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Fiction: Novels

Ear-witness

By Mary Ann Scott

“It was 7:35 a.m. and I was desperate.” From the opening sentence of Ear-Witness the territory is clearly defined. We are in the gritty, mean-street world of detective fiction. All the gumshoe conventions are here ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Shinju

By Laura Joh Rowland

Aspiring authors looking for an entrée into publishability and as yet unencumbered with genre might consider writing a historical mystery. Readers, no longer satisfied with the pure entertainment value of a thriller, are craving a ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Devil’s Hunt

By P.C. Doherty

Aspiring authors looking for an entrée into publishability and as yet unencumbered with genre might consider writing a historical mystery. Readers, no longer satisfied with the pure entertainment value of a thriller, are craving a ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Angel Falls

By Tim Wynveen

Tim Wynveen gives fair warning that his debut novel, Angel Falls, is not going to be a shiny, happy affair. In the prologue, the narrator Benoni informs us that his name, translated from Hebrew, means ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dying for Veronica

By Matthew Remski

Early in Dying for Veronica, Matthew Remski’s more-gothic-than-Catholic, guilt-ridden first novel, the author writes: “The room filled with the light you see when the purple curtains of your confessional cleave open like the dress of ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels