Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that does for elevators what Psycho did for showers and Jaws did for the beach—a heart-pounding tale in which a series of disasters paralyzes New York City with fear. The term “elevator pitch” is a reference to the amount of time a fledgling writer/singer/performing artist would have if they were stuck…
Join Linwood Barclay, author of Elevator Pitch, for a conversation about a unique motivation for protagonists in two of television’s best crime dramas, Get Shorty and The Deuce. Bonus: once you’ve read the essay, comment on this post to enter for a chance to win a copy of Linwood Barclay’s new book—Elevator Pitch. We think…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, a new book in the Philip Marlowe canon from Lawrence Osborne combines with Linwood Barclay’s latest to highlight a thrilling week of…
A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay is a haunting psychological thriller in which a man is troubled by odd sounds for which there is no rational explanation. Linwood Barclay is considered tops when it comes to small-town thrillers, and I can certainly understand why after reading A Noise Downstairs—a sly little chiller that takes place…
Last fall, I was a juror on a murder trial. The inevitable response from friends and family upon hearing that was, “Must be good research.” It’s a phrase you hear a lot as a crime writer, and it speaks to the inherent paradox of the genre—that if crime and mystery fiction serve as escapism, it’s…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, a new Bailey Weggins novel from Kate White and the fourth Otter Lake Mystery by Auralee Wallace highlight an awesome…
Linwood Barclay is the critically acclaimed New York Times and #1 international bestselling author of 16 novels. These include the four-book Zack Walker series, the recent Promise Falls trilogy (Broken Promise, Far From True, and The Twenty-Three), and the 2009 Arthur Ellis Award-winning title, Too Close to Home. His newest, Parting Shot (available October 31, 2017),…
You know how much we love to celebrate great mystery and crime fiction. The Crime Writers of Canada love it too. Last weekend,the CWC feted the winners of its annual Arthur Ellis Awards for excellence in works in the crime/mystery/thriller genre published for the first time in the previous year by permanent residents of Canada, or…
Bloody Words is Canada’s first and largest conference for mystery authors and fans. Bloody Words XII was held a week ago in Toronto, with Guest of Honor Linwood Barclay, International Guest of Honor Gayle Lynds, and Master of Ceremonies Rick Blechta. It began with gloomy, rain-impeded drive from Kingston to Toronto. Sounds like the beginning…
Yesterday, Clare Toohey posted about the Anthony Awards, which were definitely a highlight of Bouchercon. But I thought those of you who weren’t there might like to know what this blogger learned by attending: I met a lot of men who are deeply afraid of Christa Faust, and she likes it that way. The St…
