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5 mysteries to read this summer -- and their authors reveal their reading lists
6 months ago

5 mysteries to read this summer -- and their authors reveal their reading lists

LA Times  

Dying to Know Mystery Writers Answer Burning Questions If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. From the 18th and final book in a beloved series to a story of marginalized people to a new take on the serial killer trope, here’s a small sample of thrillers …

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Alex Michaelides: “Novels are about expansion”
6 months, 1 week ago

Alex Michaelides: “Novels are about expansion”

Hindustan Times  

What drew you to writing crime fiction and psychological thrillers? Author Alex Michaelides ) I think I was always a nervous, fearful child – and so I can relate to the feeling of fear and suspense in these books. I have studied her books and her plots, and now, whenever I get lost or confused while writing a book, I …

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Even Don Winslow's mob characters wouldn't vote for Donald Trump
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Even Don Winslow's mob characters wouldn't vote for Donald Trump

Salon  

Of arms and the man he sings — no, seriously, he does. Don Winslow's latest novel, "City in Ruins," completes his Danny Ryan trilogy, the saga of a mid-level Irish-American mob soldier from Providence, Rhode Island, who flees across the country to build a new life, first in Hollywood and finally as an empire-builder in Las Vegas. They think, “OK, …

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Book Review: ‘City of Ruins’ completes a masterful Don Winslow trilogy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Book Review: ‘City of Ruins’ completes a masterful Don Winslow trilogy

Associated Press  

Years ago, when novelist Don Winslow first read Aeschylus, he recognized that the Greek father of literary tragedies had explored every major theme found in modern crime fiction, from murder, vengeance, and corruption to power, justice and redemption. “City of Ruins” marks the conclusion of his saga of Rhode Island mobster turned Las Vegas gambling tycoon Danny Ryan. The trilogy …

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Behind the Byline | Vivek Kaul and the art of Easynomics
10 months ago

Behind the Byline | Vivek Kaul and the art of Easynomics

Live Mint  

Welcome to this special series where you, the readers, get to know our writers at Mint better. View Full Image Vivek Kaul He has developed a unique style of hypothetical conversational narratives that can demystify complex subjects. His pre-budget story titled “How to explain the budget to an engineer" is a testament to his explanatory approach towards financial news. Kaul, …

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Philip Marlowe perfume, anyone? Raymond Chandler’s estate revives its hero, for better or worse
10 months, 1 week ago

Philip Marlowe perfume, anyone? Raymond Chandler’s estate revives its hero, for better or worse

LA Times  

Like a private eye sizing up the details of a dicey new case, Joe Ide took the call from the Raymond Chandler Estate with a healthy amount of hesitation. “And then I got frightened.” Ide, the author of the neo-noir series “IQ,” was being asked to write an original novel using Chandler’s iconic detective, Philip Marlowe. But unlike Chandler’s Marlowe, …

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The Hindu Lit for Life | A crime wave: Detecting what makes mystery writers tick
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The Hindu Lit for Life | A crime wave: Detecting what makes mystery writers tick

The Hindu  

How popular is crime fiction as a genre? These, and multiple other mysteries were debated at The Hindu Lit for Life session, ‘A Crime Wave’, in a conversation with authors Anuja Chauhan, Harini Nagendra, Kiran Manral, and Tarun Mehrishi, moderated by The Hindu sports editor K.C. Ms. Nagendra spoke of historical crime fiction and how she grew up loving golden-age …

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What is outback noir and why is so much crime fiction set in regional Australia
11 months, 3 weeks ago

What is outback noir and why is so much crime fiction set in regional Australia

ABC  

Australian outback noir — crime fiction set everywhere from dry and dusty farming communities to sleepy seaside towns — has become a global publishing sensation. A small town is a "narrow world" that seems to promise readers that the killer is someone they've already encountered in the story, Aoife Clifford, author of When We Fall, an outback noir novel set …

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The real spiritual journey behind Tod Goldberg’s fake-rabbi desert antihero
1 year, 3 months ago

The real spiritual journey behind Tod Goldberg’s fake-rabbi desert antihero

LA Times  

On the Shelf Gangster's Don't Die By Tod Goldberg Counterpoint: 384 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Goldberg’s new novel, “Gangsters Don’t Die,” concludes a series of books he began in 2014 with “Gangsterland,” the story of a Chicago hitman named Sal Cupertine …

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INTERVIEW | Thomas Abraham on the Hodder & Stoughton yellowbacks: ‘The hunt and curation were the best parts of the process’
1 year, 3 months ago

INTERVIEW | Thomas Abraham on the Hodder & Stoughton yellowbacks: ‘The hunt and curation were the best parts of the process’

The Hindu  

The MD of Hachette India has collected the Hodder & Stoughton yellowbacks since the late 1980s, retaining their signature look and flavour. These days, certain bookstores across India are looking bright and happy in yellow with marquees announcing Hachette’s new series of books titled “The Great Yellowbacks”. From a market perspective, India has always been a throwback market, where books, …

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Hachette India takes you back for more thrills
1 year, 5 months ago

Hachette India takes you back for more thrills

The Hindu  

In 1923-1939, and later again in 1949-1957, the British publishing house Hodder & Stoughton published the “Yellow Jackets” series known for their distinct yellow covers, these were colloquially called the “yellowbacks”, a hat-tip to the origin story of the yellowbacks of the 19th Century. Later, in the 20th Century, the Hodder & Stoughton’s Yellow Jackets series focussed mainly on bestselling …

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Kiran Manral, Author: ‘I have become increasingly self-critical over the years’
1 year, 8 months ago

Kiran Manral, Author: ‘I have become increasingly self-critical over the years’

Hindustan Times  

I have always written as the story has taken me. Actually, I have written about a 78-year-old in The Face at the Window, a 45-year-old in Missing, Presumed Dead, a few thirty something women, a 32-year-old in More Things in Heaven and Earth, mid-thirties in Saving Maya, The Reluctant Detective and The Kitty Party Murder, late twenties in All Aboard …

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The best new books released in March, as selected by avid readers and critics
1 year, 8 months ago

The best new books released in March, as selected by avid readers and critics

ABC  

Welcome to ABC Arts' monthly book column: a shortlist of new releases read and recommended by The Bookshelf's Kate Evans and The Book Show's Claire Nichols, and critics Declan Fry and Cher Tan. The resulting list includes Margaret Atwood's poignant, tour-de-force story collection; a page-turning whodunnit that critiques true crime; a dark mystery that reckons with Ireland's history of violence; …

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I try to write something that impresses me as a reader, says author Salil Desai
1 year, 8 months ago

I try to write something that impresses me as a reader, says author Salil Desai

The Hindu  

Author Salil Desai’s Inspector Saralkar is an interesting addition to the growing ranks of Indian detectives in fiction such as Satyajit Ray’s Feluda, Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay’s Byomkesh Bakshi, Kalpana Swaminathan’s Lalli and Anitha Nair’s Inspector Gowda. Salil’s new book The Kid Killer is a thriller that follows the police investigation led by Saralkar to nab a scheming murderer. What is important …

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Editorial: Blame it on Prop 47: The latest chapter in an endless work of fiction about crime
2 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: Blame it on Prop 47: The latest chapter in an endless work of fiction about crime

LA Times  

Assemblymember Kevin Kiley, pictured during his campaign to unseat Gov. Proposition 47 is the smart ballot measure adopted by Californians by a wide margin in 2014 to adjust how we deal with lower-level crimes such as drug possession and petty theft. Enough voters were misled into signing petitions to get it on the 2020 ballot, but by election day most …

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The Troubles live on in Belfast Noir, a genre perfectly suited to its crimes
3 years, 6 months ago

The Troubles live on in Belfast Noir, a genre perfectly suited to its crimes

LA Times  

On the Shelf Northern Irish Crime Fiction “Belfast Noir” by Adrian McKinty, Stuart Neville, Flynn Berry, Kelly Creighton and Sharon Dempsey If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. And they rise to the surface in a relatively recent genre of fiction, and one of my favorites: …

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Crime novel or horror story? Stephen King weighs in on new book ‘Later’
3 years, 9 months ago

Crime novel or horror story? Stephen King weighs in on new book ‘Later’

The Hindu  

Stephen King doesn’t think of himself as a horror writer. “My view has always been you can call me whatever you want as long as the checks don’t bounce,” King told The Associated Press during a recent telephone interview. “My idea is to tell a good story, and if it crosses some lines and it doesn’t fit one particular genre, …

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Anthony Horowitz talks about 'Moonflower Murders'
4 years ago

Anthony Horowitz talks about 'Moonflower Murders'

The Hindu  

Anthony Horowitz has had a busy 2020. Speaking on phone from London, Horowitz spoke of detective fiction, the decision to continue writing Alex Rider books and the reason to put himself into the Daniel Hawthorne novels. Also my publisher said to me, ‘we love Susan Ryeland, Magpie Murders has been a big success, why don’t you write another one? Also …

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