April 2012 Blog Posts (78)

When Do You Edit

Katherine Hinkson, a writer friend, and I both agree editing is probably the worst tribulation about writing a manuscript. Certainly, it is the most tedious and frustrating. One of the reasons is because we are constantly finding mistakes, even after the third, fifteenth, and fiftieth read through. Then, when the publisher’s editor(s) get a hold of it, they’re finding even more. Plus, they’re coming back and mentioning not just the fundamental errors (grammar, spelling, punctuation), they’re…

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Added by Stephen Brayton on April 21, 2012 at 12:08am — No Comments

Coming Soon: "Burning Bridges" Anthology

This FREE anthology, set to drop May 1, will feature short stories with a "burning bridges" theme by these talented authors:

Julia Madeleine

K.A. Laity

Mark Cooper

Darren Sant

Allan Leverone

Paul D. Brazill…

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Added by Benjamin Sobieck on April 20, 2012 at 1:39pm — 1 Comment

Beware crime author at work, Pauline Rowson on the research trail at the National Museum of the Royal Navy Portsmouth

I want to say a huge thank you to the staff at the National Museum of the Royal Navy and the Library for all the help and time they gave to me today answering innumerable questions in aid of my research for the current DI Andy Horton marine mystery crime novel which is set in and around the museum in the Historic Dockyard Portsmouth. I learnt so much, all of it a great help.



A special thank you to Rowannah…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on April 20, 2012 at 2:29am — No Comments

A Look At "Red Wolf" By Lisa Marklund

Lisa Marklund, The Queen of Scandinavian Crime as Henning Mankell puts it, is the Swedish journalist and creator of a very popular series featuring the fictional character Annika Bengtzon, a newspaper journalist. Her books have been published in thirty languages. In addition, Marklund is the co-owner of Sweden's third largest publishing…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on April 19, 2012 at 7:02pm — No Comments

Pretty Woman

Fakhra Younus was an attractive young woman. That's her in the picture. Take a good look at her face. I don't want you to forget it.…

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Added by Susan on April 18, 2012 at 10:28am — No Comments

SERIAL KILLER COUPLES Now in Print, EBook, and Audio

 

SERIAL KILLER COUPLES: Bonded by Sexual Depravity, Abduction, and Murder chronicles the true crimes of sexually motivated serial killers who are intimates. In this latest true crime book from award winning, bestselling criminologist R. Barri Flowers--now in print, eBook, and audio-- nine gripping tales examine killer couples from America,…

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Added by R. Barri Flowers on April 18, 2012 at 12:27am — No Comments

MURDER IN MAUI Now in Print, Audio and eBook

 

MURDER IN MAUI: A Leila Kahana Mystery by bestselling crime writer R. Barri Flowers now in print, audio, and eBook.

 

MURDER IN MAUI, R. Barri Flowers' debut Leila Kahana mystery, is even hotter than its exotic Hawaiian setting. This is a police procedure of the highest order, mixing equal parts Sue Grafton and Jeffrey Deaver with a…

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Added by R. Barri Flowers on April 18, 2012 at 12:20am — No Comments

A nice cozy mystery from an Irish Author...

William John Banville, who writes as John Banville and Benjamin Black, is an Irish novelist and screenwriter who is recognized for his precise, cold, forensic prose style, and his dark humor. His novel…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on April 17, 2012 at 11:35pm — No Comments

Another Fantastic Review of "Cleansing Eden - The Celebrity Murders"

Allan Watson left this fantastic review of…

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Added by Benjamin Sobieck on April 17, 2012 at 11:19pm — 1 Comment

Pauline Rowson - Great time at London Book Fair, good meeting with my publisher and translation rights sold to China for six in DI Horton series

I was delighted to meet up with my publisher, Severn House at the London Book Fair. Below are some of the team from Severn House and me with Kate Lyall-Grant and the jacket cover of Death Lies Beneath which will be published in July 2012.…



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Added by Pauline Rowson on April 17, 2012 at 10:39pm — No Comments

Forensics – The Past Meets the Present

It is often thought that police forensics has been a relatively new contribution to interpreting, reconstructing, and solving crimes in our society.  Quite the contrary, police forensics, or more accurately described as forensic science, has been a part of history for more than a hundred…

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Added by Jennifer Chase on April 17, 2012 at 6:28am — No Comments

A Tale of True Crime: "A Cop, His Dog and Some Gun Thugs"

Over at Fingerprints, Leroy Vaughn writes about the incredible dog who stayed loyal to his master to the very end during a brutal Mexican gang war. As editor of this 'zine, this short piece of crime non-fiction blew me away. It's a must-read.



Click here to read…

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Added by Benjamin Sobieck on April 16, 2012 at 11:02pm — No Comments

Now That's Freaky

I had lunch with an author friend recently, and she mentioned that her editor has twice now commented on the mood of her books, which gets darker in bad times and lighter in better times. The editor has never met my friend but accurately identified times when she was dealing with personal tragedy. The books were different than those which came when life was happily humming along.

Wow. Do we know we're revealing so much of ourselves as we write? I know from studying literature that…

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Added by Peg Herring on April 16, 2012 at 10:34pm — No Comments

Classic Swedish Crime: Blackwater By Kerstin Ekman

Now it's time for a classic from an extremely notable author from Sweden: Kerstin Ekman, the Swedish crime novelist and the author of a string of successful novels ranging from detective to psychological thrillers.…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on April 16, 2012 at 12:13pm — No Comments

Scandinavian Mystery Novel Giveaway: "The Flatey Enigma" By Victor Arnar Ingolfsson

Thanks to the author and marketing team for the book, we are now giving away 3 copies of the mystery novel "The Flatey Enigma " by the Icelandic author Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson.…

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Added by Ehsan Ehsani on April 15, 2012 at 12:20pm — No Comments

Mystery packed issue of KRL-Poirot, reviews, giveaways, short story & more

New issue of Kings River Life is up! We have an interview with mystery author Radine Tree Nehring, a review of her book "Journey To Die For" & a chance to win a copy of the book http://kingsriverlife.com/04/14/radine-trees-mystery-review/

We have a review of Elise Hyatt's book "French Polished Murder" & a chance to win a copy of that book & half pound of coffee to go with it…

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Added by Lorie Ham on April 15, 2012 at 3:23am — No Comments

MURDER MILE

The second of my DI Rob Brennan series has just been launched and the first review is in ...

"Tony Black's Edinburgh makes Ian Rankin's version seem sedate, polite and carefree… DI Rob Brennan, in his second outing, makes a strong case to assume the mantle of Edinburgh's leading fictional detective, vacant since the…

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Added by Tony Black on April 14, 2012 at 10:04pm — No Comments

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Next weekend is the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, which I used to regularly attend before moving to Arizona made it somewhat more difficult.

But I will be there this year, and not one but TWO new books will make their debuts there. My thriller The Devil's Bait, originally available only as an e-book, will make its print…

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Added by Jeffrey J. Mariotte on April 14, 2012 at 1:30am — No Comments

The cover image and blurb for the new DI Andy Horton crime novel, Death Lies Beneath, to be published July 2012.

Here is the cover image for the new DI Andy Horton crime novel Death Lies Beneath, which will be published in the UK in July 2012. It is the eighth in the DI Horton series.



Death Lies Beneath by Pauline Rowson





When ex con, Daryl Woodley is found dead on the marshes bordering Langstone Harbour the Intelligence Directorate…
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Added by Pauline Rowson on April 14, 2012 at 12:04am — No Comments

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