Today marks the publication of Michael Robotham’s BLEED FOR ME, which Booklist called “crime fiction of the highest order” in a starred review. Come join the celebration with the below guest post by Michael Robotham on the chilling, real-life inspiration for the novel’s villain. More exclusive content to come as the week continues! Villains are [...]
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A Conversation with Michael Robotham and Mark Billingham: Part II
Jun 16, 2011 in Books, Guest Posts, Mulholland Authors, Writing
In our ongoing celebration of the publication of THE WRECKAGE, we had Mark Billingham, author of BLOODLINE and Michael Robotham discuss the passage of time for series characters, the origins of THE WRECKAGE, the joys of being an international author and more. Missed Part I? Read it first. MB: What you say about your characters [...]
When Truth is Stranger Than…
Jun 13, 2011 in Books, Guest Posts, Mulholland Authors, Writing
This week, we celebrate the release of Michael Robotham’s THE WRECKAGE, a book that Nelson DeMille called “One of the best novels to come out of the chaos of Iraq; a penetrating peek through the fog of war” and David Baldacci said, “I have seldom read a more chilling and suspenseful tale.” Here, Michael tells [...]
In the Morgue
Jun 07, 2011 in Guest Posts, Writing
We celebrate the publication of Michael Koryta’s THE RIDGE, a novel that the New York Times Book Review calls “a freshly imagined and elegantly constructed variation on the dead-of-night ghost story.” Here, Koryta, a former journalist, explores the appeal of the newspaper morgue–a treasure trove of long, lost stories. Journalists tend to have a rather [...]
Chapter 3 of The Wreckage
Jun 03, 2011 in Books, Excerpts, Fiction, Mulholland Authors
In just a few weeks’ time, The Wreckage will be available in bookstores across the nation. Start reading the book that Booklist called (in a starred review), “Fine and ambitious with characters who are wonderfully human–smart, determined, decent, and flawed. Thoroughly compelling.” Need to catch up? Read the Prologue and Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. [...]
Chapter 2 of The Wreckage
May 27, 2011 in Books, eBooks, Excerpts, Mulholland Authors
Next month we are publishing The Wreckage by Michael Robotham. Start reading the book that Booklist called (in a starred review), “Fine and ambitious with characters who are wonderfully human–smart, determined, decent, and flawed. Thoroughly compelling.” Need to catch up? Read the Prologue and Chapter 1. 2 LONDON Being measured for a new suit was [...]
Chapter 1 of The Wreckage
May 20, 2011 in Books, eBooks, Mulholland Authors
Next month we are publishing The Wreckage by Michael Robotham. Start reading the book that Booklist called (in a starred review), “Fine and ambitious with characters who are wonderfully human–smart, determined, decent, and flawed. Thoroughly compelling.” Have you killed?” “Many times.” “Were you scared?” “No.” “Never?” “It’s not hard to take a life when a [...]
A Conversation with Pete Hamill and Carl Hiaasen: Part II
May 06, 2011 in Books, Guest Posts, Writing
In our ongoing celebration of the publication of Tabloid City , we recorded a conversation between old friends Pete Hamill and Carl Hiaasen.If you missed Part I of the conversation, read it here. In Part II, they discuss local reporting, the future of journalism and the joy of being a novelist. Carl: There’s a character [...]
A Conversation with Pete Hamill and Carl Hiaasen: Part I
May 05, 2011 in Books, Guest Posts, Writing
In our ongoing celebration of the publication of Tabloid City , we recorded a conversation between old friends Pete Hamill and Carl Hiaasen. With one of the major plotlines of Tabloid City relating to a terrorist event in New York City, and Pete and Carl speaking on the morning after the news of Osama Bin [...]
A Conversation with Pete Hamill and Pete Dexter: Part II
May 03, 2011 in Books, Guest Posts, Writing
This week, we celebrate the publication of Pete Hamill’s Tabloid City (Little, Brown and Company). If you missed Part I of this conversation between Pete Hamill and Pete Dexter, read it first. Early reviews for Tabloid City are pouring in. The New York Times calls it a “bedazzling…vivid, nonstop, time-stamped romp,” The Daily News calls [...]