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Interview With Harry Dolan

By John|2020-07-23T21:23:38+00:00July 21st, 2020|Author Interviews, Mysterious Book Report|

Interview With The Author: Harry Dolan by John Dwaine McKenna With many other things to do, expert wordsmith Harry Dolan graciously took time away in order to grant us an interview today, so let’s start right in with a quick “Thank you,” and our first question . . . What do you write about? The short answer is that I write about crime. My first four novels were mysteries,

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The Good Killer

By John|2020-07-16T20:26:34+00:00July 20th, 2020|Mysterious Book Report, Thriller|

The Good Killer Mysterious Book Report No. 410 by John Dwaine McKenna The last item in the late CWA Grand Master Elmore Leonard’s famed “Ten Rules of Writing,” is this: Try to leave out the part readers tend to skip. What he meant in his tongue and cheek way, is don’t bore the reader with superficial, unneeded, and unwanted minutiae. Keep driving the story forward with action and excitement.

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Interview With Tom Young

By John|2020-07-07T20:59:30+00:00July 13th, 2020|Author Interviews, Mysterious Book Report|

Interview With The Author: Tom Young by John Dwaine McKenna Hey out there to all our friends, fans, writers of all types and avid readers everywhere . . . Today we have a special item of interest for everyone; an interview with author Tom Young. He’s the best novelist of World War II thrillers to cross the MBR’s desk since Jeff Shara or the late, great Phillip Kerr,

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Silver Wings, Iron Cross

By John|2020-07-07T20:53:49+00:00July 13th, 2020|Historical/Thriller, Mysterious Book Report|

Silver Wings, Iron Cross Mysterious Book Report No. 409 by John Dwaine McKenna Whether you’re a fan of history, action-adventure stories or hair-raising thrillers—maybe even all three, as I am—an exciting reading treat is in store for all those who get their hands on a copy of a new WWII thriller entitled, Silver Wings, Iron Cross, (Kensington Publishing, $27.00, 376 pages, ISBN 978-1-4967-3040-5) by Tom Young, whose work is

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Illegal Holdings

By John|2020-06-30T20:01:37+00:00July 6th, 2020|Mysterious Book Report, Thriller|

Illegal Holdings Mysterious Book Report No. 324 by John Dwaine McKenna Serendipity is the ability to make fortunate discoveries by accident . . . which is what happened here at the MBR when our mailbox, (P.O. Box 2406, Colorado Springs, CO 80901) yielded up an unsolicited new publication from a small independent press in Seattle, Washington, which brought a unique new character and a superb writer to our attention.

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Sunburn

By John|2020-06-25T19:25:49+00:00June 29th, 2020|Mysterious Book Report, Thriller|

Sunburn Mysterious Book Report No. 337 by John Dwaine McKenna Memorial Day weekend is the traditional start of the warm weather season; a time for vacations, kicking back, relaxing and light summertime reading. And hey, what could be better, we’re kicking it off with one of America’s most loved, respected and widely-read authors who’s always at the top of the NY Times bestseller lists. Sunburn, (William Morrow/Harper Collins, $26.99,

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Silver Wings Iron Cross

By John|2020-06-18T20:49:54+00:00June 22nd, 2020|Historical/Thriller, Mysterious Book Report|

Silver Wings, Iron Cross Mysterious Book Report No. 409 by John Dwaine McKenna Whether you’re a fan of history, action-adventure stories or hair-raising thrillers—maybe even all three, as I am—an exciting reading treat is in store for all those who get their hands on a copy of a new WWII thriller entitled, Silver Wings, Iron Cross, (Kensington Publishing, $27.00, 376 pages, ISBN 978-1-4967-3040-5) by Tom Young, whose work is

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Miami Midnight

By John|2020-06-09T21:17:24+00:00June 15th, 2020|Crime Fiction, Mysterious Book Report|

Miami Midnight Mysterious Book Report No. 408 by John Dwaine McKenna If you’re interested in some electrifying, hard-boiled crime fiction that’s cram-packed full of gangsters, romance, drug dealers, gun-fights, sleazy characters and skeezy bars for some escapist reading this summer, you need look no further. Miami Midnight, (Polis Books, $26.00, 336 pages, ISBN 978-1-947993-59-4) by Alex Segura has all the above and more, as beleaguered Miami Private Eye and

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Tin Badges

By John|2020-06-02T20:56:07+00:00June 1st, 2020|Mysterious Book Report, Thriller|

Tin Badges Mysterious Book Report No. 407 by John Dwaine McKenna Some writers are gifted with an awesome ability that allows them to paint pictures with words which are so graphic that the characters and places become real in the reader’s mind, making it seem like they really exist in the here and now. Lorenzo Carcaterra is one of them. His latest, Tin Badges, (Ballantine Books, $28.00, 278 pages,

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Gone To Darkness

By John|2020-05-14T20:06:21+00:00May 18th, 2020|Mysterious Book Report, Thriller|

Gone To Darkness Mysterious Book Report No. 406 by John Dwaine McKenna In the soon to be released fourth episode of her popular, bestselling Sydney Rose Parnell series, award-winning thriller writer and fan favorite Barbara Nickless leaves no doubt that she’s on the fast track to A-list stardom. Gone To Darkness, (Thomas & Mercer, PB, $15.95, 384 pages, ISBN 978-1542092869) by Barbara Nickless will be released June 2, 2020.

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