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REVIEW: Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice

REVIEW: Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice

Dear Ms. Rice: Yesterday I blogged about probably my favorite Lisa Marie Rice book. Today I bring you my least favorite LMR book (and apparently the only one my blogging partner, Janine, has in her to be read pile). Dangerous Secrets starts out with a superb prologue. There is a watcher on a hill observing(…)

Writing About the Difficult Protagonist by Barry Eisler

Writing About the Difficult Protagonist by Barry Eisler

I met Barry Eisler at RT 2009.   I was sure I wasn’t going to like him.   I mean, here he was at RT, a male author amongst a cavalcade of women, with his long hair and shiny white teeth.   But I actually got to sit down and talk with Barry and he’s a pretty interesting(…)

REVIEW:  Loose and Easy by Tara Janzen

REVIEW: Loose and Easy by Tara Janzen

Dear Ms. Janzen: I really liked the first Steele Street stories. One thing, in particular, is that they sounded very modern. Over time, however, because the books are similar to one another, I stopped being impresed by the fresh tone because, well, it wasn’t fresh anymore. And with extended exposure to anything, the flaws in(…)