Tag Archives: Darkness First

A Moving Experience

Posted on January 23, 2014 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Last week my wife Jeanne and I sold our house on Peaks Island and simultaneously bought another house in the Back Cove area of Portland. The closing on the Peaks house was at 11 AM on Tuesday. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, James Hayman, Moving, Peak's Island, Portland, The Chill of Night, The Cutting | 15 Comments

The Problem With “Nice.”

Posted on December 23, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: At the risk of appearing Scrooge-like in this season of Merry, Happy and Ho-Ho-Ho, I’d like to add my two cents to a kerfuffle over book reviews that’s been brewing both in the print media and on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged Bob Garfield, BuzzFeed, crime books, crime stories, Darkness First, Issac Fitzgerald, James Hayman, literary fiction, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, Maureen Dowd, mystery writers, mystery writing, The Chill of Night, The Cutting | 7 Comments

My Interview on 207.

Posted on November 20, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Rather than write my blog today I’m going to provide a link to my interview with Rob Caldwell on the WCSH6 talk show “207” in which I discuss the launch of my third thriller Darkness First as an … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged 207, crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, Eastport, ebook first, interview, James Hayman, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mysteries, mystery writers, Rob Caldwell, The Chill of Night, The Cutting | 1 Comment

Roxana Robinson’s Sparta: A Brilliantly Told Tale of the Costs of War.

Posted on October 14, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: I just finished reading Sparta, a novel by a writer named Roxana Robinson that initially attracted me because I’d been so impressed by her previous novel, Cost. Cost told the story of a mother’s struggle to save the … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, Iraq, James Hayman, Maine Crime Writers, mystery writers, PTSD, Sparta, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, Veteran's Administration, war | 4 Comments

Welcome to the World, Baby Books!

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. Jim wrote yesterday about the release of his new thriller Darkness First. I got to see him on a great panel at Bouchercon where he talked about why he decided to go with Harper Collins new ebook-first … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Darkness First, Drizzled with Death, Golden Malicious, Headlong, James Hayman, jessie crockett, Michael Nethercott, Ron MacLean, Sheila Connolly, The Seance Society | 7 Comments

“Darkness First” Out Today

Posted on October 1, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: My third McCabe/Savage thriller, Darkness First comes out today, October 1st, as the lead title from Harper Collins brand new ebook-first digital imprint Witness/Impulse. As luck would have it, the introduction of Darkness First is being upstaged by … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, ebook first, Harper Collins, iPad, James Hayman, Kindle, Maine, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, McCabe, mystery writers, mystery writing, Nook, Savage, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, William Morrow | 4 Comments

Sunday Update: September 22, 2013

Posted on September 22, 2013 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers we’ll be featuring posts from John Clark (Monday), Kate Flora (Tuesday), Gerry Boyle (Wednesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett, in her Kate Emerson persona (Thursday), Vicki Doudera (Friday) and Susan Vaughan (Saturday). In the news department, here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Sunday Updates | Tagged Barbara Ross, Bouchercon, clammed up, Darkness First, Gerry Boyle, James Hayman, John Clark, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Emerson, Kate Flora, Katherine Hall Page, Lea Wait, Maine Crime Writers, Paul Doiron, Royal Inheritance, Susan Vaughan, Vicki Doudera, Washington Post | 1 Comment

Firing Blind in Iowa

Posted on September 10, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: Imagine a blind cop or maybe a private eye whose sense of hearing or maybe smell is so acute he/she can use it to ferret it out a bad guy and make the arrest. It makes an appealing … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged Blind Detectives, crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, gun laws, Iowa, James Hayman, Maine Crime Writers, maine mysteries, mystery writing, New England Crime Bake, The Chill of Night, The Cutting, the gun lobby | 4 Comments

Crime Writers Beware: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

Posted on August 30, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

James Hayman: In my last post I wrote about unusual ways of knocking off victims in crime novels. This post I’ll be writing about one of the weirdest reasons to kill anyone I’ve ever come across. Karaoke. And guess what? … Continue reading →

Posted in Jim's Posts | Tagged Asian murders, crime stories, crime writing, Darkness First, James Hayman, KKaraoke killings, maine mysteries, motives for murder, mysteries, mystery writers, mystery writing, The Chill of Night, The Cutting | 11 Comments

Sunday Update: August 25, 2013

Posted on August 25, 2013 by kaitlynkathy

Next week at Maine Crime Writers: On Tuesday, Kaitlyn Dunnett blogs, this time writing as her “evil twin,” historical novelist Kate Emerson. Then look for Vicki Doudera on Wednesday, Lea Wait on Thursday, and James Hayman on Friday. In the news department, … Continue reading →