Archive for March, 2012
Book Review: Blood and Other Cravings, ed. by Ellen Datlow
Blood and Other Cravings Edited by Ellen Datlow Tor Books, September 2011 ISBN 9780765328281 Hardcover Vampires are everywhere and they’re not just your traditional cape wearing, toothy creatures sleeping in coffins by day and flying like bats at night in search of blood. They come in various forms. From the energy stealing vamps to those [...]
March 31, 2012
Tags: anthology, dark fantasy/horror, Tor Books, vampires Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Favorite Child
Nancy Lauzon worked nine years on a hospital ward as a cardiac nurse before the night shifts turned her into a zombie. She got a day job in health promotion and began to write health-related articles for magazines and newsletters. Life threw out a few curve balls, and to relieve the stress, she began to [...]
March 30, 2012
Posted in: Guest Blogs 3 Comments
Book Review: The Letter Q edited by Sarah Moon
The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes To Their Younger Selves Sarah Moon, editor James Lecesne, contributing editor Arthur A. Levine Books, May 2012 ISBN 978-0-545-39932-6 Hardcover (ARC) The title of this remarkable anthology says it all—a multitude of LGBT authors, more than sixty of them, have come together to tell themselves as young adults what [...]
March 29, 2012
Tags: anthology, Arthur A. Levine Books, letters, LGBT, nonfiction, youth Posted in: My Reviews One Comment
Consistency
Kathleen Delaney returns to talk about what consistency means to her and how important it is for a writer to strive for it. I watched the US National Figure Skating Championships recently and was once again amazed at the grace, beauty, and unbelievable athletic ability of the skaters. Three revolutions in the air, landing on [...]
March 27, 2012
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Book Reviews: Cut, Paste, Kill by Marshall Karp, Long Gone by Alafair Burke, Before the Poison by Peter Robinson, and A Darker Shade of Blue by John Harvey
Cut, Paste, Kill Marshall Karp Minotaur Books, August 2011 ISBN: 978-0-312-37824-0 Trade Paperback A woman, the wife of the British consul in Los Angeles, is found stabbed to death in the ladies room of a posh hotel, a scrapbook recalling her transgression, killing a young boy leaving a school bus while DWI, nearby. Â Lomax and [...]
March 26, 2012
Tags: art gallery, composer, FBI, hardboiled, Harper, Hodder & Stoughton, humor, jazz, London, Los Angeles, Minotaur Books, missing person, mystery, New York City, Pegasus, police procedural, private eye, scrapbooking, serial killer, short stories, standalone, widower, William Morrow & Company, WWII-era murder, Yorkshire Dales Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
This and That
Congratulations to Jenny Milchman (print book) and Jan Christensen (ebook), winners of It’s Murder, My Son by Lauren Carr! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This was posted on the Forum on Horror Drive-In on 3/14 during a discussion about Barnes & Noble—Brian brings all the furor about ebook pricing down to a few simple statements and I heartily [...]
March 25, 2012
Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Tales of a Bookseller No Comments
Taking the Mystery Out of Writing Mysteries
Dennis Palumbo, M.A., MFT is a writer and licensed psychotherapist in private practice, specializing in creative issues. His newest crime novel, Fever Dream, is on sale now from Poisoned Pen Press. The book features psychologist and trauma expert, Daniel Rinaldi. The first Rinaldi mystery, Mirror Image, was published in 2010. Palumbo is also the author [...]
March 24, 2012
Posted in: Guest Blogs 8 Comments
Vacations Can Be Murder—And Cool Stuff!
Lauren Carr fell in love with mysteries when her mother read Perry Mason to her at bedtime. The first installment in the Joshua Thornton mysteries, A Small Case of Murder was a finalist for the Independent Publisher Book Award. A Reunion to Die For was released in hardback in June 2007. Both of these books [...]
March 23, 2012
Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Guest Blogs 14 Comments
Book Review: Magical Alienation by Kris Neri
Magical Alienation Kris Neri Red Coyote Press, November 2011 ISBN 9780976673316 Trade paperback Samantha Brennan thinks her cushy new job as fake psychic with a fading Mick Jagger like rock star feels like just the thing to boost her wobbly career. Jetting from LA to Sedona for his comeback performance and a support rally for [...]
March 22, 2012
Tags: Celtic mythology, con artist, dark fantasy, FBI, mystery, Red Coyote Press, Roswell, Sedona Posted in: Guest Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Soft Target by Stephen Hunter
Soft Target Stephen Hunter Simon & Schuster, December 2011 ISBN 9781439138700 Hardcover This book represents your worst fears realized. In many ways and from many angles. It is the stereotypical sensationalism and attitudes of a variety of memorable characters. It’s a modern tale full of irony, humor, and grisly reality. Ray Cruz, former Marine sniper, [...]
March 21, 2012
Tags: ex-Marine sniper, hostages, Minnesota, mystery, Simon & Schuster, SWAT, terrorists, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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