Monthly Archives: September 2014

Killer Nashville Founder Clay Stafford’s Thoughts About “Providence Rag”

Clay Stafford, author, filmmaker, and founder of the Killer Nashville conference, wrote this commentary on Providence Rag, the latest novel in my hardboiled Liam Mulligan series, to accompany a guest blog I wrote for the conference website: “Madness and Media: … Continue reading

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“Providence Rag” Featured on Cover of September “Suspense Magazine”

My thanks to the great folks at Suspense Magazine for putting me on the cover this month and for including a fine three-page interview with me about Providence Rag, the third novel in my Edgar Award-winning series featuring Liam Mulligan, … Continue reading

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My Review of Reed Farrel Coleman’s New “Jesse Stone” Novel

After Robert B. Parker died, his publisher commissioned TV writer Michael Brandman to continue Parker’s series of novels about Jesse Stone, the police chief of mythical Paradise, MA. The three books that followed were utterly forgettable. Now the publisher has … Continue reading

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Who’s Reading “Providence Rag” Now? It’s Best-Selling Mystery Writer William Kent Krueger.

William Kent Krueger won this year’s Edgar Award for the best crime novel of 2013.  In my opinion, the honor was overdue, because he’s been writing some of our finest literary mysteries for years now. Some of his books have … Continue reading

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Who’s Reading “Providence Rag” Now? It’s the Queen of Romantic Suspense, Lisa Jackson!

Lisa Jackson, a New York Times-best-selling author, is the most successful writer in the genre of romantic suspense.I snapped the photo last month at the Thriller Nashville crime-fiction conference. You can learn more about her and her work here. Providence … Continue reading

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“Original Sin” by D.P. Lyle: A Review

D.P. Lyle, award-winning novelist and practicing cardiologist, has a new thriller in his series featuring police officer Samantha Cody. It’s a tense, intelligent tale well-told. You can read the full text of my Associated Press book review here. And you … Continue reading

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