May 2013 Blog Posts (36)

I Changed The Title of My Debut Thriller

(This post was originally published at http://eaymar.com/blog/116481.)

It’s kind of stupid, but I’m into long lofty titles that take you a minute or two to figure out what exactly they have to do with the book.RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS (J.D.…

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Added by E.A. Aymar on May 17, 2013 at 12:54am — No Comments

Study the masters!

As a writer, sometimes your pleasure reading needs to be work. See what I mean today on my blog, Another Writer’s Life. http://ascamacho.blogspot.com/

Added by Austin S. Camacho on May 16, 2013 at 4:40am — No Comments

YOU'VE CHANGED—HAS YOUR WEBSITE?

Websites are now as important for establishing identity as a birth certificate or a driver's license. Yet, I've noticed that once an author puts one up, the site is often forgotten and neglected.

I research authors when they send me query letters in my capacity as acquisitions editor for Oak Tree Press. I like to know who I'm dealing with and, short of doing a background check, websites are all I have to give me an inkling of their accomplishments up to this stage in their…

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Added by Sunny Frazier on May 15, 2013 at 6:00pm — No Comments

If you want a giggle....

If you feel like a laugh, take a look at this link: http://tinyurl.com/ca9zod9 - my contrib to multi-author 'novel' WHO IS MURDERING CRIME FICTION...? staged by the Linked-In group for crime writers of which I'm a member....You can read the first three chapters too, if you're hard enough (mine's Chapter 4).

Added by Tim Griggs on May 15, 2013 at 7:09am — No Comments

Isis Publishing buy unabridged audio book rights to three more in the DI Horton Mystery Series by Pauline Rowson

Isis Publishing, the World’s leading publisher of unabridged audio books, has bought the rights to three more crime novels featuring the flawed and rugged detective, DI Andy Horton.

Isis has already published four unabridged audio books in the DI Horton mystery crime series: Deadly Waters, The Suffocating Sea, Dead Man’s Wharf and Blood on the Sand  which are published in…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on May 10, 2013 at 7:13pm — No Comments

THE PICKAXE KILLES (A True Crime Short) by R. Barri Flowers

 

From R. Barri Flowers, award winning criminologist and internationally bestselling author of THE SEX SLAVE MURDERS, comes a riveting new true crime short, THE PICKAXE KILLERS.

 

Having written about hundreds of notable murders in his bestselling true crime book, MURDERS IN THE UNITED STATES: Crimes, Killer and Victims of the…

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Added by R. Barri Flowers on May 10, 2013 at 7:15am — No Comments

BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN New Thriller by R. Barri Flowers

From R. Barri Flowers, award winning crime writer and internationally bestselling author of DARK STREETS OF WHITECHAPEL and KILLER IN THE WOODS, comes a gripping new psychological thriller, BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN: A Veronica Vasquez Thriller.

 

FBI psychologist and criminal profiler Veronica Vasquez returns to her hometown of…

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Added by R. Barri Flowers on May 10, 2013 at 7:13am — No Comments

Review - Dark Horse, Honey Brown

Title:  DARK HORSE

Author Name:  Honey Brown

Author's Home Country:  Australia

ISBN:  9781921901539

Year of Publication:  2013

Publisher:  Michael Joseph

Category:  Thriller

Location:  Victorian Country



Book Synopsis



It's Christmas morning on the edge of the rugged Mortimer Ranges. Sarah Barnard saddles Tansy, her black mare. She is heading for the bush, escaping the reality of her broken marriage and her bankrupted trail-riding business.Sarah…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on May 7, 2013 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Review of THE BAT by Jo Nesbo

The Bat by Jo Nesbo an outstanding crime thriller. At Murder Beach Mystery Reviews. http://billsmedia.blogspot.com

Added by William Wilde on May 7, 2013 at 9:30am — No Comments

What's coming up in May - book news and events - Pauline Rowson

I’ve got some great talks lined up for May, which I am very much looking forward to. May also sees me continuing to write the eleventh in the DI Andy Horton Mystery series, as yet untitled. The first draft is done but there's a great deal more to do yet before it's even half way decent.

May has also seen the publication in the USA of the ninth in the DI Andy Horton series,…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on May 6, 2013 at 7:54pm — No Comments

Mystery, Read Humane, giveaways, fantasy and more in KRL this week

Penguin Books is once again doing Read Humane which is a way for them and some of their authors to support animal rescue. Learn more about this and the authors involved from this guest post in Kings River Life Magazine this morning by mystery author Leann Sweeney http://kingsriverlife.com/05/04/read-humane-mysteries-with-heart/



Also this week we are featuring several Oak Tree Press mystery authors. First…

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Added by Lorie Ham on May 5, 2013 at 4:53am — No Comments

All Kinds of Mystery Prizes Today

Added by Jack Getze on May 4, 2013 at 1:50am — No Comments

I'm grinning today about....

Another 5-star review for The Piranha Assignment: “Very good series. Very good book, like the first two in this series. Looking forward to reading "The Ice Woman Assignment" in the same series. I'll even read the Hannibal series.” - Alain_in_Ottawa…

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Added by Austin S. Camacho on May 4, 2013 at 1:48am — No Comments

Pauline Rowson meets DI Horton fans at Hartlepool and Whitley Bay Libraries



Pauline Rowson talking at Whitley Bay Library April 2013

My mini tour of the North East of England was delightful and rewarding. Authors spend so much time working alone with only their characters for company that it is always good to get out and meet readers and that is just what I was doing in Hartlepool and…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on May 2, 2013 at 11:52pm — No Comments

BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN: A Veronica Vasquez Thriller by R. Barri Flowers

From R. Barri Flowers, award winning crime writer and internationally bestselling author of DARK STREETS OF WHITECHAPEL and KILLER IN THE WOODS, comes a gripping new psychological thriller, BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN: A Veronica Vasquez Thriller.

 

FBI psychologist and criminal profiler Veronica Vasquez returns to her hometown of…

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Added by R. Barri Flowers on May 2, 2013 at 3:03am — No Comments

Poison - A Murder Method Dying A Slow Death

I've always had a special place in my heart for murder by poison. But in the past couple of decades, poison seems to have fallen out of favor (except as a weapon of bioterrorism, involving mass deaths of hundreds or thousands).

 

I'm thinking more along the lines of the traditional mystery favored by writers like Agatha Christie where the victim was often a rich relative who had outlived their usefulness. The…

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Added by Patrick Balester on May 1, 2013 at 2:30pm — No Comments

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