R.G. Belsky's Blog, page 16
May 24, 2014
Deadline
Just finished DEADLINE by Sandra Brown. Hero reporter, lots of twists. Great stuff!
http://sandrabrown.net/
http://sandrabrown.net/
May 15, 2014
Another author quote for The Kennedy Connection
Just got this new quote about The Kennedy Connection from Matthew Klein, author of the critically-acclaimed thriller, NO WAY BACK.
"If you like your heroes a bit flawed, your mysteries a bit untidy, and your dialogue entirely hilarious, you’ll love R.G. Belsky’s THE KENNEDY CONNECTION. In Gil Malloy, Belsky has created a character that you’ll want to spend time with. I’m already looking forward to the next Gil Malloy story.” - Matthew Klein
"If you like your heroes a bit flawed, your mysteries a bit untidy, and your dialogue entirely hilarious, you’ll love R.G. Belsky’s THE KENNEDY CONNECTION. In Gil Malloy, Belsky has created a character that you’ll want to spend time with. I’m already looking forward to the next Gil Malloy story.” - Matthew Klein
May 11, 2014
Author quotes about The Kennedy Connection
Thanks to Jimmy Breslin, Jan Burke and Julie Kramer for giving me great cover quotes for The Kennedy Connection....
“Who better to tell the story of a newsman in disgrace –than a man from the New York tabloids, where disgrace was a badge of honor. Belsky has the news man’s gift. He tells his story well.”
Jimmy Breslin
"Shrewd doses of competition, conspiracy and corruption fuel this intriguing media thriller linking a murder nobody cares about with America's most controversial assassination. Gil Malloy is a fresh take on the classic downtrodden reporter."
Julie Kramer
“R.G. Belsky's thought-provoking thriller, The Kennedy Connection, introduces us to a smart, witty, and human hero whose quest to find answers about two crimes — one famous, one all but unnoticed — is loaded with tension and full of unexpected twists and turns. I loved The Kennedy Connection, and can't wait for the next Gil Malloy novel.”
—Jan Burke
“Who better to tell the story of a newsman in disgrace –than a man from the New York tabloids, where disgrace was a badge of honor. Belsky has the news man’s gift. He tells his story well.”
Jimmy Breslin
"Shrewd doses of competition, conspiracy and corruption fuel this intriguing media thriller linking a murder nobody cares about with America's most controversial assassination. Gil Malloy is a fresh take on the classic downtrodden reporter."
Julie Kramer
“R.G. Belsky's thought-provoking thriller, The Kennedy Connection, introduces us to a smart, witty, and human hero whose quest to find answers about two crimes — one famous, one all but unnoticed — is loaded with tension and full of unexpected twists and turns. I loved The Kennedy Connection, and can't wait for the next Gil Malloy novel.”
—Jan Burke
May 2, 2014
My new office...
The Writers Room is Lower Manhattan is a really cool place to work...
April 21, 2014
New Philip Marlowe book...
I gotta read this. Robert Parker did the same thing pretty well some years ago...http://www.npr.org/2014/03/05/2830200... 
April 14, 2014
April 14th, 2014
It was 45 years ago today that I arrived in Vietnam - where I spent 12 months as an intelligence analyst. People always ask me what it was like....this great scene from Apocalypse Now pretty much nails it.
April 13, 2014
My Last Day at NBC News
Running the morning news meeting....off now to write the next Gil Malloy novel for Atria.
First galleys of The Kennedy Connection
The first bound galleys of The Kennedy Connection are in. Sending out to some of my favorite authors...hopefully will get some book quotes from them.
Not in Your Lifetime
.Not in Your Lifetime by Anthony Summers is, in my opinion, the best and most comprehensive book written about the questions surrounding the JFK assassination. I read his first version of this in 1980 and have re-read that numerous times. The issues that Summers raised helped inspire me to write my own fictional JFK book. This is an updated version of the Summers book and provided even more insight into the greatest unsolved crime in history. 
February 24, 2014
Book cover copy
Updated promo copy for the book cover of The Kennedy Connection Half a century after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, someone is killing people on the streets of New York City and leaving behind a bizarre calling card of that tragic day in Dallas.
In this bold and entertaining thriller from a true media insider, discredited newspaper reporter Gil Malloy breaks the story of the link between seemingly unconnected murders – a Kennedy half dollar coin found at each of the crime scenes. At the same time, a man emerges who claims to be the secret son of Lee Harvey Oswald and says he has new evidence that Oswald was innocent of the JFK killing.
Malloy, who has fallen from grace at the New York Daily News and sees this as opportunity to redeem himself as an ace reporter, is certain there is a connection between the Oswald revelations and the NYC murders. But first he has to get someone to believe him.
Convinced that the answers go all the way back to the JFK assassination more than 50 years ago, Malloy soon uncovers long-buried secrets that put his own life in danger from powerful forces who fear he’s getting too close to the truth.
Two tales of suspense fuse into an edge-of-your-seat thriller as Malloy races to stop the killer – before it’s too late.
In this bold and entertaining thriller from a true media insider, discredited newspaper reporter Gil Malloy breaks the story of the link between seemingly unconnected murders – a Kennedy half dollar coin found at each of the crime scenes. At the same time, a man emerges who claims to be the secret son of Lee Harvey Oswald and says he has new evidence that Oswald was innocent of the JFK killing.
Malloy, who has fallen from grace at the New York Daily News and sees this as opportunity to redeem himself as an ace reporter, is certain there is a connection between the Oswald revelations and the NYC murders. But first he has to get someone to believe him.
Convinced that the answers go all the way back to the JFK assassination more than 50 years ago, Malloy soon uncovers long-buried secrets that put his own life in danger from powerful forces who fear he’s getting too close to the truth.
Two tales of suspense fuse into an edge-of-your-seat thriller as Malloy races to stop the killer – before it’s too late.
