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Interview: Kate Karyus Quinn, author of Another Little Piece
Kate Karyus Quinn’s new novel, Another Little Piece, just came out yesterday, and she answered a few of my questions about the novel (described as Stephen King meets Pretty Little Liars-I am so there), and more. Please welcome Kate to the blog! Your first novel, Another Little Piece, just came out! Will you tell us a bit about it? It’s about a girl named Annaliese, who is last seen screaming … Continue reading
Interview: Sean Lynch, author of Wounded Prey
Sean Lynch’s brand new book, Wounded Prey (feel free to read my review),just came out at the end of May, and is one of my favorite crime novels of the year so far! Sean was kind enough to answer a few of my questions about the book, and more, so please give him a warm welcome! Wounded Prey, your first novel, just came out and I really enjoyed it! I … Continue reading
Stephen King’s Joyland Online Carnival Tour (& Giveaways!)
Step right up! Step right up! Talk “the Talk” @Titan Books to Win Money-Can’t-Buy Prizes Best-selling author Stephen King returns with a breathtaking tale of love – and loss – set in a 1970s North Carolina amusement park. Celebrating the release of this bittersweet coming-of-age novel, Titan Books and Hard Case Crime are teaming up with a series of digital partners to host competitions to win a free copies of … Continue reading
Joyland by Stephen King
Joyland by Stephen King (Hard Case Crime, June 4th, 2013)-21 year old college student Devin Jones is spending the summer of 1973 in Heaven’s Bay, North Carolina, a seaside town whose claim to fame, at least in the summertime, is the amusement park called Joyland. Devin just happened to see the want ad for Joyland while still at school at the University of New Hampshire, and with his girlfriend Wendy, … Continue reading
June 2013 New Releases: Mystery and Suspense
New Titles in Suspense and Mystery for June 2013! June 4th, 2013: Dead If I Don’t by Urban Waite (June 1st) West Palm I: The Undertaker’s Apprentice by Joss Cordero (June 3rd) Joyland by Stephen King | MY REVIEW Charred (Detective Ellie MacIntosh) by Kate Watterson Summer Death: A Thriller by Mons Kallentoft The Last Kind Word (Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie Novels) by David Houseright If You Were Here by Alafair Burke The Doll: A … Continue reading
Top Ten Must Read Titles of June 2013 (Mystery/Suspense)
Yesterday, I gave you my 10 most anticipated reads for June 2013 in SF/F/Horror. Today I’ve got the 10 books that I’m especially looking forward to in the mystery/suspense category (click on the covers to pre-order)! These are in no particular order. Joyland by Stephen King (Hard Case Crime/Titan-June 4th) Synopsis-A STUNNING NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING AUTHORS OF ALL TIME! Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement … Continue reading
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes (Mulholland, June 4th, 2013)-It’s 1974 and Harper Curtis approaches a little girl and gives her a little orange pony. This little girl’s name is Kirby Mizrachi, and little does she know, she’s a shining girl, and when she’s older, Harper will be back for her, and it won’t be to give her another pony. Harper Curtis is a man on a mission. He’s already … Continue reading
The Yard by Alex Grecian
The Yard by Alex Grecian (Berkley, May 2012)-It’s 1889 in London and a detective from the Murder Squad has been killed, his mouth sewn shut, and then stuffed in a steamer trunk. Detective Inspector Walter Day is new to the Murder Squad but is assigned the case since he was handpicked by Inspector Adrian March, the head detective on the Ripper case as his replacement after his retirement. He’s had … Continue reading
Interview: Terra Elan McVoy, author of Criminal
Terra Elan McVoy is the author of 5 novels, including her latest, Criminal, which takes a bit of a darker turn than her other novels, and she was kind enough to drop by and talk about the book! Please welcome Terra to the blog! You’ve been a reader, and a writer, for most of your life! What’s one of the earliest things you remember writing? I have lots of memories … Continue reading
Wounded Prey by Sean Lynch
Wounded Prey by Sean Lynch (Exhibit A Books, May 28th 2013)-In 1967, when Staff Sergeant Bob Ferrell investigates the brutal death of a Saigon prostitute’s young son, he’s led directly to 20 year old Lance Corporal Vernon Emil Slocum, a violent bruiser who’s racked up a ton of medals during combat, but whose fellow soldiers have noticed behavior that defies the norm, and the definition of “normal” in Vietnam was … Continue reading