All Blog Posts Tagged 'Crime' (109)

Money Shot by Christa Faust

Wow, what a novel!

On an average year, I'll pick up about 150 books, finishing about 70. Of those 70, a handful or two I'll give five out of five stars over at my LibraryThing account. Obviously, Money Shot got five stars.

It's been almost a month since I finished Money Shot, and I can't stop thinking or talking about it. Faust's novel has it all: perfect pacing, dead-on dialogue,… Continue

Added by Johnny Ostentatious on July 6, 2008 at 2:12am — 1 Comment

Leonard Cohen, Underground Porn, and a girl named Nookie

...All that and a whole lot more is in the fifth installment of the Roland Longville series, Lady Midnight. Mr. Leonard Cohen's management was kind enough to answer my humble entreaties (they said yes) to use lyrics of his song, also entitled Lady Midnight, in the text. The blurb runneth thusly:

In this lurid tale, Roland is hired by a senator who aspires to higher office. He wants Roland to bring his wild child daughter home before her antics disgrace him and cost him… Continue

Added by Timothy C. Phillips on June 2, 2008 at 4:30am — No Comments

Rebroadcast of Biography Channel Interview This Week

Hello, friends:

Hope all is well for you and yours.

For those of you who missed my TV interview on the Biography Channel's Crime Stories, here's a chance to catch the rebroadcast at the end of this week as follows:

Crime Stories: The Love Slave Murders

Gerald Gallego, son of a convicted killer, and Charlene Gallego, honor student and musical prodigy, were a match made in hell. Preying… Continue

Added by R. Barri Flowers on May 28, 2008 at 1:25am — No Comments

Sandra Ruttan's What Burns Within

What Burns Within by Sandra Ruttan marks the debut of a police procedural series, one that is a must-read for anyone who appreciates the genre. The reader follows RCMP Constables Tain, Hart and Nolan through the investigation of three difficult cases, until the officers discover their cases converge.

Tain, Hart and Nolan are three officers who "share a common tendency toward insubordination and independence." They were split up due to fall-out from a difficult case. Now, the… Continue

Added by Lesa Holstine on May 13, 2008 at 12:24am — No Comments

Charles Ardai Interview

Suspect: Charles Ardai

Known aliases: Richard Aleas, Charles Gordon Lemuel Cork, and a bunch of other ones I don't know about...watch him - he's shifty!

Occupation: Author, Editor for Hard Case Crime

Last known location: New York City, NY

In this week's show, Charles talks about his two novels (Little Girl Lost and Songs of Innocence, why Las Vegas can be a cool place to write, and why "Schizophrenia Can Be Fun"… Continue

Added by Angie on April 30, 2008 at 2:10am — No Comments

New Interview on Investigation Discovery's WICKED ATTRACTION Series

Hello, friends:

Coming off my recent interview on the Biography Channel's investigative series, Crime Stories, I have now been interviewed by Investigation Discovery's new crime documentary series, Wicked Attraction.

The series focuses on killer couples, including husband and wife sexual serial killers Gerald and Charlene Gallego, the basis for my bestselling true crime mystery thriller, THE SEX SLAVE… Continue

Added by R. Barri Flowers on April 20, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS AND LISTEN TO LAST WEEKS "TRUE CRIME AND..." SHOW!

Yes that's HITCHIN' A RIDE! Remember that one? No well, that's okay. Hang on a minute and you'll get another mind boggling hour with Burl Barer, Don Woldman and Judi Faye (plus Matt Alan) with our guest Dawn Mellen of After the Finish Line .

COMING UP THIS SATURDAY IS COREY MITCHELL, AUTHOR OF PURE MURDER, AND DAVE KUZMINSKI OF EDITORS AND PREDITORS. or is that PREDATORS, or is that Prededitors? Whichever, he will explain how writers get RIPPED OFF by scam artists!

LISTEN… Continue

Added by Burl Barer on April 15, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Interviewed for Investigation Discovery Channel's New Crime Series, WICKED ATTRACTION

Hello, friends:

Coming off a recent interview on the Biography Channel's CRIME STORIES, I

have now been interviewed for the Investigation Discovery channel new series

about couples who partner in crime, titled, WICKED ATTRACTION.

I talk about killer couple, Gerald and Charlene Gallego, the basis for my

bestselling true crime book, THE SEX SLAVE MURDERS; as well as other serial killers and what motivates them to… Continue

Added by R. Barri Flowers on April 4, 2008 at 4:41am — No Comments

Heading for Left Coast Crime

Well, I'll be doing the Live!From Left Coast Crime thing again on my blog "Getting Medieval" and hoping I come away with interesting insights and observations. I'll be meeting my editor there for the first time face to face and also my publicist. Boy, do I have questions for them! Poor souls. Good thing lots of alcohol is involved. And speaking of which, Thursday night I'll be participating in the Mile High Murder Machine tour, which is "A… Continue

Added by Jeri Westerson on March 6, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments