Tag Archives: Suspense

Interview with Julie Ann James author of "Irish Jewel".

She wakes up injured but patched up and, alarmingly, chained to the wall in a serious underground bunker with ponderous, middle-aged Howard — a kind of anti-Santa Claus — and a young man named Emmett (John Gallagher Jr), who helped Howard build the bunker and was injured, he says, “fighting his way in.” Howard — a former Navy man and doomsday prepper — claims that there has been an apocalyptic attack, that the air outside is poisoned, that he has rescued rather than kidnapped Michelle, and that he would appreciate some appreciation.

In "Last Stop: Paris" by John Pearce we follow the trail of an international killer who has nefarious plans to boost the price of gold by whatever means necessary.

Books on crime often dominate the market. The Library of America has released a collectable set of works by women crime writers from the 1940s & 50s. Edited by Sarah Weinman, these eight suspense novels showcase the talent of the women authors what wrote them.

The latest entry in Valjan's Roma series proves the most complex and skilfully plotted to date.

"I put off trying to actually write until I retired. Now, I am thrilled to complete each story that comes to me."

"While I am not writing history, the feel of the period must be accurate for the readers."

Rader-Day draws her heroine’s character with an Exact-o knife, leaving her sharp edges intact.

The secrets of the past can often intrude on the present in unexpected ways.

"To succeed you cannot think your writing is perfect or that first draft is perfect or that your story can’t change."