All Blog Posts Tagged 'Hard' (6)

Review - Hard Twisted, C Joseph Greaves

Book Title: HARD TWISTED

Author: C Joseph Greaves

ISBN: 9781408829240

Year of Publication: 2012

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Category: Crime Fiction / Historical

Location: USA

Special Interests: Great Depression

Book Synopsis

Lucile Garrett is just thirteen when she meets Clint Palmer, a charismatic stranger who will forever change her life. The year is 1934, and as the windblown dust of the Great Depression rakes the Oklahoma plains, Palmer…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on January 31, 2013 at 5:45pm — No Comments

Review - Hard Labour, The Crime Factory

Book Title: HARD LABOUR

Authors: Garry Disher, Leigh Redhead, Angela Savage, Cameron Ashley, Greig Johnstone, Helen Fitzgerald, JJ DeCeglie, Deborah Sheldon, David Whish-Wilson, Andrew Prentice, Finbarr McCarthy, Liam Jose, Andrez Bergen, Amanda Wrangles, Andrew Nette, Adrian McKinty, Peter Corris

Year of Publication: 2012

Publisher: The Crime Factory

Short Stories

Book Synopsis

From the Land Down Under comes seventeen dark criminal tales,…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on December 5, 2012 at 8:44pm — No Comments

Used Cars - Revenge isn't always sweet.

'Mister on the day the lottery I win, I ain't never gonna ride in no used car again.'

Well, that's what Springsteen said, but for my part I would be straight down to the dealership for a vintage Challenger, like the one in my latest story.

I'm delighted to be back up at 'Near to the knuckle'…

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Added by Chris Leek on September 18, 2012 at 4:42am — No Comments

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

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

ABOUT MORGAN MANDEL - MARCH/APRIL 2008 NEWSLETTER NOW UP

My new newsletter, called ABOUT MORGAN MANDEL - MARCH/APRIL, 2008 IS NOW UP:

here's the link:

http://morganmandel.com/files/ABOUT_MORGAN_MANDEL_Newsletter-MARCH-APRIL_20082.pdf

If you can't connect, you can go to www.morganmandel.com and click the link at the top of the main page under the electronic… Continue

Added by Morgan Mandel on April 21, 2008 at 11:55am — No Comments