Booklist Calls Paul Doiron's Debut One Of The Year's Best

We're very pleased to tell you that Booklist chose THE POACHER'S SON as one of their top ten debut crime novels of 2010, calling it "engaging" and "vividly written."

Doiron Sits Down For Tea With Strumpet

You might think that a blog called Bookslut would like every book that comes along, but the folks over there are actually quite discerning readers. That's why we were so pleased when Clayton Moore, author of their Mystery Strumpet column, recently interviewed Paul Doiron and gave THE POACHER'S SON a rave review.

Clayton calls Paul's novel "sublime" and says "transcends its setting, lending a bleak austerity to its milieu while simultaneously infusing its main character with Steinbeckian humanity." He thinks its protagonist is "a fascinating, troubled character" and concludes:

The author, who devoured Sherlock Holmes as a kid and Raymond Carver and Tim O'Brian as a younger man, has managed to craft a novel that lies somewhere between the two, a crime novel that encompasses the full range of human emotion. The novel is the first in a series that will follow Mike's emotional development as he grows to be the man he's meant to be. It's a fascinating character study with much promise for the future.

Click here for more nice things about the book and Paul's illuminating commentary on its hero.

Catch Of The Day

We're pleased to tell you that BookPage has chosen C.J. Box's NOWHERE TO RUN as today's book of the day, saying:

Pickett is a one-of-a-kind character, an Old West stand-up guy, and Box's tales of Pickett's exploits straddle the line between traditional Western (think Louis L'Amour) and thoroughly modern mystery. C.J. Box has won about every award there is to win: the Edgar, the Macavity, the Anthony, the Gumshoe, the Barry -- and with good reason. Like Tony Hillerman before him, he has reinvented a genre and made it his own.

Welcome To Paradise!

ONE MAN'S PARADISE, winner of the Minotaur Books / Mystery Writers of America's First Crime Novel Award, comes out today! If you happen to be in Hawaii, you can catch the author, Douglas Corleone, at the following events:

Saturday, May 1 at 1:30pm

Barnes & Noble

Ala Moana Center

Saturday, May 8 at 1pm

Borders

Waikele Center

Sunday, May 16 at 3:30pm

Hawaii Book & Music Festival

Barnes & Noble tent for signing, followed by a reading and Q&A at the Author's Pavilion

Saturday, May 22 at 2pm

Borders

Ward Center

Saturday, June 5 at 1pm

Barnes & Noble

Kahala Mall

Check back here for more dates!

In Case You Didn't Hear It On The Radio

If you weren't near a radio on Friday afternoon, you can click here for a transcript of C.J. Box's interview on Hugh Hewitt's show.