All Blog Posts Tagged 'Lawrence' (6)

Hello World indeed!

I can't believe it has been so long since I posted, but life took over and I have been busy living. Also I have new editions of my Belinda Lawrence mystery series and am currently writing book six. So I hope to talk more regularly with you. Meanwhile, my web page has details of what I have been up to with my books. Take a look, and a Happy 2015 to all. Cheers, Brian

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Added by Brian Kavanagh on January 27, 2015 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Review: The Underground by Lawrence McMorrow

Late 1940s America, a world in which deserving has little to do with what you get, and the Irish immigrant Maura arrives as an almost-rebel. Despite her Catholic background, she has lost her virginity on the boat to the New World and, upon arrival in the US, she falls in love with Frank and gets pregnant. Frank is no ordinary man, he is a communist, and, at the height…

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Added by Tom Vater on December 2, 2012 at 5:28pm — No Comments

Win a Signed Copy of BLACKOUT by Author Larry J.

BLACKOUT CONTEST

Alexander Steele is a retired African American private detective turned night club owner living in Philadelphia. He hoped to put the detective life behind him and move on with his longtime girlfriend Shakia. When Alex's friend brings him an encrypted travel drive with…

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Added by Larry J on April 10, 2011 at 1:48am — No Comments

Ten Notable Crimes In 2010

The notable crime stories of 2010 include foreign and American-born terrorists, collegiate and professional athletes, a college professor, the disturbing and ever-increasing problem of bullying, and the satisfying arrest of the man long suspected of having committed a similar murder. I’ve limited my selections to those crimes that actually occurred in 2010, but as always, there are far more notable crimes than there is space to list them.

On January 14, 15-year-old Phoebe…

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Added by Christopher Valen on December 18, 2010 at 1:14am — No Comments

An Old Friend You've Never Met

Surprisingly, sometimes you open a book and find a friend. It's not anyone you've met before, but right away you recognize the connection. You like the guy. You want to know more about him. You wouldn't mind having a cup of coffee and just listening to him talk.

I just met Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr, (yeah, I know. I'm decades behind the rest of the world) and that is what happened. He's a crook, but I like him. I'm on page 16, so I've got lots of pages left to learn…

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Added by Peg Herring on June 23, 2010 at 10:20pm — 1 Comment

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