A fun look at the fashion world, March 25, 2015 By Trent P. McDonald “Silk for the Feed Dogs”, a novel by Jackie Mallon, follows Irish farmer’s daughter Kat Connelly as she works her way through the fashion world from the “fashion” house of a bottom feeder in London to the top of high fashion … Continue reading New review! SILK FOR THE FEED DOGS: “full of life and personality”
PERMANENT FATAL ERROR on Kindle Bestseller list in Australia
PERMANENT FATAL ERROR by Hadley Colt in Australia: • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #5 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) • #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers > Suspense • #3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > … Continue reading PERMANENT FATAL ERROR on Kindle Bestseller list in Australia
A new review of David Hogan’s novel THE LAST ISLAND
****The Last Island Review by Victoria Weisfeld "I can’t remember what circuitous path of weblinks took me to David Hogan’s website, but it looked interesting enough that I ordered his book. Unlike a best-seller or a famous author about whose work the reader starts with a set of assumptions, I knew nada about Hogan … Continue reading A new review of David Hogan’s novel THE LAST ISLAND
Video trailer and excerpt from PERMANENT FATAL ERROR by Hadley Colt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZICG3qjKeQ The following excerpt refers to Everett Hyde's letter: "Ashley’s former professor drew a deep breath and said, “Tough stuff, isn’t it? I received it, via his publisher, about three months after the publication of his third novel, Rain Dogs. About a year before the death, as I recall it. I was asking his … Continue reading Video trailer and excerpt from PERMANENT FATAL ERROR by Hadley Colt
St. Patrick’s Day Greetings from Colin O’Sullivan
St. Patrick's Day Greetings.
Happy St Patrick’s Day from Jackie Mallon
Happy St Patrick's Day!.
“In the beast’s lair”: Jackie Mallon interviewed by Marie-Claire Magazine
From the interview that has just appeared in Marie-Claire Magazine and Atlas Jet Magazine, Turkey: MC: Everybody sees The Devil Wears Prada as the book that brought the real face of fashion to literature, and many people compare your book to Devil. But actually Silk for the Feed Dogs comes from a deeper corner of … Continue reading “In the beast’s lair”: Jackie Mallon interviewed by Marie-Claire Magazine
Review of Richard Kalich’s Penthouse F
Colin O'Sullivan about PENTHOUSE-F by Richard Kalich
“In praise of James Ellroy, 2015 Grand Master” by Craig McDonald
"A writer’s public persona is one thing; the solitary craftsman who lives in his head, and works very much alone, is another creature entirely." Happy birthday to the great James Ellroy! Read Craig McDonald's tribute here: http://crimespreemag.com/ellroy-grand-master/ Watch James Ellroy's interview with Craig McDonald: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etgBzObQX9k
Join the Hector Lassiter competition before March 15!
Congratulations to the first winners of our Hector Lassiter competition, Larry S. of Owensboro, KY & Tom W. of Bridgeport, CT! Don't miss YOUR chance to win two Craig McDonald's novels of your choice and join before MARCH 15! Details here: The Hector Lassiter Competition
The Hector Lassiter competition: Day 7
Tell us which novel is this and win two Hector Lassiter e-books of your choice if you are one of the first three people to give the correct answer: The clerk shrugged and slid across a ten-dollar bill at the old man who scooped it up. Fragments of brick rained down on me. But my … Continue reading The Hector Lassiter competition: Day 7
The Hector Lassiter Competition: Day 6
Tell us which novel is this and win two Hector Lassiter e-books of your choice if you are one of the first three people to give the correct answer: Hector sipped more of his wine. He said, “Progress?” “Yes,” Gertrude said. “What have my mystifiers learned since last night?” As if suddenly reminded about the … Continue reading The Hector Lassiter Competition: Day 6
The Hector Lassiter competition: Day 5
Which novel is this? Win two Hector Lassiter e-books of your choice if you are one of the first three people to give the correct answer! Let’s drop that pretense,” she said, her hands clasping the back of his neck, urging his face down to her waiting mouth. They’d kicked off the sheets and chenille … Continue reading The Hector Lassiter competition: Day 5
The Hector Lassiter Competition: Day 4
Tell us which novel is this and win two Hector Lassiter e-books of your choice if you are one of the first three people to give the correct answer: “Old man, I do so appreciate you playing bodyguard to me,” Orson said. “I truly do. But I am racing the clock on multiple fronts as … Continue reading The Hector Lassiter Competition: Day 4
The Hector Lassiter competition: Day 3
Tell us which novel is this and win two Hector Lassiter e-books of your choice if you are one of the first three people to give the correct answer: He held up his Zippo and opened it with a one-handed flick. She leaned in, holding his hand to steady it. Her hand was still cold … Continue reading The Hector Lassiter competition: Day 3
The Hector Lassiter competition: Day 2
Tell us which novel is this and win two Hector Lassiter e-books of your choice if you are one of the first three people to give the correct answer: “The kind of woman a man would burn his life down for,” Hector said, “I know.” Hector specialized in writing such women. “That’s it, exactly,” von … Continue reading The Hector Lassiter competition: Day 2
The Hector Lassiter competition: Day 1
Tell us which novel is this and win two Hector Lassiter e-books of your choice if you are one of the first three people to give the correct answer: The clerk shrugged and slid across a ten-dollar bill at the old man who scooped it up. The old man frowned. “Oh, must have miscounted.” He … Continue reading The Hector Lassiter competition: Day 1
The Hector Lassiter competition
Dear Readers, To mark our new edition of Craig McDonald’s Edgar & Anthony Awards-nominated debut novel HEAD GAMES—the book that launched the Hector Lassiter series—we are running a competition in which the first three participants to give a correct answer will win two Hector Lassiter e-books of their choice. According to British novelist Ford Madox … Continue reading The Hector Lassiter competition
“A thriller for a(n exceptionally) snowy day” by Craig McDonald
"The latest installment in Betimes Books' special edition of the Hector Lassiter series is a new one called "THE RUNNING KIND." This novel is set in the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas holiday season of 1950. The story unfolds mostly across the Midwest and a good bit of that action takes place in snowbound Ohio. At this writing, Boston continues to … Continue reading “A thriller for a(n exceptionally) snowy day” by Craig McDonald
The cost of culture
"...In our fetishism of openness at all costs — that is, at no cost — we’ve forgotten the actual, physical, inescapably tangible costs of creating what we designate by the ethereal term 'culture'." A fascinating article from Maria Popova's blog http://www.brainpickings.org about Astra Taylor's important book The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the … Continue reading The cost of culture
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