All the books I write about here are books I've either bought or borrowed from a library. This blog is just a record of my weekly reading.
I don't accept ARCs for review, though I appreciate those who do because their blogs clue me in to new books.
Lucky Seven -- and a Book Giveaway
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Despite contentions that blogging is dead, having been supplanted by
Twitter and Facebook and other vaunted social media that don’t require
people to strin...
"A Case of Redemption"
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Adam Mitzner is the author of A Conflict of Interest and the new legal thriller, A Case of Redemption.
He applied the Page 69 Test to A Case of Redemption a...
Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!
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On this day in 1859, *Sir Arthur Conan Doyle*, was born in Edinburgh,
Scotland. He created one of the most famous detectives in the world, *Sherlock
Holme...
Special things
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After reading Edie’s post on Monday, I thought about all the ‘special’
things that I’ve come across in the various places I’ve lived. You know the
things I...
The Big Beyond by Michael Lister
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The San Antonio Public Library has an interesting description of noir and
hard-boiled mysteries. "The difference between Hard-boiled and Noir
Mysteries is ...
Crime Critters Caught Reading Crime - Darla & Bogart
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I have a brother-sister team of readers for you today! When crime fiction
author *Eric Beetner* says in his bio that he's the "father of two" I'm
pretty ce...
How Convenient--Plot Contrivance
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*by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig*
*Morgue File--o0o0xmods0o0o*
Sometimes when we’re drafting a book or writing an outline, we’ll run into
somethi...
CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA
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On May 30, the Crime Writers of Canada will award its 2013 Arthur Ellis
Awards for excellence in Canadian crime...
From the POV of a twelve year old
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It occurred to me as I was reading this week that I have recently reviewed
three books written from the point of view of a twelve year old girl.
In two of ...
Mystery Melange
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Book sculpture lamp by Michael Bom The International Thriller Writers has
added a special FBI pre-conference workshop titled, "Today's FBI: Crime
Essential...
Review: Pierced by Thomas Enger
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*Pierced* by Thomas Enger translated by Charlotte Barslund, December 2012,
544 pages, Faber and Faber, ISBN: 0571272460
*Reviewed by Laura Root. *
(Read mo...
Sacred Games by Gary Corby
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First Line: *The procession wound past the Sanctuary of Zeus*.
The procession consists of athletes, trainers, priests, officials, and
spectators who are ...
Beck and Davenport
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I've been reading through Maj Sjöwall's and Per Wahlöö's Martin Beck series
from the 1960s-70s. Since books in (there are 10 in the series), the
stories va...
You Can Go Home Again, Kind Of, Sort Of...
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Lately, I've had the very interesting experience of spending some time in
my hometown, after more than 25 years away.
When it comes to hometowns, I'm lucki...
New World - Old World
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The first five pictures in this week's blog are from my new world in Cambria County and the rest are from my old world in York County.
Members of the Pen...
Numbers
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The web has gone rabid over the whole Abercrombie and Fitch debacle. I
don't need to rehash it much. Weirdly unattractive CEO cites exclusionary
reasons fo...
Forthcoming Fiction
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Screwed Daniel McEvoy #2 Eoin Colfer May 2013 Amazon, Amazon UK The second
crime novel by internationally bestselling writer Eoin Colfer is a gritty
and ut...
2 comments:
Also heard him at St. Louis. Very funny and charming.
I would expect him to be funny. His books are funny.
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