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Award-Winning Mystery Writer S.J. Rozan Recommends “The Dread Line”

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Bruce DeSilva

A big thank you to S.J. Rozan, award-winning author of fine mysteries including Ghost Hero and Blood of the Lamb, for her shout-out about The Dread Line, the fifth in my Edgar Award-winning series of hardboiled crime novels. Here’s what … Continue reading →

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It Was As If Joe Friday Had Been Stripped of His Badge

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Bruce DeSilva

An unanticipated disaster struck as I was writing the fourth novel in my hard-boiled series of crime novels featuring investigative reporter Liam Mulligan: The failing Providence, R.I. newspaper he had been working for abruptly fired him, creating a crisis for … Continue reading →

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Best-Selling Mystery Writer Reed Farrel Coleman Raves About “THE DREAD LINE”

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Bruce DeSilva

Reed Farrel Coleman, the best-selling mystery author who is now writing the Jesse Stone series originated by the late Robert B. Parker, says this about the latest book in my Edgar Award-winning series of hard-boiled crime novels: “From the great … Continue reading →

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CB McKenzie’s “Burn What Will Burn” — My Review

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Bruce DeSilva

Burn What Will Burn, Edgar Award win CB McKenzie’s second novel, is a suspenseful, hard-boiled crime yarn filled with well-drawn, quirky characters and written in a tight, literary prose style. You can read my full Associated Press review of the … Continue reading →

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Year-End Honor for “A Scourge of Vipers”

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

My thanks to Scott MacKay of the Rhode Island NPR affiliate for including my latest crime novel, A Scourge of Vipers, on the list of his favorite 2015 books. Scott said in part, “DeSilva shows once again that he is … Continue reading →

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“A Scourge of Vipers” Officially Released Today, April 7

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

Today is the official release date for A Scourge of Vipers, the fourth novel in my Edgar Award-winning series of crime novels. Click here for links to online booksellers, including both independents and chains, that are carrying it. Publishers Weekly and … Continue reading →

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“A Scourge of Vipers is a Masterpiece” — The Providence Journal

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

The Providence Journal always reviews my hard-boiled crime novels, perhaps because the books, featuring investigative reporter Liam Mulligan, are set in that city. This time the newspaper tapped veteran thriller writer Jon Land, a Rhode Island native, to write the … Continue reading →

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“Publishers Weekly” Names “A Scourge of Vipers” A Pick of the Week

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

Publishers Weekly, the bible of the book-publishing biz, just named my latest hard-boiled crime novel, A Scourge of Vipers, one of its “picks of the week” for April 6. I’m honored to be named in the same breath with the … Continue reading →

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Why I Never Outline My Novels, Preferring to Discover The Story As I Go Along

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

Some novelists outline their plots before they start to write. Others don’t. There’s no right way to do it. Each writer does what’s best for him or her. I never outline my hard-boiled crime novels. In this guest blog I … Continue reading →

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James Lee Burke Raves About “A Scourge of Vipers”

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

Here’s what American Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster James Lee Burke says about A Scourge of Vipers, the new crime novel in my Edgar Award-winning series: “Bruce DeSilva writes a story in the tradition of Hammett and Higgins, and he … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: hard-boiled

Award-Winning Mystery Writer S.J. Rozan Recommends “The Dread Line”

It Was As If Joe Friday Had Been Stripped of His Badge

Best-Selling Mystery Writer Reed Farrel Coleman Raves About “THE DREAD LINE”

CB McKenzie’s “Burn What Will Burn” — My Review

Year-End Honor for “A Scourge of Vipers”

“A Scourge of Vipers” Officially Released Today, April 7

“A Scourge of Vipers is a Masterpiece” — The Providence Journal

“Publishers Weekly” Names “A Scourge of Vipers” A Pick of the Week

Why I Never Outline My Novels, Preferring to Discover The Story As I Go Along

James Lee Burke Raves About “A Scourge of Vipers”

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