Featuring my noir story "Mandrake Anthrax" (free read).

If you're looking for a hardboiled Kindle novel, THE CONCRETE MAZE is free today. Click here.

New issue of Kings River Life is up and we have a St. Patrick's Day mystery short story by Gary Hoffman http://kingsriverlife.com/03/17/st-patricks-day-mystery/

We also have a review of Kit Sloane's mystery novel "Close Up" & a chance to win a copy…

I suppose it falls under BSP, as I have a story in it.  It's a collection of "America's Best Private Eye Stories."  Mine is in Volume II, along with Loren D. Estleman, Brendan Dubois, Jeremiah Healy, and our own O"Neil De Noux, along with a whole lot of other wonderful stories.  Trust me, you'll love this book!

(Made my day)

Don't miss your chance today to get a hot title from crime author Julia Madeleine for FREE.…

I'm ready to post my weekly blog when suddenly James Baroni, author of The Legend of Rachel Petersen (see Brayton's Book Buzz from this previous Monday) storms into my apartment, grabs me by the collar and throws me into the transporter. Before I can recover, he flicks the switch and we're off to...



Hec if I know. Before I can tell him it'd be a nice sunny and…

The Alexander Steele File - Confidential

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My publisher, Severn House, has brought forward the publication of the next DI Andy Horton crime novel, number eight in the series, Death Lies Beneath.

Death Lies Beneath will be published in the UK in July 2012. A Killing Coast, number seven in the series, was published in the UK in January and will be published in the USA in May 2012 and Death Lies Beneath will be published in the USA in November 2012.So Horton fans have two new crime novels in the series this year to…

I want to know how you like my mystery novels, and I’m willing to pay for your opinion.

On April 1 I’ll give away a $25 Amazon gift card to one of my fans.How will I know you’re a fan?Simple.Everyone who posts a review for each of my 5 mystery novels on Amazon.com will automatically be entered.  If you already have reviewed some of my books you're…

The Gods of Gotham by  Lyndsay Faye's  is newly released novel today. And it's definitely one you want to get your hands on!

"On…

I'd almost forgotten about this place completely. A pleasant surprise to find it still here and thriving despite my callous neglect.

I shall be embarking on some blatant self-promotion shortly, but because I'm not a total dick, I'll try not to be too unsubtle about it. For now, I'll just say I've got an eBook out, and here's a picture of its cover:…

My BIG news is that my latest novel, The Piranha Assignment, has  been nominated in the fiction category for the 15th Annual Library of  Virginia Literary Awards.  These awards honor Virginia authors, their  publishers, and their literary contributions. The Library's Literary  Celebration has honored such talented authors as Barbara Kingsolver,  R.T. Smith and Deborah Eisenberg.  I am honored to be nominated and  cautiously optimistic about the…

Deborah Crombie is a familiar name among fans of police procedural novels. A native of Texas, she lived in England for several years and the Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James mystery series is a result of her British life experience. As a three-time Macavity Award winner and an Edgar Award nominee, her novels have got attention by New York Times and LA Time and one of her books…

I’ll be signing my novels for literate students at Northern Virginia Community College. The bookstore on their Annandale Campus will host me but you don’t have to be a student to stop by and get your autographed novels. The store is on the 2nd floor of the CA Building, 8333 Little River Tpke in Annandale, VA from 11am to 3pm.

 Make a note in your diary for this fantastic event on Saturday 3 November 2012 where you can meet and mingle with top selling crime authors and top forensic crime experts; hear how the authors write their popular crime novels, find out how much they draw on real life experiences and experts, learn about what really happens at a crime scene, and how an investigation is worked, discover what forensic experts do, see how the fingerprint bureau works,…

Book Title:   THE STRANGER YOU SEEK

Author:  Amanda Kyle Williams

ISBN:   9780755384174

Publisher:   Headline

Year of Publication:   2011



In the sweltering heat of an Atlanta summer, a killer is pushing the city to its breaking point, preying on the unsuspecting, writing taunting letters to the media, promising more death. Desperate to stop the Wishbone Killer before another victim meets a shattering end, A.P.D. lieutenant Aaron Rauser turns to the one person he…

Swedish Crime Fiction would not have been what it is today without Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. A common-law wife and husband team of detective writers from Sweden, they conceived and wrote a series of ten novels (police procedurals) about the exploits of detectives from the special homicide commission of the national police in which the character of Martin…