The following article was originally written by Lawrence Block for his Chinese publisher, but it will be of interest to anyone who has ever wondered about the locations mentioned in Block’s books in New York City. A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF is now available in paperback–don’t miss out on Block’s “elegaic….lament for all the [...]
Category Archive for ‘Books’ 
On Writing A Drop of the Hard Stuff
Feb 01, 2012 in Books, Guest Posts, Mulholland Authors, Writing
Today Mulholland Books celebrates the paperback publication of A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF! Missed out on the “totally gripping….Great American Crime Novel” (Time) the first time around? Now’s your chance! Larry’s essay on writing A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF follows. I was afraid I might be done writing about Matthew Scudder. I’d certainly spent [...]
A Review of Edge of Dark Water
Jan 30, 2012 in Books, Guest Posts, Mulholland Authors
This review was originally published on Tom Piccirilli’s website The Cold Spot. EDGE OF DARK WATER hits bookstores March 23. We all know Joe Lansdale can do it all. He’s written thrillers, westerns, young adult, and horror novels, as well as fusions containing elements of each. His latest, EDGE OF DARK WATER, is more or less [...]
Mulholland Books Best of 2011
Dec 25, 2011 in Books, Mulholland News
If you got an eReader for the holidays this year, the time has come to fill it up with eBooks! Why not try some of our titles that hit the Best of 2011 lists all over the country! A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF by Lawrence Block “FAVORITE PERFORMANCE BY AN OLD PRO: For sentimental [...]
Behind the Scenes of Michael Connelly’s The Drop
Nov 28, 2011 in Books
Today we celebrate the publication of Michael Connelly’s new novel THE DROP which The New York Times called “one of those Harry Bosch books that starts with a bang and stays strong all the way through.” Publishers’ Weekly gave the book a starred review and called it “compulsively readable” and the Wall Street Journal raved, [...]
Worlds Colliding
Nov 07, 2011 in Books, Mulholland Authors, Mulholland News, Writing
My name is David Morrell. I write thrillers. On occasion, people are puzzled when they learn that I also have a PhD in American literature from Penn State and that I was a full professor at the University of Iowa, where I taught Hawthorne, Melville, Henry James, and Edith Wharton. For me, the two worlds [...]
Enter the Black Light this Halloween
Oct 31, 2011 in Books, Mulholland Authors
CNN.com selected BLACK LIGHT by Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan and Stephen Romano as one of their Spooky reads for Halloween, calling the book, “over-the-top fun, the action nonstop, and a bit like a haunted house ride at an amusement park.” Watch the video trailer for the book to get you in the mood for the [...]
Hardie vs. the Fire
Oct 31, 2011 in Books, Comic Books, Mulholland Authors
To celebrate the publication of HELL & GONE by Duane Swierczynski, Duane has collaborated with SWEETS author/illustrator Kody Chamberlain on an original Charlie Hardie comic. Click here to view the comic. If you are on an iPhone or iPad, you should view it through this link. Duane sat down with Kody recently to talk about [...]
Disappearing Women
Oct 25, 2011 in Books, Guest Posts, Writing
This essay originally appeared on Murderati and is reprinted here with the kind permission of Tess Gerritsen. Now that I’m in my fifties, I’m noticing more and more what generations of women have complained about: that right around this age, we start to disappear in the eyes of the world. As we grow gray we [...]
The Philly Phenomenon Strikes Again: A Review of Hell and Gone
Oct 22, 2011 in Books, Guest Posts
HELL & GONE is the second in a trilogy of Charlie Hardie novels by Duane Swierczynski. The first, FUN & GAMES, was relentlessly fast-paced, suspenseful and completely outrageous. Well, guess what? This second entry is all that and then some, as difficult as that might be to imagine. Picking up immediately at the conclusion of [...]
