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deadly-liaisons
AUTHOR  NameDee Ann Palmer From:Southern California, United States "I Love a Mystery" was my favorite childhood radio show. It came on after I was in bed at night, adding to the delicious intrigue and scariness of it. After the Sisters in Crime/LA meetings, my husband and I browse Canterbury Records in Pasadena. He finds all kinds of tapes of his favorite old radio shows: I have found none of mine. Although I'm basically a romance writer whose stories often include elements of suspense, mystery and thriller, those early experiences with "I Love a Mystery" led me to test the waters in pure murder and mystery. DANGEROUS MINDS AVAILABLE NOW I'm an experienced ... NEW! DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE NOW GUEST BLOGGER LIZ JASPER CRY DANCE by Kirk Mitchell VISIT TO SAN QUENTIN PRISON WAS THAT RESEARCH REALLY NECESSARY? WHAT'S UP? SHERLOCK HOLMES MUSEUM, LONDON SUDDEN DEATH Do You Listen to Music When You Write?
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Friday, October 26, 2007 CALIFORNIA BURNING Six days of hell for so many residents, but the end is in sight. Thankfully, my family and friends in San Diego County have survived with their lives, pets and homes intact. It's a sad day for some. Where I live, the air is filthy with whatever toxins the flames and ash from the mountains above us have discarded in what we breathe. I saw a jogger out in this earlier, and I thought him incredibly foolish. He has no idea what he might be breathing into his lungs. The sun is a brilliant orange, and the air looks like light fog. Our school district is closed; football and Halloween carnivals will be rescheduled. Cheers for administrators thinking of the health of their students and staff! May all be well with each of you, Dee Ann heists2683@mypacks.net http://www.deeannpalmer.com http://www.myspace.com/deeannpalmerwriter 
Robert Crais answers my question Have you ever wondered, as I did, why THE LAST DETECTIVE begins with Joe Pike hunting a killer bear in Alaska? Eight months after he'd been shot twice in the back, and the bullets had shattered his shoulder blade, "spraying bone fragments like shrapnel through his left lung and the surrounding muscles and nerves," Joe is after this eleven hundred pound, rabid, rogue bear. And when he finds him, and knows the bear may soon discover him, the strength in his shoulder and arm holding the rifle fail. Despite a philosphy of always meeting the charge, Pike admits defeat and leaves. These pages are beautifully written. You're right there in Alaska, hearing the snapping jaws of the bear as it prepares to charge. I loved these pages, but I couldn't understand why the book opened this way. It had little to do with the book, which is Cole's story, not Pike's. I had my answer recently. Crais spoke at my Romance Writers meeting, and as he was signing my copy of THE WATCHMAN, I asked. His answer was he'd shown a dangerous, primordial wilderness in Alaska. And he was showing that Los Angeles is also dangerous, primordial wilderness. He smiled. "I think too much." I said I'd thought it was Joe coming to terms with the severity of his injuries. "That too." So, there you have it. Dee Ann heists2683@mypacks.net http://www.deeannpalmer.com http://www.myspace.com/deeannpalmerwriter
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CRY OF THE BELLS
LANDMARKED FOR MURDER LOS ANGELES MARATHON
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