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My Review of The New Easy Rawlins Novel by Walter Mosley
At the conclusion of Blonde Faith, Walter Mosley appeared to have killed off private detective Easy Rawlins, who had been a favorite of readers and critics alike. Now, six years later, he has brought Easy back in a new novel, … Continue reading
Richard Helms’s new crime novel, The Mojito Coast, is set in Miami and Cuba in the late 1950s, and everything about it, from the story to the writing, is a throwback. The hero, Cormac Loame, is one of those romantic … Continue reading
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Tagged As Time Goes By, Bruce DeSilva, Cannonball Adderly, Cassablanca, Cormac Loame, Cuba, Ernest Hemingway, Fidel Castro, Havana, Meyer Lansky, Michael Curtiz, Mickey Spillane, Mike Hammer, Mosquito Coast, Richard Helms, Richard S. Prather, Santo Trafficante, Shell Scott
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My Review of Bill Loehfelm’s Fine New Crime Novel
Post-Katrina New Orleans, with its thriving French Quarter, its still-ruined neighborhoods, its scandal-riddled police force and its often obnoxious tourists, has been the setting for a couple of outstanding crime novels, including James Lee Burke’s The Tin Roof Blowdown and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Loehfelm, Bruce DeSilva, Claire DeWitt, Devil in her way, French Quarter, James Lee Burke, Katrina, New Orleans, Sara Gran
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Cat on Dogs
“I’ve grown more comfortable working with the dead. With parts of them, really. A few teeth, a vertebrae, a piece of carpet that lay underneath a body. One of my German shepherd’s standard training materials is dirt harvested from sites … Continue reading
T. Jefferson Parker’s “The Famous and the Dead.” My Review.
With “The Famous and the Dead,” T. Jefferson Parker brings his six-novel saga about Charlie Hood, an LA lawman hellbent on disrupting gunrunning along the Mexican border, to a conclusion. The new crime novel, like the series as a whole, … Continue reading
My Son Jeremy’s Groundbreaking Research on Human Evolution
I always knew he was going to do something special. As a toddler, he was fascinated by the world and everything in it. He carried on startlingly adult conversations before he was old enough for kindergarten. He was always the … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston University, Carl Sagan, Cornell University, fossils, Hominds, human evolution, Jeremy DeSilva, Little league, Melanie DeSilva, NBA, Richard DeSilva, Science Magazine, South Africa, University of Massachusetts, University of Michigan, University Without Walls, women's issues
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David Freed’s New Thriller Is Another Winner
David Freed, a former Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Los Angeles Times, made my list of the top ten crime novels of 2011 with his debut novel, Flat Spin. His just-released sequel, Fangs Out, is every bit as good. You … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, book review, crime novel, David Freed, Fangs Out, Flat Spin, Los Angeles Times, Pulitzer Prize, thriller
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More Praise for “Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah”
Rattle, one of the best literary magazines around, had this to say about Shoulda Been Jimi Savanna, my wife Patricia Smith’s latest poetry collection: “Throughout the book, Smith’s fresh diction is surprising enough to be almost a new language.” Damn … Continue reading
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Tagged literary magazines, Patricia Smith, poetry, Rattle, Shoudla Been Jimi Savannah
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Who’s Reading “Cliff Walk” Now? It’s Mystery Writer Parnell Hall
Parnell Hall, author of the Stanley Hastings and puzzle lady mysteries, is quite a character in his own right, and one of the nicest people I’ve met since I started writing crime novels. You can learn more about him and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce DeSilva, Cliff Walk, crime fiction, crime novel, edgar award, Gar Anthony Haywood, Liam Mulligan, Macavity Award, mystery, noir, Parnell Hall, Providence, Providence Journal, Providence Rag, Puzzle Lady, Rhode Island, Rogue Island, Stanley Hastings, thriller
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C.J. Box’s Latest Has Everything You Could Ask For In a Western Thriller
C.J. Box’s new thriller, Breaking Point, has everything his legions of fans have come to expect: well-drawn Wyoming characters, soulless bureaucrats whose meddling does more harm than good, lots of guns and horses, plenty of danger and suspense, a spectacular … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, book review, Breaking Point, Bruce DeSilva, C.J. Box, Joe Picket, thriller, western
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