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MTTA 90: Matt Coyle

Matt Coyle is the author of the best-selling Rick Cahill crime novels. He knew he wanted to be a crime writer when he was fourteen and his father gave him the simple art of murder by Raymond Chandler. He graduated with a degree in English from University of California at Santa Barbara. His foray into…

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MTTA 77: Robert Dugoni

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Meet the Thriller Author: Robert DugoniRobert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Best-Selling Author of The Tracy Crosswhite series, which has sold over 2,000,000 books and My Sister’s Grave has been optioned for television series development.

He is also the author of the best-selling David Sloane series, The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm Murder One and The Conviction, and the stand-alone novels The 7th Canon, a 2017 finalist for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for best novel, The Cyanide Canary, A Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and several short stories.

He is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction, and the Friends of Mystery, Spotted Owl Award for the best novel in the Pacific Northwest. He is a two time finalist for the International Thriller Writers award and the Mystery Writers of America Award for best novel. His David Sloane novels have twice been nominated for the Harper Lee Award for legal fiction. His books are sold world-wide in over 25 countries and have been translated into over two dozen languages including French, German, Italian and Spanish. (From RobertDugoniBooks.com).

Connect with Robert Dugoni: Website | Facebook | Twitter

Latest Book

The Eighth Sister by Robert Dugoni

 

Desperate for money, Jenkins agrees to the mission and heads to the Russian capital. But when he finds the mastermind agent behind the assassinations—the so-called eighth sister—she is not who or what he was led to believe. Then again, neither is anyone else in this deadly game of cat and mouse.​

Pursued by a dogged Russian intelligence officer, Jenkins executes a daring escape across the Black Sea, only to find himself abandoned by the agency he serves. With his family and freedom at risk, Jenkins is in the fight of his life—against his own country.

 

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Show Notes

Some books mentioned during the podcast: Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey, Bill Browder’s Red Notice, Jason Matthew’s Red Sparrow Trilogy, John Irving’s The World According to Garp.

MTTA 76: Lauren Carr

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Meet the Thriller Author: Lauren CarrLauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Thorny Rose, Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, and Chris Matheson Cold Case Mysteries—over twenty titles across four fast-paced mystery series filled with twists and turns!

Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, crime fiction, police procedurals, romance, and humor.

The owner of Acorn Book Services, Lauren is also a publishing manager, consultant, editor, cover and layout designer, and marketing agent for independent authors.

She lives with her husband, and two spoiled rotten German shepherds on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.

Connect with Lauren Carr: Website | Facebook | Twitter

 

Lauren Carr Books

Latest Book:

Lauren Carr The Root of Murder

Lauren Carr’s Latest Novel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



MTTA 75: William L. Myers, Jr.

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William L. Myers, Jr interviewWilliam L. Myers, Jr. is the No. 6 best-selling author for Amazon Kindle in 2017 for his debut novel, A Criminal Defense. That was the first in what has become the Philadelphia Legal Series.

Born into a blue-collar family in Pennsylvania, Bill inherited a work-ethic that propelled him through college and into the Ivy League at The University of Pennsylvania School of Law. From there, Bill started his legal career in a Philadelphia-based mega defense firm. After ten years defending corporate America, he realized his heart wasn’t in it. So, with his career on the fast track to success—he gave it all up and started his own firm. It was time to start fighting for the common guy.

That was twenty-five years ago and since then, he has focused on representing railroad employees and other honest, hard-working people who have been injured by others. He has represented thousands of clients in his tenure and has become a highly-regarded trial attorney up and down the Eastern Seaboard with offices in New York, Philadelphia and Boston.

The third book in that series, A Killers Alibi debuts February 19, 2019.

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William L. Myers, Jr. A Killer's AlibiFor attorney Mick McFarland, the evidence is damning. And so are the family secrets in this twisty legal thriller from the Amazon Charts bestselling author of A Criminal Defense.

When crime lord Jimmy Nunzio is caught, knife in hand, over the body of his daughter’s lover and his own archenemy, he turns to Mick McFarland to take up his defense. Usually the courtroom puppeteer, McFarland quickly finds himself at the end of Nunzio’s strings. Struggling to find grounds for a not-guilty verdict on behalf of a well-known killer, Mick is hamstrung by Nunzio’s refusal to tell him what really happened.

On the other side of the law, Mick’s wife, Piper, is working to free Darlene Dowd, a young woman sentenced to life in prison for her abusive father’s violent death. But the jury that convicted Darlene heard only part of the truth, and Piper will do anything to reveal the rest and prove Darlene’s innocence.

As Mick finds himself in the middle of a mob war, Piper delves deeper into Darlene’s past. Both will discover dark secrets that link these fathers and daughters—some that protect, some that destroy, and some that can’t stay hidden forever. No matter the risk.

 

Other Books by William L. Myers, Jr.

 

 

Show Notes

Links and resources discussed during this episode:

Sword and Pen (Bill’s TV interview show)

Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert Mckee Innocence Project – organization that helps free the wrongfully convicted.

MTTA 74: Peter May

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Peter May Author Interview

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Peter May is an author, screenwriter, and creator of television drama. Peter May was born in Glasgow but now lives in France where his books have won several awards and he has a large following of fans. He was recently introduced at the Lyon Festival of Crime writing as “The most French of all Scotsmen.”

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Peter May China ThrillersHis latest book, Snakehead (the fourth installment in Peter May’s China Thrillers) will be published on January 8, 2019.

Book’s blurb: A vehicle crammed with dozens of dead Chinese immigrants is found in southern Texas. Forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell must put aside her horror and find out why.

Detective Li Yan—an even more unwelcome memory for Campbell—has arrived stateside from Beijing to investigate a link in the case to a lucrative trade in illegal laborers.

Li and Campbell will soon find that the crime scene hides another secret: a biological time bomb linking traffickers, politicians, and migrants in Beijing, Washington, and Texas—posing a singular threat to countries around the world.

 

Peter May Books

The China Thrillers

The Lewis Trilogy

Show Notes

Side note – Peter’s publisher told me that 2019 will be the “year of Peter May” in the United States with several titles being released this year, so I was very excited to hear that.

Snakehead is available now.

The Man With No Face is available for pre-order.

We chatted about William Kent Krueger, a wonderful crime fiction writer who writes gritty thrillers set in Minnesota. Peter recommended his book, Ordinary Grace.