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Ed Lynskey
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I must spend 10-12 hours a day online, and yet we still get our newspaper delivered. You know, the courier who rifles the bundle from the opened window of his passing car or van. Every morning before dawn, I can hear our tossed newspaper go "plunk" at the end of our driveway. Lately, he's been dead-on at hitting the azalea bed where I have to fish out our newspaper.
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Lake Charles
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The Blue Cheer (P.I. Frank Johnson, #3)
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Ask The Dice
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The Dirt-Brown Derby (P.I. Frank Johnson, #2)
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Pelham Fell Here (P.I. Frank Johnson, #1)
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Quiet Anchorage
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Troglodytes (P.I. Frank Johnson, #5)
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Out Of Town A Few Days (P.I. Frank Johnson, #4)
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The Zinc Zoo (P.I. Frank Johnson, #6)
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A Clear Path To Cross (P.I. Sharon Knowles, #1)
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Ask the Dice (Mystery & Thrillers)
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updated Dec 04, 2011 07:47am
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Over the past two decades, Tommy Mack Zane has faithfully worked as a contract killer for Watson Ogg, the Washington, D.C. crime boss. Now middle age creeping up finds Tommy Mack edgy, jaded, and weary of his grisly trade. As he contemplates retirement, he is framed for the murder of Mr. Ogg’s niece.
Desperate, Tommy Mack enlists the aid of his friends, the mercurial D. Noble and burly Esquire to do battle with Mr. Ogg and his mercenary “dark suits.” A new, better life filled with his passions for poetry and jazz drives Tommy Mack to the slambang climax where a few dark secrets about his past are unearthed.
Told in spare, lean prose, Ask the Dice is a brisk, literate, and idiosyncratic noir. Mr. Lynskey’s crime novels have been praised by such luminaries as James Crumley, Ken Bruen, and Megan Abbott. Robert Wade (Wade Miller) wrote in the San Diego Union-Tribune: “A new wave of young writers is experimenting with the old-style thriller…among the most promising is Ed Lynskey
The Zinc Zoo: A P.I. Frank Johnson Mystery (Mystery & Thrillers)
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updated Dec 04, 2011 07:44am
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Older and wiser, P.I. Frank Johnson, in his fifth outing, has moved to the Washington, D.C. suburbs where he's lived with his fiancé Dreema Atkins. Times are lean. No new P.I. cases have rolled Frank's way since his return from Ankara, Turkey. His old boss, the flamboyant and wealthy attorney Robert Gatlin is marrying Frank's last client, Lois Mercedes, and Frank has his reasons for giving Lois a wide berth.
Finally, a missing person case comes up when Zani Huang hires Frank to search for her husband Bao. Frank begins his investigation, but things get sticky when he discovers Zani's landlord, Kasper Peres, with a fatal slug in his chest. Then Zani vanishes and with her Frank's alibi when the police decide to charge him for Peres' murder.
So, Frank takes it on the lam with his old bounty hunter pal Gerald Peyton to get some answers real fast. They run up against more dead bodies, and a ruthless gang of bank robbers desperate to find a hidden cache of money. Catastrophic changes rock Frank's world before he can reach any sort of a resolution.
Quiet Anchorage (Mystery & Thrillers)
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updated Feb 10, 2011 08:11am
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Quiet Anchorage, Virginia, looks like paradise. When she's accused of murdering her fiance, however, the small town is anything but heavenly for Megan Connors. With her fingerprints on the murder weapon, it looks like an open-and-shut case, and Sheriff Fox, running for reelection and anxious to get credit for 'solving' a murder case, intends on ramming through charges and getting a conviction. Megan's only champions are her aging aunts. They don't believe she's guilty, but what can two senior citizens do against the powers of the state and the evidence against Megan?
Isabel and Alma Trumbo may be aging, even worried about memory loss, but they've read just about every mystery published in the past half-century. They're sure they've picked up the skills and knowledge they need to prove Megan's innocence. Starting with the town's gossips and loafers, then scaling up when the sexy ex-girlfriend of one of the Sheriff's deputies joins them, they search for alternate suspects, possible motives, and any evidence that might exonerate their niece.
Lake Charles (Mystery & Thrillers)
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updated Feb 01, 2011 03:20pm
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Brendan Fishback coming home from a rock concert ends up the next morning in bed with a corpse, his dead girlfriend Ashleigh Sizemore. He has no idea how she died. But the local sheriff closing in targets Brendan as the prime suspect for Jodi’s murder. Times is running tight.
Going on a Lake Charles outing with his twin sister Edna and best pal Cobb Kuzawa, Brendan mulls things over. That night when Edna turns up missing, Brendan and Cobb take off to find her. Events heat up after they stumble on a well-guarded pot farm. Blood spills in the violent clash.
Staying one jump ahead of the local authorities and an enraged drug cartel, Brendan picks up unexpected aid. Cobb’s dad Jeremiah is a decorated Korean War vet and ex-CIA operative who applies his own rough ideas of justice. Veera Grant, a tough lady DEA agent working under cover, also joins in Cobb’s quest for the truth.
Told in a stylish, taut prose, LAKE CHARLES set in the vibrant Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee tells how a young man when pushed to the extreme defends himself against overwhelming forces on both sides of the law--and wins, but on his own terms.
Troglodytes (Mystery & Thrillers)
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This hard-boiled private investigator novel, in tone and content, is a read-alike of such P.I. series as Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective, Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, and Robert Crais' Elvis Cole.
This time Private Eye Frank Johnson travels to Ankara, Turkey, in search of a missing American diplomat. He follows the kidnappers’ trail south to Cappadocia, the ancient underground city to the troglodytes. Frank hates dark, low places, but he can’t afford not to go down the maze of tunnels, if he’s to close out the case -- and return home alive!
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| While reading this cop novel, I couldn't help but think of FORT APACHE, THE BRONX, the 1981 movie starring Paul Newman I saw at the theater. Since I'm a big Newman fan, I found KING CITY to be an entertaining read. Like FORT APACHE, KING CITY is abou...more | |
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| I found this Goodis novel somewhat of a let-down from his other noirs I've read such as STREET OF NO RETURN, THE BURGLAR, or NIGHTFALL. There's a sharp class distinction drawn (rich v. poor) with a some romance and a murder mystery thrown in, as well...more | |
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| 4.5 stars, really. Call it serendipity or whatever, but I read THE BURGLAR (1953) while revising my own work-in-progress which is about thieves pulling off a diamond heist. Goodis has his gang of five thieves (4 men and a lady) rip off a cache of eme...more | |
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recommended for: For the fans of classic noirs from 1940s & 50s
read in May, 2012
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| Nightfall is the third David Goodis novel I've read, and I'm hooked on his compact, visceral, and vivid crime titles. The basic premise in Nightfall concerns an innocent man--Jim Vanning--who by happenstance ends up with a satchel of 300 grand. Then...more | |
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NIGHTFALL. (1947). David Goodis. ***.
Another pot-boiler from Goodis, this time one about an innocent man who gets mixed up with a group of men who had just robbed a bank in Seattle of $300,000. It goes like this: While driving along a back road i... " Read more of this review » |
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“I cadged a complimentary green matchbook with a gold bird icon from the Bell canning jar. Later we'd use the matches to light our spliffs. My fingertips tapped the stem to the gizmo that dinged a bell. Nobody came out. Wrong signal, so I did two bell rings. No response prompted me to tap out a series of bell rings.”
― Ed Lynskey, Lake Charles
― Ed Lynskey, Lake Charles
“A decade ago when Isabel’s husband Max had died, they’d moved in together and merged their possessions. Neither sister brought any fussy teapots, canaries, sachets, or doilies,
but lots of other stuff had to either stay or go. Looking at the lime green gave Alma the willies. Her suggestion to slipcover it in a more subdued color had garnered Isabel’s frosty stare, and Alma had dropped the matter.”
― Ed Lynskey, Quiet Anchorage
but lots of other stuff had to either stay or go. Looking at the lime green gave Alma the willies. Her suggestion to slipcover it in a more subdued color had garnered Isabel’s frosty stare, and Alma had dropped the matter.”
― Ed Lynskey, Quiet Anchorage
“The main rub was the lack of RnR and I burned out. Three years and three stripes later, I ejected from the MP Corps, vowing I'd never do police or criminal investigative work again. Instead, I returned home when I should've learned better.”
― Ed Lynskey, Pelham Fell Here
― Ed Lynskey, Pelham Fell Here
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“We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody threw the girl off the bridge.”
― John D. MacDonald, Darker Than Amber
― John D. MacDonald, Darker Than Amber
“When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside of Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon.”
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― James Crumley, The Last Good Kiss
“..it sounded very good and very false at the same time, so that you had the feeling that even if was true, he was touching only on the very highest points and maybe embellishing those a little.”
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Christine wrote: "Thanks for being my friend"Thank you for the friend invite. Sorry if I didn't respond. Have a great weekend!
Angel wrote: "Thaks for the friend request. I'm looking forward to buying and reading your books. I need to get my currently reading list down plus I'm working on my first novel."Thank you!
Hi, Ed--I missed your book release celebration. I've been busy writing--just poetry, but it takes up a lot of my time. I'm trying to get a book put together, which is harder than I thought it would be since I have poems that I've written ranging from 1985 to this week. The hardest part is deciding which ones are worth publishing and which ones should be chucked. Also, I'm helping to plan a big poetry reading in conjunction with the Kansas sesquicentennial. There aren't enough hours in the day.
Hi Ed, Thanks for asking to be my friend. I was amazed that we have 80% of our books in common. I look forward to buying and reading "Lake Charles", the book your recommended. Might I ask; How did you find me? Hope to share some reviews with you.Best, Joe
Thanks for accepting my friendship, Ed. I'm looking forward to reading "Quiet Anchorage". It's on my wish-list.
Ed, thank you for accepting me as a friend. Hope your holoday season was a pleasant one. Though the holidays are now passed, may I ask you for a belated Christmas gift: would you please visit my website, www.authorgeraldgriffin.com, and sign my Guest Book. It would be a special gift to see you there! A nice remembrance.Gerald
Wow, I'd nearly forgotten the DetecToday chats! It seems like those were SO long ago. They were a lot of fun, though. I'm not too active there nowadays, although I did pop in recently to see if anyone knew whatever became of Stephen Greenleaf.
Alex wrote: "Hi Ed,This Alex, I jsut became a friend of yours today. I am wondering if your books are either in electronic format or audio. I say this because I am visually imapired, and I read the descri..."
Alex wrote: "Hi Ed,
This Alex, I jsut became a friend of yours today. I am wondering if your books are either in electronic format or audio. I say this because I am visually imapired, and I read the descri..."
Hi Alex,
I'm not sure what you mean by electronic format. The Dirt-Brown Derby, Pelham Fell Here, and Out of Town For a Few Days are all available as e-books. None of my books right now are out in audio. Thanks for asking.
Ed
Hi Ed,This Alex, I jsut became a friend of yours today. I am wondering if your books are either in electronic format or audio. I say this because I am visually imapired, and I read the description of your frist book and it sounds interesting. i would like to read it.
Yours truly,
Alex Diaz
Ed wrote: "I write the Private Investigator Frank Johnson mystery series. The books are on Good Reads with their descriptions. Thanks for asking."
Hi...thanks for the friend request ~ nice to "meet" you! I'm looking forward to reading your books ~ I'm always up for a new mystery series to dig into!
Hi Ed: is there a web site or blog you'd like me to list on my blog? http://theroadtopromise.blogspot.com
I write the Private Investigator Frank Johnson mystery series. The books are on Good Reads with their descriptions. Thanks for asking.
Cora wrote: "Thank you for the invite. I will certainly have to check out your writing. I am a huge fan of mysteries and thrillers, I'm sure that I'll be reading some of your books in the near future."Thank you for the friend add, Cora, and sharing your reading list. I just finished Double Indemnity and loved it. Please consider flagging my books as To Be Read, if you do that. Have a great Sunday.
Thank you for the invite. I will certainly have to check out your writing. I am a huge fan of mysteries and thrillers, I'm sure that I'll be reading some of your books in the near future.
Thank you for the friend invite! Give me some time, and I'm sure some of your books will be showing up on my list :D
Thanks for the friend invite. I need to check out your page. Check out my blog and tell me what you think. http://livingwithdialaysis.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the invite--will have to check your writing when i am feeling better-dwon with bronchtis for the week or more! :( Your lists look good--see you too are lloking forward to Zombie CSI! :) I do want to look that one over in store first! Been doing a lot of manga this year--but some adult titles do go on your direction somewhat these days. thank you again1 will check out your writings soon--promise!
Hin Ed,Thanks for the friendship.
Always great to meet another thriller writer and proud to be your new buddy on Goodreads.
Roger
there certaintly was a movie :)the book, and movie happen to be two of my very favorites
and imo, actually did each other justice, doesnt happen often with books made into movies
I found a few to add to my list thru yours :)
thank you
Way cool, Nikki! Thank you for writing and for checking into The Blue Cheer at your library. I hope it's a good read for you. Please let me know.Ed
I thought I recognized your name! I'm waiting for Blue Cheer to come in from the library. Can't wait to read it. Happy sunday to you too.
Hey Ed!Thanks for the friend request, I was a bit lonely!!
This site is magnificent and I am trying to sort out what books I want to read.
I will certainly take a look at your books too. They sound really interesting!
Mary
God's GiftLittle baby on the hay,
soon there'll be another day
when nails shall pierce Your hands
and feet as You provide our sin's defeat.
Risen Jesus on the throne,
we lift our praise to You alone-
for You're the gift that we receive
the moment that our hearts believe.
-Roy Lessin
This Christmas,as you consider all the awesome things that have come to you through Jesus,God's perfect gift,remember that it is but a taste of all the goods things that are yet to come.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
love,bonnie
Hello Fellow Virginian!Thanks for friending me on Goodreads. Hope your week is off to a good start....
Enjoy the Black Dahlia Ed. It's hauntingly disturbing, but it's also probably my favorite crime novel.
Hey Ed! Thanks for the add. I really enjoyed reading The Black Dahlia, and I hope you'll enjoy it too.
Hi Ed, it was an honor to have a friend like you. Be inspired and write more books for us to read. Hehe...
Thanks for the add!!! Most of my reading material is good. I have pretty diverse interests so I can get into reading just about anything. Lately, it seems I have not had the time I would like to sit down and get into a good book. Hopefully that will change here soon.
Thanks for voting for my "The Toonies Invade Silicon Valley" on the Listopia list: Best YA BookKeep your computer humming as you churn out more of those exciting books.
Fondly - Betty Dravis
Hi Ed, I was excited to find out that my local library has 2 of your books (and another one on order!). I can't wait to read them :)
Jen
Thank you so much for the comment my friend,I didnt believe such a famous writer like yourself would have the time to write me, so you made my day!I just recently started hearing about you and am checking your Books out, but I dont know which ones I should check out first.Have any suggestions?
-Jose Manuel (AKA Galan)
Romney? That's where I went to school! -blinks- That's...wow. I hope all your reads are good as well, and have an amazing week!
Razz.
I've been to DC several times. I was born in Winchester, VA, and only live just inside the WV state line. The descriptions you have for your books are interesting, so I'll have to check them out some time. Razz
