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Super-Rich, Famous, Married Men and Their Lovers Murdered In The Act.

Reality? Not yet. And, fortunately, this is not about the unfortunate Tiger Woods scandal, exactly. The Widowmaker, a recently published 384 page novel, by author Gene Cartwright, writing as ‘Michael Manstar’ is ahead of its time. But as today’s headlines show, time may be catching up. The Widowmaker Heat of The Night 382p. Soft-cover © 2008-2009 Gene Cartwright … Continue

Added by Gene Cartwright on December 9, 2009 at 2:15am — No Comments

It's in the Eyes - Charles Toftoy, Author

It's in the Eyes - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat '"Please get him." Lars looked down at her and flashbacked three years, as if he was seeing his own daughter at the morgue. Candance Hawthorne, the fourth rape and murdered coed, was almost an identical twin of Lars' daughter, L… Continue

Added by Martha A. Cheves on December 4, 2009 at 4:51pm — No Comments

Three Trailers Down by Douglas Chandler Graham-a book review

Having reviewed the prequel to this book called Smoke and Murders (March 2009), I was pleased to have a chance to read and review Three Trailers Down. The prequel fictionalized the true story of the Hodges family, brutally murdered in Vinton, Virginia in 1994. Three Trailers D… Continue

Added by William R. Potter on December 3, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Do you believe in the extrasensory, paranormal....

Way back in the late fifties, a man was crossing a street in a city hundreds of miles away from his home and family. He was on a business trip. All of a sudden, he had a feeling that something happened to his wife. Later, in the evening, while he was watching his hometown news, he discovered that his wife was killed that same day in an automotive accident while crossing a street. About the same time he had the premonition. Visit www.snedelton.com and check… Continue

Added by steven nedelton on December 2, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Christmas Giveaway

My Christmas Giveaway this year is a paperback copy of BLOODY HAM and an eBook PDF copy of CAPABLE OF MURDER. Please specify which one you would prefer. This year you must answer a question! Belinda Lawrence's new mystery takes place in an important town in Kent, England famous for a murder in the Cathedral! Name the town. Sign in to my Guest Book on my Website http://beekayvic.tripod.com Entries close midnight Sunday 22nd November. Fi… Continue

Added by Brian Kavanagh on November 15, 2009 at 9:03pm — No Comments

Read Lucid on your iPhone or iPod touch!

Did you know you can read Kindle Edition e-books on your iPhone or iPod touch? For more information, please visit: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&ref=dp_kinw%5Fae%5F2&docId=1000301301 To purchase a copy of Lucid Kindle Edition (readable on Kindle Reader, iPod touch and iPhone), please click here:… Continue

Added by Katherine Angela Yeboah on November 7, 2009 at 10:27pm — No Comments

Read the first two chapters of my mystery novel, Lucid, for Free!

You can read the first two chapters of my mystery novel, Lucid, on BookRix for Free! Please click here; Lucid Sample Chapters Lucid is out now in e-book edition and Amazon Kindle edition (readable on Kindle Reader, iPhone & iPod Touch). To purchase Lucid, or find out more information, please visit my website:… Continue

Added by Katherine Angela Yeboah on November 7, 2009 at 10:04pm — No Comments

Lucid is now on Amazon!

You can now read my creepy mystery novel, Lucid, on your Amazon Kindle Reader! Sloane Solomon is a beautiful, young college student who begins experimenting with a very intense type of dreaming known as ‘lucid dreaming’. At first, she really enjoys these dreams, as they are much more vivid and memorable than any she has experienced before. But her dreams quickly turn into disturbing nightmares, when she finds herself gazing into her neighbor’s apartment. There, she is confronted by horrific vis… Continue

Added by Katherine Angela Yeboah on November 7, 2009 at 9:55pm — No Comments

It always happens.. just about when I'm ready to put a writing project to bed

A Mississippi Delta Juke -- plenty of secrets behind these walls. ...someone calls me on the telephone and tells me a good story. So now that Who Killed Emmett Till? is about to make its way into an ebook, I got a fascinating telephone call from the Mississippi Delta ... Here's the story: Thirty-s… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on November 3, 2009 at 1:49am — No Comments

CROSSROADS published

Readers, who like LeCarre and Forsyth novels and movies, might also like my recently published CROSSROADS thriller. My The Raven Affair should be published by the end of 2009. My third novel, Last Flight to Rome, requires further work before submission. My fourth novel, Tunnel, is still in the 'formative' stage. Interested readers can find my novels and their progress at http://www.SNEDELTON.com". I have received a couple of complimentary reviews and I am e… Continue

Added by steven nedelton on October 23, 2009 at 7:59am — No Comments

Our Latest Book Video Trailer: Murder With A View

When Morgan Langdon, pet storeowner and freelance investigative reporter, is charged with organizing the fall fest yacht club ball in Harbor View, Rhode Island, she doesn't realize part of her clean-up duties will include a dead body. The perpetrator lurks within the presumptuous Who's Who of Newport society, but that doesn't deter Morgan's journalistic tenacity to find the truth. Along with her dentist husband, Nick, and her German Shepherd, Cooper, at her side, she begins unraveling the skelet… Continue

Added by Ghostwriter Extraordinaire on October 19, 2009 at 8:24am — No Comments

A Corpse for Yew - Joyce and Jim Lavene, Authors

A Corpse for Yew - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat As you read the excerpt below, picture a group of elderly ladies, all members of the Shamrock Historical Society due to their ancestors and proud of it. Picture these ladies standing in the middle of a cow pasture as they searc… Continue

Added by Martha A. Cheves on October 14, 2009 at 4:32pm — 2 Comments

DOJ Investigating Mississippi Delta Incident; Good Timing for Emmett Till Blog Book

Justice Dept. probes manhunt in Mississippi Delta Associated Press - August 27, 2009 12:14 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says the U.S. Justice Department is investigating an incident in the Mississippi Delta in which he was told a mostly white group used weapons and "vigilante" techniques to search for a black burglary suspect. Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson represents Tallahatchie County, where witnesses say the manhunt occurred last w… Continue

Added by Susan Klopfer on August 27, 2009 at 2:34pm — 3 Comments

E BOOK ALERT

Available for Amazon’s KINDLE, Sony Reader or a range of eBook reading devices, the Belinda Lawrence mystery series for US $1.65 (approx) or 1 Pound Sterling each as a PDF. CAPABLE OF MURDER, THE EMBROIDERED CORPSE and BLOODY HAM direct from the publisher, BeWrite Books. Others charge according to their own policies: BeWrite offer you, my reader, my eBooks at this low price. Why not meet Belinda Lawrence and enjoy all three mysteries on your KINDLE or eBook reader? This link takes you directly t… Continue

Added by Brian Kavanagh on August 19, 2009 at 4:46am — No Comments

A Corpse in the Soup - Morgan St. James & Phyllice Bradner, Authors

A Corpse in the Soup - Reviewed by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat Some one is sabotaging the cooking show of America's favorite Chef. Food testers are coming down with food poisoning, the Baked Alaska is blowing up and the paprika is as hot as Hades. But who would do this and why? When I was young I enjoyed playing the board game "Clue." What made this game so much fun were the characters. So now I want to introduce you to the characters of A Corpse in the Soup. Let's see if… Continue

Added by Martha A. Cheves on August 8, 2009 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Moonlighting in Vermont - Kate George, Author

Moonlighting in Vermont - Kate George, Author Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat “Bella Bree MacGowan,” he repeated. “I am authorized to detain you on the suspicion of murdering Vera Post. Will you come with me please.” It wasn’t a request. Bree MacGowan was the last person, anyone that knew her, would suspect of murder. She owned her own farm which became a rescue haven for animals. So many animals in fact that she worked two jobs just to keep them in food. Her main s… Continue

Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 30, 2009 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Gumbo Justice - Holli Castillo, Author

Gumbo Justice - Holli Castillo, Author - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat 'Ryan couldn't keep her thoughts from drifting back to the homicides on the short drive home. L'Roid Smith had been killed in a way common among gangs members - beaten, shot in the head execution style and left naked. It was the ultimate humiliation, and the same way he had committed his own gang murders, including the one Ryan had tried to prosecute. And Jeremiah had been beaten, the same way he… Continue

Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 11, 2009 at 1:02pm — No Comments

The Reapers by John Connolly (Book Review)

John Connolly is a great literary crime writer. His latest novel The Reapers is an excellent fast paced novel. It has a great plot and is action packed, a real page turner. It has 544 pages long of excitement and is published by Hodder. Its ISBN is 034093668 and it is now in paperback. It’s cover announces “blood will follow” and in the chain of murders that follows it certainly does. In this book there are three main protagonists : Parker, Angel and Louis. The Reapers are elite killers and the… Continue

Added by Annette J Dunlea Irish Author on June 19, 2009 at 6:21pm — No Comments

The Scarecrow by Michael Connolly Book Review ( A Great Crime Writer)

The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly is now available in hardback. Its ISBN is 075287585X. The protagonist Jack Mc Evoy is losing his job on his paper due to recessionary cuts. Before he leaves he has two weeks to train in a fresh grad into his job. Jack decides he is going to go out with a blaze of glory and write the crime story of his career.He decides to write a story on a 16 year old boy Alonzo Winslow who raped and strangled a woman. Jack receives a phonce call from the kids mum saying he is… Continue

Added by Annette J Dunlea Irish Author on June 16, 2009 at 4:19pm — No Comments