A note to everyone reading this: I am about inclusion! That being said, I openly invite any author, blogger, or administrator of a Social Network or website to my blog and blogtalk radio show.

Now a word from the Mayor of Book Town on his upcoming visit to The G-ZONE:   

The Deputy Mayor and I will be in The G-Zone Friday December 16th

I am very pleased to announce that the Deputy Mayor and I have been invited back to Gelati’s Scoop GZONE.  The theme of the show is…

Fictional Speculation

                My husband and I were casually discussing the publishing industry and my latest release, Magic University, when we noticed a bizarre likeness between the current debate over traditional versus self-publishing and the divided magic system in my fantasy series.  Any similarities were entirely coincidental,…

It's always nice to get good reviews particularly if they come from readers, and to know that they are enjoying your novels, so I was pleased to receive two new book reviews from Australia, for Dead Man's Wharf the fourth in the DI Andy Horton series of crime novels.



"Pauline Rowson has the ability to make you want to keep reading, to find out the answers to the growing pile of questions. Those…

I had never heard of Anne Holtbefore - she's described as Norway's #1 bestselling crime writer. After finishing her latest book 1222, I can see why - and I will be hunting down her backlist.…

Anti-corruption policy in Serbia: my team carried out an extensive research on corruption in that country. We demonstrated that one of the problems is that many Serbians do not care that their country is corrupt. And the higher you get in society, the stronger the indifference and cynicism. Now we are reporting: copies are sent around for preview. While the conclusions are devastating, there is no response: everybody shies away.

This is the country which was not allowed to enter…

Book Title:  SCARLET STILETTO - THE FIRST CUT

Edited by:  Lindy Cameron

ISBN:   9780987160362

Publisher:  Clan Destine Press

Year of Publication:   2011



Scarlet Stiletto The First Cut presents a superb collection of spine-chilling crime fiction stories culled from the annual Scarlet Stiletto Awards hosted by Sisters in Crime Australia.



You’ll find the whole gamut from murder and mayhem to police procedurals and crime in verse. Some will have your blood…

Most of these stories have appeared in magazines and online ezines, all are about the crooked paths we take, and the choices that lead us to certain ends. Safecrackers, runrunners, killers, PIs, they're all here.

Book Title:   BOUND

Author:  Vanda Symon

ISBN:  9780143565277

Publisher:   Penguin

Year of Publication:   2011



A brutal home invasion shocks the nation. A man is murdered, his wife bound, gagged and left to watch.



But when Detective Sam Shephard scratches the surface, the victim, a successful businessman, is not all he seems to be. And when the evidence points to two of Dunedin's most hated criminals, the case seems cut and dried... until the body count…

It was another busy week for our authors as they continued to release new digital short stories and full length novels again last week. Here is the rundown of the new releases:

Carey Jane Clark- “After the Snow Falls”- a full length novel

Angelique LaFontaine/Eddie Frantom- “Thirty-1 Therabs-Volume 4 “

Angelique LaFontaine- “The Lipstick…

Michel R. Vaillancourt- “The Sauder Diaries-By Any Other Name” a full length novel

David L. Hoof-“ Just Machines”

Chantal Boudreau- “Insurance”

Malcolm Holt- “Crime Tyme Shots-Volume 2”

Graham Smith- “Harry Chambers Chronicles” a novella

Lisa Vooght- “Small Doses-Flash Fiction in a Medical Vein”

Amy Bennett-Rollo’s Journey” a…

Starting tomorrow and running through at least Friday, who knows maybe I will have to add Saturday, we have another intense week on The G-ZONE, my blogtalk radio show sponsored by Trestle Press. Here is the lineup:

Tuesday-December 13-Daniel Palmer and Graham Smith 4pm EST

Weds. December- 14- B.R. Stateham and Paul D. Brazill 4pm EST. Who knows who else may call…

A Blue Line train in Chicago goes faster than it should. The vibrations from its passing causes a light bulb to fall and shatter. Soon, people become sick and die.

P.I. Michael Kelly is asked to provide security when it is determined that there could be a threat of a biological weapon on the Chicago railway system.

As more and more people die,…

Drop over to Trestle Press to catch my guest post about the obsession that is writing. Here's a taste:…

  Obsession

I seem to have two speeds: obsessed and don't care. The greater part of the world falls into "don't care": politics, fashion, television, sports -- I just don't care. For that matter, add cooking and cleaning and talking to people who don't amuse me. Obsessions: writing, Peter Cook, The Fall, writing, myth, magic, folklore, writing, travel, theatre,…

The Flash Fiction Offensive published my crime flash fiction piece, Wine Into Water. Here's the first part:

20 Years Ago.

It was shouting "faggot" on the school bus. Bolting off with me at my stop. Stalking me home. Twisting my bones on the sidewalk. Kicking me black. Saying, "This is a test."…

A biological pathogen is set loose on the Chicago railway system.

P.I. Michael Kelly is brought in to help with security.

People begin to die and Homeland Security quarantines a part of Chicago. This enables  some criminals to have the opportunity to rid themselves of rivals. Looting and burning of buildings begins.

Dr. Ellen Brazile…

What? You’ve Written a Book?

How long have you had the idea that one-day you would love to write a book? I think many, many people hold this ambition or so I have found anyway since I’ve let the cat out of the bag and admitted to my friends and colleagues that I’ve been lucky enough to have some of my writing published.

People have been…

Trestle Press and Lisa Taylor will be releasing the fourth installment of her popular “Shana Black series” called “Tensions and Traitors”. It will be available for sale December 11. Look for at Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook. Here is the synopsis and author biography.…

The new issue of Kings River Life is out and it's filled with mystery & Christmas fun! We have a review of Kate Kingsbury's latest Christmas book, "Herald of Death" and a chance to win a copy of the book http://kingsriverlife.com/12/10/herald-of-death-review/

Also we have a review of Linda Johnston's new animal rescue mystery "The More the Terrier" & a chance to win a copy of that book…

It's official, Paul Little has taken the award for Best Male Character over at Dead End Follies. Here's the good news:



"The beauty in Paul Little is how Aaron Philip Clark illustrated how badly he is torn in between the life he knows and the life he dreams about. He's a product of the streets, it's the world he fits in and yet he knows it's going to kill him. I have never read another novel where you go that far in the mind of…