mysteries
November 14, 2009
- I grew up in a house full of readers where everyone’s favorite pastime was to gather around the fireplace and read, talk about books, or read aloud from books such as The Hound of the Baskervilles. Gradually I became aware that some of my parents’ favorite books were mysteries, but I didn’t really understand why until I started to write one. Traditional mysteries are layered puzzles, ...
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October 30, 2009
- On this the last day of my virtual book tour for "Jesse's Girl," many thanks to all my supportive colleagues who have stopped by!!! http://www.thehotauthorreport.blogalogues.com/ Novelist/playwright Gary Morgenstein is the author of four novels. In addition to Jesse’s Girl, a thriller about a widowed father’s search for his adopted teenage son who has run away from a drug ...
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October 14, 2009
- Author Donna Leon pens delicious mysteries -- all set in Venice and all centered on the delightful detective Guido Brunetti. Ms. Leon, an American, spent her early adulthood traveling the world as a teacher, but she settled in Venice and has lived there for decades. Her books are international bestsellers and are translated into 20 languages, but they were not readily available in the United ...
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October 9, 2009
- I think many writers have had this experience. It is beautiful...From "Jesse's Girl" book tour.... http://www.bridget3420.blogspot.com/NOVELS MAKE THE BEST FRIENDSby Gary MorgensteinOften writers will guest post about their novels. What brilliant inspiration moved them. Or the difficulty of writing, the awful sensation every morning of staring at that blank piece of paper, praying ...
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October 2, 2009
- The whole point of travel is to see Red Light districts around the world. That’s what I assume my German publisher C.H. Beck thinks. Or maybe that's what they think I'll like. Anyway, they keep sending me to Hamburg, which has one of the most famous naughty neighborhoods in the world.At the invitation of the extremely professional Harbour Front Literaturfestival and in the company of my Beck ...
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September 15, 2009
- My blog tour for both of my novels, Dark End of the Spectrum and Absence of Faith has started. Below is where I will be in the Blogsphere. Many thanks to all my fellow bloggers and authors who are supporting me in this tour. September 14, 2009 www.aliceosborn.blogspot.com Alice Osborn September 15, 2009 http://elisalorello.blogspot.com/ Elisa ...
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September 7, 2009
- Last night, I completely froze while sitting in the movie theatre watching the film “The Time Traveler's Wife”. Possibly, because I feel as though I lived through the mysterious and phenomenal happenings and events of some of the words that were spoken? - The words that just won’t leave us alone, regardless of the time period! As if, all this is going on all at the same time. ...
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August 16, 2009
- I am thrilled that my next mystery, "The Fall of Augustus," will be published in October. Technically, this will be book four in my series, but the publication schedule is ahead of book 3, "The House of the Sphinx."In this novel, my character, Lisa Donahue, tangles with two different museum directors:When someone kills Lisa Donahue’s boss by dropping a Roman statue on him, ...
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August 5, 2009
- As per a very good question from Beth in response to my tweet yesterday about reading Dame Agatha Christie, I've put together this little survey.Which are your favorite Agathe Christie books/detectives AND WHY...A. Hercule PoirotB. Miss MarpleC. Tommy and Tuppence BeresfordD. Parker PyneE. Harley QuinF. I don't have a favorite listed here, I prefer the stand-alone ones. (Please provide an ...
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August 5, 2009
- As per a very good question from Beth in response to my tweet yesterday about reading Dame Agatha Christie, I've put together this little survey.Which are your favorite Agathe Christie books/detectives AND WHY...A. Hercule PoirotB. Miss MarpleC. Tommy and Tuppence BeresfordD. Parker PyneE. Harley QuinF. I don't have a favorite listed here, I prefer the stand-alone ones. (Please provide an ...
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