Sentences with phrase «mystery novels made»

As Temecula's most famous resident for 35 years and known to many locals as «Uncle Erle,» Gardner is widely recognized for creating the character in the murder mystery novels made famous in the «Perry Mason» television series from the 1950s.

At the time I had an urban fantasy and a mystery novel making the rounds of the publishers so I was on the lookout for professional organizations that I could join.

Not exact matches

She is the creator of anengaging, soft - boiled series of golf - themed mystery novels, making her the rarefemale in a mostly male discipline.

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.

It certainly won't work to The Girl on the Train's advantage to be compared to David Fincher's Gone Girl but the proximity of the two properties — both feature strong female leads, are based on best selling novels and center on soapy surburian murder mysteries — make such comparisons as unavoidable as they may be unfavorable for director Tate Taylor.

A baker's dozen of books featuring the character of Ezekiel «Easy» Rawlins were penned by author Walter Mosley, and it's a shame the box office failure of Devil in a Blue Dress, the screen adaptation of the first Rawlins novel, prevented any more mysteries from making the leap from page to screen.

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.

Agatha Christie was a prolific mystery writer and many of her novels have been made into films.

It works well in New York street scenes and panoramas — such as the novel's celebrated vision of Manhattan glimpsed from the Queensborough Bridge («the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and beauty in the world»)-- but it makes the actors look more like mannequins than people.

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.

A version of this archives appears in print on May 30, 1963, on Page 15 of the New York edition with the headline: The Screen: «Dr. No,» Mystery Spoof; Film Is First Made of Ian Fleming Novels Sean Connery Stars as Agent James Bond.

by Walter Chaw Somewhere in the translation from Jeff Shaara's only so - so novel Gods and Generals to Ronald F. Maxwell's magnificently bad film Gods and Generals lies the mystery of why the younger Shaaras and the Maxwells of the world see fit to take a Pulitzer Prize - winning novel like Jeff Shaara's The Killer Angels and make a country - fried trilogy out of it.

Although Anne Perry is not the only contemporary author to set mystery novels in the foggy, charming days of Sherlock Holmes, nonetheless, she has made the era her own.

Lovers of thriller and mystery novels can now access all eight installments of the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace story in e-book format in the United States, making it easier than ever to dive in to this thrilling series.

Tintin, the plucky little reporter who spent more time investigating mysteries and running away from bad guys than doing any actual reporting, has made it to the small screen: Idboox reports that Moulinsart, the company that controls the rights to the works of Herge, Tintin's creator, has released an iPad app that contains all 24 of the Tintin graphic novels.

- The Bookbag (UK) «Perry brings a wealth of historical detail and accuracy to her best - selling novels... A murder mystery made to make you think.»

James Lee Burke, acclaimed by critics as «America's best novelist,» «the Graham Greene of the bayou,» and «a poet of the mystery novel,» returns with his popular character, Dave Robicheaux, in a novel rich with atmosphere, ripe with menace, and filled with the kind of crackling dialogue that has made Burke a consistent New York Times best - selling author.

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.

Hiring the services of Sandy Smith and Smith Publicity was the best decision I have made for marketing my two contemporary mystery novels.

- Library Journal, starred review «Like A.S. Byatt's Possession and Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, this emotionally rewarding novel follows -LSB-...] present - day academics trying to make sense of a mystery from the past... Vivid and memorable.»

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.

A historical mystery set in 18th - century China, Kent Haruf's poignant final novel and Ron Rash's latest make for great group discussion this month.

While mystery author Sue Grafton is not on the Kobo Book Report's Bestseller List as featured below, three of her novels make the Most Completed Book List, meaning that hers were more often read from start to finish.

If you do include your picture, make sure it's a high quality photograph, and don't forget to smile — unless you write horror or mystery novels.

I presented on Plotting a Mystery Novel so missed Stephanie's first presentation, but made the second.

His three award - winning Windrusher novels were traditionally published before he made the leap into the hard - boiled mystery / suspense field.

9 Tips for Creating a Compelling Novel by Jody Hedlund Structure Part 8 — Balancing the Scenes that Make Up Your Novel by Kristen Lamb My Favorite Points of View — Guest Post by Bill Hopkins on Mystery Writing is Murder When Not to Use Your Antagonist's POV by K.M. Weiland Always Write Terrible First Drafts by Carolyn Kaufman Write Romance?

In addition to political thriller The Hidden Light of Mexico City, Carmen Amato is the author of the Emilia Cruz mystery novels set in Acapulco, including Cliff Diver, Hat Dance, Diablo Nights, and the collection of short stories Made in Acapulco.

I fully agree that the readers make better gatekeepers, and if someone can sell a million copies of their pathetically, no, laughably bad self published mystery novels, Hey, good for them.

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.

In the hopes that practice would make palatable if not necessarily perfect, she has continued to write for several decades, mostly mystery novels and historical fiction.

But you can get a jeweler to make jewelry based on your book, aprons for your cookbook, a bottle of wine named for your mystery novel.

Really iam making my debt novel of mystery and thriller.

Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions: A Kopp Sisters Novel, by Amy Stewart (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780544409996, $ 26) «Constance Kopp is back, solving mysteries and making headlines!

After many false starts, half finished tales, a completed but fatally flawed novel, here I am with a crime / mystery, Junkie, which has been three years in the making.

If you like mystery / suspense novels, make sure to check this one out!

So choosing Teatro La Fenice for the setting of Falling in Love, her latest mystery featuring the erudite and oh - so - sympathetic Commissario Guido Brunetti, makes this elegant novel something of a mash note to a longtime lover....

A noir - style crime drama with a graphic novel aesthetic, each choice made changes the game you end up experiencing, and Episode 3 picks up where we left off, unraveling a deep murder mystery in a modern American city.

I haven't played many visual novels (the closest maybe being Hotel Dusk: Room 215), but I loved that the game took its time building up an elaborate mystery which, despite the many unexpected twists, all seemed to make sense in the end.

It has a compelling plot fitting of a great visual novel, and mysteries that make you feel truly smart for spotting the little details critical to solving any one case.

While it was fun creating the mystery novel - like scenario, we had no previous experience in working on such a plot, so we were making adjustments to the storyline until the very end.

Puzzled visitors arrived to find the artists making themselves at home in a staged and decidedly average living room (Richter was reading a mystery novel).

It lacks the gripping narrative of Gwynne Dyer or Gabrielle Walker, both of whom have the ability to make scientific information feel like a mystery novel rather than a textbook, but it is enjoyable nonetheless.