Books

Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness This well balanced, honest and cleverly crafted work of non-fiction is so much more than an account of the brutal slaying, rape and murder ...

The dealine for our open submission guidelines passed on 31 August and the photo above is what we came back to after our summer holidays. If you sent in a ...

I've slashed the price on the Kindle edition of DEAD SPACE to only 99 cents for the rest of this month. The book is the sequel to my first ...

THE WALK probably wouldn't have been published by Five Star back in 2004 if it wasn't for Ed Gorman's enthusiastic recommendation to the editors. I've always known that he liked ...

So Cold The River by Michael Koryta A man in a bowler hat, a haunting violin and a bottle of curious sulphuric tasting water. Did I mention water? Whatever you do, ...

Over on Debbi Mack's blog, someone asked me: Lee, you said that you would advise new authors (unpublished) to take a contract with a small press over self-publishing. Could you expand ...

I hate computers. Nothing in the world, not even football these days, makes me angrier. Last night I decided to treat myself to a new computer game (and by new ...

Sacred Treason by James Forrester Set in 1563, four years into the reign of Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603), the last of the Tudor dynasty, Sacred Treason ...

Author/blogger Ed Gorman, founding publisher of Mystery Scene Magazine, has given TIED IN an incredibly flattering review.  He says, in part: I say this without a whit of exaggeration: TIED-IN edited ...

James Reasoner had some very nice things to say today about the paperback edition of THE WALK. He said, in part: THE WALK is part adventure novel, part ...

The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor The Anatomy of Ghosts is the new spooky and historical novel by Andrew Taylor, set late in the 18th century it’s a tale of ...

Dead Men's Dust by Matt Hilton A couple of weeks ago, on the anniversary of Elvis’s death as it happens, I reviewed the fourth book in Matt Hilton’s Joe Hunter series ...

Bards & Sages is a print-on-demand and RPG game publisher that also runs an annual writing contest and, inexplicably,  reviews books. Why any author would want their book reviewed by ...

The Killing Place by Tess Gerritsen I have a confession to make! I had never heard of Rizzoli and Isles until I began watching the television series (July 12th on TNT ...

Back in 2004, I wrote a book called THE WALK, which was released in hardcover by Five Star and quickly slipped into obscurity.  But a little over a year ago, ...

Publisher's Weekly has become so desperate in the face of declining advertising and an eroding subscriber base that it has decided to whore itself, and its good name, for a ...

The Kid - Kevin Lewis Where do I begin reviewing “The Kid” by Kevin Lewis? I sat through the first half of the book with my mouth wide open, or that’s ...

Watching Sky News last night, I was stunned to see the “Breaking News” ticker streaming across my screen in High Definition – “Van Gogh painting stolen, 2 arrested at airport”. I ...

Over on Joe Konrath's blog, he's talking once again about how traditional publishing is on its death bed and how the ebook is the future. I agree with much of ...

Cheryl Cole It was good to see Cheryl Cole back on our screens last night following her serious fight against Malaria last month. I’ve always been indifferent to Cheryl’s multiple appearances ...