The author of The Amazing Harvey gets tricky with SoM! Les Klinger and I enjoyed a lunch at the Napa Valley Grill with Don Passman to talk about The Amazing Harvey, his first mystery. The afternoon was entertaining on all fronts. Talking about mysteries is one of our favorite pastimes — and meeting a writer… Read more »
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Episode 7: Jo Nesbø
Norway’s best-selling crime fiction writer talks politics, revenge and what makes Sonny —and Harry Hole — tick. I spoke to Jo Nesbø by phone on Tuesday May 13, 2014 — the U.S. publication day of his most recent crime novel, The Son — from the New York City office of Knopf, his U.S. publisher. It… Read more »
Episode 6: Interviews with T. Jefferson Parker and Darrell James
The fourth in our series of interviews conducted at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Jeff Parker lets us in on his feelings about ending his Charlie Hood series after having the characters as companions through almost a decade and six books. I find adjectives woefully inadequate when it comes to describing Jeff… Read more »
Episode 5: Interviews with April Smith and Stephen Jay Schwartz
SoM’s third installment recorded at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Welcome back! Les and I do our best to make sure our podcasts are published at the beginning of each week, but last week he and I were otherwise engaged in New York City at the Edgar Award’s banquet. I talk about it… Read more »
Episode 4: Interviews with Lee Goldberg and Stuart Woods
Our second installment of interviews recorded at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books features Lee Goldberg and Stuart Woods. Les and I are off to the Edgar Awards being held Thursday, May 1 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. If you are looking for a reading list of epic caliber, you can’t… Read more »
Episode 3: Interviews with Peter James and Cara Black
At the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Les Klinger and I spoke first to Peter James and later to Cara Black. Peter James talks about his character Roy Grace’s missing wife, how he found the inspiration for his most recent Grace novel, Dead Man’s Time, his research methods and gives us a preview of… Read more »
Episode 2: Talking to Robert Crais, 2014 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master
Our first guest on the program is Robert Crais! In our exclusive interview, we ask Bob about his reaction to being named one of this year’s Mystery Writer of America’s Grand Masters and about his work to date, including observations on the reaction to last year’s best seller, Suspect. And Bob gives us an… Read more »
Episode 1: Introduction and Les Klinger Explains How He Freed Sherlock Holmes
Welcome to the first ever Speaking of Mysteries podcast. If you are a fan of any of the many permutations of the mystery-thriller genre, Nancie Clare and Leslie Klinger are confident that you will enjoy listening. Every week we’ll bring you the news and views from those who write, act and produce mystery and… Read more »
