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Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
TORN APART Peter Corris Allen & Unwin - NZ$35 HARDBALL Sara Paretsky Hodder - NZ$38.99 I read and enjoyed both of these crime fiction novels during this past week. Things they have in common: Protagonists in both books are well-established private investgators.Both investigators tend to be a bit smart-arse, both have been married but are currently single, and both suffer from being rathet nastily...
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And So it Goes in Shreveport (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Last night I took a look at my bedside table which is where I stack books waiting to be read. I counted twelve. That's not counting the one I had in my hand. In fact, my space for books was all maxed out so I have three more on my desk. If you're keeping count, that's sixteen so far. Add two for the ones currently en route from Amazon and we're up to 18. What are they? Well, I'm currently reading two....
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POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Steven Rigolosi (Guest Blogger) As society gets more complicated and technology opens up new frontiers, nothing can be taken for granted any longer. Truths seen as self-evident by previous generations come under fire, new knowledge is created, and definitions are expanded. Among the concepts being expanded are constructs like gender and sexuality. (For the record, The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology...
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Ed Gorman Blog (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Mystery Scene Update Hi! The ad reservation deadline for Mystery Scene's Holiday Issue has been extended to October 31. Please let me know if you'd like us to save space for you. We'd need the finished ad by November 5th. Design services are available for $75. The Holiday Issue #112 publishes November 15th and stays on the newsstands until February 15th, 2010. BIG NEWS! 1. Lawrence Block's new column...
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Murder by 4 (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
© Marta Stephens 2009 all rights reserved It’s rare to see hundreds of familiar and not so familiar authors in one gathering, but this week, Indianapolis, the capital of Indiana, an hour’s drive from my home, was humming with a host of talent. This was the first time I attended Bouchercon, the largest mystery writers’ conference in the U.S. that ran from October 14 – October...
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POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Sandra Parshall Sara Paretsky’s big black hat, red feather boa, and interesting footwear caused a lot of comment at Bouchercon last Friday, but as always, her words had the power to make you forget the visuals. Along with moderator Barbara Fister and writers Mary Saums, Kate Flora, and Liza Cody, Paretsky turned a panel with the deceptively dull title “Telling Women’s Stories”...
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POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
This weekend Bouchercon, the biggest convention of the year is happening in Indianapolis, Indiana. Several people who are attending have promised to send blog updates throughout the weekend. As their messages arrive, I'll post them here. So come back often during Saturday and Sunday for our electronic postcards from the edge. Saturday afternoon Which best selling crime writer wore a black, wide-brimmed...
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Bookwitch (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
This great t-shirt has been specially thought up by Sara Paretsky to mark the return of V I Warshawski. V I has been away for a while, and rumour has it she went to Italy. Today sees the publication of Hardball, although only in America. UK readers have to wait until February, I think. As a [...]
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
ONCE upon a time, Sara Paretsky was an insurance company manager who daydreamed about writing a novel. Not just any novel, either — but the kind of crime fiction she wanted to read. "Michael Lewin's Bernie Sampson was the first of the softer-boiled n...
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Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 19/09/2009
SUMMER OF ’66 By MARILYN STASIO in The New Yorker, Published: September 17, 2009 The thing about Sara Paretsky is, she’s tough — not because she observes the bone-breaker conventions of the private-eye genre but because she doesn’t flinch from examining old social injustices others might find too shameful (and too painful) to dig up. In the dozen novels she’s written about...
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My Middle-Aged Life (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
I've finished my birthday books and am now reading The Reckoning, which is the third book in the Welsh trilogy by Sharon Penman. I still have Camp of the Saints and The Inimitable Jeeves on my bedside reading table, but I cannot desist from adding more books to my Amazon wish list. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first of a trilogy written by Stieg Larsson and published posthumously. It’s...
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Luke Reviews (Free subscription) | 31/08/2009
As August draws to a close, and the new school year sets upon us, things get a bit busier and the adjustment throws things a little out of whack for a period. I apologize in advance if I become a tad slow as my schedule slowly readjusts myself, but the pace of reviews shouldn't make a large change, I still will shoot for at least two books a week. As the last list I left up here just finished (and...
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Sigmund, Carl and Alfred (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
City Journal: Recently in the New York Times, mystery writer Sara Paretsky published “Le Treatment,” the story of how she took her husband, suffering from chest pains during their vacation in France, to a local hospital, where he was treated without delay. A cardiologist correctly diagnosed the problem, pneumonia, and administered the necessary medication. The hospital [...]
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