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Iain Pears

Umberto Eco The Name of the Rose

What Is a Literary Thriller, Anyway?

By Richard Z. Santos

January 22, 2012

Recently, I’ve noticed a genre label being used, and I don’t understand what it means. I’m hoping CE readers can help define this slippery term: “literary thriller.” It’s in use by authors, agents, marketing departments, reviewers, bloggers, tweeters and a host of others. However, its usage is also inconsistent, confusing, and mystifying. I think it’s…

Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb

Titles that Beg To Be Picked Up

By Cindy Harkness

August 4, 2011

Do you ever get bookstore whiplash? You’re walking casually down the aisle, scanning the titles, when you stop dead in your tracks and whip your head around, thinking, Did I really just see that? Or possibly just What the…? After all, it’s the combination of the title and cover art that attracts the casual browser…

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