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Best known for his mystery novels about Dr. Siri Paiboun (including The Coroner's Lunch), today Colin Cotterill launches a new series with Killed at the Whim of a Hat, the story of a crime reporter based in rural Thailand who is surrounded by a kooky cast of characters.

I told her I was writing a mystery novel about a woman who solved mysteries with the help of her dog.

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The other possibility, the evocation of the transcendent good — grace, beauty, God — through the hard temporal realities of individuals in action is much harder to carry off, as evidenced in Greene's The Power and the Glory, Charles Williams» Descent into Hell, C. S. Lewis» Out of the Silent Planet, Tolstoy's Resurrection, and perhaps most poignantly in the dismal failure of most literary attempts to portray the central mystery, the life of Jesus — Kazantzakis» The Greek Passion, Faulkner's A Fable, or — most dismal of all, historical novels about Jesus (what could be less hidden?)

Let me preface what I'm about to say by letting you all know that between Serial, Making a Murderer and the mystery novels I've been listening to on Audible during long runs, I am on a total true crime kick.

Based on the 2006 novel by Naomi Alderman, Disobedience — like all meaningful movies about the mysteries of love — never tips its hand to indicate where it's going.

Bored to Death: The Complete First Season Available on DVD and Blu - ray Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, and Ted Danson star in this freshman HBO comedy about a mystery writer who is so bored that he posts an ad on the internet lending his services as a private detective in order to pass the time and maybe get a few ideas for his novel.

But he also wrote for a more general audience, particularly literary novels such as «Foucault's Pendulum» (1988), about three workers at a small publishing house who hatch their own conspiracy theory, and «The Name of the Rose,» a murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the 14th century.

We just mentioned The Girl on the Train earlier today when talking about the Liam Neeson movie The Commuter — Girl is based on the novel of the same name by Paula Hawkins, and follows a woman whose problems haunt her after she is pulled into a mystery involving a couple that she imagines to enjoy the perfect marriage.

Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Joe Hill (a.k.a Stephen King's son), «Horns» is a unique horror flick about the devil inside us all, and the film, adapted by one of the genre's true prankster geniuses (Alexandre Aja of «Piranha 3D» infamy), carries forth the same nutzo spirit of the book, which is equal parts love story, murder mystery, and supernatural, metaphysical nightmare.

Johnny Depp and Rob Marshall are working to make a new version of The Thin Man, the Dashiell Hammett novel about drunk detective socialite Nick Charles, his charming young wife Nora and the unusual family mystery in which they become embroiled.

«Mitch Cullin's elegiac novel is not so much about solving a mystery, as it is about accepting life's mysteries,» producer Anne Carey said in a statement.

When she's not writing about film and the industry, she's drinking coffee, reading mystery novels or hanging out with her husband and stinking - cute puppy.

In that way, the film often brings to mind Brooklyn author Jonathan Safran Foer's unbearably contrived 9/11 novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, in which a precocious little boy unlocks a mystery about his father while taking a quirky tour of Manhattan and its varied people.

She is taking pitches for the following fiction genres: romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery / thriller / suspense, horror, young adult, middle grade, literary fiction, new adult, graphic novels, women's fiction, upmarket fiction, and novels / books by and about people from marginalized perspectives (such as LGBT people and / or racial minorities).

«Origin thrusts Harvard symbologist Langdon into the dangerous intersection of humankind's two most enduring questions, and the earth - shaking discovery that will answer them,» said his publishers Doubleday in the US and Transworld in the UK, in a note about the novel's plot that is as cryptic as some of the mysteries Langdon has solved in the past.

For a book whose title sounds like an affirmation of faith but whose story is about an atheist refuting the existence of God, reading it is a spiritual experience... Many of the positive reviews laud the wit and entertainment Goldstein provides, but honestly, the breadth and depth of ideas covered require close and thoughtful reading... This novel can be read on a few different levels: a romance, a mystery, an intellectual thriller or a philosophical / religious treatise.

Selznick's «novel in words and pictures,» an intriguing mystery set in 1930s Paris about an orphan, a salvaged clockwork invention, and a celebrated filmmaker, resuscitates an anemic genre — the illustrated novel — and takes it to a whole new level.

We also have: Lisa Silverthorne's Isabel's Tears, a novel about a magical inn; Dayle A. Dermatis» Waking the Witch, a gothic mystery novel with some paranormal elements and a light romance; Kelly Washington's The Pale Waters, the first novella in a four - part epic journey; Erica Lyon's Hot Waters, a steamy sea adventure novel; and New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch's The War and After, five historical fantasy stories of magic and revenge.

Writer of the Year finalist Gwen Florio, interviewed by Natasha Watts, talks about her writing influences, the differences and similarities between journalism and writing fiction, her most recent mystery releases and her novel Silent Hearts, set to release in July.

The novel isn't just a mystery about who started a fatal fire, it's also a source of insight into the lives and culture of Native Americans in Northwest Alaska... If you have enjoyed the previous books, you will probably enjoy this one.

As he wrote Underground Airlines — which takes the form of a mystery novel, with Victor a sort of hard - boiled detective — he was thinking about the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and numerous other victims of racially motivated violence.

In Seattle, he wrote copy for ad agencies, a well - paid freelancer supported by creative directors who liked his (dreadful) first novel, Your Day in the Barrel, published by Atheneum - a book by a writer who wrote well but had nothing to write about, so he wrote a murder mystery.

The publisher describes it as «A profound new novel about a paralyzed young man's unexplainable recovery — a stunning exploration of faith, science, mystery, and the meaning of life,» but the whole time I was reading, I couldn't decide if the account by Jonathan Miles was fact or fiction.

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

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«Katharine Weber's crackerjack historical mystery may be the most effective 9/11 novel yet written — and it isn't even about 9/11.»

An entertaining novel about an ordinary man who gets caught up in a mystery that takes him far out of his comfort zone.

Our genres are: self - help, relationship, mystery, romance, sex, novels, LGBT books, books about or written by people of color, any fiction, any non-fiction, memoirs.

Rhys currently writes two mystery series, the atmospheric Molly Murphy novels, about a feisty Irish immigrant in 1900s New York City, and the funny and sexy Royal Spyness mysteries, about a penniless minor royal in 1930s Britain.

In a radical departure from her Jackson Brodie mystery series, Atkinson delivers a wildly inventive novel about Ursula Todd, born in 1910 and doomed to die and be reborn over and over again.

After publishing several short stories in anthologies and in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, One For Sorrow, their first full length novel about John, Lord Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian I, appeared in 1999.

In addition to his most recent work, A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip, Kevin Brockmeier is the author of the novels The Illumination, The Brief History of the Dead, and The Truth About Celia; the story collections Things That Fall from the Sky and The View from the Seventh Layer; and the children's novels City of Names and Grooves: A Kind of Mystery.

Landman's Dickensian novel, about an eighteenth - century English teen determined to clear his father's name, tells a taut mystery that brings issues of class, race, and justice into sharp focus.

Creator of the FX television series «Fargo» and «Legion, «Hawley won the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Novel for this riveting mystery about a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard that claims the lives of nine well - to - do passengers.

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.

Titles in today's discounts include everything from science fiction works, romance novels, mysteries and more to suit just about any type of reader.

About the Author Christopher Greyson is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author of mystery, action, and thriller novels.

Treasured by many readers for her 22 (and counting) mystery novels featuring the Venetian policeman Commissario Guido Brunetti, Donna Leon is also a practiced writer of sharply observed commentary about a range of subjects.

Edgar - winner Coben's 10th Myron Bolitar novel (after Long Lost) is a perfect 10: providing readers with new information about the past of the former athlete turned agent and owner of MB Reps; a satisfyingly complex mystery; and the always entertaining, sometimes shocking exploits of Bolitar's partner and friend, Windsor Horne Lockwood III (aka Win).

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.

Alternatively, if you're writing fiction — a mystery novel — you could review mysteries on your blog, and talk about books in general.

If you're unsure of what to blog about, consider writing about your top ten favorite mystery novels, why you love a specific author, an exclusive interview with an up - and - coming writer, or what inspired you to become a writer.

Just very well - crafted essential information about the book's story and characters, whether it's a novel, romance, mystery, YA, memoir or nonfiction how - to book.

Slash your price: This was mentioned in a piece about marketing romance novels a while back, but can and should be used for mysteries and thrillers as well.

For example, «There's nothing mysterious about why Kobe Bryant is retiring, but my new mystery novel will keep you guessing until the very last page.

According to the Romance Writers of America ®, the romance fiction industry is worth $ 1.08 billion dollars a year, * which makes it about a third larger than the inspirational book industry, and about the size of the mystery novel genre and science fiction / fantasy genre markets combined.

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«The Mysteries of Fuller Park» is a sci - fi mystery novel associated with the Devil - worshiping urban legends about Fuller Park, and the small city of Athens, Texas.

Patricia McLinn is the author of about 45 novels, including her ongoing murder mystery series, Caught Dead in Wyoming.