All Blog Posts Tagged 'Craig' (26)

Christmas mysteries, giveaways, Cleo Coyle, Craig Johnson & more

The new issue of Kings River Life is up and filled with Christmas and mystery fun!

We have a review of Cleo Coyle's new holiday mystery novel, "Holiday Buzz", a chance to win a copy of the book & a great guest post by Cleo with some fun holiday recipes http://kingsriverlife.com/12/15/holiday-buzz-by-cleo-coyle/

"Crimewave", a Christmas mystery short story by Michael Bracken…

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Added by Lorie Ham on December 16, 2012 at 4:14am — No Comments

Review - The Long Glasgow Kiss, Craig Russell

Book Title: THE LONG GLASGOW KISS

Author: Craig Russell

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-74237-011-8

No of Pages: 337

Book Synopsis:

'There are some concepts that are alien to the Glaswegian mind. Salad. Dentistry. Forgiveness.'

Glasgow in the 1950's - not somewhere you'd choose to be unless you were born to it. Yet Lennox, a private investigator of Canadian descent, finds it oddly congenial. Lennox is a man balanced… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on September 22, 2010 at 10:44pm — No Comments

Review - Random, Craig Robertson

Book Title: RANDOM

Author: Craig Robertson

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-84737-729-6

No of Pages: 329

Book Synopsis:

Glasgow is being terrorised by a serial killer the media have nicknamed The Cutter. The murders have left the police baffled. There seems to be neither rhyme nor reason behind the killings; no kind of pattern or motive; an entirely different method of murder each time, and nothing that connects the victims… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on June 2, 2010 at 10:26am — No Comments

SHORT STORY AT CRIMEWAV.COM

My reading of my short story "The Devil's in the Details" is now up at CrimeWAV.com.

Added by Craig McDonald on November 24, 2009 at 1:37pm — No Comments

Review - Lennox, Craig Russell

Book Title: LENNOX

Author: Craig Russell

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-74175-930-3

No of Pages: 329

Book Synopsis:

Private investigator Lennox stands somewhere between legal and illegal, honour and greed, crims and cops. The one clear thing about Lennox is his certainty that only the toughest and most ruthless survive in his home town of Glasgow.

The McGahern twins are on the way up in Glasgow's grimy… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on November 24, 2009 at 11:23am — No Comments

NEW BLOG SITE

My series focusing on interview subjects featured in Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations about the Writing Life resumes with Ken Bruen at my new blog site. Also, details regarding a newsletter contest continuing through the February 2010 release of my next novel, Print… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on November 19, 2009 at 1:18am — No Comments

ROGUE MALES REVIEW

Oline Cogdill reviews ROGUE MALES: CONVERSATIONS AND CONFRONTATIONS ABOUT THE WRITING LIFE.

Added by Craig McDonald on August 13, 2009 at 12:09am — No Comments

ROGUE MALES: SUBJECT #11, LEE CHILD

(Author’s note: Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Elmore Leonard, Stephen J. Cannell, Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, Craig Holden and James Crumley. Rogue Males also features an account of a trip to the desert to interview crime fiction greats Ken Bruen and James… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on August 1, 2009 at 10:37am — No Comments

ROGUE MALES: SUBJECT #10, RANDY WAYNE WHITE

(Author’s note: Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, Craig Holden and James Crumley. Rogue Males also features an account of a trip to the desert to interview crime fiction greats Ken Bruen and James Sallis about the… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on July 12, 2009 at 11:31pm — No Comments

NEW INTERVIEW POSTED AT SPINETINGLER

Brian Lindenmuth interviews me — a broad, wide-ranging discussion about genre, changing gender roles and the state of the mystery/crime novel among other topics at Spinetingler Magazine.

Added by Craig McDonald on June 30, 2009 at 11:07pm — No Comments

TOWER INTERVIEW #1 WITH KEN BRUEN NOW POSTED

To promote the autumn release of Busted Flush Press' new Ken Bruen/Reed Farrel Coleman collaboration, TOWER, I agreed to interview Ken, Reed and the novel's editor, Allan Guthrie. The first of the three interviews, this one with Ken, is now available HERE.

Added by Craig McDonald on June 30, 2009 at 1:25am — No Comments

ROGUE MALES: SUBJECT #9, KINKY FRIEDMAN

(Author’s note: Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, Craig Holden and James Crumley. Rogue Males also features an account of a trip to the desert to interview crime fiction greats Ken Bruen and James Sallis about the craft of writing. During the next few weeks, I’m sharing a little bit about each… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on May 31, 2009 at 12:06pm — 3 Comments

ROGUE MALES: SUBJECT #8, MAX ALLAN COLLINS

(Author’s note: Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, Kinky Friedman and James Crumley. Rogue Males also features an account of a trip to the desert to interview crime fiction greats Ken Bruen and James Sallis about the craft of writing. During the next few weeks, I’m sharing a little bit about each of the 16 writers featured in… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on May 22, 2009 at 9:47am — No Comments

NEW INTERVIEW POSTED

Jedidiah Ayres interviews me at Hardboiled Wonderland regarding the Hector Lassiter series, including PRINT THE LEGEND, coming early in 2010 from Minotaur Books. We also discuss ROGUE MALES: CONVERSATIONS & CONFRONTATIONS ABOUT THE WRITING LIFE which was officially released this week by Bleak House Books.

Added by Craig McDonald on May 15, 2009 at 12:58am — No Comments

ROGUE MALES: SUBJECT #6, ELMORE LEONARD

(Author’s note: Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, Kinky Friedman and James Crumley. Rogue Males also features an account of a trip to the desert to interview crime fiction greats Ken Bruen and James Sallis about the craft of writing. During the next few weeks, I’m sharing a little background about each of… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on May 2, 2009 at 11:46am — No Comments

ROGUE MALES: SUBJECT #4, CRAIG HOLDEN

(Author’s note: Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Pete Dexter, Alistair MacLeod, Daniel Woodrell, Elmore Leonard and James Crumley. Rogue Males also features an account of a trip to the desert to interview crime fiction greats Ken Bruen and James Sallis about the craft of writing. During the… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on April 10, 2009 at 7:59am — No Comments

ROGUE MALES: SUBJECT #3, JAMES ELLROY

Added by Craig McDonald on April 5, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

ROGUE MALES: SUBJECT #2, JAMES CRUMLEY

(Author’s note: Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is my second collection of author interviews. This one includes James Ellroy, Pete Dexter, Daniel Woodrell, Elmore Leonard and the late, great James Crumley. Rogue Males also features an account of a trip to the desert to interview crime fiction greats Ken Bruen and James Sallis about the craft of writing. During the next few weeks, I’ll be… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on April 2, 2009 at 1:41am — No Comments

ROGUE MALES: SUBJECT #1, TOM RUSSELL

This year finds me briefly veering back over to the nonfiction side of the publishing world with Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, a second collection of interviews with authors including James Ellroy, Pete Dexter, Daniel Woodrell, Elmore Leonard and the late, great James Crumley. Rogue Males also features an account of a trip to the desert to interview crime fiction greats Ken Bruen and James Sallis… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on March 29, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ON ROGUE MALES

Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life by Craig McDonald. Bleak House Books $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-60648-036-6; paper $14.95 ISBN 978-1-932557-45-9

A fascinating follow-up to the 2006 Art in the Blood dialogue with leading crime writers, this collection by journalist and fiction writer McDonald (Head Games) underlines the “rogue male” theme by putting some of the most influential crime fiction wizards under the spotlight. Among… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on March 16, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments