October 25, 2010 – 6:17 pm
George Stephanopoulos only had to declare that he loved Eighteen Acres and that author Nicolle Wallace, former White House Communications Director for Bill Clinton, got all the little details right and I was ready to rush out and buy this one. Eighteen Acres (what insiders call the White House complex) revolves around three women in [...]
Last month, NPR asked its listeners to submit nominations for a list of the 100 most pulse-quickening, suspenseful novels ever written. 600 titles were submitted. A panel of critics and thriller writers whittled the nominees down to 182. Now its your turn to vote. NPR will share the results on August 2nd. click here to [...]
I grew up working in my dad’s grocery store so I love this newsy, back story Book Beast tidbit from best selling British thriller writer Lee Child (whose real name is Jim Grant by the way). On his promo tour for the book Gone Tomorrow, Child reveals how he came up with the name Jack [...]
The following is one of the questions posed to Lucas Glover during his post tournament interview and courtesy of the U.S. Golf Association Web site. Q. Talk about how much you love literature and how much you’re doing reading; tell the fans some of your favorite authors so they can go read some of the [...]
Fans of Swedish author Henning Mankell are in for a treat. On May 10th, PBS will begin airing the Wallander series which first aired on BBC One last November and December. Each three 90 minute episode is based on one of the ten police mysteries that make up the Wallander series. The series was produced [...]
Alexander McCall Smith fans (visit his website…it’s fantastic), stay tuned. This Sunday night, March 29th, HBO will begin airing the very popular The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency . For those of you unfamiliar with these warm hearted whodunits, Detective Agency is a series of nine novels (#10 due out in April -Tea Time For [...]
February 25, 2009 – 11:24 am
Shop Indie Bookstores This is one smart whodunit. A great book for that next get away because you will definitely want to spend some alone time together. Set in Ireland, it will keep you guessing until the very end. Book Author: Tana French This post was submitted by helen.
February 10, 2009 – 4:41 pm
If anyone told me when I first signed up for bridge lessons that I would sit in a classroom for 8 weeks and read about playing more than I actually played…I would have said ‘no way’. Now, some two years later, I am totally hooked on the game. It comes as no surprise to me [...]
January 13, 2009 – 5:21 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores I enjoyed this book as I have enjoyed all the Jack Reacher books. Quick read, good plot, interesting characters. Jack is a former MP who can do pretty much everything, he is “loved by women & feared by men, & admired by all”. Book Author: Lee Child This post was submitted by [...]
According to AARP, the newest genre of mystery books has been dubbed “geezer lit” because they feature 70 plus year old crime-solving protagonists. Best selling thriller author Harlan Coben, president of the Mystery Writers of America, believes it could be the next big frontier in crime fiction. Check these titles out: “Retirement Homes Are Murder” [...]
