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Small Town Horror: Excerpt and Cover Reveal
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Matthew Meacham’s body quaked, his mind raced, and his skin burned. He raked overlong fingernails down the tender flesh of his arms, praying for his eyes to adjust to…
Bloodstock Sales: The Biggest Gambles in Horseracing
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Horse racing and gambling are intertwined – always have been, and always will be. But the biggest gambles in racing are not made at the races or with a…
Reflections on The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s Classic Biblio-Mystery
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Like many great novels, the book you are about to read is one whose every page is imbued with the art of storytelling. Its first five words, ‘I still…
Shop Talk: Nina Simon Tells the Incredible Story Behind Her Breakout Debut Novel
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I met Nina Simon shortly after I read her beautiful, heartfelt debut, Mother Daughter Murder Night. If there were ever an author whose persona perfectly captures the verve of…
How Subplots and Plot Filaments Lend Texture and Depth to Any Novel
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More than any other variant included under the umbrella of “crime fiction,” mystery novels embody a straightforward setup of the conflict-and-resolution components of storytelling. The conflict is murder. The…