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Archives for September 2014

‘Strong Darkness” A Talk with Jon Land

September 29, 2014 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

Jon Land is the prolific author of 30 novels. He is well-known for his Blaine McCracken series among others, as well as nine standalone novels. His latest series involves Texas Ranger, Caitlin Strong. Her courage and tenacity repeatedly land her, along with her paramour Cort Wesley Masters, on perilous terrain.

In Strong Darkness, the sixth in the series, Caitlin pursues a serial killer whose bizarre method is eerily similar to that of the killer tracked by her great-grandfather and Judge Roy Bean, 130 years earlier. But there’s much more going on. Her boyfriend’s son is beaten half to death at Brown University. The investigation leads Caitlin back to Texas and to a high-tech company whose founder, Li Zhen, has been awarded a contract to build the U.S.’s 5G network. Zhen is associated with the Triads, the powerful and deadly Chinese mob. An immense conspiracy is underway—one with mass murder and economic disaster as its goals. The pernicious plot could cause the deaths of millions of Americans, and bring about China’s total domination of the United States.

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Filed Under: About Books, crime, Huffington Post Column, Interviews Tagged With: a character's evolution, action scenes, History, the Old West, thrillers

Murder 101: A Talk with Faye Kellerman

September 24, 2014 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

2014-09-23-FayeKellermancredittoKarenMiller-thumbFaye Kellerman is the bestselling author of twenty-six novels, twenty-two of which feature the husband and wife team of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. Faye and her husband, Jonathan Kellerman, are the only married couple ever to appear on the New York Times bestseller list simultaneously for two different novels.

 Murder101 is the twenty-second Decker-Lazarus novel. Peter is now retired from the LAPD. He and Rina have moved to a small town in upstate New York, to be closer to their four adult children and foster son. Peter works for the Greenbury Police Department, which usually involves little more than dealing with college-town problems. A possible break-in at the local cemetery where a mausoleum’s Tiffany panels have been stolen and replaced by forgeries, leads to drastic consequences, including two brutal murders. As a former LAPD detective, Decker is called on to investigate a case that has far-reaching implications.

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Filed Under: About Books, creativity, crime, Interviews, On Writing, thriller Tagged With: collaboration, novels, research, writing

Edge of Eternity: A Talk with Ken Follett

September 17, 2014 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

2014-09-16-Ken_Follett_credit_Barbara_Follett-thumbKen Follett’s books have sold over 150 million copies worldwide. The Century Trilogy opened with Fall of Giants in 2010, followed by Winter of the World in 2012.

Edge of Eternity, the concluding novel in this trilogy, follows the fortunes of five intertwined families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—negotiating the upheavals of the twentieth century. Each book in the tril
ogy follows the next generation, and each can be read as a stand-alone novel. Edge of Eternity covers the time period from the 1960s through the 1980s.

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Filed Under: About Books, Huffington Post Column Tagged With: Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants, historical novel, Pillars of the Earth, Winter of the World

MAD DOG HOUSE is on Sale!

September 10, 2014 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

Mad Dog HouseDuring September, “Mad Dog House,” the first in the “Mad Dog” series, is on sale as an e-book for 99 cents. You can grab it now on the Amazon or Barnes & Noble website. NINETY-NINE CENTS.  Here is a direct link to Amazon.   Just copy & paste the url into your browser’s address bar.  http://tinyurl.com/oom3mhz   

 

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The Golden Hour: A Talk with Todd Moss

September 9, 2014 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

2014-09-07-ToddMoss-thumbTodd Moss was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under Condeleeza Rice. He oversaw diplomatic relations with 16 West African countries. After penning four non-fiction books, he has turned to fiction, and The Golden Hour is his first novel. This international thriller is set in the world of diplomacy, espionage and special operations, both military and diplomatic.

 In The Golden Hour, Judd Ryker, newly appointed as Director of the State Department Crisis Reaction Unit, is in charge of helping the U.S. respond quickly to foreign crises. A coup in Mali sets the novel into gear, as Ryker races from Washington to Europe, and across the Sahara Desert. Everything begins to change, as he learns that friends and enemies come in many unexpected forms.

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Seeking your opinion

September 5, 2014 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

Author Mark Rubinstein wants to hear your thoughts on his blog. Please comment if you have something to contribute.

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Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good: A Talk with Jan Karon

September 3, 2014 by Mark Rubinstein Leave a Comment

2014-08-30-JanKaroncCandaceFreelandLarge-thumbNine years ago, Jan Karon, the author of the hugely popular Mitford series of novels, announced that Light from Heaven (2005) would be the last Mitford book. Now, she’s back with a new Mitford novel featuring Father Timothy Kavanagh and his wife Cynthia, along with the rest of their family, neighbors and friends set in this fictional North Carolina town. The series has sold many millions of books and there’s no doubt that untold numbers of Jan Karon fans are ecstatic about the publication of Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good.

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Filed Under: About Books, Aging, creativity, Huffington Post Column, Interviews, On Writing Tagged With: Love, ordinary life, retirement, the Mitford series, writing

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