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‘The God’s Eye View,” A Conversation with Barry Eisler

Barry Eisler, known to millions of readers for his edge-of-your-seat thriller novels, which include his bestselling John Rain and Ben Treven series, has departed from these characters in The God’s Eye View, a compelling novel, introducing Evie Gallagher, an NSA analyst.

Evie discovers the existence of a covert government program given the code name, “God’s Eye,” and manages to connect it to the unexplained deaths of a series of journalists and whistleblowers. Before long, Evie finds herself a...

‘The Ex,’ A Conversation with Alafair Burke

Alafair Burke is the New York Times bestselling author of 13 novels. She is also the co-author of the Under Suspicion series with Mary Higgins Clark. A former prosecutor, she is nowa professor of law at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.

The Ex is the story of Olivia Randall, a top-flight criminal defense attorney who receives a telephone call from the 16 year old daughter of a man who 20 years earlier, had been her fiancé and whose heart she broke in the worst way imag...

‘Where It Hurts,’ A Conversation with Reed Farrel Coleman

Reed Farrel Coleman, known to thriller lovers everywhere, is the author of the New York Times-bestselling Robert B. Parker’s The Devil Wins, in addition to having written twenty-two other novels. Because of his writing style, he’s been dubbed a “hard-boiled poet” and the “noir poet laureate”. He’s received the Shamus Award three times for best detective novel of the year, and has also won the Barry Award and the Anthony Award, in addition to being a three-time Edgar Award nominee. His books i...

Tami Hoag and “The Bitter Season”

Tami Hoag is an internationally bestselling author of more than thirty books. Over forty mill[image error]ion copies are in print in thirty languages. She is known for crafting intricate and intense psychological thrillers probing the darkest corners of her characters’ minds.

The Bitter Season brings back Minneapolis detectives Nikki Liska and Sam Kovac in this five-book series. Nikki, injured in an earlier crime, is now working in the cold-case unit, trying to solve a case from twenty-five years earlier....

‘Written in Fire,’ A Conversation with Marcus Sakey

Marcus Sakey’s thrillers have been nominated for multiple awards, including an Edgar Award nomination for Brilliance, the first book in the Brilliance Trilogy. His novel Good People was made into a movie starring James Franco and Kate Hudson. Brilliance is now in development with Legendary Pictures.

After graduating from college, Markus Sakey worked in advertising and marketing. His debut thriller, The Blade Itself, was published to wide critical acclaim, allowing him to work full-time as a w...

‘The Bone Labyrinth,’ A Conversation with James Rollins

James Rollins is the New York Times bestselling author known to millions offans for his speculative adventure fiction. His novels take readers to unknown worlds, and across eons of time, reminiscent of books by Michael Crichton, H.G. Wells, and Isaac Asimov. Formerly a practicing veterinarian, James Rollins began writing fiction and turned his imagination and love of science into mesmerizing stories that have made him one of the world’s best storytellers.

The Bone Labyrinth begins in Croatia,...

What Acclaimed Writers Love About Writing

Over the years, I’ve had the incredibly good fortune of interviewing many of the most widely-read novelists on the planet. I often (but not always) ask certain questions of each author. One of my favorites is: What do you love about the writing life?

Here are excerpted answers from some highly acclaimed writers.

Robert Crais: What I love about the writing life–despite the bad days when I have to force my way through–is when I’m there ‘in the moment,’ when what’s happening on the page is real...

‘What She Knew,’ A Conversation With Gilly Macmillan

Gilly Macmillan grew up in England and lived in Northern California during her late teens. She studied art history at Bristol University and at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. She has worked as a lecturer in photography.

What She Knew is her debut novel.

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‘Justice Redeemed,’ A Conversation With Scott Pratt

Scott Pratt, the bestselling author of the Joe Dillard series of legal thrillers, worked as a criminal defense lawyer before writing his first novel, An Innocent Client.

His new novel, Justice Redeemed, published by Thomas & Mercer, an imprint of Amazon is the story of Darren Street, a hotheaded young lawyer, known for rooting out corruption in the District Attorney’s office. Jalen Jordan retains Darren for what seems to be a minor traffic violation, but evidence turns up linking Jordan to th...

‘The Promise,’ A Conversation With Robert Crais

Robert Crais, known to lovers of suspense and crime novels for having written manyNew York Times bestsellers, including Suspect and Taken, has just completed The Promise, his twentieth novel and the latest in his Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series.

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