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Suspense, Mystery, Horror and Thriller Fiction Suspense, Mystery, Horror and Thriller Fiction AUGUST 2014 Down Home & Beyond With CRAIG JOHNSON MARCUS SAKEY CAMILLA LÄCKBERG AMANDA KYLE WILLIAMS MAEGAN BEAUMONT Anthony J. Franze & & Meet Debut Author Another Writing CHRISTIAN A. LARSEN INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS FACEOFF Reader’s Corner Steve Berry vs. James Rollins WITH MEG GARDINER WE PUBLISH THE BEST CRIME NOVELS IN EXISTENCE. A BRASH CLAIM? YOU BET IT IS. BOOKS But our award-winning, critically acclaimed authors prove it with each and every one of their amazing books. TREASURE COAST TOM KAKONIS In this wild new thriller, ‘Get Shorty’ meets “No Country for Old Men” on a sunny Florida coast that’s teeming with conmen and killers –and where violent death is just a heartbeat away. THE OWL LOVER MAN DEATH IS FOREVER THE JUAN DOE MURDERS PIECES OF DEATH BOB FORWARD DALLAS MURPHY MAXINE O’CALLAGHAN NOREEN AYRES JACK LYNCH EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER TWO-TIME SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEE THE LOW END OF NOWHERE OUTRAGE AT BLANCO BLANCHE ON THE LAM DUNN’S CONUNDRUM SLEEPING DOG MICHAEL STONE BILL CRIDER BARBARA NEELY STAN LEE DICK LOCHTE SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEE EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE, SHAMUS AGATHA, MACAVITY, AND ANTHONY EDGAR, SHAMUS & ANTHONY NOMINEE, A TWO-TIME ANTHONY AWARD WINNER AWARD NOMINEE, A NEW YORK AWARD WINNER, DERRINGER TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR, NERO AWARD WINNER WOLFE AWARD WINNER And that’s just for starters. You’ll find many more exciting books at www.Brash-books.com Visit our site to download a FREE book! From the Editor CREDITS John Raab President & Chairman When someone asks you what you did the week of the Fourth of July, can you tell them you Shannon Raab spent it with the top authors in the suspense/ Creative Director mystery/thriller/horror genre? If you can’t, Romaine Reeves then you didn’t attend ThrillerFest 2014 in CFO New York City, hosted by the International Starr Gardinier Reina Thriller Writers Organization. Executive Editor This was the tenth ThrillerFest, with the Amy Lignor Thriller Master Award going to bestselling Editor author Scott Turow. Fellow author Brenda Novak won the Silver Bullet Award, for her work outside of writing in raising over $2.5 million for diabetes research. Jim Thomsen Copy Editor Now if you are asking yourself “What is ThrillerFest?” you might want to go outside and get hit over the head with a hammer, because if you read or write in the genre, Contributors you have to climb aboard the ThrillerFest train. ThrillerFest is where the industry’s top Donald Allen Kirch Mark P. Sadler authors get together and for four days, split into two parts, and teach classes, talk on Susan Santangelo panels about certain topics, autograph their books, and generally hang around talking to DJ Weaver fans and other authors. CK Webb Kiki Howell The first half of the week was dubbed CraftFest. This year, some of the highlights Kaye George included: Steve Berry putting on two classes called “The Six C’s of Story Structure” Weldon Burge Ashley Wintters and “Who’s Telling the Story and What are They Saying.” John Gilstrap taught “Broken Scott Pearson Bones, Ballistics, and Backdrafts.” David Morrell led the “Should the First Person be Your D.P. Lyle M.D. Kathleen Heady Choice?” workshop, along with D.P. Lyle, Steven James, Gayle Lynds, Peter James, Lee Stephen Brayton Child, Joseph Finder, and many more. Brian Blocker Andrew MacRae The second half is ThrillerFest. It’s two days in which your favorite authors sit on Val Conrad panels and talk about different subjects. Some of the highlights included: “The AHA Melissa Dalton Elliott Capon Moment: How Important is High Concept and Where do you Find it?” On that panel J.M. LeDuc was Jon Land with Steve Berry, Boyd Morrison, Douglas Preston, Ian Rankin, and John Holly Price Kari Wainwright Sandford. We could go on and on, but check out the website for a full list of the events, David Ingram so you know what to expect when you go Jodi Hanson Susan May next year. Jenny Hilborne For authors, writing is a business. The Sharon Salonen only way to have a successful business is Anthony J. Franze Jeanine Elizalde to invest in it. If you don’t take the time Kristin Centorcelli and money to invest in your writing to Jerry Zavada S.L. Menear make it better, stick to writing blogs. But Sherri Nemick if you’d like to write novels and make a Leslie Borghini Mary Lignor little money while entertaining people, Julie Whiteley attend ThrillerFest. You won’t find a more Customer Service and professional organization in the world. Subscriptions: For more information, check out www. For 24/7 service, please use our website, www.suspensemagazine.com or write to: thrillerfest.com and www.thrillerwriters. SUSPENSE MAGAZINE at org. 26500 Agoura Road, #102-474 Calabasas, CA 91302 Suspense Magazine does not share our John Raab magazine subscriber list to third-party companies. CEO/Publisher Suspense Magazine ■ Rates: $24.00 (Electronic Subscrip- “Reviews within this magazine are the opinions of the individual reviewers and are provided solely to provide readers assistance tion) per year. All foreign subscrip- tions must be payable in U.S. funds. in determining another's thoughts on the book under discussion and shall not be interpreted as professional advice or the opin- ion of any other than the individual reviewer. The following reviewers who may appear in this magazine are also individual cli- ents of Suspense Publishing, an imprint of Suspense Magazine: Mark P. Sadler, Starr Gardinier Reina, Ashley Dawn (Wintters), DJ Weaver, CK Webb, Elliott Capon, J.M. LeDuc, S.L. Menear, Leslie Borghini, and Amy Lignor.” SuspenseMagazine.com 1 CONTENT SUSPENSE MAGAZINE August 2014 / Vol. 058 Relentless Love By Bill Butler . 3 Special Excerpt: “Stay With Me” By Alison Gaylin . 4 From Across the Pond: Meet AJ Waines . 6 Meet Debut Horror/Sci-Fi Novelist: Christian A . Larsen . .. 8 Special Excerpt: “Secrets of Hallstead House” By Amy M . Reade . 12 International Thriller Writers: Reader’s Corner By Meg Gardiner . 16 Hunter Mountain By Bruce Olivas . 17 America’s Favorite Suspense Authors: FaceOffBy Anthony J . Franze . 20 Special Excerpt: “The Perfect Stranger” By Wendy Corsi Staub . 22 Inside the Pages: Suspense Magazine Book Reviews . 24 Suspense Magazine Movie Reviews . 41 Featured Artist: Milos Karanovis . 45 Stranger Than Fiction: Haunted Stalingrad By Donald Allen Kirch . 50 Special Excerpt: “The Zodiac Deception” By Gary Kriss . 52 Forensic Files: Delayed Death and Bleeding By D .P . Lyle . 57 Special Excerpt: “A Better World” By Marcus Sakey . 63 From Poe to King By Sheila Lowe . 66 Special Excerpt: “The Hidden Child” By Camilla Läckberg . 72 Copy Editor's Corner: Trust Your Dialogue! By Jim Thomsen . 78 Awaiting: An Interview With the Cast . 79 LOVE By Bill Butler A KNOCK ON THERelentless DOOR. I put down my bowl of oatmeal. Through the glass I saw my neighbor, Cam Farley. “Come on in, Cam, get out of the cold.” It was an unusually chilly February morning. The bright sunlight didn’t put a dent on the ground frost. The frozen scrub grass didn’t move in the breeze. “Mornan, Zak,” said Cam. I took a blue cup from the cupboard. It was one of those porcelain metal ones. Part of a set that Martha got through the mail order store. I handed the hot coffee-filled cup to Cam. “What brings you over this morning?” It was good to see Cam. Our apple orchards bordered. We shared a well and sometimes pasture land. He was the closest thing to being a friend that I had, excepting Martha, of course, and maybe Puck, my yellow dog. “Same thing as last time, Zak. We need to talk about Martha.” “I thought we settled that last week. I got it handled. We’ll be all right.” Cam took a sip of coffee. “You sure make good brew.” He set the cup down. “For right now, it’s settled. But later.” “Come March,” I said, “I’ll go to Smithsburg and get something to sort it out.” Cam smiled. He did that a lot. “You’re going to have to travel farther than that for what you need.” “Then I’ll use one of Martha’s catalogs.” Cam laughed out loud. “What you going to tell them when you make the order? Look buddy, this thing you have going with Martha, it’s not good.” I didn’t take umbrage to Cam. He couldn’t help himself. The guy had few expressions and they were mostly smiling or laughing. Anyway, he meant well. “Cam, my old friend, never question what goes on between a couple in love. Just because it isn’t your way, or you can’t fathom it, doesn’t mean it isn’t suitable for Martha and me. Have I ever asked what goes on between your wife and you?” “That’s different.” “That’s exactly my point, Cam. You’re a different couple. You have a different relationship. Martha and me get along well. We’re happy. Why would that bother you.” “Is she still keeping in the barn?” “I visit her lots,” I said. “It’s almost like when she was in the house. Come out with me now to say hello.” I stood and pulled on my heavy jacket, then walked to the door. Without a word, Cam followed. The frozen grass crunched under our feet. The yellow dog followed us halfway to the barn then turned back. He and Martha never got along. I slid back the faded red door.
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