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»Starting with the first of his 20 novels, Laguna Heat, and continuing with stand-alones including Silent Joe and California Girl, Parker has always chaffed at the boundaries of the crime fiction genre, creating wildly inventive characters and surprising storylines. His risk-taking alone makes all of his work, including the Charlie Hood series, well worth reading.«
Bruce DeSilva
Mystery writer Bruce DeSilva about the novel The Famous and the Dead by his colleague T. Jefferson Parker. Find his review at The Huffington Post.
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»Being a writer is like being a killer.
This is the gospel according to Hallgrimur Helgason, the off-beat author of The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning, a crime thriller about a Croatian hitman living in New York City who mistakenly kills an FBI agent and winds up fleeing to Iceland, where he takes on the identity of a proselytizing preacher.«
Edward M. Weinman
A View to a Killer: Crime writer Edward M. Weinman about the novel The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning by Hallgrímur Helgason (german translation: Zehn Tipps, das Morden zu beenden und mit dem Abwasch zu beginnen). His review at The Huffington Post.
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»It gave me immense pleasure to write Death Comes to Pemberley and I hope that my readers in the United States will share that pleasure.«
P. D. James
Crime writer P. D. James about her latest novel Death Comes to Pemberley and the zwo problems in Jane Austen’s Pride and Predjucide. Happy Austenganza at The Huffington Post.
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»It’s sacred and, therefore, I work at it and safeguard it. Very few things that are as deeply fulfilling as writing are easy. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.«
Michael Connelly
Ellen Sterling with a portrait of writer Michael Connelly, who has just published his 17th Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch Novel The Black Box. Read on at huffingtonpost.com.
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»In summary, The Casual Vacancy is a good, though not great, book about small-town, small-minded England. What else did you expect?«
Andrew Losowsky
Andrew Losowsky and his review about The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling at huffingtonpost.com.
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»Minor reservations aside, The Twenty-Year Death is a rewarding work that transcends its high concept origins.«
William Ambler
William Ambler about The Twenty-Year Death, the debut crime novel by Ariel S. Winter. His review at huffingtonpost.com.
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»So I’ll keep devouring mysteries with my breakfasts, thank you, as I open window after window offering fresh perspectives on the world we live in.«
Holly Robinson
Murder, Mayhem, and Cultural Mirrors – Holly Robinson about the question, why we love mystery novels. Her answers at huffingtonpost.com.
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The Literary/Genre Fiction Continuum: A Graphical Approach To Literary Vs Genre Fiction. By Michael Kardos at huffingtonpost.com.
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Report | Late science-fiction legend Ray Bradbury was actively investigated by the FBI during the 1960s for suspected Communist leanings, according to FBI files released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by The Huffington Post.
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Bulwer-Lytton 2012: Cathy Bryant wins worst opening sentence competition. With this line:
»As he told her that he loved her she gazed into his eyes, wondering, as she noted the infestation of eyelash mites, the tiny deodicids burrowing into his follicles to eat the greasy sebum therein, each female laying up to 25 eggs in a single follicle, causing inflammation, whether the eyes are truly the windows of the soul; and, if so, his soul needed regrouting.«
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