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Bruce DeSilva

The Dread Line by Bruce DeSilva

The Dread Line: New Excerpt

By Bruce DeSilva

September 2, 2016

The Dread Line by Bruce DeSilva is the 5th Liam Mulligan novel from this award winning author (Available September 6, 2016). Since he got fired in spectacular fashion from his newspaper job last year, former investigative reporter Liam Mulligan has been piecing together a new life—one that straddles both sides of the law. He's getting some…

A Scourge of Vipers: New Excerpt

By Bruce DeSilva

April 5, 2015

A Scourge of Vipers by Bruce DeSilva is the 4th investigative thriller in the Liam Mulligan series about a Rhode Island journalist out to stop corruption from taking over his state (available April 7, 2015). To solve Rhode Island's budget crisis, the state's colorful governor, Attila the Nun, wants to legalize sports gambling; but her…

Now Win This!: Unleash the Beast Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

March 31, 2015

It’s all about survival of the fittest, and if you want to make it out alive, you’ll heed caution to these seven wild books! Click here to enter for a chance to win! This is NOT a Comments Sweepstakes. You must click the link above to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR…

Fresh Meat: Providence Rag by Bruce DeSilva

By Dorothy Hayes

March 5, 2014

Providence Rag, the third book in the Liam Mulligan series by Bruce DeSilva, forces a journalist to dig through his town's archives in order to keep a convicted serial killer in jail (available March 11, 2014). Bruce DeSilva, 2011 Edgar winner for Best First Novel, reflects his 41 years as a journalist in his new…

Kwik Krimes, an enthology of flash crime fiction edited by Otto Penzler

Fresh Meat: Kwik Krimes, edited by Otto Penzler

By Kathleen Ryan

August 17, 2013

Kwik Krimes by Otto Penzler collects flash fiction crime stories told in a thousand words or fewer by over eighty different authors (available August 20, 2013). Even more exciting than the masterfully crafted, high-octane gems contained within Kwik Krimes,the latest anthology from legendary crime fiction aficionado and editor Otto Penzler, is the much-deserved recognition of…

Cliff Walk by Bruce DeSilva

Now Win This!: Bruce DeSilva’s Cliff Walk

By Crime HQ

May 11, 2012

Sorry, this sweepstakes has ended. Stay tuned on our Sweepstakes page for more offers! Click here to enter for a chance to win! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. You must be 18 or older and a legal resident of the 50 United States or D.C. to enter. Promotion begins May 11, 2012,…

Cliff Walk: New Excerpt

By Bruce DeSilva

May 11, 2012

An excerpt of Cliff Walk, a Liam Mulligan thriller by Bruce DeSilva (available May 22, 2012). Prostitution has been legal in Rhode Island for more than a decade; Liam Mulligan, an old-school investigative reporter at a dying Providence newspaper, suspects the governor has been taking payoffs to keep it that way. But this isn’t the…

Row of Anthony Awards

2011 Anthony Awards Brunch at Bouchercon

By Clare Toohey

September 18, 2011

What is that odd, blurry row of lucite gravestones, you ask?  They’re beautifull etched Anthony Awards, only my phone is not ideal for photos, and I forgot to bring a decent camera.  Therefore, these on-scene pictures are tragically unable to capture the splendor of several hundred people quaffing coffee and scarfing eggs.  (Only half of…

Private Eye Writers of America

2011 Shamus Award Nominees Announced

By Crime HQ

August 21, 2011

We were yammering on social media about this terrific shortlist, and forgot to post it here until now (doh!)  Thanks to Omnimystery for reminding us, because it’s not too late to celebrate! Onto the nominees for the 2011 Shamus Awards, given by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA):     Best PI Hardcover: No…

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