Tag Archives: Jack Reacher

The Comforting World of Crime

Posted on November 11, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora, here, and yes, I really did mean that crime can be comforting. Let me begin with a story. Several years ago…fifteen, to be more precise…we suffered a terrible national tragedy on a day in September when terrorists flew … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Craig Johnson, Harriet Vane, Jack Reacher, Jeffrey Deaver, Joe Burgess, Joe Pike, John D. MacDonald, Kate Flora, Longmire, Lord Peter Whimsey, Margery Allingham, Mary Stewart, Mystery Muses, Robert Crais, Stephanie Plum, Tony Hillerman, William Kent Krueger | 23 Comments

Give Me a Heroine–or a Hero

Posted on November 13, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Hey all, Gerry Boyle here, pausing from my monitoring of crime news in the Bangor Daily—a body in the trunk of a Lexus, brazen burglars in Belfast robbing houses while residents are asleep—to report on a crime novel I just … Continue reading →

Posted in Gerry's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Brandon Blake, Gerry Boyle, Jack McMorrow Mysteries, Jack Reacher, Lee Child, mystery writers, mystery writing, Port City Black and White, Robert B. Parker, Spenser, the hero in crime fiction | 7 Comments

Words of Wisdom from Lee Child

Posted on September 18, 2012 by mcwarchives

Vicki Doudera here. Did any of my fellow Mainers catch WCSH’s “207” last night? An interview with British thriller writer Lee Child was broadcast as part of the “Writers On A New England Stage” series at The Music Hall in … Continue reading →

Posted in Vicki's Posts | Tagged A House to Die For, A Wanted Man, Darby Farr, Darby Farr Mysteries, Deadly Offer, Jack Reacher, Killer Listing, Lee Child, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, Vicki Doudera, WCSH 207 | 9 Comments

Introducing Characters to the Reader

Posted on March 11, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kaitlyn Dunnett here, with a group topic gleaned from comments on a listserv I subscribe to. Someone who appears to like my Liss MacCrimmon mysteries, commented that she found it annoying that I described each new character as they came on the scene … Continue reading →

Tagged Barbara Ross, Bulwer-Lytton, character description, characters in novels, Claire Fergusson, Dark and Stormy Night, Group Post, Hadley Knox, I Shall Not Want, Jack Reacher, James Hayman, Joe Burgess, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Maine Game Warden, Mike Bowditch, Millers Kill, Paul Doiron, Scone Cold Dead, Thea Kozak, Tolstoy, Vicky Doudera | 6 Comments

Casting Aspersions: Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher???? Yikes.

Posted on August 19, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

By James Hayman Before I started writing novels, I wrote, produced and cast about a zillion TV commercials for clients like Ford, the US Army, Merrill Lynch and a bunch of other less glamorous clients including Tide detergent. I always … Continue reading →