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‘The Wanted,’ A Conversation with Robert Crais

Robert Crais is the award-winning author of twenty previous novels, sixteen of them featuring Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. Before turning to writing novels, he wrote scripts for various television series including Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice, Quincy, Baretta, and L.A. Law. His novels have been translated into more than forty languages and are global bestsellers.

The Wanted features a worried mother, Devon Connor, who contacts P.I. Elvis Cole because she thinks her teenage son, T...

‘Strong to the Bone, A Talk with Jon Land

Jon Land is the prolific USA Today bestselling author of more than forty books. His thriller novels include the Caitlin Strong series about a fifth-generation Texas Ranger, and the Ben Kamal and Danielle Barnea books featuring a Palestinian detective and an Israeli chief inspector of police. He also has penned the Blaine McCracken series, many standalone novels, and non-fiction books. Jon was a screenwriter for the 2005 film Dirty Deeds. He is an active member of the International Thriller Wr...

‘The Demon Crown,’ A Conversation with James Rollins

James Rollins, known to millions of readers, has written bestselling thrillers that have been translated into more than forty languages. His books are noted for their originality and scientific authenticity; as well as for being rich in historical facts and in revealing secrets ranging from findings far beneath the earth’s surface to those deep within its seas.

His new thriller, The Demon Crown, describes the unearthing of a cache of bones preserved in amber and buried more than a century ear...

‘The Man in the Crooked Hat,’ A Talk with Harry Dolan

Harry Dolan graduated from Colgate University where he majored in philosophy and studied fiction writing. He’s the bestselling author of Bad Things Happen, Very Bad Men, and The Last Dead Girl.

The Man in the Crooked Hat features Jack Pellum, a Detroit detective who left the force after his wife was murdered in a random attack. The case has never been solved. Jack is working as a part-time private investigator, while continuing an obsessive hunt for the elusive person he believes murdered his...

‘Digging for Trouble,’ A Talk with Linda Fairstein

Linda Fairstein, internationally bestselling author of the Alexandra Cooper novels and former Manhattan assistant district attorney for more than two decades, has combined her considerable talent, knowledge, and imagination to begin writing a series for kids between ages 8 and 12. Into the Lion’s Den, the first novel in the series, introduced us to Devlin Quick, an enterprising young sleuth.

In the second book, Digging for Trouble, Devlin and her best friend Katie are in the badlands of Mont...

‘Deep Freeze,” A Talk with John Sandford

 

We know him as John Sandford, but that’s his nom de plume. As journalist John Camp, he won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for his

The writer John Sandford (USA) by Beowulf Sheehan, July 9, 2015, New York, New York. Photograph © Beowulf Sheehan

five-part series about an American farm family faced with an agricultural crisis.

John eventually channeled his writing talent to fiction, and by now, has penned ten novels featuring Virgil Flowers; and another series, the Prey novels, involving Lucas Davenp...

Great Review from the Providence Journal

Mark Rubinstein’s mastery of the New York street scene is on keen display in the final installment of his “Mad Dog” trilogy, “Mad Dog Vengeance” (Thunder Lake Press, $12.99, 320 pages). Aptly titled, given that this luridly effective tale starts with a vengeance and never slows up.

Once again, physician (psychiatrist, actually) Rubinstein’s fictional doppelgänger, surgeon Roddy Dolan, finds himself embroiled in dirty dealings that threaten to destroy his career, as well as himself. You know...

“Mad Dog Vengeance” What Great Endorsements!

“MAD DOG VENGEANCE sets the stakes high, raises them even higher, and surges to a spectacular, operatic finale.  Hard-boiled protagonists don’t get much better than Dr. Roddy Dolan, who can save your life—or blow you away.–Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of The Switch

“MAD DOG VENGEANCE is Mark Rubinstein’s best thriller yet—a powerful tale that pulls the reader in, faster and deeper than swirling water in the roughest rapids. If you haven’t met Dr. Roddy Dolan before now, do...

The Power of the Human Voice

When Timothy Campbell did his superb voice narration of the stories in “Bedlam’s Door,” I was astonished at his versatility in performing the voices of the characters. I was even more amazed in listening to the stories. It was a different experience from  having read these true tales (which sometimes sounded like fiction). The characters truly came alive as they talked. It reminded me of being a kid  listening to the radio and being sucked in by the drama conveyed by the voices.

Hearing the s...

‘Don’t Let Go,’ A Conversation with Harlan Coben

Harlan Coben is known to millions of readers around the world. His first novel was published when he was twenty-six, and after two stand-alone thrillers, Play Dead in 1990 and Miracle Cure in 1991, he began writing the popular Myron Bolitar series. His 2001 standalone novel, Tell No One, was hugely popular. In 2006, Film director Guillaume Canet made the book into the French thriller, Ne le dis a personne. The movie was the top box office foreign-language film of the year in the U.S.; won the...