All Blog Posts Tagged 'death' (28)

Review - The Death of Bunny Munro, Nick Cave

Book Title: THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO Author: Nick Cave Publisher: Text Publishing Copyright: 2009 ISBN: 978-1-921520-63-1 No of Pages: 278 Book Synopsis: Bunny Munro sells beauty products and the scent of adventure to the lonely housewives of England's south coast. Set adrift by his wife's death, he hits the road one last time - with his young son in tow. Book Review: Despite the title, THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO is not strictly a novel from my preferred genre of crime fiction. Defining exactl… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on November 5, 2009 at 11:23am — No Comments

Your Life and Your Ride

Your Life and Your Ride When your ride Is cold, hard steel And your day Is long, hot and hostile, How do you end Your night's lonely thoughts? Are they cold and hard Like your ride? Are they long, hot and hostile Like your day? Are do you separate The job from your personal life? It is a struggle That leaves many Swimming in the sauce Or choking on a barrel. But, It doesn't have to be. One knee or two, A prayful request will do. And, A good night's sleep Will usher into your lif… Continue

Added by Roger C. Bull on October 15, 2009 at 2:29am — No Comments

Review - Death and the Running Patterer, Robin Adair

Book Title: DEATH AND THE RUNNING PATTERER Author: Robin Adair Publisher: Penguin Copyright: 2009 ISBN: 978-1-921518-25-6 No of Pages: 311 Book Synopsis: One of the convict colony's soldiers has been murdered and Governor Ralph Darling is not pleased. Reluctantly, he turns to Nicodemus Dunne for help. Book Review: DEATH AND THE RUNNING PATTERER is the book that won Penguin's last Most Wanted Crime Writing competition, and there's a comment in the acknowledgements that explain a little about… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on September 17, 2009 at 8:21pm — No Comments

Review - Death in the Truffle Wood, Pierre Magnan

Book Title: DEATH IN THE TRUFFLE WOOD Author: Pierre Magnan Publisher: Vintage Books Copyright: 2006 ISBN: 978-0-099-47022-9 No of Pages: 201 Book Synopsis: In Banon, a small peaceful village in upper Provence, the local community's principal source of income is the cultivation of truffles. Outsiders rarely venture to this remote region, but a small group of society's drop-outs have chosen to set up home on the outskirts of the village. When one of them is found dead in the freezer of a local… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 14, 2009 at 11:53am — No Comments

And When I Die, and When I'm Gone...

I really, really hope CNN, FOX News, and all the rest have no idea. I'd like my friends to remember me the way they want to, not the way some overly-made-up (and fake in every other way too) "personality" summarizes, eulogizes, and characterizes me. Death of a celebrity in our culture creates a feeding frenzy of pseudo-news about the person, and it makes me sick that everyone who ever spoke to him or her seems unable to resist the urge to talk about it. And the speculation from "experts" about… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on June 30, 2009 at 9:54pm — 3 Comments

Buenos Aires next stop

Winged with Death, my latest novel goes home tomorrow (Friday) 14th May; well almost. To Donigan Merritt's blog in Buenos Aires. Donigan is a novelist and is living in Buenos Aires. He was in Montevideo a week or so ago and knows the terrain. He has a review of the book and wants to talk about it. Continue

Added by John Baker on May 15, 2009 at 2:23am — No Comments

Todays Tour Date

Winged with Death is at Asynchronous Process today. Continue

Added by John Baker on May 9, 2009 at 9:38pm — No Comments

The Truth About Lies

The Winged with Death Tour visits Jim Murdoch's blog today, The Truth About Lies. Review and discussion. Continue

Added by John Baker on May 4, 2009 at 8:32pm — No Comments

The View From Here Magazine

Winged with Death: The interview is up at The View From Here. Continue

Added by John Baker on April 30, 2009 at 8:37pm — No Comments

Book Tour

The Winged with Death Blog Tour has moved on to Wales today, at the site of It’s A Crime! (or a mystery…). Continue

Added by John Baker on April 29, 2009 at 7:32pm — No Comments

Winged with Death Tour

The tour has moved on to Never Neutral today. Quite a thoughtful review and questions happening. Continue

Added by John Baker on April 25, 2009 at 2:04am — No Comments

Winged with Death Virtual Tour

My latest novel, Winged with Death, is reviewed on Dick Jones' Patteran Pages. Continue

Added by John Baker on April 22, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

What Do You Call Crazy?

I witnessed an event yesterday that reminded me of CATCH 22. A psychiatrist asked a patient if she would consider a life-extending but invasive process. She at first said no. He asked why and she said it was prolonging an inevitable decline and she didn't want that. He talked with her for some time and then asked again if she would consider the treatment. She said she would consider it. He then informed her that she was competent, since she'd given the "right" answer. His word. So, Catch 22: if… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on April 16, 2009 at 1:44am — 4 Comments

Thanks all round

Thank you to Mike Powell of BBC Radio Solent for inviting me to be his guest on his Sunday afternoon programme (15 March 2009) to talk about the unsolved murder of my great aunt, Martha Giles, who was brutally killed on 12 February 1959. I was also talking to Mike abo… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on March 19, 2009 at 2:26am — No Comments

Book Review: A Beautiful Place to Die, Malla Nunn (Picador)

There's a lot happening on the international crime fiction scene these days, and so much of it seems to be linked to Southern Africa. Roger Smith's hardboiled Mixed Blood has become a pressure-cooker story on the international front: German publish… Continue

Added by Richard Kunzmann on March 8, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

The New Inspector Horton Marine Mystery Crime Novel

Here it is, the jacket cover for the NEW Inspector Horton Marine Mystery - Dead Man's Wharf- the fourth in the series. It will be published on 30 April 2009. It looks pretty sinister to me and I hope you like it. Let me know what you think. Below is a preview of what'… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on January 17, 2009 at 4:16am — No Comments

Latest book news and forthcoming marine mysteries

I’ve just received from my publisher my copies of the Large Print version of Deadly Waters, which is now on sale. It looks really good and I hope it enables people who are visually impaired (sadly a growing number) to enjoy this marine mystery crime novel. Deadly Waters… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on November 11, 2008 at 3:23am — No Comments

Brilliant Insanity

Louis Reinhart has five days to live before he is injected with the lethal cocktail. Louis Reinhart has been given permission to tell the world his side of the story. The story which was not allowed to be told in court. The Fort Pierce Sentinel has agreed to send a reporter to interv… Continue

Added by Yvonne Mason on October 1, 2008 at 10:05am — No Comments

Contract with Wild Child Publishing

Currently under contract with Wild Child Publishing for Sheryl Locke Holmes Mystery Series, which features Amber's Mysterious Death, Ruby's Deadly Secret and Opal's Disappearance. When I get more details, I'll post them. Until then, let's dance. Continue

Added by Carol Exline on September 29, 2008 at 6:09am — No Comments

Literary Festival Buzz

There was a buzz in the town of Havant in Hampshire (England) when I turned up this morning at Havant Arts Centre to give my talk. Not, I hasten to add, because I was speaking, but because of the wide range of interesting events being held. I am really pleased the literary festival is being greeted so enthusiastically because it is the first one to be staged in this area, and I know the organizers have worked tremendously hard to pull it off. I wasn’t sure how many people to expect. It could be… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on September 28, 2008 at 4:13am — No Comments