All Blog Posts Tagged 'City' (9)

Review - Dark City Blue, Luke Preston

Book Title: DARK CITY BLUE

Author: Luke Preston

ISBN: B009DF1IBI

Year of Publication: 2012

Author's Home Country: Australia

Book Synopsis

If there's one thing worse than a crooked cop on your heels then it's a whole unit of them.

A fistful of people are murdered, fifteen million dollars is stolen and detective Tom Bishop is stuck in the middle. When he hits the street, every clue points in the same direction - his…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on December 5, 2012 at 7:43pm — No Comments

Two successful talks in the North East of England about the DI Horton Marine Mystery Crime Novels & how I write

I'm back from a very successful mini tour of the North East of England where I was invited to give two talks.

This is the third time in three years that I have given talks to readers in the North East of England and I shall once again be in the area in April 2013 taking part in CSI Gateshead at Gateshead Library, a mini version of CSI Portsmouth, which I help to organise every year as part of Portsmouth…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on November 14, 2012 at 10:44pm — No Comments

Review - Dark City, Simon Read

Book Title:   DARK CITY

Author:   Simon Read

Publisher:   Ian Allan Publishing

Copyright:   2010

ISBN:   978-0-7110-3443-3

No of Pages:   192

Book Synopsis:

There was more to wartime London than stiff upper-lips and rousing choruses of ‘Roll out the Barrel’. There was crime and plenty of it in the time of Blackouts, Blitz and Bloodshed, and it is chronicled here in this lively and accessible history . . .

Criminals hunted their prey without fear… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on March 10, 2011 at 11:18am — No Comments

Christmas early bird promotion for Fraterfamilias

Fraterfamilias is back in print, in paperback and ebook form, and we're doing an early bird promotion for it. If you order before December 15 (Print books ship starting December 6), you can get either format for 40% off the cover price. For more information, go here: http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=9379

Added by Paula R. Stiles on November 28, 2010 at 2:20pm — No Comments

3 Reasons Behind the Sale of 'Boardwalk Empire' to HBO

Whether you saw the pilot episode of the HBO miniseries 'Boardwalk Empire,' whether you liked it or not, you probably did not escape the multi-million dollar marketing campaign that surrounded the airing of the pilot episode on September 19th. The enormous sums that Martin Scorsese and HBO are spending compel me, to look for clues about how to create such a product with such lucrative potential. What you may not know is that the 'Boardwalk Empire' property was not fiction, but a history book.… Continue

Added by Stan Cutler on September 25, 2010 at 2:00am — 2 Comments

Review - Thrill City, Leigh Redhead

Book Title: THRILL CITY

Author: Leigh Redhead

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-74114-737-7

No of Pages: 438

Book Synopsis:

Simone Kirsch, ex-stripper, sleuth and bad girl, is back in business - and before she has time to crack open a bottle of cheap champagne to celebrate the launch of her very own detective agency, she's up to her neck in lethal fun and games.

It all starts off quite innocently, when bestselling crime… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on June 1, 2010 at 10:39pm — No Comments

CITY OF DRAGONS Launch Tour

February 2nd is almost upon us--and my fingers are crossed that the groundhog comes out to read CITY OF DRAGONS. :)

I'm about to embark on a West Coast tour -- Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Scottdale. We'll be closing out with an afternoon Valentine's Day party at Poisoned Pen on the 14th.

The 14th itself is not only Valentine's Day, but Chinese New Year (Year of the Tiger) and the 80th anniversary of the publication of The Maltese Falcon ... all of… Continue

Added by Kelli Stanley on January 20, 2010 at 7:36am — No Comments

Almost there!

Hard to believe that it's only a couple of months until CITY OF DRAGONS is released. It's been a fast-moving year!

To celebrate, I'm running a contest in December and January for a scarce ARC--combined with a basket of themed gifts from San Francisco's Chinatown.

Just go to my website at http://www.kellistanley.com/newsletter.html and sign up for my newsletter. It's spam-free and not very frequent.… Continue

Added by Kelli Stanley on December 8, 2009 at 9:57am — No Comments

Chasing the Dragon

CHASING THE DRAGON

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“Let us depart from this

Lake of the Red Eye,

Let us separate in sorrow

From the tribe that has loved us.” – W.B. Yeats,

The Fate of the Children on Lir

So you fall for a beautiful young Chinese patron at an underground masseuse parlor off of Mott Street.

So you fall in love.

So you find out her mother is the queen of the Black Market, a contractor for professional killers, an all-star in the game of… Continue

Added by Liam on May 24, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments