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A Grim Furry Tail
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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Tagged crime stories, Darkness First, fairy tales, James Hayman, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, squirrels, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, vaseline
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My Left Foot
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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Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, Injury, James Hayman, Maine Crime Writers, My Left Foot, The Chill of Night, The Cutting
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The Chill of Night Redux
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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Tagged Bruce Ritter, Character, Covenant House, crime stories, James Hayman, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mystery writers, The Chill of Night, The Cutting
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Alan Glynn’s Bloodland
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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Tagged Alan Glynn, Bloodland, crime stories, Darkness First, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, James Hayman, Maine Crime Writers, The Chill of Night, The Cutting
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Mystery or thriller? What’s the difference?
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 →
The Cutting Redux
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 →
From Ox to Smack
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 →
MEET AUTHOR JUDITH ARNOLD
Susan Vaughan here (http://www.susanvaughan.com). My guest today is multi-published author Judith Arnold, who lives with her family in nearby Massachusetts. Judith has sold more than 90 novels, with millions in print worldwide. She’s been a multiple finalist for the Romance Writers … Continue reading →
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Tagged crime stories, Judith Arnold Dead Ball, mysteries, mystery writing, Susan Vaughan
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Maine Winter Noir
Hey all. Gerry Boyle here. I’m a little tired today so bear with the typos, should there be any. I was up in the middle of the night, as has become my habit of late. I wake up, try to … Continue reading →
Share of Eyeballs.
James Hayman: Remember the old line by what once upon a time were called skirt-chasers, “So many women. So little time?” These days it seems to apply more to other forms of entertainment that it does to sex. “So many … Continue reading →
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Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, James Hayman, maine mysteries, Media, Reading, Share of Eyeballs, The Chill of Night, TV, writing
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