R.G. Belsky's Blog, page 9
July 23, 2016
Claymore Award Finalist
Just found out I'm a Finalist for the Killer Nashville Claymore Award - here's the press release announcing it below: July 19, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Killer Nashville/615-599-4032/contact@killernashville.com
New York, NY Author R.G. Belsky receives international recognition as a Top 10 Finalist in the Killer Nashville Claymore Awards
New York, NY — “The Killer Nashville Claymore Award judges crave manuscripts that elevate the level of competition—and the standard to which each piece is held—to previously unseen heights,” says Killer Nashville founder Clay Stafford. “R.G. Belsky’s manuscript, Forget Me Not is among those that did just that.”
R.G. Belsky, a resident of New York, NY blew away Killer Nashville judges (all bestselling and award-winning authors in their own right) and Morgan Elwell, the final judge at Kensington Publishing.
Since 2006, the Killer Nashville organization has been encouraging and discovering new talent in genre writing. The Killer Nashville Claymore Awards recognize the first fifty pages of an unpublished manuscript. The Top Ten Finalists are introduced to agents, editors, publishers, filmmakers and most find their book published within the next two years, if not before. Some even find their work optioned for Hollywood. R.G. Belsky now finds himself in that exclusive company.
The Top Runner-Ups and the Killer Nashville Claymore Award Winner will be announced in Nashville, Tennessee on August 20, 2016 at the Killer Nashville Guest of Honor and Awards Dinner. In attendance at the ceremony and pre-ceremony events will be bestselling authors Janet Evanovich, Kevin O’Brien, Robert Randisi, Anne Perry, Charles Todd, William Kent Krueger, and more. The public is invited to attend.
For more information please visit: http://www.killernashville.com, http://www.killernashville.com/awards...
The public may purchase tickets at http://www.killernashville.com/guests...
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May 7, 2016
And more Blonde Ice...
Love this pic Atria put out of my new Gil Malloy cover.....BLONDE ICE will be out in October.
April 30, 2016
March 4, 2016
February 29, 2016
New 5-Star Reader Review on Goodreads...
"Please Mr. Belsky write more Gil Malloy books.
"Gil Malloy is a reporter in New York who made a story up and practically destroyed his career. One day he gets a call from an old police officer acquaintance asking him to look into the death of man who had been paralyzed since he was shot fifteen years earlier. After the officer gets killed in a hit-and-run Gil contacts some people associated with the cold case to see if he can find anything out.
"Suddenly, he gets a call from an old friend asking him to do an article on a book written by Lee Harvey Oswald's illegitimate son. Oh and someone has started killing people and leaving Kennedy half dollars at the scene.
"Gil gets teamed up with an up and coming young reporter named Carrie Bratton and they work the Kennedy connections until it all blows up in their faces. Gil becomes the scapegoat and gets fired.
"He gets to looking into things and figures out who the real murderer is. All's well that ends well and I just finished another extremely enjoyable book.
"Once again, please Mr. Belsky, write some more Gil Malloy."
- Dianne Landry
January 20, 2016
Goodreads Giveaway
If you're on Goodreads, I'm giving away 10 copies of SHOOTING FOR THE STARS, the new Gil Malloy mystery.....
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...el
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January 5, 2016
5-Star Amazon Review....
"If you haven’t met “big-time” NYC investigative reporter Gil Malloy, you must, and there’s no better time or place than in this smartly written story of mystery, intrigue and murder. This is the third book in R.G. Belsky’s evolving thriller series about Malloy’s intrepid search for the truth despite the ever-present minefield of lies, deceit and shady characters. In “Shooting for the Stars,” Malloy investigates the circumstances and people involved in and peripheral to the unsolved 30-year-old death of beautiful young movie star Laura Marlowe. Mostly, he does it the old-fashioned way, researching records, talking to suspects, interviewing witnesses, checking with the cops, and constantly connecting the dots. He not only wants an honest, front-page story. He wants to refurbish his tarnished reputation as an award-winning journalist. As Malloy winds his way to one Rashomonish truth after another, he confronts a host of subplots that introduce us to an erstwhile porn maker, love-struck hit man, bad dad, bad mom, wannabe Charles Manson cult and more – each a part of the all too-human web of misguided love and family survival. You’ll think you know the answers many times throughout this story, but you won’t. You’ll think you know who’s guilty, but you won’t be sure. For certain, though, you’ll be absorbed from beginning to end. He did it. She did it. They did it. Maybe. To repeat, there’s no better time or place to meet Gil Malloy than in this latest addition to Belsky's fictional franchise"
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December 11, 2015
Praise for Gil Malloy
Here's what people are saying about the Gil Malloy series..
"Thoroughly hooked by Gil Malloy's glibness...a terrific character." - Sandra Brown
"Nails the voice of his wonderfully authentic reporter Gil Malloy.. Loved it." - Hank Phillippi Ryan
“This wisecracking but surprisingly sensitive and self-aware crime solver will appeal to fans of Robert Crais’ Elvis Cole novels and Harlan Coben’s early Myron Bolitar mysteries.” - Booklist
"Gil Malloy for President!" - Donald Bain
"Gil Malloy sucked me in from the first page" - Poisoned Pen
"Malloy is a compelling and flawed character that the author makes believable." - Men Reading Books
"Gil Malloy shines!" - Killer Nashville
"Gil Malloy is a fresh take on the classic downtrodden reporter" - Julie Kramer
"In Gil Malloy, Belsky has created a character you'll want to spend time with." - Matthew Klein
"Can't wait for the next Gil Malloy novel." - Jan Burke
"Thoroughly hooked by Gil Malloy's glibness...a terrific character." - Sandra Brown
"Nails the voice of his wonderfully authentic reporter Gil Malloy.. Loved it." - Hank Phillippi Ryan
“This wisecracking but surprisingly sensitive and self-aware crime solver will appeal to fans of Robert Crais’ Elvis Cole novels and Harlan Coben’s early Myron Bolitar mysteries.” - Booklist
"Gil Malloy for President!" - Donald Bain
"Gil Malloy sucked me in from the first page" - Poisoned Pen
"Malloy is a compelling and flawed character that the author makes believable." - Men Reading Books
"Gil Malloy shines!" - Killer Nashville
"Gil Malloy is a fresh take on the classic downtrodden reporter" - Julie Kramer
"In Gil Malloy, Belsky has created a character you'll want to spend time with." - Matthew Klein
"Can't wait for the next Gil Malloy novel." - Jan Burke
November 17, 2015
Terrific 5-star review on Amazon...
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Page One" Caliber Writing
ByDaniel Charles Rosson November 16, 2015
Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase
Belsky's sample drew me into buying "The Kennedy Connection," and I'm glad I did. You take a chance with a writer new to you, putting your trust in his or her ability to pay off on your confidence. Belsky, and his alter ego Malloy, do not disappoint.
Two gripes: (1) When Malloy visits the Book Depository Museum looking for JFK details, he views and refers to the Zapruder "video," and later refers to it as a "tape." Certainly a reporter of Malloy's professed enthusiasm for JFK assassination lore knew that the Zapruder imagery was on 60s-grade 8 mm film; (2) By the last dozen pages or so, all the well-crafted mysteries were unraveled just a click too neatly. By then, though, you want Malloy to triumph, so my very small chagrin was trivial and evaporative.
The Malloy character grabbed me from the beginning. I love imperfect characters with glints of perfection, the rough-hewn heroes with something to prove and often no way to prove it. I'm a nascent novelist, but most of my civilian career was spent writing for magazines. The true-to-life depiction of Malloy (Yes, I know, R.G., fiction. You said that.) made me wish I had spent some of my writing career at a newspaper. I have high confidence that there are many Malloys out there. They are good men who only want to do the right thing—the write thing.
I hope they all get back with their spouses, too.
By the end, I was seeing this movie unspool in my head. I hope someone is working on the screenplay. If not, I'm available to collaborate.
Okay, excuse me. I gotta go buy the next one in this series now. You? Buy this book. Then buy the others, and tell your friends, too. If they like good stories, they will thank you later.
ByDaniel Charles Rosson November 16, 2015
Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase
Belsky's sample drew me into buying "The Kennedy Connection," and I'm glad I did. You take a chance with a writer new to you, putting your trust in his or her ability to pay off on your confidence. Belsky, and his alter ego Malloy, do not disappoint.
Two gripes: (1) When Malloy visits the Book Depository Museum looking for JFK details, he views and refers to the Zapruder "video," and later refers to it as a "tape." Certainly a reporter of Malloy's professed enthusiasm for JFK assassination lore knew that the Zapruder imagery was on 60s-grade 8 mm film; (2) By the last dozen pages or so, all the well-crafted mysteries were unraveled just a click too neatly. By then, though, you want Malloy to triumph, so my very small chagrin was trivial and evaporative.
The Malloy character grabbed me from the beginning. I love imperfect characters with glints of perfection, the rough-hewn heroes with something to prove and often no way to prove it. I'm a nascent novelist, but most of my civilian career was spent writing for magazines. The true-to-life depiction of Malloy (Yes, I know, R.G., fiction. You said that.) made me wish I had spent some of my writing career at a newspaper. I have high confidence that there are many Malloys out there. They are good men who only want to do the right thing—the write thing.
I hope they all get back with their spouses, too.
By the end, I was seeing this movie unspool in my head. I hope someone is working on the screenplay. If not, I'm available to collaborate.
Okay, excuse me. I gotta go buy the next one in this series now. You? Buy this book. Then buy the others, and tell your friends, too. If they like good stories, they will thank you later.
November 11, 2015
Special deals on The Kennedy Connection
I'm happy to announce that THE KENNEDY CONNECTION is part of the November Kindle Monthly Deal from Atria/Simon & Schuster.
That means the Kindle version is available for just $1.99 this month.
It is also available on Barnes & Noble website right now for $4.99 paperback/$1.99 ebook
Hope you'll check out these deals and share with others too..
That means the Kindle version is available for just $1.99 this month.
It is also available on Barnes & Noble website right now for $4.99 paperback/$1.99 ebook
Hope you'll check out these deals and share with others too..
