I will be undertaking a book tour in the North East of England in April to publicise my latest crime novel to feature the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton, Undercurrent,published by Severn House and to talk to readers about how I research, plot and write my novels.…

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Freezing Point by Karen Dionne

Lucidity by CJ Lyons

Switch by Grant McKenzie

A Fine and Dangerous Season by Keith Raffel

Breaking Cover by JD…

Book Title:   BACKTRACK

Author:  Jason Dean

ISBN:  978-0-7553-8308-5

Series: James Bishop

Year of Publication:  2013

Publisher:  Headline

Location:  USA



Book Synopsis



Sometimes a man must take a step back to move forwards...



In a small, sleepy Pennsylvania town, the staff of a loan store find themselves at the mercy of a gunman who demands they hand over the store's entire cash reserves. But when the sound of police sirens shatters the…

Book Title:  DOGSTAR RISING

Author:  Parker Bilal

ISBN:  9781608198719

Series: Makana

Year of Publication:  2013

Publisher:  Bloomsbury

Location:  Cairo, Egypt



Book Synopsis



It is the summer of 2001 and in Cairo's crowded streets the heat is rising...



The unsolved murders of young homeless boys are fanning the embers of religious hatred.As tensions mount, Makana - who fled his home in Sudan a decade ago - has a premonition that history may…

Today mystery writer Lauren Carr offers a unique look at the relationship we writers have with our fictional characters on my blog-Another Writer’s Life. She also treats us to a sneak peak at Blast from the Past, the fourth installment in the Mac Faraday Mystery series..
http://ascamacho.blogspot.com/2013_02_01_archive.html#7401321625323322554

Tomorrow & Wednesday my detective novel Damaged Goods is free on Kindle. And starting Thursday The Payback Assignment will be on sale for 99 cents for a week.…

I started a novel in October 2006 that was a mix of crime and horror with a large portion of the story set in 1920s Sydney. I worked on it solidly for two years and reached the climactic scene and then spent about four and a half years writing ten pages.

Last night, I wrote a thousand words. The first draft should be finished soon.

Sometimes it takes a while to finish things I start, but I always get there in the end.

Sheesh.

There are a few moments in a writer's life that stand out as landmarks. Holding that first published book in your hands is one of them. The first check is nice, too. Then as each successive book is published, getting it and turning it around, looking at the binding, examining the cover--these are all special, wonderful experiences. Something that you wrote, someone else cared enough about to edit and publish and now it's not just an idea but a thing, solid and real. The joy that accompanies…

Hi, Crimesters,

I posted this for the Bloody Valentine blog hop and thought it might suit us here as well:

Nicolai and Elena Ceaușescu – two of the wackiest Communist dictators of the Cold War era (and I don’t use the term “wacky” lightly) – were executed on Christmas day, 1989.  And to the bitter end, they were madly in love.

I was going to write…

“Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.”

At first I thought this was a little insensitive to the dead person's surviving family. Do the grandsons really need to read about grandma getting run over by a reindeer? Then I thought: lighten up, these truths are supposed be light-hearted fun.

With the last truth I discussed how much detail to put into a…

Les in New Mexico posted a nice review of Collateral Damage on Amazon: “Good Story! Well written action/mystery/thriller. More than enough twists and turns keep you focused on this complicated story. And you will enjoy the further exploits of Hannibal Jones, the tough, intelligent and charismatic TROUBLESHOOTER.…

I've chosen to announce my latest novel at the Indies Unlimited site because I like what they are doing for independent authors and enjoy being a contributor there.

http://www.indiesunlimited.com/2013/02/14/linton-robinson-announces-new-title/

This isn't my first novel by any means, but I think it's a special one for me and invite your attention.  Let me tell…

     There's a new detective in town, Zach Roper, and he has a sassy, sexy sidekick called the Thai Princess.  They are both nuts about golf and each others' bodies, but other bodies...dead ones, keep getting in the way.  Zach is a retired police detective so he knows what to do when it comes to murder.  The Thai Princess is a retired LPGA golfer but she's a quick learner when it comes to crime.  "Mixed Foursome: The Zach Roper Mysteries" contains four of their cases and…

I'm bowled over!  There's ANOTHER 5-star review on Amazon for The Payback Assignment!  Phillip posted "Excellent reading! Action on every page from page one. I don't normally get tense but with the excitement and the mystery this author has created I felt myself getting rather sweaty at times."…

At the weekend I finished writing DI Andy Horton number ten. It's always a scary moment when I press 'send' on the keyboard and a new crime novel wings its way through the ether to my publisher, Severn House. I wonder could I have done better? Should I have rephrased something or added or omitted something? But it's done. Now I wait to see if my publisher likes it. Fingers crossed.

Meanwhile it's on with…

I’m giving a talk on ‘Ten Great Crime Novels’ with a look at the stories behind the stories.

I want to include the ten most influential and important crime novels, as opposed to a best-selling list (so no Dragon or Dan Brown).…

Tiffany posted this comment on Amazon about my novel Russian Roulette: “Fun read! I'm not crazy about crime mystery books. I think this was my second, but I really enjoyed it. I found the characters to be believable and i found myself curious about Hannibal's other adventures. I am likely to pick-up another book from his series.”…

Check out this Valentine's Day mystery short story by Gail Farrelly in the new issue of Kings River Life Magazine http://kingsriverlife.com/02/09/the-meddlesome-mensch-an-original-valentines-day-mystery/

If you love animals like I do this will be a special treat as we have a review of Linda O. Johnston latest animal rescue mystery, "Oodles of Poodles",  a guest article by…

“MapQuest really needs to start their directions on step 5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.”

I agree. Actually, I use MSN Maps and always skip ahead to the point in the trip that is unfamiliar. For those of you planning on using any of these programs, they're pretty handy. Take into account, however, how the mapping system is designed. Is it going to give you the fastest route or…