with personal issues.…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on April 24, 2013 at 11:05pm — No Comments

Murder hunt amid London's street gangs

Introducing Pete Kennedy, a Met detective who wishes he could spend more time with his kids and less with the violent youth of London. He's still in the pub celebrating his latest court success when he's called out to a fresh shooting - and is soon plunged into a nightmare world where boys kill and are killed for coming from the wrong postcode. Soon he has a prime suspect in his sights but the gang he is up against won’t give up without a fight – even if that means taking the battle to…

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Added by Michael Clarke on April 24, 2013 at 1:34am — No Comments

Wow! Another 5-Star Review for The Piranha Assignment!

“Fantastic Reading. Mr. Camacho builds the tension and conflict in his story to a pinnacle and brings it crashing down to a final conclusion. This is definitely a good read. Stark and O'Brien held my interest throughout the novel.” - Lawrence A. Stovey

 

have YOU read it yet?…

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Added by Austin S. Camacho on April 23, 2013 at 12:53am — No Comments

Formatting for Smashwords

Anyone who wants to learn how easy it is to format to Smashwords should read my latest blog at www.actionmysteries.com

Added by J.M. Garlock on April 21, 2013 at 4:16am — No Comments

Update on Writing My First Crime Novel

I am suffering  with pre-writers block. The reason that I called that is because I am still in the brainstorming stages. I just stuck with coming with more ideas for writing my novel. I know what I want to write about but just stuck.  Oh well, that a struggle for a beginner writer, lol 

Added by Vixen Black on April 20, 2013 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Eerie resemblance in new book

"It was no mistake I was to meet the enforcer here. I had been told he was Chechen."

-page 1, STRIKE PRICE, a thriller by L. A. Starks due out within a few weeks from L&L Dreamspell

 

STRIKE PRICE is a story about a business deal turned deadly, concluding with a plot to destroy a massive energy depot, disrupt the world’s economy, and bring the US into confrontation with another global power. To stop it, up-by-the-bootstraps Lynn Dayton must…

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Added by L. A. Starks on April 20, 2013 at 5:25am — No Comments

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