thriller

New independent novel: Deadly Storm — an excerpt

Independent author Kenneth Hoss does a lot to promote independent authors. His website features independent bloggers, interviews with authors, excerpts of work by independent writers, spotlight features — when does he find time to write his own books?But he does. Deadly Storm, his third detective thriller featuring Kelli Storm launched  launched July 1 — a fitting day in […]

On the Collateral Damage blog tour

Collateral Damage is the third thriller in the best-selling Annie Ogden series by Frederick Lee Brooke, fellow member of the BestSelling Reads group. I’m proud to participate in the blog tour launching this exciting title. How good is Fred Brooke’s Annie Ogden series? You could read my review of the first book in the series, […]

A fun thriller Some books are just plain fun to read — like Frederick Lee Brooke’s Doing Max Vinyl.This is a book that succeeds on several levels. First, it’s a perfectly crafted crime-thriller with a believable, sympathetic protagonist in Annie Ogden and a watertight plot. Second, all the characters are drawn from real life. Third, […]

As soon as I started reading Seb Kirby’s Double Bind, I thought: “Yes! Here is a writer who knows how to waste no time, nor words in getting to the action.” Double Bind grabs you immediately and whips you along. Seb’s style seems to blend genres seamlessly. I wondered, “How does he do that so […]

If you haven’t yet heard of the force of literature named Russell Blake, crawl out from under that rock and check out his website, blog and pages on Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Amazon and the other usual e-book sellers. It’s time to be brought up to speed. Blake writes a new novel every couple […]

The reader-author connection: Joe McCoubrey on writing style

Joe McCoubrey on Style Joe McCoubrey knows a thing or two about writing style. As a newspaper editor, he dealt with several writers’ styles before turning to fiction with his first novel, a thriller set in his home of Northern Ireland during its “troubles.”Joe has graciously agreed to weigh in on Written Words’ Style debate. […]