Sentences with phrase «debut mystery novel»

(Note: My review of Larry Abrams's debut mystery novel, The Philosophical Practitioner, can be found here, and I think it's worth reading before proceeding with this interview.

David P. Wagner's debut mystery novel, Cold Tuscan Stone, features stolen Etruscan artifacts, intrigue and murder.

Not exact matches

After directing the acclaimed documentaries Deliver Us From Evil and West of Memphis, Amy Berg is set to make her narrative helming debut with Every Secret Thing, a feature adaptation of Laura Lippman's 2004 mystery novel that will star Diane Lane, reports Variety.

Other notable newly featured films include the better - than - you'd - expect noirish Nightmare Alley, a more than adequate adaptation of Virginia Woolf's difficult - to - film novel Mrs. Dalloway, Tommy Lee Jones's strong directorial debut The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and the unjustly forgotten William Powell - led mystery The Kennel Murder Case.

In his 2008 article «True Crime: A Postmodern Murder Mystery,» The New Yorker's resident chronicler of deadly obsessions, David Grann, recounted the strange case of a Polish writer who became the prime suspect in an unsolved murder after a detective recognized details of the crime in his debut novel.

Her first mystery novel, Safe Harbor, was shortlisted for Britain's Debut Dagger in 2010.

Former journalist Susan Cox's debut novel was the winner of the 2014 Minotaur Books / Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competinovel was the winner of the 2014 Minotaur Books / Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel CompetiNovel Competition.

Starring an antihero detective with no fixed identity, Hobbs» debut thriller is «what the mystery novel would look like if Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had decided that Moriarty was his central character.»

Mystery, intrigue and suspense are at the ready in A.A. McDonald's debut novel, The Oxford Inheritance.

The Golden Crusader, debut novel by Linda Langwith is an Award - Winning Finalist in the category of Mystery General in the 2011 Global eBook Awards.

Following his phenomenal debut novel, The Dante Club, Matthew Pearl has once again crossed pitch - perfect literary history with innovative mystery to create a beautifully detailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense.

In this debut novel by Rebecca Cantrell, crime reporter Hannah Vogel tries to solve the mystery of her brother's death, hold onto her job and maybe fall in love — all while keeping a low profile.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Time is one of the freshest debuts in years: a comedy, a heartbreaker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.

Haddon's debut novel is an inventive mystery about self - discovery and living with illness.

Editor's note: In BookPage, mystery columnist Bruce Tierney writes that The Poacher's Son is «easily one of the best debut novels in recent memory.»

After all, Donna Tartt, whose novel The Goldfinch made such a literary splash last year, made her debut as a mystery author with The Secret History.The Goldfinch made such a literary splash last year, made her debut as a mystery author with The Secret History.

Her debut, Claws of the Cat, was a Library Journal Mystery Debut of the month and a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award (Best First Nodebut, Claws of the Cat, was a Library Journal Mystery Debut of the month and a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award (Best First NoDebut of the month and a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award (Best First Novel).

A novel that marks the debut of a sexy and wickedly entertaining new mystery series, If Looks Could Kill introduces a heroine whose blend of wry humor and gutsiness will win over readers everywhere.

«A smashingly good, action - packed first novel... Benoit is a rare discovery, and one hopes that he plans to produce more adventure - oriented mysteries with the same skill and energy that propel this excellent debut» - Publishers Weekly

A debut novel set in the Pacific Northwest of the 1820s and 1980s - two friendships separated by generations but bound together by a dark mystery.

His debut, «Killing Floor,» won both the Anthony and the Barry awards for Best First Mystery, and «The Enemy» won both the Barry and the Nero awards for Best Novel.

Though the novels are quite different — the first is a contemporary murder - mystery; the second, a literary work centered on a 1930s artist colony — both are debuts that made waves when they were published in Australia, and both tell distinctly Australian stories.

With his debut novel, Hour of the Red God, Richard Crompton introduces a new, wholly unique mystery hero to the scene: a Maasai cop, Detective Mollel.

Winner of the 2017 BookBrowse Debut Novel Award A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page - turning debut mystery by award - winning author Jane HaDebut Novel Award A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page - turning debut mystery by award - winning author Jane Hadebut mystery by award - winning author Jane Harper.

Sara Flannery Murphy's debut novel, The Possessions, is an addictive, slow - burning mystery that fuses classic noir...

Sara Flannery Murphy's debut novel, The Possessions, is an addictive, slow - burning mystery that fuses classic noir with the intrigue of speculative fiction.

From Flannery O'Connor and Rona Jaffe Award winner Lori Ostlund, a deeply moving and beautiful debut novel about a man who leaves his longtime partner in New Mexico for a new life in San Francisco, launching him on a tragicomic road trip and into the mysteries of his own Midwestern childhood.

Written with a wry, witty narrative voice and a plot full of twists and turns, John Keyse - Walker's Minotaur Books / Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award - winning debut is a pure delight.

Benjamin Black's debut novel, Christine Falls, was a BookPage mystery of the month, and its sequel, The Silver Swan, proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Black was no one - time sensation.

This mesmerizing debut, uncannily uniting the trials of a postmodern upbringing with a murder mystery, heralds the arrival of a vibrant new voice in literary fiction Special Topics in Calamity Physics is a darkly hilarious coming - of - age novel and a richly plotted suspense tale told through the distinctive voice of its heroine, Blue van Meer.

Doyle combines fantasy, mystery, and romance in this debut novel about twins who use their magical knowledge to search for their missing governess, finding love along the way.

British author Emma Healey may be only 29 years old, but she has created a poignant portrait of a woman with dementia in her luminous debut novel, which contains a double mystery.

Ever since Sara Paretsky's debut novel Indemnity Only in 1982, a steady flow of increasingly popular women mystery writers has emerged, including Patricia Cornwall with her Scarpetta series, Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhane Alphabet series, and many others.

Kevin Wolf's novel The Homeplace, winner of the 2015 Tony Hillerman Prize for best debut mystery set in the Southwest.

Her debut novel, THE SECRET LIFE OF ANNA BLANC was a finalist in the Lefty Awards for Best Historical Mystery, The Colorado Author's League Award for Best Genre Fiction, the Macavity Sue Feder Award for Historical Mystery, and is the WINNER of the Mystery & Mayhem Award for Historical Mystery and the Colorado Gold for Best Mystery.

Her debut novel combines time travel and romance with an intriguing historical mystery.

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His debut novel, The Scorpion's Nest, was selected as one of 1,000 finalists in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Awards 2012, and was ranked first in the Mystery / Suspense / Thriller category at the IndieReader Discovery Awards novel, The Scorpion's Nest, was selected as one of 1,000 finalists in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Awards 2012, and was ranked first in the Mystery / Suspense / Thriller category at the IndieReader Discovery Awards Novel Awards 2012, and was ranked first in the Mystery / Suspense / Thriller category at the IndieReader Discovery Awards 2012.

Her debut novel, Claws Of The Cat (Minotaur, 2013), was Library Journal's Mystery Debut of the Month and a Silver Falchion finalist for Best First Ndebut novel, Claws Of The Cat (Minotaur, 2013), was Library Journal's Mystery Debut of the Month and a Silver Falchion finalist for Best First Nnovel, Claws Of The Cat (Minotaur, 2013), was Library Journal's Mystery Debut of the Month and a Silver Falchion finalist for Best First NDebut of the Month and a Silver Falchion finalist for Best First NovelNovel.

JK Rowling's first novel not to feature young bespectacled wizard Harry Potter was released on Wednesday, following a massive marketing campaign that effectively shrouded The Casual Vacancy in mystery before its debut on bookstore shelves.

From historical novels to literary fiction to mysteries that will keep you up all night, here's a look at the best debut fiction of the season.

Kathleen has published ten books, nine nonfiction and a debut novel, Shadow Campus, described by Forbes as a «masterful debut mystery.»

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