EVERY SECRET THING (Mystery-Canada/Portugal-Cont/1940s) – VG+

Cole, Emma (aka Susanna Kearsley) – Standalone

Allison & Busby, 2006- UK Hardcover – ISBN:

0749081864

Canadian journalist Kate Murray is approached by an older man, told she has her grandmother’s eyes and that he wants to tell…

I've struggled with a character in my novel for as many years as I've been writing it. It wasn't that I was trying to make him do something that went against what he wanted to do. I realized a long time ago that he was repressed.

Therefore, finding things out about him was always more like creating him from scratch, rather than his telling me as I went along (as the other two main characters did). Figuring out his motivations, weak points, etc. however? Not like pulling teeth - more…

Relatively early to bed last night, so feel much less like a squeezed-out sponge today, thank goodness. Mind you, I’ve been feeling specially cheered by “A Dangerous Man” (http://www.flamebooks.com/) reader reactions, including Jane H’s brother, who thought it was excellent (thanks, Jane’s brother – much appreciated!) and Ruth at work who thought it was terrifying and gripping (thanks, Ruth!). Both comments mean a…

Today is the anniversary of the debut of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. Murderer and interstate fugitive Thomas Jane Holden was the

first person to appear on the list. As of October 2006, 484 fugitives

(including 7 women) have appeared on the it; 454 have been either

captured or located. The record holder for longest time on the 10 Most

Wanted list is Donald Eugene Webb. Webb, who is wanted in connection

with the murder of a PA police officer in 1980, went on…

I'm not sure how all this goes, so bear with me. This is my first foray into social networking, and if you think I'm quiet and unassuming here, you should see me in real life (or "meatspace" as the kids call it).

But I wanted to thank you all for your invitations to be your friends. Fortunately, you didn't see me curl in my chair at the flood of e-mailed invites. Well, there were six of them, but compared to my spam list, that's rather a lot.

So as the vicar…

Okay, I admit it: I'm not on MySpace.

I've long held the view that MySpace is the refuge of teenagers and pedophiles who troll the internet looking for vulnerable prey.

Well, okay, in all honesty I just don't have the time for managing one more thing online. First I have my pet pages: Chinook, and Nootka, the husky love pups. Then I have…

SOUL PATCH (Unlicensed Investigator-NY-Cont) – G+

Coleman, Reed Farrel – 4^th in series

Bleak House Books, 2006- ARC – ISBN (Hardcover): 9781932557411

Ex-policeman, now PI and wine-shop owner Moe Prager is approached by Larry MacDonald, a brother cop who is now NYPD Chief of Detectives. Larry gives Moe an…

Just putting a general query here--any historical crime writers out there yet?

I'm working on my first, set in the late 1890's in Texas. Butch Cassidy will play a small recurring role (I admit, I do crush on that man), and I'm at last shaking the dust off the research I've gathered over the years with this book in mind. I work for an engineering company that does all the mapping for BNSF Rwy., and before that worked at the Railroad itself, and as…

Had another nice review of “A Dangerous Man” (http://www.flamebooks.com) last night – from Julie Lewthwaite, author of Negotiate to Succeed, who emailed me to say the following:



“I loved A Dangerous Man. Nagged at me while I was reading it and stayed with me after I'd finished. Can't ask for much more than that. Nice work!”



Hey, thanks, Julie! I appreciate that. Very much. Not only that…