2024-04-22 19:59
Camilla Trinchieri is the author of the Tuscan Mysteries series, launched in 2020 with Murder in Chianti. This series features the former NYPD detective Nico Doyle, who has left detectiv… Read More
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2024-04-13 22:19
My guest today is Kate Brody, author of one of my favorite novels of the year, Rabbit Hole, a glimpse of the dark side of online fixation and true crime cases. Theodore “Teddy”… Read More
2024-04-09 16:31
I am pleased to present a guest post by my great good friend and fine poet, George Vance:
Following publication of a series of incisive essays critiquing our brave new algorithmic worl… Read More
2024-04-03 20:23
2833— That is the number of people who entered a Goodreads giveaway last month to win ten signed copies of The Cry of Cicadas. Those ten copies are already on their way to the winners… Read More
2024-03-26 17:59
Popular mystery and thriller writer S.J. Rozen and novelist and former publisher at Marvel Comics, John Shen Yen Nee, team up for a meaty and fast-moving historical mystery set in London… Read More
2024-03-14 14:54
Edinburgh-based author Philip Miller took the long route to novel writing, working as a journalist for a couple of decades and twice named Arts Writer of the Year at the Scottish Press A… Read More
2024-03-10 16:54
Starting Today 3/10/24
Hello folks! I want to let you know that I am on the Goodreads Book Giveaway for ten signed first editions of my new historical mystery, The Cry of Cicadas. Thi… Read More
2024-03-09 18:51
You can get the ebook of The Cry of Cicadas today (3/09/24) at Amazon for $.99. Price goes up soon to $1.99 and ultimately back to the regular cost of $3.99. Unlimited members can get it… Read More
2024-03-02 18:29
I come from a farming family, though I am very far removed from the land now. I make my living with my imagination, not my hands. But there is still a strong connection to those root… Read More
2024-02-23 20:55
I have a confession to make. I have never read any of the thirteen novels in Tess Gerritsen’s ‘Rizzoli &Isles’ mystery series. Nor any of the other thirty-pl… Read More
2024-02-07 22:53
My new novel, The Cry of Cicadas, is now available at Amazon, both ebook and paperack.
This novel took a long time, both in writing and publishing. A work of love. And tenacity. But pr… Read More
2024-02-02 20:46
At the end of the last episode, Morgan had just met his new best friend: the pangolin. Operation revenge was set to go. This installment completes the novella. I hope you enjoyed it as much… Read More
2024-01-25 21:29
At the end of the last episode, we learned that Morgan’s scheme to push through the upscale real estate development project has somehow not gone according to plan. And in this installm… Read More
2024-01-18 19:17
In which we pick up the story after Morgan and Liling have devised a course of action for the real estate development. Nimby vs Yimby.
PS–If you are new to this series, simply t… Read More
2024-01-11 07:24
In which we pick up the story after Morgan’s coffee clutch with the powerful real estate developer, Mulligan and a hello from our mascot:
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2024-01-04 16:13
As promised, here are the first two chapters of my new Hong Kong-based novella. Had a lot of fun writing it, hope you enjoy it. I will be serializing this tale weekly. If you are annoy… Read More
2024-01-01 20:54
As they say, it’s been a minute. I may have neglected the Scene of the Crime, but I haven’t forgotten it. I plan to continue with my series of interviews of authors who focus on… Read More
2016-12-19 17:12
Remember today, Monday, December 19, The Edit ebook is reduced to $2.99. There’s a Christmas deal for you! Available at Amazon, iTunes, Barnes and Noble, and Open Road.
The Edit has b… Read More
2016-12-07 17:12
As the title of this post suggests, The Edit has been chosen as part of my publisher’s Early Bird Books program.
I urge you to sign up for this free book club with daily or wee… Read More
2016-10-11 15:53
The first review for The Edit, due out in December, is in, and it’s a corker. Kirkus Reviews had praise for the “measured, ingratiating first-person narrative,” and went on… Read More
2016-08-22 21:36
I am happy to announce publication of my latest book with Mysterious Press/Open Road Media, The Edit.
Here’s a brief summary:
An ex-Nazi on the run will do whatever it takes to keep h… Read More
2016-01-06 22:20
For fans of my Viennese Mystery books, I want to let you know that book six, The Third Place, is the final volume in the series. It feels a bit odd saying goodbye to that world and to those… Read More
2015-07-06 00:01
The Third Place has just been published in England. To mark its publication, here’s a bit on the inspiration for this novel:
The Third Place is the sixth installment in my Viennese My… Read More
2015-06-15 21:32
Just wanted to share the cover art for book book 6 in the Viennese Mystery series, The Third Place:
The Third Place is the sixth installment in my Viennese Mystery series, set at the turn o… Read More
2015-05-01 16:55
Basic Law is available now, and getting some good play in the press.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch had high praise, noting:
“A perfect blend of thriller and whodunit, “Basic Law&rd&hell…Read More
2015-04-17 15:50
My new thriller, Basic Law, the first in a trilogy, is available this week. Set in the post-Cold War Europe of the 1990s, it features foreign correspondent Sam Kramer.
Here’s a quick s… Read More
2015-03-12 22:54
Hey folks–if you missed out on the last Goodreads giveaway for my new thriller, Basic Law, out next month, have heart. My publishers have just begun another one with 11 copies availabl… Read More
2015-02-24 22:10
My new thriller, Basic Law, is out in mid-April, but my publishers are conducting a giveway now for interested readers over at Goodreads. The book has already attracted very positive buzz wi… Read More
2015-01-14 01:56
My new thriller, The German Agent, is now available in the United States.
A quick blurb:
A ruthless German spy is torn between love and duty in this powerful espionage thriller
February, 191… Read More
2014-12-08 19:30
I had the honor to contribute an essay to a Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the opening of Vienna’s Ringstrasse, the grand boulevard that encircles the Inner City: Vienn… Read More
2014-12-02 21:15
My newest mystery/thriller comes out this April, the first of a new series set in Europe in the 1990s.
Here’s a brief synopsis:
Expat American journalist Sam Kramer is burned out: too… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Australian novelist Gary Corby is the author of the Athenian Mystery series, which stars, as Corby explains on his home page, “Nicolaos, his girlfriend Diotima, and his irritating twel… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It is my pleasure today to present an extended interview with J. Robert Janes, author of the acclaimed St-Cyr and Kohler series set in occupied France during World War II. The Wall Street Jo… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Colin Cotterill is the author of numerous volumes in the popular Dr. Siri Paiboun series, featuring the septuagenarian Laotian coroner. Dr. Siri had thought to spend a peaceful retirement, b… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Ever wonder about book covers? Who designs them? How do they go about it? I have long been a fan of Jem Butcher, who has done the artwork on my Viennese Mysteries for Severn House. His most… Read More
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