All Blog Posts Tagged 'Michael' (44)

Review - Drive By, Michael Duffy

Title:  DRIVE BY

Author: Michael Duffy

ISBN: 9781743312636

Year of Publication: 2013

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Category: Crime Fiction

Location: Sydney



Book Synopsis



John Habib is the mechanic son of a Muslim Lebanese-Australian crime family in Sydney's Western suburbs. His oldest brother is in a maximum security prison, his middle brother is becoming increasingly fundamentalist, and his younger brother Rafi is on trial for a murder he swears he…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 6, 2013 at 7:56pm — No Comments

Review - If I Tell You... I'll Have to Kill You, edited by Michael Robotham

What is the secret to good crime writing? No one better to ask than a group of Australia's leading crime writers. Their conclusions are fascinating, provocative, often surprising, and they are all drawn from the hard school of personal experience. What pieces of advice do the writers have in common? That there is no substitute for hard work! One tells us there is no such thing as writer's block - "just do it" is a common theme. There is a fun part though: research. The writers could not vary…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on July 24, 2013 at 11:20pm — No Comments

Review - Blackwater Moon, B. Michael Radburn

Book Title:  BLACKWATER MOON

Author:  B. Michael Radburn

ISBN:  9781921997099

Location:  Australia

Publisher:  Pantera Press

Year of Publication:  2012



Andy Walker, son, lover and an ex-soldier, knows tragedy is only ever a heartbeat away.



When an inmate escapes from the prison farm upriver and abducts Nathan, a child Andy has vowed to protect after losing his own son years before, Andy Walker discovers that the escapee is a dark figure from his past,…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on September 10, 2012 at 5:01pm — No Comments

Trial of Outlaw Frank James Begins - 1883

This is my first blog post on Crime Space...I'm the author of "Murder & Mayhem 52 Crimes that Shocked Early California 1849-1949" (2012, Schiffer). I have a regular blog at www.mikeb63.blogspot.com that has spotlighted crime stories and other things for the past year. Visit my author website www.michaelthomasbarry.com for more…

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Added by Michael Barry on August 22, 2012 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Review - Say You're Sorry, Michael Robotham

Book Title:  SAY YOU'RE SORRY

Author:  Michael Robotham

ISBN:   9781847445254

Location:   United Kingdom

Series:   Joe O'Loughlin & Vincent Ruiz

Publisher:   Little Brown

Year of Publication:   2012



During the worst blizzard in decades, a husband and wife are brutally killed in their home while half of London is without power. The suspect, a troubled young man who reported the killings, is in custody, unable or unwilling to explain his presence in the…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 15, 2012 at 8:23pm — No Comments

Review - The Wreckage, Michael Robotham

Book Title:   THE WRECKAGE

Author:  Michael Robotham

ISBN:   9781847442215

Location:   Baghdad, London

Series:   Vincent Ruiz

Publisher:   Little Brown

Year of Publication:   2011



Billions of dollars are missing from Iraqi banks, and journalist Luca Terracini will risk everything to discover where it is. His Iraqi-American background has made it easier for him to infiltrate the darkest corners of the war, but death of his beloved Nicola in a suicide bombing…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on July 17, 2012 at 5:23pm — No Comments

But I Loved him ...

Dawnette Knight was obsessed with Michael Douglas. She claims to have met the actor in 2002 at a party in Florida. She knew he was married to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, and she didn't like it. Zeta-Jones, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in  2003 for her role in "Chicago," became her hated enemy.

Between January 2003 and May 2004, Knight sent 19 threatening letters to Zeta-Jones, describing what would happen to her. One said she would be chopped into pieces "like Sharon…

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Added by Susan on March 11, 2012 at 4:08am — No Comments

The Gemini Agenda by Michael and Patrick McMenamin: Book Review

A historical thriller so gripping, so intriguing you’ll have a hard time putting it down.

 

The McMenamin’s have done it again. Their Winston Churchill thriller series is set against a tumultuous time; pre-WW2. So much of the fiction is set against the background of true history and true characters that it will also challenge you to tell the difference. Hitler was evil and so was what he did. You…

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Added by Sheila English on February 29, 2012 at 8:34am — No Comments

Review - The Crossing, B. Michael Radburn

Book Title:   THE CROSSING

Author:  B. Michael Radburn

ISBN:  9780980741872

Publisher:   Pantera Press

Year of Publication:   2011



Traumatised by the disappearance of his daughter Claire, Taylor Bridges' marriage breaks down, and he exiles himself to Glorys Crossing in Tasmania.  Taylor is the only ranger in this isolated town adjoining a national park ... a town dying a slow death as the rising waters of the new dam project slowly flood it.



Struggling with the… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on November 1, 2011 at 9:48am — No Comments

Review - Death of the Mantis, Michael Stanley

Book Title:   DEATH OF THE MANTIS

Author:  Michael Stanley

ISBN:   9780755381159

Location:   Botswana

Series:   Kubu Bengu

Publisher:   Headline

Year of Publication:   2011



When a Kalahari ranger is found dead in a dry ravine, his corpse surrounded by three Bushmen, the local police arrest the nomads.  Botswana's Detective 'Kubu' Bengu investigates the case and is reunited with his old school friend Khumanego, a Bushman and advocate for his people.  Khumanego… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on October 25, 2011 at 1:35pm — No Comments

Blog Link

Please feel free to check out my blog at http://www.mjmccann.com/apps/blog/. I'd love to read your comments as I document my journey down the road of self-publishing the Donaghue and Stainer Crime Novel Series. It's a helluva trip, so come on over and check it out.

Added by Michael J. McCann on July 30, 2011 at 2:56am — No Comments

Review - The Simple Death, Michael Duffy

Book Title:   THE SIMPLE DEATH

Author:   Michael Duffy

Publisher:   Allen & Unwin

Copyright:   2011

ISBN:   978-1-74237-552-6



Book Synopsis:



A man falls off a ferry and dies and an elderly lady dies after a long painful illness - could the two deaths be linked? Are they mercy killings or is Detective Nicholas Troy on the trail of a serial killer? A smart, sophisticated, hugely entertaining mystery, with a plot ripped straight out of tomorrow's… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on July 5, 2011 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Review - The Borgia Ring, Michael White

Book Title:   THE BORGIA RING

Author:   Michael White

Publisher:   Random House

Copyright:   2009

ISBN:   978-1-86325-689-6



Book Synopsis:



For on the skeleton's finger is a beautiful emerald ring that once belonged to Lucrezia Borgia, the most powerful - and most evil - woman of the Renaissance.



Hours later the skeleton has vanished and one man is dead.



For DCI Jack Pendragon - newly transferred from Oxford to Brick Lane - it's a first case… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on June 22, 2011 at 11:19pm — No Comments

L. A. EXAMINER.COM SPOTLIGHT ON MYSTERY WRITER, ACTOR, JOURNALIST MICHAEL MALLORY

LINK: http://exm.nr/mallory-LA

Today my Spotlight is on a man of many talents. Michael has had a varied career including so many things it makes my head spin, and I'm a busy gal.…

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Added by Morgan St. James on March 17, 2011 at 3:42am — No Comments

L. A. EXAMINER.COM SPOTLIGHT ON MYSTERY WRITER, ACTOR, JOURNALIST MICHAEL MALLORY

LINK: http://exm.nr/mallory-LA

Today my Spotlight is on a man of many talents. Michael has had a varied career including so many things it makes my head spin, and I'm a busy gal.…

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Added by Morgan St. James on March 17, 2011 at 3:41am — No Comments

Review - The Third Rail, Michael Harvey

Book Title:   THE THIRD RAIL

Author:   Michael Harvey

Publisher:   Allen & Unwin

Copyright:   2009

ISBN:   978-1-4088-0585-5

No of Pages:   284



Book Synopsis:



A woman is shot as she waits for her train to work.  An hour later, a second woman is gunned down as she rides an elevated train through the Loop.  Two hours after that, a church becomes the target of a chemical weapons attack.  The city of Chicago is under siege.



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Added by Karen from AustCrime on January 25, 2011 at 2:39pm — No Comments

Review - So Cold the River, Michael Koryta

Book Title: SO COLD THE RIVER

Author: Michael Koryta

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-74237-133-7

No of Pages: 503



Book Synopsis:



It started with a documentary. The beautiful Alyssa Bradford approaches Eric Shaw to unearth the life story of her father-in-law, Campbell Bradford, a 95-year-old billionaire whose childhood is wrapped in mystery. Eric grabs the job, even though the only clues to Bradford's past are his hometown… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 17, 2010 at 8:06pm — 2 Comments

Review of Local Guest of Honor Michael Allen Dymmoch's novel

Death in West Wheeling

by Michael Allen Dymmoch

Five Star Mysteries, Hardcover,

182 pages, Hardcover, $25.95

IBN1594144583



Who knew author Michael Dymmoch, who has written such solid noir mysteries

as "White Tiger," "The Fall" and "M.I.A.", could put together such a funny,

even hilarious novel as this one, set in a small town in West Virginia, or

somewhere close by? Homer Deter is currently acting sheriff and he has to

investigate the mysterious… Continue

Added by Love Is Murder Conference on August 4, 2010 at 3:44pm — 1 Comment

Review - The Edge of Madness, Michael Dobbs

Book Title: THE EDGE OF MADNESS

Author: Michael Dobbs

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-84737-285-7

No of Pages: 390



Book Synopsis:



Cyber-war. Not the sort that steals identities and raids bank accounts, but the kind that brings nations to their knees, switching off their energy lifelines, crippling financial markets, starving their leaders of authority, making populations panic.



Book Review:



It doesn't seem to… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on May 25, 2010 at 7:34pm — No Comments

Interview with Michael Robotham

Post the release of his latest book BLEED FOR ME Michael Robotham

generously spared me some time when he was in Melbourne recently.



BLEED FOR ME is the 5th book in Robotham's central series, which is

cleverly based around a shifting focus of 3 loosely connected

characters. Unexpectedly, but pleasingly for readers, BLEED FOR ME

sees the focus staying with Professor Joe O'Loughlin following on from

SHATTER.



Michael, born and raised in NSW Australia,… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on May 18, 2010 at 9:54am — No Comments

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