by Admin | Apr 3, 2015 | Nonfiction, Reviews, The Crime of Our Lives
If you are a fan of mysteries, crime stories, noir, or all three, this is an interesting, engaging overview of some of the author’s favorite writers, who happen to be among the best in their fields. I highly recommend this book to you. In fact, I recommend this book...
by Admin | Apr 2, 2015 | Nonfiction, Reviews, The Crime of Our Lives
It has been ordained by the Mystery Gods that I begin each comment on Lawrence Block by noting that he writes the best sentences in the business. He does and I don’t say that frivolously. There is an unpretentious elegance in just about everything he writes....
by Admin | Apr 1, 2015 | The Crime of Our Lives
Yes! The trade paperback edition of TCOOL is now available in the CreateSpace Online Store. In a matter of days you’ll be able to buy it on Amazon, and shortly thereafter it’ll be in stock at other online booksellers. But why wait? I should point out that...
by Admin | Apr 1, 2015 | Interviews + Guest Blogs, News + Events, Nonfiction, The Crime of Our Lives
In this interview, LB talks with John F. McMullen about a range of topics, including working with Donald Westlake and THE CRIME OF OUR LIVES. Click here to listen to the interview
by Admin | Mar 31, 2015 | Anthologies, Reviews
With the same dry wit and way with words in The Crime of Our Lives, Block gives closeups of twenty-one writers’ tricks and leaves the fun of reading them intact because he’s a reader, too. Click here to read the review
by LB | Mar 27, 2015 | Nonfiction, The Crime of Our Lives
I know, I know. I’ll tell you, my newsletters are like buses. You wait and wait and wait and wait, and then three of them come one right after the other. But I’ve got news, and I’m bursting with it. Innit pretty? It’s the book I mentioned late...
