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Tag Archives: Chris Knopf
My Review of “Deep Dive” by Chris Knopf
Deep Dive, the new crime novel by Chris Knopf, is suspenseful, fast paced, and peopled with well-drawn characters. Knopf’s prose goes down so easily that the novel isn’t so much read as inhaled. In the end, the protagonist, Sam Acquillo, … Continue reading
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Launch Party for “Down To the River,” New Crime Fiction Anthology
That’s crime novelist Tim O’Mara with my amazing wife Patricia Smith at New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop last night. We were there to help launch the publication of Down to the River, a great short story anthology of crime fiction … Continue reading
My Review of Chris Knopf’s New Long Island Mystery
Cop Job, Chris Knopf’s latest mystery about former boxer turned sleuth Sam Acquillo, is a fine addition to this entertaining Long Island-based series. You can read my full Associated Press review by clicking here
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Tagged boxer, Chris Knopf, cop job, long island, mystery, sam acquillo, sleuth
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Revised Top 10 List: Best Crime Novels of 2012
When I first posted my list of the ten best crime novels of 2012, I forgot to include one of my favorites, Joseph Olshan’s brilliant literary tale, Cloudland. I don’t have the heart to delete any of the others to … Continue reading
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Tagged ace atkins, Bad Little Falls, Best Mysteries, Bill Wells, Black Box, Bruce DeSilva, Bryan Gruley, Chris Knopf, Cloudland, Creone Belle, crime novels, David Freed, Dead Anyway, Dennis Lehane, Flat Spin, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, hardboiled, James Lee Burke, Joseph Olshan, Live By Night, Lullaby, michael connelly, noir, Paul Doiron, Rober Crais, Robert B. Parker, Skeleton Box, Spenser, Taken, The Lost Ones, Timothy Hallinan, Walter Mosley
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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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Bruce DeSilva's Rogue Island 