Targeted Age Group:: 17 and older Category: Mystery/Suspense Print book price range: $7.64 - $9.99 Audiobook price range: $10.46 - $14.95 eBook price range: $3.99 About Guarding Shakespeare: The Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest repository of Shakespeareana and English Renaissance books, manuscripts, and objects d'art. Nobody alive knows the library better than Special Police Officer Lt. Norman Blalock; he's been guarding it for 25 years. That's why he is the perfect … [Read more...] about Buyer’s Guide: Guarding Shakespeare by Quintin Peterson
Interview with Author – David Deutsch
About David Deutsch: David Deutsch is an author, sarcasm guru, and wannabe rock star, not necessarily in that order. He is the author of romantic comedies, crime fiction, mystery and suspense novels. He's thrilled to be the only guy among the ladies of GHP. When he's not busy writing you can often find him chasing the sun. He lives in warm weather with his wife and children. What inspires you to write? I've always been writing. Sometimes, it is just a phrase that I hear or an image that I … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – David Deutsch
Interview with Author – Craig Faustus Buck
About Craig Faustus Buck: Craig Faustus Buck is an author and screenwriter. His debut noir mystery novel, Go Down Hard, was published by Brash Books in 2015 and was First Runner Up for Killer Nashville's Claymore Award. His short story "Honeymoon Sweet" is currently nominated for both the Anthony and the Macavity Awards. He was also an Anthony short story nominee in 2014 for "Dead End," the prequel to his novella Psycho Logic (Stark Raving Press, 2014). Among his six co-authored nonfiction … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Craig Faustus Buck
Interview with Author – Quintin Peterson
About Quintin Peterson: Native Washingtonian Quintin Peterson is a retired District of Columbia police officer who served the public for more than 28 years. He is an artist and an award-winning writer who has authored two DC-based crime novels, a book of poetry, several short stories available via Amazon Kindle and BN.com Nook Books, and has contributed to six crime fiction/noir anthologies, D.C. Noir, edited by George Pelecanos; Bad Cop, No Donut, edited by John L. French; From Shadows and … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Quintin Peterson
The Silver Herring by Michael de Ridder
Rog Beagle is an ardent ex-cop, now working as a private detective, in a world where humans, dogs and cats live as though they are all the same species. The Silver Herring, sees him uncover a plot full of deception, vivid characters and high tension with a bout of uncompromising cynicism. While stymied on one case, Rog is hired by the obnoxious Miss Francine Mayweather to retrieve her stolen silk and gold shawl. As he unravels both mysteries, Rog has to deal with the pernicious Hans, a nosy and … [Read more...] about The Silver Herring by Michael de Ridder
Interview with Author – J. D. Brink
About J. D. Brink: If taking a college fencing class, eating from the trash can, and smelling like an animal were qualifications for becoming a sword-swinging barbarian, J. D. Brink might be Conan's protégé. But since that career path seemed less than promising, he has instead been a sailor, spy, nurse, and officer in the U.S. Navy, as well as a gravedigger, insurance adjuster, and school teacher in civilian life. Today (Christmas, 2014) he and his family live in Japan, where he's providing a … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – J. D. Brink
Interview with Author – Kedrick Rue
About Kedrick Rue: Kedrick Rue was named after the street where he was born. He became interested in the paranormal at an early age when he witnessed a fairy wedding in the woods behind his house, an event which his mother still attributes to too much FD&C Red #40 in the Kool-Aid she served him for lunch. He currently resides at The Rectory, an abandoned film set located in Laurel Canyon. A scholar interested in Forteana, the occult, and Dancing Waters shows, many of his books have been … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Kedrick Rue
Interview with Author – JP Bloch
About JP Bloch: JP Bloch has a PhD but hopes people won't hold it against him. His last name is pronounced "Block," not "Blotch," but he's gotten used to it. He has been called far worse. He lives in Connecticut, where he is an indentured servant to his dog. JP writes on his king-size bed with the fan on. His hobbies include eating cashews while watching TV and overdosing on film noir favorites. Doc Bloch, as he affectionately calls himself, teaches criminology, gender, and other things. He … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – JP Bloch
The Night Also Rises by C.B. McCullough
Science fiction with a film noir twist. Night lasts for days on planet Jannix, and in a city full of murderers, thugs, gangsters and con artists, no man can ever be sure he'll see another dawn. So when private investigator Jack Tarelli is called to the home of an enigmatic billionaire just hours after an unspeakable murder, he knows a long, long night has only just begun. Led on a chase into the shadowy underbelly of a city that never wakes, the hard-nosed and uncompromising Jack will stop … [Read more...] about The Night Also Rises by C.B. McCullough
Interview with Author – JB Von Preysing @JBVonPreysing
Author Bio: JB Von Preysing (1984- ) was born in Rockville Centre, NY, the middle child of five. He moved at the age of six to Sao Paulo, Brazil, and by the time he graduated high school, his family had bounced between New York, Virginia and Florida. He went to the University of South Florida for a theater degree, but realized it wasn't the path he needed to take. Since 2006, he's lived in Chicago, Portland, Brooklyn, Tampa, and the countrysides of Virginia and Georgia as he developed his … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – JB Von Preysing @JBVonPreysing
“The Long Winter” by JB Von Preysing @JBVonPreysing
During the winter of 1950, private detective Jim Lloyd finds himself deep in the hole in Capitol City. Money is tight, he's behind on his bills, and his last job won't be paying out. He thinks he finally caught a break when a seemingly simple job falls into his lap. All he has to do is find an old friend of his, a gimpy musician named Freddy Adams, and he'll be rewarded handsomely. Unfortunately for Jim, he's not the only one looking for his old pal Freddy. Lloyd tracks Freddy down and tails … [Read more...] about “The Long Winter” by JB Von Preysing @JBVonPreysing
Dreamland by Marie S. Crosswell
Dreamland is a long short story (8K+ words) following LAPD Detectives Cary Cooper and Dwight McQueen of Central Homicide, best friends and partners who belong to a secret organization within the police force known only to its members as "Containment," an illegal police vigilante unit of assassins who take out known criminals chosen by the mysterious leaders of the operation. Dwight and Cary are in love with the same woman, Nora Tate, and together, the three of them form a happy triad. When … [Read more...] about Dreamland by Marie S. Crosswell
