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Laura Benedict

The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

Fresh Meat: The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

By Laura Benedict

August 20, 2012

The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny is the eighth book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series (available August 28, 2012). In the interest of full disclosure, I should tell you that I’m mad for Louise Penny’s novels. I haven’t been so excited for a writer’s new releases since the ’80s when a certain horror writer…

Three A.M. by Steven John, a dystopian thriller

Fresh Meat: Three A.M. by Steven John

By Laura Benedict

March 29, 2012

Three A.M. by Steven John is a dystopian noir thriller (available March 27, 2012). The troubled hero of Steven John’s new dystopian thriller, Three A.M., is starved for sunshine. Literally starved. Fifteen years earlier, the sunshine disappeared just as Tom Vale’s parents and thousands of others died, horrifically, from a mysterious virus. Replacing the sunshine…

Swift Edge, by Laura DiSiverio

Fresh Meat: Laura DiSilverio’s Swift Edge

By Laura Benedict

November 18, 2011

Can it possibly be polite to laugh out loud when there are brutal murders happening left and right? Laura DiSilverio puts politeness to the test with Swift Edge, the second mayhem-filled installment in her Swift Investigations series. Tough-as-nails Charlotte “Charlie” Swift of Swift Justice returns, this time with Gigi Goldman, the hapless ex-wife of Charlie’s…

10 Signs You’re a Crime Fan

By Laura Benedict

July 15, 2011

10 Signs You’re a Crime Fiction Fanatic Some people might call you paranoid.  But you know that the world—even your own kitchen—is full of potential dangers that might inspire someone to a grisly criminal act. Or maybe you just read a lot of crime fiction. Here are ten signs that you might be a crime…

Viking Barbie

Beowulf: Thriller 101

By Laura Benedict

April 29, 2011

Here is a photo of me as a fierce, honorable, and kinda-hot Viking Spear-Dane: Okay. So it’s actually a photo of Viking Barbie from a website where they sell Barbies of the World. But on days when life gets tough, and the writing’s not going well, this is how I like to think of myself.…

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