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Recent Reads: COLUMBINE by Dave Cullen
Almost everything we knew was wrong; why it was wrong is as fascinating as the truth
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I really liked the book, but the man has Morton Feldman's 2nd SQ on his website. It doesn't get any better.
Blue Knight, White Cross by Colin Campbell
December 09 from Severn House
Shanghaied!
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When I heard Alysia's gripping story, I shoved a pen in her hand and said "please please sign with me; I must represent this book."
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"Andrew Grant's debut novel reads like it was written by an old pro with new things to say. Even is a bit of LeCarré and Ian Fleming, but with more grit and a sharper edge. Wonderful sardonic wit and crackling dialogue." —Nelson DeMille
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Avery Cates is back! THE ETERNAL PRISON (Aug 2009)
I think this is Jeff Somers' best book yet.
Adam Eisenberg's A DIFFERENT SHADE OF BLUE
How women changed the face of police work
Bill Cameron's Chasing Smoke!
Julia Spencer-Fleming says "Chasing Smoke is a tour-force, New Century Noir at its finest."
Chasing Smoke is getting some nice reviews!
Amy Minato's SIESTA LANE is “beguiling, rich, magical and wise" Diana Abu-Jaber
on sale 1/9/9--click to pre-order!
Dana Cameron's story "The Night Things Changed" will change your view of werewolves and vampires!
Dana's short story won the Agatha, and is nominated for an Anthony!
More about Dana Cameron and THE NIGHT THINGS CHANGED!
Booking sheet for Evidence Collection edition!
Bill Cameron's next criminally good book
Digital Plague-Now Available!
Jeff Somers does it again
Marching Up Madison Avenue
I'm honored to represent this book and this important man who changed history.
Starred Reviews in PW and Library Journal!
Available now!
Confessions of a Former Child
Now Available!
Bill Cameron's having a KILLER YEAR
Lee Child edited this anthology
Living Room of the Dead
"LRD is a stylish fresh take on classic noir themes" --Laura Lippman
lost dog
"With deft story telling and compelling characters Cameron spins a wonderful yarn. Enthralling with all too fragile characters, Cameron has the skills of a seasoned vet." Crimespree magazine
Grave Imports
A starred review in Library Journal!
Electric Church
"near future noir"-now on sale!
Dreaming of Gwen Stefani
"Dreaming of Gwen Stefani is a quirky and compelling riff on the nature of romantic obsession, celebrity worship, free will versus determinism and the Joys of Papaya King hot dogs". --Jay McInerney
Master Detective
MASTER DETECTIVE is "as compelling as the best mystery fiction, as absorbing as the finest historical writing, a pure delight"--Jeffrey Deaver
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36 comments:
I have a 43% chance, so the first thing I'm doing in a Z.A. is calling you and we're meeting up for lunch.
I have a 62% chance of survival. I think it's due to the stockpile of food (winters in MN can keep me at home for a week or more) and my shooting skills.
Sadly only a 54% chance of surviving. I think what dragged my score down is that I've never fired a gun before. But damn, if there's a Zombie Apocalypse, I'm a sure quick learner.
Janet, thank you for bringing this informative and illuminating quiz to our attention. Just by having taken it, I feel more prepared.
51% chance. I think I got more than 50% because I don't care what happens to loved ones and, while I'd try to help strangers, I'm just too damn scared to risk my life for them.
I think I got only 51% because I can't run very far and I've only used a gun once.
My dog, on the other hand, only has a 43% chance. Probably because he can't shoot a gun and pees under pressure...
Of course, I had to take some of the other quizzes there. My body would be 60% successful as a human shield, even if it's only worth $4790.
Oh, and I could take 24 five-year-olds on in a fight. Mostly, I'm sure, because I fight dirty.
Ha, I am completely safe from Zombie attacks. Zombies eat brains and I have none.
No, see you just need an apartment with a zombie-proof door. My friend Nathan on the upper East Side prides himself on the fact that his apartment door weighs about a million pounds and he lives in a sixth floor walk-up. He figures that zombies aren't coordinate enough to get up six flights of stairs, but of they do, they'll never get through his door.
I only have a 48% chance. My guns bumped it up, but I tend to freeze in panic situations.
75%. Rural firearm ownership FTW!
Of course, I had to drive 3 miles today for a decent cup of coffee. So I guess there is a downside.
46% for me, too. Also, I could survive for 1:35 chained to a bunk bed with a velociraptor. You?
I have a 77% chance only because I'm out to save myself. These are tricky questions where being humane will be the death of you. Neat, fun exercise.
57 seconds. I could survive nearly a minute, probably because I'm a crazy idiot who would attack the thing with the arm it bit off.
Dang it! How did I get a 39%? I'm gong to find Anthony in the country, or maybe I'll just wander through the city looking for a sixth floor walk up.
Julie, please bring coffee with you.
And bagels. Because there will be no bagel making during the zombie apocalypse.
One minute, 6 seconds with the velociraptor. I also managed 52 countries, although I'm sure I would have done better if I knew how to spell all the ____stan countries.
I have a 73% chance of surviving zombies. I guess I better work on sprinting...
75% chance of surviving a zombie attack. 10% chance of surviving my next panic attack....
46% chance of the zombie attack, 60seconds with the velociraptor. But vampires--now there's one I might be able to get away from (if I wanted to *grins*).
You're funny, Ms. Reid. Veddy funny. :) I have a great agent, so I only read agents' blogs to keep up with the goings on around the industry and just for fun, and yours is one I regularly peek in on.
Yasmine
I am so dead. My recommendation is for my friends and/or loved ones to shoot me before I get infected, then use my body for food. Properly smoked, I would make a passable pulled pork sandwich.
But how much would your dead body be worth, Bill? There's a quiz for that, too, farther down on the page...
$5,375. Can I have an advance on that now?
Talk to your agent about that...
:)
Say, is anyone else getting worried about Janet? I know it's not 3:00 pm EST yet, but has anyone actually seen her since last night?
73% zombie, 1 min 25 sec raptor. Bring em on :)
On a much more likely level - especially having just returned from a family Thanksgiving that involved young nieces and nephews and their cohorts; I can take 17 five-year-olds in a fight.
That's nice to know.
My blog, by the way, reads at an Elementary School Level and I have a 56% chance of surving a zombie apocalypse.
I got a 49% chance with the zombies and I would survive 57 seconds with the raptor. I feel pretty cocky now, with those high survival rates and all.
By the way, I've heard that Bill Cameron would make a nice pulled pork sandwich. So good of you to offer up yourself first.
I am delicious.
Now there's a line to use on girls:
Hi! I'm delicious! And if we have a zombie apocalypse, you can kill me and ...
Ahem.
Maybe it wouldn't be all that popular among the ladies, after all -- unless they're lady zombies...
31%! Fail. The zombies got me. And I thought my impressive food stores would save me!
From the man himself, "I'm delicious". Anyone hungry? Oops, that's right it's not the zombie apocalypse yet. Darn it.
I've driven around and had book events with Bill Cameron. All I have to say is that he is tougher than he looks. He'd take a lot of tenderizing or marinating or something.
I hear that beer is a great marinade...
yes, beer would do it. yummie.
Well, if beer in your marinade, I come pre-marinaded!
I have an 86% chance of surviving a zombie apocalypse, but the test doesn't take into account the array of weaponry in my house -- no points for swords, knives, spears, armor, or knowing how to use them!
And I can survive a 1 minute, 38 seconds against a raptor... though after watching Jurassic park I'd put that number closer to 2 seconds.
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