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The Professionals: Owen Laukkanen
Job market sucks? Don’t try this. Four young college graduates can’t find decent (translate: highly paid) jobs. Wait a minute, what about a kidnapping scheme to make money? It’s a simple process. Move from city to city, find and research a prospect, kidnap and collect a ransom of $60,000, release the victim unharmed, move…
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Man Crates Asks: What’s in your survival crate?
10 Things You Need to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse In the spirit of Halloween I was approached earlier this month by Man Crates to find out what I would put in a survival crate referencing a horror movie. As a huge fan of The Walking Dead a zombie apocalypse is a favourite theme so it didn’t take me…
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Judy Penz Sheluk: The Hanged Man’s Noose
Canadian debut author Judy Penz Sheluk has written extensively on her blog about her journey into the publishing world. It’s her way to help authors who like her, have to do much, if not all, themselves. She disclosed her path with such honesty, angst and enthusiasm you couldn’t help but be right along-side her as she…
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The Power of the Dog: Don Winslow
Drug-trafficking & cartels: A resurgence Narcos on Netflix and the movie Sicario are two recently released projects Both brought me to finally read The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow. The book presents us with a labyrinthine world of corruption, greed and murder. DEA agent Art Keller is determined to bring Don Pedro Aviles,…
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Killing Hope: Keith Houghton
“I’ve been around the block enough times to recognize a turkey in a chicken coop when I see one.” Yes, that’s the kind of prose that can grab me and like all writing it’s the honesty of delivery that counts. Gabe Quinn returns to the job after the death of his wife and tries…
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Trace Conger: The Shadow Broker
Caffeinated probing: Dark resolve Finn Harding wonders when exactly he crossed the line. It’s as ambiguous to the reader as to him but it’s a line which he straddles and a line which he leaps-over as circumstances necessitate. This is in keeping with a PI who has lost his license but continues to accept…
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Hello again!
Pitter patter the rain falling down Little glamor sun coming round Take a walk when autumn comes to town ~ Van Morrison As I unwind my brain from the summer pursuits of catching up with friends’ and family I am delighted that September is here. The Toronto weather has us back in…
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On hiatus: Wishing you a wonderful summer
See you in September… Murder in Common is on hiatus until the Autumn. I’ll be catching up on some reading and refreshing my brain by diving into other book genres. Thank you for all your support over the past several months. You make it all very rewarding. Looking forward to hearing…
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Winners! Benefit of the Doubt
Neal Griffin brings a tale of redemption against malignant forces Congratulations goes out to the following crime fiction readers: M. Vincent – Thirroul, NSW, Australia S. Cronin – Madrid, Spain There are winners outstanding and I continue attempts to validate their address for the publisher and to also post them here. Many thanks to all…
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Obituaries: Mining the unexpected
Obits are chock full of characters & storylines Reading the obituaries in my daily newspaper is not a regular pastime. But as it happened one day, looking for information for personal reasons, I came across the obituary for a WWII soldier. Out curiosity and respect for his service I began to read the many interesting…
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Grant of Immunity: A debut legal thriller
Some lives are a wheel of misfortune There are many moving parts to this book. It reminds me of a Ferris wheel. With every revolution some new matter comes about and the wheel keeps moving with you as its willing passenger. It’s 1976 and 20 year old Snake and Daniel a 15 year old teenager…
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Versatile Blogger Award
An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation: You find it. – Mandy Hale I’m very pleased to have been nominated by Kate at Crazy Antics for the Versatile Blogger Award. Thank you! There are a few rules associated with the award which can be found on my About page. In…