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Thriller Writer (And Former CIA Recruit) Joseph Finder Shares Trade Secretsnew
Truth can be stranger than fiction. When Boston thriller writer Joseph Finder discovered how easy it would be for someone to sneak into this country with a fake passport, he didn't put that into his 1995 book Zero Hour. But the one-time CIA recruit hasn't held back on other trade secrets.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
08-19-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
April Smith's Mystery/Thrillers Delve in Darknessnew
The former Cagney and Lace producer and author reveals the mystery behind her accidental heroine, Ana Grey, and the difference between writing TV scripts and books.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
06-30-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'The Missing' Takes a Lyrical Turn in the Southnew
Tim Gautreaux writes of a South that never changes. But for the people of his third novel, a new age is dawning.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
05-14-2009 |
Fiction
Bloody Good Jane Austennew
Despite his decidedly lowbrow preoccupations (zombies, martial arts, and crude jokes about balls), author Seth Grahame-Smith is a sly devil, a parodist with as strong a sense of Austen's prose stylings as of her sharp observations.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
04-23-2009 |
Fiction
Cris du cœurnew
Uproot a city of artists and you will hear their cries, and New Orleans was nothing if not a gathering place for creatives. Two new books sing the city's praises and lament its loss.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
01-13-2006 |
Nonfiction
Stormy Surgesnew
There's another bridge to New Orleans -- a musical link between memory and hope, built by musicians who are rushing out benefit CDs to raise funds for the beleaguered Gulf States.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Nancy Had Two Mommiesnew
Nancy Drew has lasted 75 years as a childhood favorite. Melanie Rehak chronicles a character who influenced at least two generations of women in an exhaustive literary biography designed to give the perky teen her due.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
12-20-2005 |
Nonfiction
Come to Look for Americanew
Although Oh, Play That Thing flows along nicely, it lacks the urgency of its predecessor and at times comes close to unraveling.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
11-05-2004 |
Fiction
