When I saw this week’s featured author’s book in my review list I knew I had to invite her for an interview. As you can tell by her picture, she’s into martial arts and in my book that makes her worthy of a little attention (as well as the fact if I tick her off I risk getting hit with those kamas she’s weilding).

The problem I ran into was when…

Ash: Return Of The Beast •••• by Gary Val Tenuta…

Sara Foster is the bestselling author of few psychological suspense novels, including Come Back to Me and the recent Minotaur release …

I have been invited to be a guest panel author at the annual conference of the  British Society of Criminology taking place at the University of Portsmouth, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, (ICJS) between 4–6 July 2012. I will be on a panel on the afternoon of 5 July with my fellow crime writers, Graham Hurley, Peter Lovesey, June Hampson and Linda Regan.



The conference is themed around ‘Criminology…

A looooong time coming.

* The print book will be available as soon as that color fix goes through. Should be just a few more days. So close! Here's the…

Book Title:   PAVING THE NEW ROAD

Author:  Sulari Gentill

ISBN:  9781921997075

Location:  Germany

Series:  Rowland Sinclair

Publisher:  Pantera Press

Year of Publication:  2012



It’s 1933, and the political landscape of Europe is darkening.



Eric Campbell, the man who would be Australia’s Führer, is on a fascist tour of the Continent, meeting dictators over cocktails and seeking allegiances in a common cause. Yet the Australian way of life is not…

Just in time for the Beach! My award-winning New Orleans crime thriller, ABSOLUTION, will be free for two days on Wednesday, June 20 and Thursday, June 21. A serial killer preys on young women in New Orleans, where everyone has something to hide ...

Best Mystery-Suspense-Thriller of 2009 -- The Premier Book Awards

"Relentless tempo ... sharp writing." -- Kirkus Discoveries

"A killer thriller!" -- Jan Herman, Arts Journal

"Creole-flavored suspense!" -- The Sun…

I have been an ardent fan of Mark Billingham from book one in his Detective Tom Thorne series. The Demandsis the tenth offering in this British crime series.

Detective…

I nabbed this from Darren Sant's book review blog here. He wrote the following review of Burning Bridges: A Renegade…

Prostitute Diana Andrews has to get the Atlantic City police off her back, even if it means breaking up a casino rip-off and solving two murders, one twenty years cold and the other scalding hot.

New from Untreed Reads. Also available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

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New issue of Kings River Life is up! We have a mystery short story by J.R. Lindermuth featuring a father in honor of Father's Day http://kingsriverlife.com/06/16/anything-a-fathers-mystery-short-story/

An interview with mystery/suspense author John Gilstrap-who also happens to be a father-a review of his latest book "Damage Control" & a chance to win a copy of the book…

I sometimes envy those authors whose books are centered in New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles. They describe neighborhoods and toss out street names and locations like a poker dealer throwing out the new hands to the players. Of course, if those authors live in those cities, then the familiarity is understood. For me, though, it’s still amazing because they seem to know…

Might want to say "no" to a romp in the proverbial hay if the trist is to take place in an orange grove. That's the takeaway lesson in this true crime short story over at Fingerprints.

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Book Title:  BLACKWATTLE CREEK

Author:  Geoffrey McGeachin

ISBN:   9780670075881

Location:   Melbourne

Series:   Charlie Berlin

Publisher:   Penguin

Year of Publication:   2012



It's September 1957, two days before the VFL grand final, and Detective Sergeant Charlie Berlin, former bomber pilot and ex-POW, finally has some time off. But there's no rest for Charlie, a decent but damaged man still troubled by his wartime experiences. A recently widowed friend…

We recently reviewed Helsinki Homicide: Against the Wall  (See…

Just heard from a reader who dived into K.A.R.M.A. straight away and could't put it down. Ellen Grogan wrote: "I just finished K.A.R.M.A. this morning. What a heart-pounding, mind-blowing thriller from the first page right through to the end! I am so glad I didn't miss out on this one. Thank you, Grant. Look forward to reading more of your stories."

K.A.R.M.A. has just been released this week in trade paperback and eBook on Amazon at …