Mystery writer Lorraine Bartlett wears a number of pseudonymous caps. Writing under her own name, she is the author of the new series, Victorian Square Mysteries, whose first installment, A Crafty Killing, debuts this February. Writing as Lorna Barrett, she pens the Booktown Mysteries series, and as L.L. Bartlett, she writes the Jeff Resnick Mysteries. [...]
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“Utterly Desolate”–The Norfolk of Elly Griffiths’ Ruth Galloway Novels
Posted in Interviews, tagged Crossing Places, Detective Inspector Harry Nelson, Elly Griffiths, England, Norfolk, Ruth Galloway, Scene of the Crime, The House at Sea's End, The Janus Stone on January 21, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Elly Griffiths is the author of a series of crime novels set in England’s Norfolk county and featuring forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway. The first in the series, Crossing Places, earned a good deal of praise both in Griffiths’ native country, England, and in the U.S. The Literary Review termed it “a cleverly plotted and extremely [...]
Chris Simms and His Mancunian Policeman– DI Jon Spicer
Posted in Interviews, tagged Chris Simms, Cottonopolis, Cut Adrift, DI Jon Spicer, Hell's Fire, Killing the Beasts, Manchester, Savage Moon, Shifting Skin, The Edge on January 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Manchester-based writer Chris Simms is the author of six novels in the D.I. Jon Spicer series, procedurals which follow the investigations of the mercurial Spicer. Simms’s most recent installment in the series, Cut Adrift, earned him a place on the short list for the 2010 CWA Dagger Award and elicited rave reviews from the critics. [...]
Chinatown Noir: Henry Chang’s Detective Jack Yu Novels
Posted in Interviews, tagged Chinatown Beat, Chinatown Trilogy, Detective Jack Yu, Henry Chang, Manhattan, New York, NYPD, Red Jade, Scene of the Crime, Year of the Dog on January 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Henry Chang’s Chinatown series featuring Chinese-American NYPD Detective Jack Yu debuted to critical acclaim in 2008 with Chinatown Beat, “a fascinating look at New York’s Chinese-American urban community and its subcultures,” according to Publishers Weekly. The Boston Globe also had praise for this first novel, noting, “For readers who relish noir suspense, it doesn’t get [...]
J. Sydney Jones
J. Sydney Jones is the author of the acclaimed "Viennese Mystery" series, set in Vienna 1900. Novels include THE EMPTY MIRROR, REQUIEM IN VIENNA, and THE SILENCE.
“What Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did for Victorian London and Caleb Carr did for old New York, J. Sydney Jones does for historic Vienna.”
-Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling authorVisit him at his Web site: www.jsydneyjones.com
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