All Blog Posts Tagged 'murder' (151)

Research and Writing: It’s not just the facts after all

I’ve been writing in various genres for some time now, but only recently came to appreciate the link between research and inspiration. Yes, I know; it was probably always there, but I hadn’t really given it much thought until just a few years ago.…

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Added by Vincent O'Neil on October 7, 2010 at 4:30am — No Comments

Motivating Your Murderer: How your villain's motive can help develop the rest of your story

One of the great things about writing murder mysteries is the opportunity to imagine the mind of the villain. After all, no matter how many times we say we’d like to kill someone in real life, most of us thankfully aren’t ever going to get closer to the mindset of an actual murderer than that. So creating a realistic culprit is a true exercise in imagination, and it almost always involves the reason why the killer did it. Your villain’s motive can be a crucial element of your… Continue

Added by Vincent O'Neil on October 2, 2010 at 1:06pm — No Comments

Sneak Preview

Prior to October publication, read the first chapter of A CANTERBURY CRIME, book four in Belinda Lawrence mystery series. From BeWrite Books.
http://www.bewrite.net/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=bk_ACC

Added by Brian Kavanagh on September 27, 2010 at 4:31pm — No Comments

Tuesday TV Interview on Investigation Discovery Channel's Wicked Attraction Series, Episode, "Twisted Twosome"

Hello, friends and fans:…

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Added by R. Barri Flowers on September 7, 2010 at 8:22am — No Comments

The Kult movie

My novel The Kult was optioned last year, and shooting starts in a few weeks (September 27th). There's a website with all spangly things on like video interviews with the cast and sample music for the soundtrack. If you're interested you can check it out at www.thekultmovie.com and you can add the film as a friend on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thekultmovie

Added by Shaun Jeffrey on September 5, 2010 at 8:04am — No Comments

Now Available

Being Someone Else, fourth in the Sticks Hetrick mystery series, is now available.

When an out-of-state reporter is found murdered in the restroom of a disreputable bar the tendency to violence spirals in the rural Pennsylvania community of Swatara Creek, and the investigative trail keeps bringing Hetrick and his team back to the family of a wealthy doctor…

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Added by J.R. Lindermuth on August 22, 2010 at 3:23am — No Comments

Book Review: SANDMAN by Ian Kingsley

Sandman

Ian Kingsley

New Generation Publishing (Aug 1 2010)

978-1907756757

240 pages

The Vincent family is set to enjoy some downtime at their Mudeford Sandbank beach hut, near Christchurch Harbour in Dorset, England. It doesn’t take long for a shocking, brutal murder to disturb this tranquil setting in… Continue

Added by William R. Potter on August 16, 2010 at 1:51am — No Comments

Outstanding

The Embroidered Corpse.

Jeannie Blethen-Rigod rated it: 5 of 5 stars

This book was outstanding. The storyline, the characters, dialogue, and actually teaching me about the famous Bayeux Tapestry. My only complaint is that the book was too short. Soon I'll head over to the 3rd in the series.

Jeannie Blethen-Rigod Apr 18,2010 GoodReads.com

http://tinyurl.com/24dgqtw…

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Added by Brian Kavanagh on August 12, 2010 at 12:20pm — No Comments

Dead, White, and Blue - Preview of Number 4 of the Al Pennyback mystery series

Prologue

Near Lost City, West Virginia

The autumn morning was ablaze with the orange and red of the oak and maple trees that covered the undulating hills that lined the road. A gentle breeze wafted lazily through the woods, making a soft whispering sound. Fluffy clouds dotted the light blue sky.

Two men, dressed in green and black camouflage suits and carrying 30/30 rifles, stood idly beside the two lane blacktop road, looking back up the slope… Continue

Added by Charles A. Ray on August 6, 2010 at 7:29pm — No Comments

Interview Part 2

Part two of an interview I did with E.B. Davis over at Writers Who Kill is up.

Drop by and leave a comment. You could win a signed copy of Murder at http://www.writerswhokill.blogspot.comTimber Bridge or Where the Dreams End.

Added by KD Easley on August 4, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

You should write a crime novel...

Write what you know, that's what they always say. You work as a crime reporter, why don't you write a crime novel?

My immediate answer: I can't handle plot. And I hate descriptive writing. Facts, ideas, characters maybe. I like to observe people; what they say, their motives and psychology. I don't care what kind of sound the gravel makes under my foot or exactly how black the night sky is on a cold November evening. I don't want to write about weeping mothers and orphaned…

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Added by Murdermap on July 26, 2010 at 9:48am — No Comments

Case of the Death Dealer parts one, two, and three (a free story)

Ex-detective Alexander Steele is the owner of a private upscale nightclub in Philly, but there’s a problem the retired private detective can’t seem to

solve. People keep bringing him new cases, life or death cases that he

can’t refuse.…

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Added by Larry J on July 24, 2010 at 1:00am — No Comments

Mystery E-books for Writers and E-readers

For some time it has bothered me that there seems to be no site online where a person can read about ONLY mysteries published as e-books. With some trepidation and a lot of help, I’ve decided to attempt to change that. A friend has established a blog that will be dedicated solely to mysteries that are e-published. The submission process is somewhat experimental right now, but the plan is that authors will tell us about their books, following the template found on the site. Please be… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on July 19, 2010 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

Part #2 of Alex Steele and the Death Dealer has been uploaded

Excerpt from the Death Dealer

by Lawrence Johnson Sr.

Two hours later Steele found himself driving through the roughest

neighborhood in the city. No one in their right mind would come down

here alone in the daytime and most cops wouldn't risk traveling through

this part of town late at night but somehow on this dark, quiet night

Alexander Steele seemed to be drawn to it. There was movement in

shadows of the blocks and blocks of… Continue

Added by Lawrence Johnson on July 17, 2010 at 12:06am — No Comments

Book locations come to life!

Ever wondered what the settings in the book you're reading really look like? Take the opportunity to explore the locations used in CAPABLE OF MURDER, book one in Belinda Lawrence mysteries.

Midford, Somerset (Milford)

The village of Milford where Belinda Lawrence inherited her cottage and found her aunt dead at the foot of the stairs. Explore the village and countryside.

http://tinyurl.com/ylgyc2z

Pulteney Bridge, Bath.… Continue

Added by Brian Kavanagh on July 14, 2010 at 8:05pm — No Comments

The Crazed Killer

If fiction were fact, America would be flooded with maniacal, smart-but-evil murderers who lead the police on macabre chases that follow some twisted idea of order evident only to them, at least until some smart cop/P.I./amateur figures it out.

Reality is, of course, that most murderers are stupid, illogical, impulsive, and easily caught. A cop at a con I attended attested to this, citing the example of two drugged-out men in a shelter who got into a fight over a cheap pendant. One of…

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Added by Peg Herring on July 9, 2010 at 10:08pm — 4 Comments

New Story and Review

My story "An Undesirable Customer" is in the current issue of Mysterical-E (along with some other good stories and articles): http://www.mystericale.com/index.php?issue=current_issue&body=file&file=customer.htm

There's also a good review of "Corruption's Child," third in my Sticks Hetrick mystery…

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Added by J.R. Lindermuth on July 2, 2010 at 12:29am — No Comments

The Art of Murder

A naysayer has issued a call for “Criminal Minds” to be canceled, because she felt the recent episode,… Continue

Added by Barri L. Bumgarner on June 30, 2010 at 1:38pm — No Comments

The Call to Action at KdBlog

Just posted a blog about selling books at KdBlog.It's a thorny problem, trying to jump start sales without alienating people or coming of like a used car salesman. Would love to get a conversation going about how you feel about using social media to sell books. Drop in at, http://kdblog.kdwrites.com and let me know what you think.

Added by KD Easley on June 23, 2010 at 4:32am — No Comments

Soon from BeWrite Books.

The ancient walled city of Canterbury has held many secrets over the centuries but none more mysterious than the death of Professor de Gray.

Called in to evaluate the contents of his Tudor Manor House, Belinda and Hazel are confronted with a number of suspects who would benefit from the book the Professor was about to publish; a book he promised would re-write the history of St Thomas Becket who was murdered in the Cathedral in 1170.

The unfriendly secretary Miss Mowbray, the live… Continue

Added by Brian Kavanagh on June 20, 2010 at 8:26pm — No Comments