All Blog Posts Tagged 'of' (73)

In Bethlehem, the Third Intifada approaches

Rain on the streets of Bethlehem can't cool simmering tension. By Matt Beynon Rees - GlobalPost BETHLEHEM, West Bank — A writer seeks the surprise of a “man bites dog” story. The most violent times of the Second Intifada, which took place under the leaden winter skies of early 2002, gave me mine. I wrote about Arabs in the rain. I… Continue

Added by Matt Rees on November 29, 2009 at 11:35pm — No Comments

Scene of the Crime

I went back to the spot where I killed my first man yesterday. I killed him four years ago. I return every few months. Each time I arrive, it’s so peaceful I can’t believe anyone really died. But, even though I’m a writer of crime fiction, someone really did. I walked across a dirt lot, puddled with the afternoon rain, past the empty reservoir at the head of the valley. Below me the village of Irtas drifted down toward the convent where they hold the annual lettuce festival. The buildings finge… Continue

Added by Matt Rees on November 26, 2009 at 11:59pm — No Comments

Mothers and Daughters of Abuse and Make a Statement - Fight for a Cure

These are the 2 blogs I've written for Times Up Blog for victims. My blog posts on the new "Times Up" Blog for victim's of crime. These two posts are specifically on domestic violence. Mothers and Daughters of Abuse my daughter's story of her escape from abuse Make a Statement - Fight for… Continue

Added by Cherry Simpson on November 7, 2009 at 3:30am — No Comments

Raising the Dead - Part 1 and Part 2

Raising the Dead Manuscript from Its Grave Part 1 by Robert W. Walker I published myself after a lifetime of eschewing any sort of vanity press. And I did it using a “dead” manuscript about a “dead” subject filled with “dead” historical characters in a “dead” time period which one editor, a true pro, said of: “It is the hardest time period to write about, to make come alive, and especially to display any sort of sexual encounter, but in your hands Rob, if anyone can pull it off, it’s you.” That… Continue

Added by robert walker on November 7, 2009 at 12:07am — No Comments

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

Mindset

I have a psychologist friend who claims it's impossible for one generation to understand another to any great extent. Being raised in different times means we just don't react to things the same way. We've all seen the lists that chart those differences: events and objects that mean a great deal to fifty-somethings (phonographs, first man on the moon) that twenty-somethings think of as ancient history. For the historical writer, that adds another layer of problems. Not only to do we have to get… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on October 30, 2009 at 9:44pm — 2 Comments

That's my boy

I started to feel recently that my bio on www.mattbeynonrees.com was a bit over-serious. First of all, it was in the third person. I honestly never refer to myself in the third person (except when I'm shopping and I ask my wife "Would Matt Beynon Rees wear a shirt in this shade of pink?") Then I saw that the bio took my writing and -- worse still -- me, rather seriously. I prefer to make it clear that I can laugh at myself. So I changed the whole bio,… Continue

Added by Matt Rees on October 27, 2009 at 9:42pm — 1 Comment

Win an ARC of Winter of Secrets

To celebrate the November release of my new book, WINTER OF SECRETS, the third in the Constable Molly Smith series from Poisoned Pen Press, I am giving away two ARCs. The first chapter has been posted on my web page (www.vickidelany.com). Send me an e-mail telling me what Smith’s radio call number is, and you will be eligible! Contest closes on Friday Oct. 9th, 2009. Email address is vicki at vickidelany dot com. Continue

Added by Vicki Delany on October 6, 2009 at 1:11am — No Comments

Darden North answers the Dames's Dozen.

Mystery and Suspense Author Darden North Interviewed by Christy French on "Dames of Dialogue." This is the link to the my interview posted September 23, 2009, on the "Dames of Dialogue" blog. The piece was billed as "This author delivers! Author & OB/GYN Darden North is in the house today… Continue

Added by Darden North, MD on September 24, 2009 at 2:18pm — No Comments

Thumbs Up

In case you didn't see it, Keith Rawson's Short Thoughts on Short Fiction gave my story The Enumerator three stars. Thanks for bringing it to my attention Paul: http://www.bscreview.com/2009/09/short-thoughts-on-short-fiction-vol-10-vacation-edition/#comment-4395 Continue

Added by J.R. Lindermuth on September 11, 2009 at 4:57am — No Comments

PMN Releases State of Crime Fiction Industry

The excellent blog Pimp My Novel recently wrote up a State of the Union of Crime Fiction of sorts. Click here to read it. Here are some of the highlights as copy/pasted by me: 1) Mystery sales account for almost a quarter of all adult sales (units), so as long as your writing is sol… Continue

Added by Benjamin Sobieck on August 30, 2009 at 1:13pm — 2 Comments

Book bloggers love Omar Yussef

Since the first of my three Palestinian crime novels was published in early 2007, I haven't been short of terrific reviews in the mainstream media. After all, The New York Times said I'd written "an astonishing debut novel" and every outlet from The Sunday Telegraph to The Sowetan has raved about the books. But I'm always particularly pleased when I get good write-ups on individual book blogs. It makes me see the series is building a grass-roots momentum. So two recent reviews were very pleasing… Continue

Added by Matt Rees on August 20, 2009 at 5:25pm — No Comments

Review - Bruno Chief of Police, Martin Walker

Book Title: BRUNO CHIEF OF POLICE Author: Martin Walker Publisher: Quercus Copyright: 2009 ISBN: 978-1-84724-977-7 No of Pages: 262 Book Synopsis: It's market day in St Denis, a small town in the Perigord region of south-west France. The locals are on the alert because inspectors are about to make a 'surprise visit', hoping to enforce the unpopular and bureaucratic EU hygiene rules. But for Captain Bruno Courteges, St Denis' Chief of Police, this particular market day turns into something far… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 19, 2009 at 8:11pm — 1 Comment

UK cover for THE FOURTH ASSASSIN

It's always a thrill for me to receive the covers of my forthcoming novels from my UK publisher Atlantic Books. They have a series feel in that there's a continuity to the design. Each one seems to get better. Here's the cover of THE FOURTH ASSASSIN, which will be published next February. I received it from my delightful editor in London Sarah Norman just this week. … Continue

Added by Matt Rees on August 14, 2009 at 10:52pm — 1 Comment

Omar Yussef "the best crime fiction can achieve"

The first rock concert I ever attended was a performance by Canada's greatest rockers Rush. I've loved Canadians ever since. In the London (Ontario) Free Press recently, Joan Barfoot gave me another reason to adore them. She gives a terrific review to the second of my Palestinian crime novels A GRAVE IN GAZA (UK title The Saladin Murders). Of my sleuth… Continue

Added by Matt Rees on August 9, 2009 at 8:18pm — No Comments

Review - The Labyrinth of Drowning, Alex Palmer

Book Title: THE LABYRINTH OF DROWNING Author: Alex Palmer Publisher: Harper Collins Copyright: 2009 ISBN: 978-0-7322-8574-6 Book Synopsis: Two years have passed since top cop Paul Harrigan walked away from the New South Wales Police Force to be his own man. Since then his life has been a gift, and his home with his partner Agent Grace Riordan and their daughter a sanctuary. When a trafficked sex worker is found brutally murdered in Sydney bushland, it should be just work for Grace. But the mu… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 2, 2009 at 9:43pm — No Comments

Omar Yussef in Japan

I'm very proud that my Palestinian crime novels are being publi… Continue

Added by Matt Rees on July 31, 2009 at 7:40pm — No Comments

“Kill someone soon!” Dan Fesperman’s advice on The Writing Life

Journalists often dream of turning the more dramatic events to which they’ve been… Continue

Added by Matt Rees on July 26, 2009 at 12:26am — No Comments

Washington Report: Omar Yussef novels 'rich in intellectual complexity'

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs has a forthcoming review praising my series of Palestinian crime novels "rich not only in character but in intellectual complexity." I blush to report that WRMEA Managing editor Janet McMahon and Don Neff, a famed predecessor of mine as Jerusalem bureau chief for Time Magazine, say I'm "a wonderfully subtle writer with a deep understanding of Palestinians and their culture." Well, actually I haven't blushed since I… Continue

Added by Matt Rees on July 12, 2009 at 7:01pm — No Comments

Tim Myers as Chris Cavender first in a new series A Slice of Murder

A Slice of Murder ($22 Kensington) is the first in a new series from author Tim Myers as Chris Cavender, aka Elizabeth Bright of the Card-Making Mysteries and Melissa Glazer of the Clay and Crime mysteries. If you haven’t discovered these then you are in for a treat! Not too much happens in the sleepy little town of Timber Ridge, North Carolina - which is fine with pizza-purveyor extraordinaire Eleanor Swift. The spunky owner of A Slice of Delight is trying to mend her broken heart and could us… Continue

Added by The Poisoned Pen Bookstore on July 10, 2009 at 4:06am — 1 Comment