Category Archives: Jim’s Posts

James Hayman: Sexual Assault on Campus

Posted on May 8, 2017 by mainecrimewriters

Publisher William Morrow will be is bringing out my fifth McCabe/Savage thriller The Girl on the Bridge on May 9th.  The back jacket copy briefly describes the story: On a freezing December night, Hannah Reindel leaps to her death from … Continue reading →

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A Few of My Favorite Witticisms

Posted on September 26, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: One of my great pleasures is chuckling over the wit of others. In this blog I’d like to share a few of the great one (and two and three) liners from some of my favorite writers, performers, actors, … Continue reading →

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A Grim Furry Tail

Posted on August 28, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Once upon a time, not very long ago, in a kingdom by the sea known as Maine, there lived a beautiful artist and her slightly corpulent (but nonetheless swell-looking) husband, who was a writer. Together the two made … Continue reading →

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My Left Foot

Posted on August 12, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Two and a half weeks ago I was carrying a moderately heavy wooden table down the basement steps of our new house, missed the last step and fell over on my left foot. Happily I didn’t break my … Continue reading →

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The Chill of Night Redux

Posted on July 31, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Recently my second thriller The Chill of Night was re-released by Harper Collins. Unlike it’s original release in which it sank unnoticed like a stone, the second incarnation of Chill is doing very well. Yesterday it hit #19 … Continue reading →

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Alan Glynn’s Bloodland

Posted on July 13, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

A Beautifully-Plotted Thriller Full of Unexpected Twists and Turns. James Hayman:  About an hour into Alan Glynn’s political thriller Bloodland, I turned to my wife and said, “I can’t follow what the heck is going on in this book.  The … Continue reading →

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Guns Everywhere?

Posted on July 2, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Yesterday, July 1st, Georgia’s controversial “guns everywhere” law went into effect. That’s a fact. The rest of what I’m writing today is fiction. And I sincerely hope it will remain so. Had Pleasant Hills Elementary School been set … Continue reading →

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Mystery or thriller? What’s the difference?

Posted on June 18, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: These days, like most of the other writers who contribute to this blog, I’m frequently invited by bookstores, book discussion groups and public libraries to discuss the art and the craft of writing crime fiction. In fact, I’ll … Continue reading →

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The Cutting Redux

Posted on June 4, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: For thriller fans who may have missed it the first time around, my first McCabe/Savage book (and the first fiction I ever wrote), The Cutting, was re-released as an e-book yesterday (June 3rd) by Harper Collins Witness Impulse … Continue reading →

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From Ox to Smack

Posted on May 21, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman:  Anyone who’s read my third McCabe/Savage thriller, Darkness First, knows the story opens with a bad guy named Conor Riordan smuggling 40,000 80mg oxycontin tablets stolen from a Canadian pharmaceutical distribution center in Saint John, New Brunswick back … Continue reading →

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