Can it really be 20 years since Mary Russell met Sherlock Holmes in The Beekeeper’s Apprentice? In SoM’s next podcast, Laurie R. King talks to Les Klinger and me about her next Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes novel, Dreaming Spies, when (or if) we can expect another addition to Stuyvesant and Grey series that began with Touchstone… Read more »
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Episode 21: Matt Cook
In Sabotage, Matt Cook’s first thriller, a luxury cruise ship in the North Atlantic is paralyzed by an electromagnetic pulse, an enigmatic Stanford professor and founder of a high tech defense company disappears and a group of Stanford students of a variety of disciplines are the only ones who can save both—and the world—from Viking… Read more »
Going on a Power Trip: SoM talks to Matt Cook
A luxury cruise liner in the North Atlantic loses power, a noted Stanford aerospace engineering professor disappears and a group of Stanford students from varying disciplines makes Sabotage a mighty compelling read. Oh, and there are pirates, too. Matt Cook, recent Stanford University graduate… Read more »
Episode 20: Nick Harkaway
The 2012 Kitschie Award Winner for Angelmaker, talks about his latest novel, Tigerman. Among many, many other things. As soon as the interview was over, I was madly Googling to bookmark as many of Nick Harkaway’s references as I could. In our conversation about the designation “literary thriller,” he discussed the stories of… Read more »
Full of Win: SoM’s next interview is with Nick Harkaway
If there’s a recipe for a superhero it can be found in Tigerman, Nick Harkaway’s tale of a simmering ecological catastrophe, murder, anarchy, NatProMan* and one single British Army Sergeant. *You’ll have to read the book.
Episode 19: David Rosenfelt
A perfect interview for the waning Dog Days of summer, David Rosenfelt talks about his latest Andy Carpenter mystery Hounded, the ups and downs of writing and the redeeming quality of dogs. David Rosenfelt was so funny and self-deprecating in his interview. And he made some surprising revelations about his writing methodology. But… Read more »
Episode 18: Laura Caldwell
Lawyer, Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Director of Life After Innocence, author of 14 novels—including her just released The Dog Park and the Izzy McNeil series of mysteries—and the non-fiction Long Way Home: A Young Man Lost in the System and the Two Women Who Found Him. … Read more »
Episode 17: Roger Hobbs
The protagonist of Roger Hobbs’ debut novel, Ghostman, may not be a nice guy, but he’s a great character. This is the second in our two-part series on fixers. Roger Hobbs is nothing if not thoughtful and methodical. He timed the seven years of rejections that writers endure to coincide with his time… Read more »
Episode 16: Lyndsay Faye
The Baker Street Babe talks with Les Klinger about the next book in the Timothy Wilde trilogy, writing for the Watson and Holmes graphic stories and how Jane Eyre can coax out the dark side for a character in her new novel. By her own admission Lyndsay Faye thinks it’s a good idea… Read more »
Episode 15: Mike Lawson
Political Fixer Joe DeMarco is back in House Reckoning, which takes him back to his hometown of Queens, New York, to rekindle old friendships and make new enemies. I like what Mike Lawson had to say about choosing a fixer as a central character. Not a private investigator, police detective, or lawyer, a… Read more »
