It's been out for less than 24 hours, but 4 Funny Detective Stories - Starring Maynard Soloman is already #31 in the political humor category. Thanks for sticking with the series, readers!…

I’m still coming down from the euphoria of three days in Chicago hanging with the best of the mystery and thriller writing community at Love is Murder! The panel I was on with Hank Phillippi Ryan and two other super writers got rave reviews, and I sat in on other presentations that taught me how to take fingerprints, go undercover and handle firearms like a pro. I even signed a couple books at the mass signing event. It was more fun than I can tell you, and I can’t wait to go back next…

I am always so excited when Robert Crais releases a new book - I just know I'm in for a night of great reading. Yes, a night - because once I start, I can't stop until I turn the last page. Crais' latest book -…

Fresh off of Trestlegate, 4 Funny Detective Stories - Starring Maynard Soloman is now available at…

Book Title:   SILENT FEAR

Author:  Katherine Howell

ISBN:   9781742610726

Location:   Sydney

Series:   Ella Marconi

Publisher:   Pan MacMillan

Year of Publication:   2012



On a searing summer's day paramedic Holly Garland rushes to an emergency to find a man collapsed with a bullet wound in the back of his head, CPR being performed by two bystanders, and her long-estranged brother Seth watching it all unfold.



Seth claims to be the dying man's best…

John Hansen is one of those up-and-comers I'm sure I'll brag about knowing before he got big. Case in point: This articulate post about how to spot a fake Amazon e-book review.

"Fake" in this case means the review has…

Book Title:   TRUTH DARE KILL

Author:  Gordon Ferris

ISBN:   9780857895523

Location:   London

Series:   Danny McRae

Publisher:   Allen & Unwin

Year of Publication:   2011



1945: The war's over. But there are no medals for Danny McRae. Just amnesia and blackouts; twin handicaps for a private investigator with an upper-class client on the hook for murder.



Danny's blackouts mean that hours, sometimes days, are a complete blank. So when news of a…

Book Title:   DEATH AND THE SPANISH LADY

Author:  Carolyn Morwood

ISBN:   9780975112939

Location:   Melbourne

Series:   Eleanor Jones

Publisher:   Pulp Fiction Press

Year of Publication:   2011



Death and the Spanish Lady is the first novel in a trilogy featuring Sister Eleanor Jones.  



The year is 1919 and Eleanor has returned to Melbourne after nursing in France.   Her intention to knit herself up after war is played out against a richly realised…

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Jane Whitefield helps people disappear.

James Shelby was in prison for the murder of his wife. Now, the people who framed him want him dead. He's called to court to testify on another matter when Jane stages his escape.

Unfortunately, Jane is captured by the people who want Shelby dead. She's shot in the leg trying to escape and they bring her to a secluded spot to torture her to force her to talk.

She reaches back to her Seneca Indian heritage to bear…

In most cases, I would say, "No" or "Only if I knew the author was already talented, just going through a coke relapse."

I don't know if Laura Roberts is taking sleigh rides between paragraph breaks, but I do know one thing. She wrote Rebels of the 512 in three days as part of a contest. Even a crackhead slamming keys for three incoherent days would have to admit that was an ambitious…

NPR has been very good to me, and their recent review of my bank heist novel, Outsourced, is no exception. Here is what they've said so far about 3 of my crime novels:

Outsourced "a dark gem of a story...a macabre delight to read"

Pariah "as nasty and clever as noir can get"

Small Crimes "The plot of Small Crimes ricochets out from this claustrophobic opening, and it's a thing of sordid beauty." on selecting Small Crimes as one of the top 5 crime and mystery novels of…

The new issue of Kings River Life is up and we again have a bunch of mystery fun!

First off we have an interview with mystery author L.F. (Louise) Crawford as the next part of our Road To Left Coast 2012 series, a review of her latest book & a chance to win a copy http://kingsriverlife.com/02/04/mystery-author-lf-crawfordreview/

Then we also have a review of the latest Richard Castle book, "Heat…

Detective Chief Inspector Richard Hayward Returns

Mum's writings continue...Great news, we have just signed a contract withVinspire Publishing http://www.vrpublishing.com for another of Mum's books, the sequel to 'Ladies of Class'.



Keep posted for more updates...and of course all the wonderful Author…

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I’ve been a member of several writers’ critique groups over the years and I’ve come to realize a major factor in each group’s downfall has been the lack of writers. This may seem quite logical, but it’s true for any group. Knitters, martial artists, foreign language studies, puzzlers…if you are a part of a group and aren’t involved in the activity, the group suffers. A few more lackadaisical people and the group collapses, becomes less fun, or has less worth for those who are…