Order of P.D. James Books

P.D. James was the pen name of Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park. P.D. James was an English novelist of crime fiction, thrillers and dystopian fiction. She was best known for her detective fiction novels featuring Adam Dalgliesh, a policeman and poet. She has also written a couple of novels featuring Cordelia Gray and a few standalone novels. (more…)

Order of Victor Carl Books

Victor Carl is a character featured in a series of legal suspense novels by American author William Lashner. Based out of Philadelphia, Carl works as a defense attorney. (more…)

“Jason Bourne” Author Eric Van Lustbader To Self-Publish

Eric Van Lustbader, best known nowadays as the current author of the Jason Bourne series (taking over from series creator Robert Ludlum), has decided to follow in the footsteps of Jackie Collins and J.K. Rowling and go the self-publishing route. Authors are getting the rights back for their backlisted eBooks and making them available on the eBook market themselves.

“We’ve gotten all the rights back to my books from publishers, and we’re working on an e-book project for my backlist,” says Van Lustbader. (more…)

Order of William Lashner Books

William Lashner is an American novelist who started as a trial lawyer. He graduated from the NYU School of Law and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. As a trial lawyer, he served in the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. His legal suspense novels feature Victor Carl, a down-on-his-luck lawyer in Philadelphia. (more…)

Order of Kenzie/Gennaro Books

Kenzie/Gennaro is a series of crime fiction novels by American novelist Dennis Lehane. The series features Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, who started out as childhood friends and eventually became private eyes, running their own detective agency in Boston. They have an on-again, off-again relationship as “more than friends,” but still manage to work together as partners. (more…)

Val McDermid To Re-Write “Northanger Abbey”; Other Austen Re-Writes Planned

Crime fiction novelist Val McDermid is looking to re-write the classic Jane Austen novel Northanger Abbey as part of a new series from HarperFiction. The updated edition of the novel is planned for Spring 2014.

Other Jane Austen novels being re-written include Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope and Pride & Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld. (more…)

Sony Pictures TV Gets Rights To “Outlander”

We already have True Blood and Game of Thrones, but soon we will have a TV series based on the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. (more…)

Literary Classics To Get New Erotica Updates

In the “Say it ain’t so!” department, erotica publishers are now looking to literary classics such as Jane Austen‘s Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte as their next cash cows, in light of the wave of success of the Fifty Shades series.

Total E-Bound is 100% convinced that there is a market for more sexually explicit versions of the 19th century classics by Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte, spicing the novels up for a new generation. (more…)

Mommy Porn or Baby Porn? Erotica Author Weighs in on “Fifty Shades”

Some say that E.L. James‘ Fifty Shades trilogy is too graphic. Others, like erotica author Shirley Conran says it’s not risque enough.

James’ books have been dubbed “mommy porn.” Conran, like James, disagrees with this label, but for a very different reason. She says it’s more like “infantile baby porn.” She notes that there’s no real S&M until 400 pages in. (more…)

Order of Dennis Lehane Books

Dennis Lehane is an American author of crime fiction and mystery novels. His series is the Kenzie/Gennaro series, but he is perhaps best known for having written the novels Mystic River and Shutter Island, which were made into motion pictures by Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese respectively. In addition to his work as a novelist, Lehane has written multiple episodes of The Wire and an episode of Castle. (more…)