Order of Jacqueline Winspear Books
Jacqueline Winspear is an English novelist who writes a mystery series of novels featuring the character Maisie Dobbs. Winspear has been nominated for several Agatha Awards for her Maisie Dobbs books and has won two of them. Winspear now resides in the United States. (more…)
Order of Cork O’Connor Books
Cork O’Connor is a fictional character created by American author William Kent Krueger who is featured in a series of mystery novels. Despite the very Irish name, Cork is only part-Irish; the other part being Ojibwe. The series is set in Northern Minnesota, which is an area of largely mixed heritage. (more…)
Order of William Kent Krueger Books
William Kent Krueger (known to his friends as “Kent”) is an American novelist of crime fiction. Kent is best known for writing novels featuring Cork O’Connor, who is half-Irish, half-Ojibwe. His novels are set in Minnesota, where Krueger himself lives. The setting of these novels is of great importance to the series. (more…)
Order of Danielle Steel Books
Danielle Steel is an American novelist of romance and drama novels. She has sold over 800 million novels during her prolific career, ranking her fourth in the bestselling fiction authors of all time – behind Shakespeare, Agatha Christie and Barbara Cartland. Although Steel has been critiqued for writing “formualic fluff,” she does cover serious issues including suicide, incest, war and the Holocaust. Unlike many authors, Steel does not write sequels or series, but instead sticks to standalone novels to avoid her novels being compared to eachother. (more…)
Order of Conqueror Books
Conqueror is a series of historical fiction novels by English author Conn Iggulden. The series follows historical figure Genghis Khan, Emperor of the Mongol Empire. Although the series is based on actual history, Iggulden has taken some liberties, which he notes at the end of the book. (more…)
“The Casual Vacancy” Cover, Details Released
Written by Brandon Williams on Friday, July 6th, 2012Hachette has released a cover image for J.K. Rowling‘s upcoming adult novel, The Casual Vacancy.
The book has a release date of September 27, 2012 in hardcover, large print hardcover, eBook and various audiobook formats (voiced by Tom Hollander). The pagecount is listed at 512 pages. Little, Brown and Company has provided the following summary: (more…)
“Fifty Shades” Responsible for Upcoming UK Baby Boom?
Written by Brandon Williams on Friday, July 6th, 2012The Fifty Shades books have been able to repair damaged marriages and now it appears that they may be the cause of an upcoming baby boom.
Professor Ellis Cashmore predicts that there will be a spike in babies in the UK next year as a result of E.L. James‘ trilogy. (more…)
Next Kathy Reichs Virals Novel Cover & Excerpt
Written by Brandon Williams on Friday, July 6th, 2012Kathy Reichs may be best known for her Tempe Brennan series, which is the basis for the Fox TV series Bones, but she has another series quickly gaining popularity with the YA crowd.
Code is the next book in Kathy’s Tory Brennan series and while it’s not set to hit shelves till March 7th, 2013, we have an excerpt from the novel to whet your appetite along with an image of the cover.
The excerpt from Code is below: (more…)
Palahniuk’s “Snuff” Film Adaptation Update
Written by Brandon Williams on Friday, July 6th, 2012Haven’t heard about the film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk‘s Snuff lately? Not to worry, there’s finally an update! It appears that Fabien Martorell, who directed Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman, will be directing. Martorell wrote the screenplay alongside Golan Ramras. (more…)
Two More Rizzoli & Isles Books On the Way
Written by Brandon Williams on Friday, July 6th, 2012Medical thriller author Tess Gerritsen has signed a deal with Ballantine Bantam Dell to publish two additional books in her popular Rizzoli & Isles series, featuring the team of detective Jane Rizzoli and Dr. Maura Isles. (more…)