Every once in awhile, when my (ahem) amazing job comes up in conversation, someone will ask me, if not: “What is a mystery?” outright, another question along similar lines. Could be someone curious how the category has evolved in the years since Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Dupin and Hercule Poirot. Or it could be an avid [...]
Tag Archive for ‘suspense’ 
Me and Mike: Sophie Littlefield Interviews Mike Cooper
Dec 30, 2012 in Guest Posts, Writing
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! Sophie Littlefield: So let’s get the basics out of [...]
Year End Review: When Children Don’t Come Home
Dec 28, 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! Everyone reacts differently to the disappearance of a child. [...]
The Greatest Crime Writer
Sep 27, 2012 in Guest Posts
Books to Die For, a collection of 120 of the most influential living writers of crime and suspense discussing their favorite works, edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke, will be available this Tuesday, October 2nd. We may not be publishing it ourselves, but we’re sure as hell excited about it–which is why we’re featuring [...]
The Beauty Queen Killer
Sep 25, 2012 in Guest Posts, Mulholland Authors
Michael Robotham’s BLEED FOR ME, which Booklist called “crime fiction of the highest order” in a starred review, is now available in paperback in bookstores everywhere. Join the celebration with the below guest post by Michael Robotham on the chilling, real-life inspiration for the novel’s villain. Villains are more fun to write than heroes. They [...]
Continue Reading Joe R. Lansdale’s EDGE OF DARK WATER
Mar 16, 2012 in Books, Excerpts, Mulholland Authors
Joe R. Lansdale’s EDGE OF DARK WATER is now on its way to bookstores around the country…but we’re so excited to be publishing this amazing book, we’ve decided to share part of it with you now. Read on for more of the novel that had Dan Simmons raving: “the strongest, truest, and most pitch-perfect narration since [...]
Spy vs. Spy: Thomas Mullen Interviews Olen Steinhauer
Mar 13, 2012 in Writing
In the last three years, I’ve read six novels by Olen Steinhauer, more than any other writer. This doubtless means that I have neglected the classics of late, but it also speaks to the addictive nature of the worlds he creates and the rush that readers receive when being propelled through his spiraling plots. Steinhauer [...]
Start Reading Joe R. Lansdale’s Edge of Dark Water
Mar 09, 2012 in Books, eBooks, Mulholland Authors
Joe R. Lansdale’s EDGE OF DARK WATER will be in bookstores later this month…but we’re so excited to be publishing this amazing book, we’ve decided to share part of it with you now. Read on for one of the best first sentences you’ll ever read, the beginning of the novel that had Dan Simmons raving: “the strongest, [...]
Start reading Thomas Mullen’s THE REVISIONISTS
May 26, 2011 in Excerpts, Fiction, Mulholland Authors
Galleys of Thomas Mullen’s incredible, genre-defying new novel THE REVISIONISTS are being given away at BEA first-thing tomorrow morning! Couldn’t make it out to BEA this year? Just don’t think you’ll hit the floor in time? Fret not! Start reading Mullen’s book right here on the Mulholland website–and the first twenty comments about it will [...]
A Conversation with Alafair Burke
Apr 13, 2011 in Books, Fiction, Guest Posts, Writing
Alafair Burke is a lawyer-turned novelist and the creator of two of the most memorable female crime fighters on the scene today: NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher and Portland Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid. Jen Forbus is a tastemaker in the crime fiction community and the force behind Jen’s Book Thoughts. Here, they discuss writing great [...]
