Lie Detector
Tom Piccirilli Gets Grilled Over THE COLD SPOT
The Book: THE COLD SPOT
Author: Tom Piccirilli
Interrogator: Sandra Ruttan
Violence
1 is no violence, 100 is… Wait, was there one scene without blood and gore in it?
Tom: 70- lots of violence, .22 slugs to the forebrain, but in a nice way
Sandra: To avoid a spoiler, I’ll call it the triple murder – that put it up to an 80 for me.
Swearing
1 means no penance, 100 means you’re putting truckers to shame.
Craig McDonald, author of Edgar-nominated HEAD GAMES, gets grilled by reviewer Brian Lindenmuth
Craig McDonald is an award-winning journalist, editor and fiction writer. His debut novel, HEAD GAMES, was nominated for a 2008 Edgar Award® for Best First Novel by an American Author. We decided to put Craig up against Brian Lindenmuth, reviewer for Mystery Bookspot to rate HEAD GAMES.
Violence
1 is no violence, 100 is… Wait, was there one scene without blood and gore in it?
Craig: A solid 100.
Steve Mosby, author The 50/50 Killer, goes up against his Orion editor Jon Wood
We put Steve Mosby, author of THE 50/50 KILLER up against his editor at Orion, Jon Wood, to rate the sins of THE 50/50 KILLER. To start, we asked Steve about the violence in the book:
Steve: It’s not as bad as it seems, I don’t think. A nasty atmosphere in places, maybe, but it has a relatively low body count for a serial killer novel, especially when it comes to women. In fact, it feels pretty tame to me…
What did Jon say?
Violence
Declan Burke, strapped in and ready to go
Author: Declan Burke, author of THE BIG O, nominated for Spinetingler 2007 Best Novel: New Voice
Interrogator: Sandra Ruttan, reviewer and interviwer with Mystery Bookspot and Spinetingler Magazine, and author of WHAT BURNS WITHIN
Violence
1 is no violence, 100 is… Wait, was there one scene without blood and gore in it?
Swearing
James Reasoner In The Hot Seat
Author: James Reasoner, Spinetingler 2007 Best Novel: Legend award-nominee for DUST DEVIL’S
Interrogator: Allan Guthrie, James’ editor at PointBlank Press
Violence
1 is no violence, 100 is… Wait, was there one scene without blood and gore in it?
Swearing
1 means no penance, 100 means you’re putting truckers to shame.
Sex
Stacia Decker Puts Ray Banks In The Hot Seat
Author: Ray Banks, author of SATURDAY’S CHILD
Interrogator: Stacia Decker, Ray’s editor from Harcourt and winner of the 2007 Spinetingler for Best Editor
Violence
1 is no violence, 100 is… Wait, was there one scene without blood and gore in it?
Stacia: Eh, this is tough—there are stretches when no one is beaten to a pulp, but the air of menace is constant; I’ll say 65.
Swearing
Stacia Decker Interrogates Allan Guthrie
Author: Allan Guthrie, whose novel HARD MAN won the 2007 Spinetingler for Best Novel: New Voice
Interrogator: Stacia Decker, Al’s editor from Harcourt and winner of the 2007 Spinetingler for Best Editor
Violence
1 is no violence, 100 is… Wait, was there one scene without blood and gore in it?
Stacia: I’ll say 70 - the torture could have been worse.
Swearing
1 means no penance, 100 means you’re putting truckers to shame.
Steve Mosby, author The 50/50 Killer, goes up against his Orion editor Jon Wood
We put Steve Mosby, author of THE 50/50 KILLER up against his editor at Orion, Jon Wood, to rate the sins of THE 50/50 KILLER. To start, we asked Steve about the violence in the book:
Steve: It’s not as bad as it seems, I don’t think. A nasty atmosphere in places, maybe, but it has a relatively low body count for a serial killer novel, especially when it comes to women. In fact, it feels pretty tame to me…
What did Jon say?
Declan Burke, strapped in and ready to go
Reviewer Sandra Ruttan puts Irish author Declan Burke in the hot seat, ranking his Spinetingler nominated novel, THE BIG O. Is he confessing his sins or trying to pull the wool over our eyes?
James Reasoner In The Hot Seat
James Reasoner, author of DUST DEVILS, rates the book for the usual sins. His judge is his DUST DEVILS editor, Allan Guthrie. Will James try to pull a few fast ones or is he going to play it straight?
Allan Guthrie Interrogated By Stacia Decker
The Book: HARD MAN
The Author: Allan Guthrie
The Interrogator: Stacia Decker, Al's editor at Harcourt and winner of the 2007 Spinetingler for Best Editor
Stacia: I’ll say 70—the torture could be worse.
Stacia: I’m going to disappoint Al and go with 50.
Editor Stacia Decker Has Ray Banks In The Hot Seat
The Book: SATURDAY'S CHILD
The Author: Ray Banks
The Interrogator: Stacia Decker, Ray's editor at Harcourt and winner of the 2007 Spinetingler for Best Editor
Stacia: Eh, this is tough—there are stretches when no one is beaten to a pulp, but the air of menace is constant; I’ll say 65.
Stacia: Mo pushes the number up to 70, but no one puts the teenage mothers in my neighborhood to shame.