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Archives for March 2015

‘The Stranger’: A Conversation with Harlan Coben

March 25, 2015 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

Adobe Photoshop PDFHarlan Coben is known to readers everywhere. His first novel was published when he was twenty-six, and after two stand-alone thrillers, Play Dead in 1990 and Miracle Cure in 1991, he began writing the popular Myron Bolitar series. His 2001 standalone novel, Tell No One, was hugely popular. In 2006, Film director Guillaume Canet made the book into the French thriller, Ne le dis a personne. The movie was the top box office foreign-language film of the year in the U.S.; won the Lumiere (French Golden Globe) for best picture; and was nominated for nine Cesars (French Oscar), winning four awards.

Harlan Coben has gone on to write eleven more standalone novels. His books regularly appear on the New York Times bestseller list, and more than 60 million have been sold internationally. He was the first writer to receive the Edgar, Shamus and Anthony Awards.

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‘Inspector of the Dead’: A Conversation with David Morrell

March 24, 2015 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

2015-03-22-1427023766-1738863-DavidMorrellc.JenniferEsperanza-thumbAfter receiving a doctorate in American literature at Pennsylvania State University, in 1970, David Morrell became an English professor at the University of Iowa. In 1972, his debut novel, First Blood was published; and by 1982, was made into the blockbuster movie, Rambo, First Blood, the first in the wildly successful series bearing the iconic Rambo name.  David kept writing novels while teaching literature, but eventually devoted himself to full-time writing. He was a finalist for the Edgar and Anthony Awards, received the Macavity and Nero Awards, and is a recipient of the International Thriller Writers Thriller Master Award.

 His bestselling New York Times historical novel, Murder as a Fine Art, took readers to 1854 Victorian London. In the novel, the notorious essayist and opium addict Thomas De Quincy was a fictional detective helping the London police solve a series of grisly murders.

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‘World Gone By’ A Conversation with Dennis Lehane

March 19, 2015 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

Dennis Lehane is known to millions of readers. His novels Mystic River, Gone, Baby, Dennis Lehane c Gaby Gerstner Diogenes, ZurichGone, and Shutter Island became blockbuster movies, with the most recent film being The Drop, which is based on his short story, Animal Rescue.

A Drink Before the War won the Shamus Award. Mystic River won both the Anthony and the Barry Awards for Best Novel, and the Massachusetts Award in Fiction. Live by Night won the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and the Florida Book Award Gold Medal for Fiction.

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‘The Stolen Ones’ A Conversation with Owen Laukkanen

March 18, 2015 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

Owen Laukkanen © Berni HuberOwen Laukkanen’s debut novel, The Professionals, received high praise and was nominated for many honors, including the International Thriller Writers’ Award, the Anthony, the Barry, and the New Voices Awards. He graduated from the University of British Columbia’s creative writing program, and before turning to fiction, spent three years reporting on the world of professional poker.

The Stolen Ones is the fourth novel in the series featuring Kirk Stevens and Carla Windermere, partners in the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension-FBI Joint Task Force. The novel begins with Irina and Catalina, two Romanian sisters, who are kidnapped and brought to the U.S. in shipping containers, along with other young women, to be sold as sex slaves. Soon, Stevens and Windermere are on the trail of a massive international kidnapping and prostitution ring. The story takes them over much of the country as they struggle to track down the most ruthless criminals they’ve ever encountered.

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‘Phantom Limb’: A Conversation with Dennis Palumbo

March 15, 2015 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

Dennis Palumbo c. Nathanson's PhotographyDennis Palumbo is a thriller writer and psychotherapist in private practice. He’s the author of the non-fiction book, Writing from the Inside Out and a collection of mystery stories, From Crime to Crime. He has also been writing the Daniel Rinaldi mystery series. He was formerly a Hollywood screenwriter, whose credits include the film My Favorite Year, which was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay. He was a staff writer for the TV series Welcome Back, Kotter. Currently, he blogs for the Huffington Post and has a column, Hollywood on the Couch, for Psychology Today.

His mystery-thriller series concerns Dr. Daniel Rinaldi, a psychologist and trauma
expert, who consults with the Pittsburg Police. His specialty is treating victims of violent crime who suffer from the traumatic after-effects of those experiences. Rinaldi suffered such a trauma when his wife was killed during a mugging. Though he too was shot, he lived, but struggled with survivor’s guilt long afterwards. Now, his mission is to help others deal with their trauma symptoms, but in the process, he manages to get heavily involved in police investigations, often to the consternation of his police colleagues.

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“Endangered”: A Conversation with C.J. Box

March 9, 2015 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

Box, C.J. credit Michael SmithC.J. Box is the bestselling author of 16 Joe Pickett novels, four standalone novels, and a collection of short stories called Shots Fired. He’s won multiple awards including the Edgar, the Anthony, the Gumshoe, and the Barry awards. He lives with his family outside Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Endangered begins with Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett learning his 18-year old adopted daughter, April, has disappeared. She’s found in a ditch along a highway. April, the victim of blunt force trauma, is in a coma. It’s uncertain if she will recover. Dallas Cates, the man April ran off with, denies any responsibility; and evidence begins pointing to another man. Joe cannot conceive of the danger he’s about to encounter as he tries to unravel the mystery of what happened to April.

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“Live Right and Find Happiness” A Talk with Dave Barry

March 5, 2015 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

Dave Barry-JacketDave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and New York Times bestselling author of Insane City and You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty. From 1983 to 2005, he wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for The Miami Herald.

In Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster), Dave articulates certain life truths to his new grandson and to his daughter Sophie, who will be getting her learner’s permit this year (“So you’re about to start driving! How exciting! I’m going to kill myself”). Dave comments on contemporary life, touching upon both trivial and serious subjects.

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“The Assassin” A Talk with Clive Cussler

March 5, 2015 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

Clive Cussler © PhotosByLeannaClive Cussler is an adventure novelist and marine archaeologist. His thrillers have reached The New York Times best-seller list more than 20 times. His books have been published in 40 languages in more than 100 countries. He is the founder and chairman of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than sixty shipwreck sites. He is the sole or lead author of more than 60 books. After his discharge from the military, he worked in advertising, first as a copywriter and later as a creative director. He produced radio and television commercials, many of which won international awards. He began writing fiction in 1965.

He has written many successful series, included among them, the popular Dirk Pitt Adventures; The NUMA Files; The Oregon Files; The Fargo Adventures; and the Isaac Bell Adventures. The Isaac Bell novels are set in the early 20th century. Bell is a brilliant investigator for the Van Dorn Detective Agency.  Though the setting is a century ago, the books are still techno-thrillers, featuring advanced technology of that time.

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