Monthly Archives: June 2012

Look who’s reading “Cliff Walk” now! It’s acclaimed crime novelist Thomas Perry!

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

Tom is the author of the Jane Whitefield novels, which I have always admired.  You can find out more about him here. Cliff Walk is the second novel in my crime novel series featuring Liam Mulligan, an investigative reporter for … Continue reading →

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Mulligan, Hero of My Crime Novels, Get’s Interviewed By a Music Magazine

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Mark Gould of Sound Waves Magazine got in touch with me the other day and said he wanted to interview Liam Mulligan, the hero of my crime novels, about his taste in music. I can’t speak for Mulligan, I told … Continue reading →

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Look Who’s Reading “Cliff Walk.” It’s dancer and choreographer Paloma McGregor!

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

Paloma is co-founder of Angela’s Pulse, a New York performance company, and dances with Liz Lerman Dance Edge and Urban Bushwomen, two fine New York dance troupes. Before that, she was a reporter at The Cleveland Plain Dealer. (How’s THAT … Continue reading →

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Crime Novelist Chris Knopf Interviews Me about “Cliff Walk.”

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

Fellow crime novelist Chris Knopf interviewed me for his website. He asks, among other things, why so many journalists are turning to crime fiction and what makes Rhode Island, the setting for my Mulligan novels, such an odd place. You … Continue reading →

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Who’s Reading “Cliff Walk” Now? It’s Mystery Writer Maggie Sefton.

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

Maggie Sefton is the author of two fine series, the Kelly Flynn mysteries and the Molly Malone mysteries. You can learn all about her here. Cliff Walk is the second novel in my series featuring Providence, R.I. investigative reporter Liam … Continue reading →

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Look Who’s Reading “Cliff Walk” Now! It’s Best-Selling Thriller Writer John Lescroart

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

John Lescroart, who spent his youth as the front man for Johnny Capo and His Real Good Band, a San Francisco rock group, has been writing fiction is entire adult life.  Today, he’s one of the finest thriller writers in … Continue reading →

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Sophomore Jinx?

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

Since my second Mulligan crime novel, Cliff Walk, was published in May, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about how I managed to avoid the sophomore Jinx. There’s a widespread belief that a lot of writers who produce strong first … Continue reading →

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Look Who’s Reading “Cliff Walk” Now. It’s Award-Winning Crime Novelist Gar Anthony Haywood.

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

Gar Anthony Haywood is the winner of both the Anthony and Shamus Awards. I just finished his 2009 stand-alone novel, Cemetery Road, and it’s terrific. Fine writing, great characters, and a riveting story. I caught up with Gar at a … Continue reading →

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Look Who’s Reading “Cliff Walk” Now!

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

It’s Otto Penzler, dean of New York’s crime fiction editors and proprietor of Manhattan’s famous Mystery Bookshop. Cliff Walk is the second book in my series featuring Liam Mulligan, an investigative reporter at a dying Providence, R.I., newspaper. The first, … Continue reading →

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The Blurring of Fact and Fiction in “Cliff Walk.”

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

Philip Eil of The Providence Phoenix sees a “blurring of fact and fiction” in my new Providence-based Mulligan crime novel, Cliff Walk. While I don’t agree with everything he has to say (my “Attila the Nun” character really DOESN’T have … Continue reading →

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