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The Lineup: Weekly Links, Hit Me Edition

Feb 25, 2013 in Weekly links

Lawrence Block’s instant New York Times bestseller HIT ME has only been out for a handful of weeks, but the coverage has been extensive–perhaps in part because it very well may be Larry last novel ever. Lawrence Block discusses the future of his career and his latest book in a profile for the New York Daily News. Don’t miss it. [...]

Start Reading Hit Me

Feb 12, 2013 in Excerpts, Fiction, Mulholland Authors

Lawrence Block’s Keller thriller HIT ME, praised in starred reviews by Booklist as “delightful,” by Library Journal as “Block at the top of his form,” and Publishers Weekly as “highly enjoyable”, hits bookstores today! Can’t wait to get started on Larry’s latest and greatest? Start reading right here. Keller limited himself to monosyllables en route [...]

The Lineup: Weekly Links

Jan 16, 2013 in Weekly links

The Oscar race kicks in to high gear now that the Golden Globe winners have been announced. So who’s your dog in the race? Argo? Zero Dark Thirty? Les Mis? Cory Doctorow has a moving remembrance of Internet pioneer Aaron Swartz up at Boing Boing. Rest in peace, Aaron. In Mulholland news, in anticipation of the February release [...]

Year End Review: Don’t Tell Me

Dec 31, 2012 in Guest Posts, Mulholland Authors

With 2013 just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to sit back and reflect on another year of great content and great books. Check back twice daily in the last days of 2012 for a selection of our favorite MulhollandBooks.com posts from the past year! A recent, controversial  New York Times article by Stanley Fish uses the [...]

Stamps from the Lawrence Block’s Keller Collection

Dec 14, 2012 in Uncategorized

Lawrence Block’s forthcoming novel, Hit Me, brings Keller back into a game he thought he had left behind: contract killing. What would Keller rather be doing with his time? Stamp collecting, for starters. Block even designed a souvenir sheet of stamps to accompany a special edition of HIT ME: In an interview with Thomas Pluck, [...]

Popping Fresh Popcorn Every Monday

Jul 23, 2012 in Mulholland Authors, Mulholland News, Popcorn Fiction

Three years ago this week, I started a website called Popcorn Fiction. The idea arose from a conversation with my buddy Craig Mazin, in which we were both lamenting that Hollywood never looks at contemporary short fiction anymore for inspiration. A slew of movies had popped up in the aught years based on sci-fi short [...]

Hit Me

Jun 11, 2012 in

BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND GRAND MASTER LAWRENCE BLOCK RETURNS TO HIS DEADLIEST HITMAN A man named Nicholas Edwards lives in New Orleans renovating houses, doing honest work and making decent money at it. Between his family and his stamp collection, all his spare time is happily accounted for. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that he used [...]

The Lineup: Weekly Links

May 23, 2012 in Weekly links

Greg Rucka is everywhere on the internet this week! Rucka’s new novel ALPHA has received fantastic reviews from the likes of Library Journal, who in a starred review wrote: “Rucka gets his new series featuring Ex-Delta Force Master Sergeant Jad Bell off to a smashing start with this pitch-perfect thriller [that] will appeal particularly to readers who like a strong [...]

The Lineup: Weekly Links

May 02, 2012 in Weekly links

Nick Santora’s new novel FIFTEEN DIGITS was recently reviewed in The Hollywood Reporter, which proclaimed the novel “a propulsive thriller that hurtles along to a brutal and–trust me–very unexpected conclusion.” Nick’s novel was also reviewed in the Washington Post, with reviewer Steve Donoghue writing: “Santora expertly ratchets up the tension….Readers will be mighty entertained.” LA Weekly also has a great interview with Nick, [...]

Welcome to the Party, Pal

Apr 30, 2012 in Comic Books, Guest Posts, Mulholland Authors

One of the best single issues of a comic book I read last year was Dead Man’s Party #1, a fast-moving, lean and mean hit man thriller that contained some truly crazy surprises. A few months ago, I had the chance to meet the creators: Jeff Marsick and Scott Barnett. I’ll admit it. I was [...]