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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Publishers Weekly gives “Staten Island Noir” a Starred Review!
Staten Island Noir, an Akashic Press anthology edited by my wife, Patricia Smith, just received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Her story — and mine — are among the ones the review singles out for special praise. The review: … Continue reading
Look Who’s Reading “Cliff Walk” Now! It’s Thriller Writer Sean Chercover
Sean Chercover once worked as a private investigator in Chicago and New Orleans, so he’s a man who knows what he’s writing about. He is the author of a bunch of anthologized short stories and three gritty crime novels: Big … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony, Bad City Bad Blood, Bruce DeSilva, Cliff Walk, crime novels, Crimespree, CWA Dagger, edgar award, Gumshoe, hardboiled, Lovey, Macavity Award, private investigator, Providence, Rhode Island, Rogue Island, Sean Chercover, Shamus, The Trinity Game, Trigger City
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Who’s Reading “Cliff Walk” Now? It’s Author C.J. Box!
C. J. Box is the New York Times best-selling author of the Joe Pickett thrillers, a great series set in the mountain west. His latest novel, Force of Nature, was published earlier this year. You can learn more about the … Continue reading
Meeting the Creator of The Body Farm
At the Killer Nashville crime fiction conference over the weekend, I got to meet the legendary Dr. Bill Bass (right), creator of the world’s first laboratory devoted to studying human decomposition. You know it as “The Body Farm.” With Jon … Continue reading
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Tagged Body Farm, Bruce DeSilva, Dr. Bill Bass, forensics, Jefferson Bass
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Appearances in Kansas City, Nashville, and Atlanta Areas Aug. 22-25
I‘ll be making public appearances, doing writing workshops, and signing copies of my new Mulligan crime novel, Cliff Walk, in a series of public appearances near Kansas City, in Nashville, and near Atlanta this week. If you’re in the area, … Continue reading
Look Who’s Reading “Cliff Walk” Now! It’s Crime Novelist Rebecca Cantrell
Rebecca Cantrell is the author of the Hannah Vogel mysteries, which are set in in Berlin in the 1930s. Her work has won the Bruce Alexander Award and the Macavity Award, and her latest novel, A City of Broken Glass, … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, Bruce Alexander, Bruce DeSilva, City of Broken Glass, Cliff Walk, edgar award, Hannah Vogel, historical crime fiction, investigative reporter, Liam Mulligan, Macavity, Mulligan novels, mysteries, Providence, Rebecca Cantrell, Rhode Island, Rogue Island, Shamus
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My Review of “Bad Little Falls” By Paul Doiron.
Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron’s new crime novel, Bad Little Falls, has just been published, and it’s another winner. My review for the Associated Press begins this way: Maine game warden Mike Bowditch should have learned by now that he … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Little Falls, Bruce DeSilva, Down East, Main, Mike Bowditch, Paul Doiron, Poacher's Son, Trespasser
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The Brazilian Edition of “Rogue Island”
What do you think of the Brazilian cover of my first Mulligan novel, Rogue Island? The original title, a pun on “Rhode Island,” doesn’t work in Portuguese, so the publisher changed it. Translated, the new title means Through the Fire. … Continue reading
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Bruce DeSilva's Rogue Island 