All Blog Posts Tagged 'Sue' (8)

10 Mystery Giveaway over at Kings River Life

What better gift than books for the holidays? This week in my Coming Attractions column I have a hefty list of titles. Better yet, you have a chance of winning 10 books just by making a comment or emailing ezine editor Lorie Ham. Contest ends Dec. 6.…

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Added by Sunny Frazier on December 1, 2014 at 8:28am — No Comments

Dennis Palumbo, Sue Owens Wright, Christopher Lynch, giveaways, stories & more

Up in Kings River Life Magazine this morning a review of Dennis Palumbo's brand new mystery novel "Night Terrors" and a chance to win a copy of the book http://kingsriverlife.com/05/18/night-terrors-a-daniel-rinaldi-mystery-by-dennis-palumbo/

We also have another Smart Guys mystery short story by Dennis Palumbo…

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Added by Lorie Ham on May 19, 2013 at 2:35am — No Comments

Review - Murder with the Lot, Sue Williams

Book Title: MURDER WITH THE LOT

Author: Sue Williams

ISBN: 9781922079787

Series: Cass Tuplin

Year of Publication: 2013

Publisher: Text Publishing

Location: Mallee, Victoria

Synopsis

A smart, sassy self-appointed private investigator, Cass Tuplin is unforgettable and the town of Rusty Bore will never be the same...

Cass Tuplin's takeaway isn't the last shop left in Rusty Bore. There's also Vern's General Store. But it's true the town's not…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on March 12, 2013 at 11:22pm — No Comments

Mystery, Agatha Christie, giveaways, Justin Cronin & writing in KRL

Check out our review of mystery author Sue Ann Jaffarian's new novel "Hide & Snoop", an interview with Sue, & a chance to win a copy of the book in the new issue of Kings River Life http://kingsriverlife.com/11/03/hide-snoop-by-sue-ann-jaffarian/

Also up this week Part 2 of our series about Agatha Christie…

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Added by Lorie Ham on November 4, 2012 at 9:28am — No Comments

Involved Reading Versus Automatic Reading

Sometimes you feel like a rut; sometimes you don't.

There are books that are automatic. You know the characters, know how they're going to react. You know, generally, what situations they will encounter, and you know they will triumph in the end. Books of this type, when well done, are entertaining, and authors like Sue Grafton and Lee Child do well with them.

Non-automatic books take a different type of writing. The reader does not know…

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Added by Peg Herring on June 13, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTIONS

Mystery conventions have to be some of the wackiest, most creative and high energy get-togethers around, Comic Con not withstanding (if you can stand a hundred Darth Vadersroaming around).

Years ago, when I was starting out in the mystery field, a small conference called Bare Bones took place in the hills above Escondido in a church camp near the town of Julian. We stayed in cabins, ate…

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Added by Sunny Frazier on May 13, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

LEFT COAST CRIME LEFTOVERS

LCC! Oh my.

Well, I took copious notes for my Murder Circle http://www.sunnyfrazier.com/MurderCircle/ Go there for the gossip.…

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Added by Sunny Frazier on April 12, 2010 at 10:27am — 1 Comment

A TV Interview, a Launch Meeting, and two Guest Mystery Author visitors

At my regular blog I posted a link to an interview that Eden Lane, a reporter for the KBDI 12 public television station in Denver, did with me and other authors present at a benefit signing for the Colorado Humanities and the Colorado Center for the Book. Let me know what you think of it!

At the Midnight Ink blog today, I talk about the "Launch… Continue

Added by Beth Groundwater on February 5, 2010 at 5:25am — No Comments