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Tag Archives: crime fiction
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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Who’s Reading “Cliff Walk” Now? It’s Novelist Thomas H. Cook.
Thomas H. Cook, author of some of the best literary crime fiction since Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, has long been one of my favorite writers, so I’m thrilled that he’s reading my most recent hardboiled Mulligan novel, Cliff Walk. Tom … Continue reading
At the Mysterious Bookshop
That’s me and my wife, Patricia Smith, promoting “Staten Island Noir,” a new anthology from Akashic Press, at the Mysterious Bookshop in Manhattan. Patricia edited the book and I wrote one of the stories. Reviewers are calling it one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Akashic Press, Bruce DeSilva, crime fiction, hardboiled, mysteries, noir, Patricia Smith, Staten Island Noir
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Reviewing the New Novel by Ace Atkins, a Writer on a Roll
The Lost Ones, the second novel in Ace Atkins series featuring former U.S. Army Ranger Quinn Colson, finds him serving as the newly-elected sheriff of his native Tibbehah County, Mississipi. Given the rural county’s legacy of lawlessness and political corruption, … Continue reading
The True Story Behind “Cliff Walk,” My New Crime Novel About the Rhode Island Sex Trade
In 1980, prostitution inadvertently became legal in Rhode Island, the consequence of one of those boneheaded foul-ups for which the Ocean State’s legislature, the General Assembly, is justly famous. The state’s politicians made a lot of speeches decrying the shame … Continue reading
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Tagged brothels, Bruce DeSilva, Cliff Walk, Coyote, crime fiction, hardboiled, legalized prostitution, Mulligan, noir, Providence, Rhode Island, strip clubs
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Falling for Catlin Strong, Jon Land’s Sexy, Courageous Heroine
I‘ve always preferred strong, capable women. No surprise, then, that I’ve fallen for Texas Ranger Catlin Strong, the hero of a series of thrillers by veteran novelist Jon Land. Catlin, the scion of three generations of rangers, is tough, incorruptible, … Continue reading
Crime Novelist Chris Knopf Interviews Me about “Cliff Walk.”
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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Tagged Bruce DeSilva, Chris Knopf, Cliff Walk, crime fiction, Mulligan, mysteries, Mysterious Bookshop, Providence, Rhode Island
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