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Tag Archives: Thomas H. Cook
My Review of Don Winslow’s “The Force”
It’s a thing now–books, movies, and TV shows that ask us to sympathize with, and even root for, dirty cops. Of course, we’ve long been accustomed to characters like Dirty Harry, Martin Riggs and John Luther, fictional cops who broke … Continue reading
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Tagged crime novel, Daniel Woodren, Dennis Lehane, Don Winslow, james Ellroy, Richard Price, Savages, The Cartel, The Force, Thomas H. Cook
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The Top Ten Crime Novels of 2013
It’s time, once again, for the annual list of the crime novels I most admired this year. Of course, I haven’t read everything, so I’m sure I missed some great work. Don’t hesitate to list your favorites in the comment section below. … Continue reading
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
Crime Novelist Timothy Hallinan Interviews Me About “Cliff Walk.”
Tim Hallinan is one of the best crime novelists in the business. So I’m honored that he interviewed me about my new Mulligan crime novel, Cliff Walk, for his blog. Here’s the text of that interview: CLIFF WALK is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce DeSilva, Cliff Walk, crime fictioon, Daniel Woodrell, Dennis Lehane, John Steinbeck, legalized prostitution, Liam Mulligan, Mulligan, mysteries, newspapers, noir, Peter Dexter, Providence, Raymond Chandler, Rhode Island, Robert B. Parker, Thomas H. Cook, Timothy Hallinan
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The Japanese Edition of “Rogue Island” Has Arrived!
The Japanese edition of my Edgar Award-winning crime novel, Rogue Island, has arrived — and just in time for Christmas! The publisher is Hayakawa, one of the better houses in Japan. It’s other American and British authors include George Pelecanos, … Continue reading
The Ten Best Crime Novels of 2011
This was a great year for crime fiction, so perhaps it would be better to call these my favorites, rather than the best. Or maybe I should just say that of the ones I’ve read, these are the ten I … Continue reading
A Brilliant New Literary Spy Novel From The Great Thomas H. Cook
A cataract, and the surgery to remove it, stopped my reading cold for a couple of months this summer; so I didn’t get around to reading the latest novel by Thomas H. Cook, one of my favorite writers, until this … Continue reading
My Night at the Edgars
CriminalElement.com, a website hosted by my publisher, asked me to write a first-person account of my night at the Edgar Awards Banquet. Here it is. In my imagination, mystery novelists spend long days writing in T-shirts and jeans (or maybe … Continue reading
My Anthony Award Ballot For Best Crime Novel
I just sent in my Anthony Award ballot for the best crime novel of 2010. You can see my choices below. (Since I’m a potential nominee for best FIRST novel, I’m not revealing my list of candidates for that one.) … Continue reading
My List Of The Best Crime Novels of 2010
This is the season for 2010 “best” lists, but I offer my selection of the year’s top crime novels with this caveat: Because I was busy writing my own novels this year (my first, Rogue Island was published in November), … Continue reading
Bruce DeSilva's Rogue Island 