Order of Goldy Schulz Books
Goldy Schulz is a fictional character who is featured in a series of mystery novels by American author Diane Mott Davidson. Goldy is a small-town caterer who spends her spare time solving murder mysteries. Goldy starts out as a newly divorced mother trying to provide for her son in Aspen Meadows, Colorado. (more…)
Order of Diane Mott Davidson Books
Diane Mott Davidson is an American novelist who writes food-themed mystery novels. Davidson got the idea to use food themes from Robert B. Parker. Inside each book, you’ll be able to find several recipes to help bring the food theme to life. Davidson lived across the hall from Hillary Clinton when she was studying political science at Wellesley College. (more…)
Order of Santangelo Books
The Santangelo novels is a romance series by British author Jackie Collins. The series centers around the Santangelo family, including ex-gangster Gino Santangelo and others in his family. The series has been adapted into two separate television mini-series, one being Lucky Chances (based on the Santangelo novels Lucky and Chances) and the other being based on Lady Boss. (more…)
Order of Hollywood Books
The Hollywood series is a series of novels by English author Jackie Collins. The series consists of unrelated characters from book to book, rather focusing on a common theme of the power and celebrity of Hollywood. The first book, Hollywood Wives, was adapted into a ratings hit ABC TV mini-series by Aaron Spelling back in 1985. In addition, Hollywood Wives: The New Generation was adapted into a TV movie in 2003 starring Farrah Fawcett and Melissa Gilbert. (more…)
Order of Jackie Collins Books
Jackie Collins is an English novelist who writes steamy romance novels. She is the sister of actress Joan Collins. Jackie herself has acted in B-movies before she started writing. Her series include the Hollywood series, the Santangelo novels and the Madison Castelli series. (more…)
Order of Logan McRae Books
Detective Sergeant Logan McRae is a fictional character featured in a series of crime thriller novels by Scottish author Stuart MacBride. Logan works for the Grampian Police in Aberdeen, Scotland. He has just returned from leave after he was stabbed 23 times by “The Mastruck Monster” Angus Robertson. (more…)
The “Fifty Shades” Phenomenon Continues
Written by Jenny Brady on Sunday, June 24th, 2012E.L. James has become the first author to sell 100,000 copies of three books in a week. James is destroying all records that stand in her way, selling 205,130 copies of Fifty Shades of Grey (the first book in the Fifty Shades trilogy) in only seven days.
The next record in Fifty Shades’ path is the paperback sales for a debut novel, a record that is currently held by The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The record stands at 765,000, but it took Brown’s novel six whole months to achieve that record! (more…)
Order of Stuart MacBride Books
Stuart MacBride is a Scottish novelist of crime thriller novels largely set in Aberdeen. Although he has written some standalone novels, his main character is Logan McRae. He has set one of his novels (Halfhead) in the future, leading some to consider him delving into the science fiction genre, to which he says, “crime fiction set in Victorian times is historic crime fiction, crime fiction set in the 21st Century is crime fiction, however set it 60 years in the future and it’s bloody sci-fi!” (more…)
Order of Linda Howard Books
Linda Howard is an American novelist of romantic suspense novels. She was inspired to become an author by reading Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With The Wind. She then spent 21 years writing as a hobby before she submitted a novel to a publisher and became a published author. (more…)
Order of Lord Of The Rings Books
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy adventure novel written by English author J.R.R. Tolkien. The novel follows hobbits Frodo Baggins, Sam Gamgee, Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took and others including Aragorn, Boromir, Gimli, Legolas and Gandalf during the War of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings was adapted into a feature film trilogy released between the years of 2001 and 2003. The Hobbit two-part series is also in production, set for releases in 2012 and 2013 respectively. (more…)