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Recommended Reading: Elvis Presley, CIA Assassin
My recommended reading for the week is Elvis Presley, CIA Assassin. The following is my review of the book. Hi. Today, I’m reviewing the book Elvis Presley, CIA Assassin by Andy Rausch. I just had him on the Crime Cafe podcast, by the way, if you want to check...
The Crime Cafe with Crime Writer Earl Javorsky
My guest today on the Crime Cafe podcast is crime writer Earl Javorsky. I’m not kidding when I say he has a most bizarre unusual protagonist in two of his novels. If you want to find out why, check out the interview! 🙂 Check back here this coming Sunday to...
Ebook Deals You Don’t Want to Miss
Hi there! 🙂 If you’re looking for great ebook deals, you should definitely check out Smashwords this month. Just click here and check out the half-price specials on all my books. Plus at least two free titles, including the one that I’ve featured here....
A Guest Post and Book Giveaway by Earl Javorsky
I’m pleased to have coming up as my next Crime Cafe podcast guest the author Earl Javorsky, who comes to us today with an awesome guest post and book giveaway. He’s giving away one copy each of his novels. Trust Me (a psychological thriller) and Down Solo...
Add These to Your Summer Reading List
If you’re looking for a mystery to add to your summer reading list, be sure and check out my first novel, Identity Crisis, which I’m offering FREE on Smashwords throughout July 2019! It’s part of the site-wide sale at Smashwords. Here’s a link...
Interview with Crime Writer Andy Rausch – S. 5, Ep. 1
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July Ebook Deals on Smashwords
Just wanted to let you know about the ebook deals I’m running on Smashwords throughout the entire month of July. If you click here, you can see that all my books on Smashwords are either half-price or free. That includes, of course, all three of my Sam McRae...
The Crime Cafe with Crime Writer Andy Rausch
Yes, it’s true! We are back! 🙂 With another season of the Crime Cafe podcast. This episode’s guest is crime writer, screenwriter, (graphic) novelist, film journalist, and all around good guy Andy Rausch! Here’s the first episode of Season Five! PS:...
Recommended Reading: One Day in the Life of Jason Dean
This video is a book review of a novella I can’t say enough great things about. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes a good bit of BritGrit crime fiction! 🙂 For more details, check out my video review below, where I do an actual bit of reading from...
A Guest Post and Giveaway from Andy Rausch
I’m damn pleased to announce that the Crime Cafe podcast resumes soon! (I’m following Mark Twain’s edict that if you substitute “damn” for the word “very”, your writing will improve tremendously.) And I’m damn glad that we have author/journalist/screenwriter/graphic...
Season Five of the Crime Cafe Podcast Coming Soon!
Hi, everyone! As indicated in the headline, the fifth season of the Crime Cafe podcast is coming soon! We have an exciting line-up of crime, suspense, and thriller writers scheduled for this season. And I have all sorts of thoughts about trying to expand on the...
A Few Summer Reading Suggestions
If you’re looking for summer reading suggestions, here are a few books I’d recommend. Right now, I’m reading Uncivil Defense by M. Ruth Myers. As always, I’m enjoying the latest mysterious scrap Maggie Sullivan gets into here! 🙂 Here’s...
‘Least Wanted’ Coming Out as an Audiobook Again!
I’m thrilled to announce that the second Sam McRae novel Least Wanted is coming out as an audiobook! So, I thought I’d share some of that story with you here. See what you think! CHAPTER ONE Shanae Jackson breezed into my office like she owned the place....
The Inspiration for Sam McRae
In case you ever wondered where I got the inspiration for Sam McRae, my lawyer-sleuth protagonist, here’s John Grisham on a podcast called Cross-Examining History, pretty much telling you what that is. It’s almost frightening! 🙂 Grisham, of course, writes...
Book Review of ‘Codename Villanelle’
Hi! Today I have a book review of Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings. Now, as you may know, probably do know, this has been adapted into the show Killing Eve and Killing Eve when I first heard about it, I was like … hmmm. Another show where they humanize a...
Book Review of ‘Ferret’
Hi. Today I’m doing a book review of Ferret by George Markstein. This guy is really amazing. He was an excellent writer. I previously did a review of The Cooler, which I said was obviously the inspiration for The Prisoner. You know, that peculiar weird unusual...
Another Book Reading: Chapter 8 of ‘Identity Crisis’
Pretend we’re at an event, where I’m doing a book reading, even though I’m only pretending to talk into a mic in the above photo. (It’s actually a lamp.) The photo was taken ages and ages a few years ago at a real Sisters in Crime meeting. In...