The second day of CraftFest is technically CareerFest, with two tracks: one for independent (self) publishing and the other for traditional publishing. As I am yet unable to split myself in twain like a liver fluke and inhabit two spaces at once, I visited the first panel of the indie track and the second panel…
Black Scorpion: The Tyrant Reborn by Jon Land picks up five years after Michael Tiranno saved Las Vegas, and now he's tasked with bringing down a international human trafficking organization (available April 7, 2015). Five years have passed since Michael Tiranno saved the city of Las Vegas from a terrorist attack. And now a new…
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The world changed seismically for thrillers on 9/11. All of a sudden, the dastardly plots and cunning villains that had been a staple of the genre dating back to Ian Fleming had been outdone by reality. Although both Thomas Harris and Tom Clancy had written books foreshadowing that fateful day, nothing could prepare for us…
Strong Darkness by Jon Land is the sixth mystery featuring the gunslinging Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong (available September 30, 2014). I used to read Robert Ludlum novels and marvel when I reached the end of them that every word of fiction I’d just read could have happened. That’s exactly the way I felt when I…
The International Thriller Writers (ITW) have announced their shortlists for 2013's Thriller Awards to be announced at this year's ThrillerFest. Best Hardcover Novel The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover Spilled Blood by Brian Freeman Catch Me by Lisa Gardner The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz Defending Jacob by William Landay Best First Novel Don't Ever Get…
Strong Vengeance by Jon Land is the fourth Caitlin Strong, Texas Ranger thriller (available July 17, 2012). 1818: In the Gulf waters off the Texas coast, the pirate Jean Lafitte and his partner Jim Bowie launch an attack on the Mother Mary, a slave ship carrying an invaluable treasure. The Present: Fifth-generation Texas Ranger Caitlin…
Special Agent Bob Fitzpatrick was appointed ASAC (Assistant Special Agent in Charge) of the Boston office of the FBI in late 1980 with a clear mandate: “Kick ass and take names,” according to his superior Roy McKinnon in Washington. And the ass he really needed to kick was that of an Irish gangster named Whitey…
A poor kid from the slums, Robert Fitzpatrick grew up to become a stellar FBI agent and to challenge the country’s deadliest gangsters. Relentless in his desire to catch, prosecute, and convict Whitey Bulger, Fitzpatrick fought the nation’s most determined cop-gangster battle since Melvin Purvis hunted, confronted, and killed John Dillinger. In his crusade to…
