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Collaborations Can Be As Easy as 1-2-3 / Author Steven Womack
Writing with someone else is tricky. Most writers have their own toys, their own ideas, and they like to write in their own way. How do you keep the other person from being an intrusion rather than a partner? How … Continue reading
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An Interview with 2014 Killer Nashville Attending Editor Bryon Quertermous
All the agents and editors who come to Killer Nashville are looking for new authors. We make sure of that before they are invited. Sometimes, though, we see a new house that is incredibly hungry. And, for us, that’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged Angry Robot Books, Author, authors, Award Winning, Books, Bryon Quertermous, characters, Clay Stafford, Crim Fiction Imprint, Crime Fiction, Exhibit A Books, guest bloggers, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville writers conference, mystery, Writing
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Blending Humor and Tension in a Traditional Mystery / Author Nancy J. Cohen
There’s nothing funny about murder. Or is there? Mystery, romance, and how-to author Nancy J. Cohen navigates the delicate balance between bloodshed and laughter in her guest blog, “Blending Humor and Tension in a Traditional Mystery.” Here’s a great way … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Books / Thursday, February 27, 2014 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
DEATH CANYON by David Riley Bertsch KILLER’S ISLAND by Anna Jansson THE LAST TIME I DIED by Joe Nelms Dear Murderous Reader – This week my reading was all over the place. I went from a mystery-western, to a Swedish version of a … Continue reading
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Killing Your Protagonist – Or At Least Trying To / Author Vic DiGenti (aka Parker Francis)
What makes us keep turning the pages? The same thing that makes us watch a train wreck. Award-winning author Vic DiGenti shares with us how he beats up his protagonists and how, if they didn’t have to appear in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Award Winning, characters, Clay Stafford, Criminal Minds, CSI, current-events, drama, guest bloggers, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville writers conference, Killing Your Protagonist, Matanzas Bay, Monty Python Show, mystery, mystery series, Parker Francis, protagonist, Readers, suspense, Themes, Vic DiGenti, Writing
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Time Management for Writers / Writer Chloe Winston
How do I find the time to write? It’s a common concern for busy people. Travel writer Chloe Winston, through her own trial and error, has found a way to make it work. She shares her techniques with you. Here’s … Continue reading
Killer Nashville’s Featured Books / Friday, February 14, 2014 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
DEATH NELL by Mary Grace Murphy FRAME-UP by Jill Elizabeth Nelson LOVE IS MURDER by Sandra Brown MEGAN’S MARK by Lora Leigh MOTIVE FOR MURDER by Carol J. Post SCORCHED by Laura Griffin THE SEARCH by Nora Roberts SILENCE by Debra Webb SWEET SURRENDER by Maya Banks TELL ME by … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Books / Monday, February 10, 2014 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Beewitched by Hannah Reed Books, Cooks, and Crooks by Lucy Arlington Days of Wine and Roquefort by Avery Aames Three must reads from Berkley Prime Crime’s lineup. Part 1 of 3. Dear Murderous Reader – It doesn’t get any better than Berkley Prime … Continue reading
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Outline or No Outline? / Author Rick Reed
Outline or no outline? That is the question. Sometimes it’s great to hear how other successful writers do it. Author Rick Reed, after writing several acclaimed books, has found his groove. Here’s his take on how he plots. Happy Reading! … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Bestselling, Books, characters, Clay Stafford, Final Justice, Forensics, guest bloggers, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville writers conference, murder, Murder In Mind, mystery, Nashville, Outline or No Outline, Police Procedural, Readers, Rick Reed, The Coldest Fear, The Cruelest Cut, Themes, Writing, writing from a title, writing from an idea, Writing from an outline
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An Interview with Agent Jill Marr of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Today, we have an interview with agent Jill Marr of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. Jill has been attending Killer Nashville since 2010 and has been a staunch supporter of the conference ever since. She has a strong Internet and … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Books / Wednesday, October 23, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Killer’s Art by Marji Jungstedt The Girl in Berlin by Elizabeth Wilson Death on Demand by Paul Thomas Styx & Stone by James W. Ziskin Today’s Killer Nashville Featured Books take me around the world, but they all have two things in common: non-stop … Continue reading
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An Interview with Author Eyre Price / Killer Nashville Success Story
Today, it’s my pleasure to interview Eyre Price, author of the Crossroads thriller series and Killer Nashville Success Story. So, Eyre, when did you know you wanted to be a writer? I’ve absolutely always wanted to be a writer. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Bestselling, Blues Highway Blues, characters, Clay Stafford, Daniel Erickson, drama, Eyre, Eyre Price, guest bloggers, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville Success Story, Killer Nashville writers conference, murder, mystery, mystery series, Nashville, Readers, Rock Island Rock, Rockford Files, Series, Stephen J. Cannell, success story, The Killer, Themes, Thriller, thriller writing, Writing
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book / Friday, October 4, 2013 / “Roots: The Saga of an American Family” by Alex Haley / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
As abhorrent as I have always viewed slavery, this book actually made me feel it. Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley Like most of Americans in the 1970s, I was riveted to the mini-series “Roots.” Also probably … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book / Friday, September 27, 2013 / “SNAFU” by Glen C. Allison / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Discover why I’m a new fan of Glen C. Allison’s messed-up protagonist in SNAFU. SNAFU by Glen C. Allison For years I have been a friend of Glen C. Allison; now, I’m a fan. Glen has created an incredible series with New … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book / Wednesday, September 18, 2013 / “Theodore Boone: The Accused” by John Grisham / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
A young wannabe lawyer finds himself on the wrong side of the law in “Theodore Boone: The Accused” by John Grisham. Read my review. Theodore Boone: The Accused by John Grisham I grew up reading John Grisham books. Now my son … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book / Monday, September 16, 2013 / “Until She Comes Home” by Lori Roy / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
A murder and disappearance destroy the essence of a once-respectable neighborhood in “Until She Comes Home” by Lori Roy. Until She Comes Home by Lori Roy Winning an Edgar for your first novel is a hard setup for your second one. … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book / Thursday, September 5, 2013 / “Tell Me” by Lisa Jackson / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Who murdered a pregnant teenage girl? Her mother is not talking. Tell Me by Lisa Jackson Thriller author Lisa Jackson’s new book “Tell Me” sucked me in and disabled me like a snakebite. Out of nowhere, from the first page of … Continue reading
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Time Of Death / Forensic Investigator Steve Rush
Accurate details prove important when including crime scenes in our prose. Three basic questions we want to answer when writing these scenes are: What was my character doing before incident? What altered and/or interrupted her/him at the inciting moment? What … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, Books, characters, Clay Stafford, Dragnet, Facade, Facts, Forensic, Forensic Investigator, Forensics, guest bloggers, Jack Webb, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, mystery, Readers, Shane Kinsey, Steve Rush, Time of Death, Writing
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Books / Tuesday, June 23, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
The senseless murder of children in Africa, an Amish love affair, a woman’s heart-tugging self-discovery, the financial industry’s crooked corporate deals, and the death of a police officer. Here are some books I think you might find of interest. Some I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Glynn, Author, authors, Award Winning, Bestselling, Book of the day, Books, characters, Clay Stafford, Deadly Harvest, Featured Book, Featured Book of The Day, Graveland, Jennie Shortridge, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville Featured Book, Laura V Hilton, Lifetime, literature, Liza Marklund, Love Water Memory, Michael Stanley, mystery, Readers, Romantic suspense, Series, Surrendered Love, suspense, Themes, Thriller, thriller writing, Writing
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Books / Friday, June 19, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
A man on death row, a second wife learning the startling truth about the first, a sister avenging the death of her sister, and how to write a killer thriller. Here are some books I think you might find of interest. … Continue reading
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Tagged Attica Locke, Author, authors, Award Winning, Bestselling, bestselling author, Book of the day, Books, Candlemoth, characters, Clay Stafford, Death, Death Row, Dorothy Koomson, drama, Featured Book, Featured Book of The Day, Historical, Jodie Renner, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville Featured Book, Killer Thriller, literary mystery, literature, Low Pressure, mystery, New York Times, R.J. Ellory, Readers, Romantic suspense, Sandra Brown, Second Wife, suspense, The Cutting Season, The Woman He Loved Before, Thriller, thriller writing, Writing, Writing A Killer Thriller
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Why Washington Political Thrillers Aren’t Real to Me and Why I Want to Write One / Author/filmmaker & Killer Nashville founder Clay Stafford
I’ve reviewed numerous Washington political and legal thrillers and mysteries over the past twenty years. After reading Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress by Olympia Snowe, I came away feeling that many of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, authors, Beth Terrell, Books, characters, Clay Stafford, Equal Rights, fiction writer, Fighting for Common Ground, Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress, filmmaker, guest bloggers, Jimmy Stewart, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, legal thrillers, man-against-the-machine, massive machine, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Olympia Snowe, Party man, political fiction, Political Party, Political Thriller, Political Thrillers, political writers, politician, Readers, realistic world, Robert Penn Warren, Senator, Stalemate in Congress, Tennessee, United States, Washington, Washington Political Thriller, Writers, Writing, writing a political thriller
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A Writer’s Training Ground / Writer Tom Wood
I always loved a good mystery, but never, ever, in my thirty-six-year career as a sports writer and copy editor at a major Southern daily newspaper did I imagine writing one. So when I decided it was time to write … Continue reading
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Tagged abbott and costello, authors, Books, characters, Clay Stafford, east point georgia, fiction horror, fundamental lesson, Great American Novel, guest bloggers, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, last millennium, literature, mystery, mystery science, newspaper, Readers, southern, sports writer, Tom Wood, Writers Training Ground, Writing
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The Best Contest I Ever Lost / NYT bestselling author Lynn Viehl
In 2012 I entered Killer Nashville’s Claymore Award contest, but don’t bother checking the names of the finalists; I didn’t make that list. There was no trophy or bragging rights for me; I’m just one of the many Claymore losers … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, award contest, Books, characters, Clay Stafford, Claymore Award, claymore feedback, feedback, guest bloggers, her Ladyship's curse, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, literature, Lynn Viehl, mystery, New York Times, new york times bestsellers, New York Times Bestselling, New York Times Bestselling Author, professional author, Readers, Writing
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The Dark Side of Mystery Writing / Author Joyce Lavene
I was thinking about how much darkness mystery writers have to take in – and deflect – every day. What made me think about it were the shocked and horrified faces of friends and family after I’d related what I … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, Books, characters, Clay Stafford, Ellie Grant, guest bloggers, Joyce Lavene, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville writers conference, literature, mystery, Plum Deadly, Readers, the dark side of mystery writing, Thriller, Writing, writing death
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How to Slash Your Word Count by 20-50% / Editor & Author Jodie Renner
…and tighten up your story without losing any of the good stuff! Have you been told your story looks promising or even intriguing, but your novel is way too long? Today’s readers have shorter attention spans, and publishers don’t want … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “You Cannoli Die Once” by Shelley Costa / Thursday, May 30, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is You Cannoli Die Once by Shelley Costa An Italian food mystery series? What could be better than this! Get ready to sit down and indulge. Edgar Award-nominated author Shelley Costa has put the fine touches on the start … Continue reading
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Guns: Magic or Science / Author Ernest Lancaster
I wouldn’t dare presume to tell you how to define the weapons your characters use. After all, Hollywood churns out films with magical guns and bullets that defy the laws of physics. And heroes with implausible powers from Sherlock Holmes … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, Books, bullets, characters, Clay Stafford, Cop, Cop Tales, Do you write Hollywood or Real Guns, Ernest Lancaster, firearms, firearms instructor, Forensic, Forensics, guest bloggers, gunpowder, Guns, hollywood myth, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville writers conference, Magic, Magic or Science, Memphis, mystery, Police, police sniper, Precinct Memphis, Readers, science, Themes, Thriller, Writing
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “Rapscallion” by James McGee / Tuesday, May 28, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is Rapscallion by James McGee It’s the early 1800s and espionage is alive and well in jolly old England. “Rapscallion” by James McGee is the third adventure for Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood and in this installment, without giving … Continue reading
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Tagged 1800s, American mercenary, Author, Award Winning, Bestselling, bestselling author, Book of the day, Books, Bow Street Runner, characters, Clay Stafford, Dark English, drama, England, espionage, Featured Book, Featured Book of The Day, floating penitentiary, French, Historical, Historical Mystery, James McGee, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville Featured Book, literary mystery, literature, Matthew Hawkwood, mystery, mystery series, Napoleonic time period, prisoner, profiteering, Rapscallion, Readers, Rhett Butler, Series, Smuggling operation, suspense, Themes, undercover, Writing
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How Technology Helps & Hinders The Modern-Day Sleuth
Back in the good old days, a private detective or amateur sleuth could justify entering the villain’s secluded hideout alone because they were miles from a telephone. Now, when everyone has a cell phone (and probably an internet connection) in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, 2013 conference, 2013 conference sessions, 2013 Killer Nashville, amateur sleuth, Books, characters, Clay Stafford, Cozy, cozy mystery, current-events, detective, great sessions, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville sessions, modern-day sleuth, mystery, mystery and thriller, mystery series, nashville writers, private detective, Readers, Serial Killer sub-genre, Series, sleuth, smartphones, smartphones the the sleuth, suspense, Technology, Themes, thriller authors, Writing
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Are We There Yet – Where No Man Has Gone Before? / Author Tom Collins
I try to include some far out stuff in my mysteries, but I’m finding that is hard to dabble in science fiction when we keep catching up with it. Drones are becoming commonplace. The college where I received my undergraduate … Continue reading
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Tagged Are we there yet, Author, Author Tom Collins, authors, Books, characters, Clay Stafford, guest bloggers, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Mark Rollins Mystery, mystery, Readers, Sci-Fi, science, Science Fiction, Series, suspense, The Claret Murders, Themes, Tom Collins, Writing
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “Green Light For Murder” by Heywood Gould / Saturday, May 18, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is Green Light For Murder by Heywood Gould I’ve heard it said that the only good producer is a dead producer. In “Green Light for Murder”, Heywood Gould takes that literally. This is a true insider’s look at the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 Killer Nashville, Author, Award Winning, Bestselling, bestselling author, Book of the day, Books, characters, Clay Stafford, Cocktail, Featured Book, Featured Book of The Day, Fort Apache the Bronx, Green Light For Murder, Heywood Gould, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville Featured Book, mystery, mystery series, New York Times, Readers, Screenwriter, Series, suspense, Themes, Writing
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “Dead Insider” by Victoria Houston / Friday, May 17, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is Dead Insider by Victoria Houston There is so much to like about Victoria Houston’s new novel, “Dead Insider,” I almost don’t know where to begin. Plot-wise, it is what I might call a suspenseful cozy, or maybe a … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Book of the day, Books, Cabot Cove, characters, Clay Stafford, Cozy, crime-mystery, Dead Insider, drama, Featured Book, Featured Book of The Day, fly-fisherman, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville Featured Book, Loon Lake, Loon Lake Mystery, mystery, mystery series, politics, Readers, remote fishing area, rural mystery, Series, small fishing community, standalone, Themes, Victoria Houston, well-plotted, Wisconsin, Writing
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective” by Christine Amsden / Wednesday, May 15, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective by Christine Amsden Nothing delights me more than a new discovery and what delights me even more is that I found it from an independent publisher here in my own backyard, Twilight Times Books in … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Book of the day, Books, Cassie Scot, characters, Christine Amsden, Clay Stafford, Featured Book, Featured Book of The Day, Harry Potter, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville Featured Book, new series, ParaNormal, paranormal detective, paranormal series, Readers, Series, suspense, Themes, Twilight Times Books, urban fantasy, Urban Fantasy Series, Writing
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My First Literary Advice / Award Winning Author/Screenwriter Heywood Gould
It’s 1963. I’m twenty- one and I have the best job in the world— police reporter for the New York Post. I’m making $95 a week and paying $53 a month in rent. A bowl of shrimp fried rice costs … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Gallo, Author, authors, Award Winning, Books, Boys From Brazil, Bronx Night Court, characters, Clay Stafford, Cocktail, Criminal Court, Double Bang, drama, entertainment, Fort Apache the Bronx, Green Light For Murder, Grimaldi, guest bloggers, Heywood Gould, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Leading Lady, literary mystery, literature, Manhattan, Midtown, Mistrial, mystery, New York Post, Old Fashioned, One Good Cop, Readers, Rolling Thunder, Saroyan, Screenwriter, Serial Killer's Daughter, suspense, the Abbey, Themes, Thriller, Trial By Jury, Walter Matthau, William Saroyan, Writing
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “Another Sun” by Timothy Williams / Tuesday, May 14, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is Another Sun by Timothy Williams I love taking trips to places I’ve never been and I think this is the first novel I’ve read set in Guadeloupe. It is an underdog tale with a twist. “Another Son” by … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980, Anne Marie Laveaud, Another Sun, Author, Bestselling, bestselling author, Book of the day, characters, Clay Stafford, crime novel, drama, Featured Book, Featured Book of The Day, French, French colonialism, gender bias, Guadeloupe, Hegesippe Bray, island, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville Featured Book, murder, mystery, Mystery old politics, politics, Readers, suspense, Ten Best European Crime Writers, Themes, Timothy Williams, UK Observer, white landowner, Writing
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “The House of Special Purpose” by John Boyne / Monday, May 13, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne If you are looking for a page-turning mixture of suspense and betrayal within a well-executed part love story, part historical epic, and part-tragedy, then “The House of Special Purpose” is … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative history, Author, Bestselling, bestselling author, Book of the day, Books, characters, Clay Stafford, Czarist Russia, drama, epic, Featured Book, Featured Book of The Day, georgy, Historical, Historical Mystery, insensitivity, Irish author, John Boyne, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville Featured Book, Lenin, literary mystery, literature, London, Marx, mysterious, mystery, New York Times, New York Times Bestselling, New York Times Bestselling Author, Other Press, Paris, Readers, riveting, Romanovs, special purpose, Stalin, storytelling, suspense, tense with suspense, The House of Special Purpose, Themes, Thriller, tragedy, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarevich Alexei, Writing, zoya
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “The Mothers” by Jennifer Gilmore / Friday, May 10, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is The Mothers by Jennifer Gilmore It is amazing how, when one can’t have children, that one sees children and pregnant women everywhere, hears women getting pregnant who didn’t want to be, hears innocent remarks made by family members … Continue reading
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Tagged adopt, adoption, Author, Book of the day, Books, characters, children, Clay Stafford, current-events, drama, emotional, Featured Book, Featured Book of The Day, Jennifer Gilmore, Killer conversation, Killer Nashville, Killer Nashville Featured Book, literary mystery, literature, Mother's Day, pregnant women, Readers, suspense, The Mothers, Themes, Writing
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “Don’t Go” by Lisa Scottoline / Thursday, May 9, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is Don’t Go by Lisa Scottoline Most of the books I read from Lisa Scottoline are series related. Here’s a standalone you won’t want to miss. Scottoline is one of the best writers I’ve ever read. This one goes … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “No Way Back” by Andrew Gross / Wednesday, May 8, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is No Way Back by Andrew Gross In Andrew Gross’s “No Way Back,” a woman has an affair and, while in the illicit situation, her lover is murdered. In self-defense, she kills the killer, whom she IDs as a … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “Blood Trade” by Faith Hunter / Tuesday, May 7, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is Blood Trade by Faith Hunter “Blood Trade” is the sixth in the Skinwalker series from USA bestselling author Faith Hunter (also known as writer Gwen Hunter). Jane Yellowrock is a vampire killer who finds herself working for the … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “Shadows On a Cape Cod Wedding” by Lea Wait / Monday, May 6, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is Shadows On a Cape Cod Wedding – An Antique Print Mystery by Lea Wait A dead body on the beach, a second murder, and the looming hurricane amidst wedding preparations and a number of romantic and social issues … Continue reading
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Clichés and the Writer / Author Randy Rawls
So now you’re a writer. You qualify for the title because you’ve 1) published your first book, 2) finished your first book, 3) begun your first book, or 4) decided to begin your first book. Doesn’t matter which, you’re well … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “Final Settlement” by Vicki Doudera / Tuesday, April 30, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is Final Settlement by Vicki Doudera If cozies are your thing, you’ll be sold with “Final Settlement” by Vicki Doudera. This is the fourth installment in her Darby Farr real estate mystery series. I love the characters and the … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “Submergence” by J.M. Ledgard / Monday, April 29, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is Submergence by J.M. Ledgard J. M. Ledgard’s “Submergence” has figuratively grabbed me by the…neck. Every few months I read a book like this and it just blows me away. This novel hit me in the gut. The story … Continue reading
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Killer Nashville’s Featured Book of the Day / “The Bone Man” by Wolf Haas / Friday, April 26, 2013 / Reviewed by Clay Stafford
Today’s featured book is The Bone Man by Wolf Haas In “The Bone Man” by Wolf Haas, former detective Simon Brenner no sooner gets on the job than his client goes missing. Foul play (or fowl play – pardon me) is suspected, … Continue reading
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Critiques Are A Two-Edged Sword / Author Maggie Toussaint
Authors are polarized on the subject of critiques. For some, the idea of anyone criticizing any part of their baby is unthinkable. Other authors wouldn’t dream of turning in a manuscript unless it had been vetted by critique partners. So … Continue reading →