Kate Martinelli
The author’s bedside reading
No, really, it’s the author’s…bedside reading. These two books were tucked at the bottom of the bedside table of the motel in Corte Madera where I’m staying during the Book Passage crime writing conference: I have stayed in upscale hotels where the management appears at your door with flowers and a copy of your book to…
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The fabulous Picador has set up a giveaway for their re-issued paperbacks of the first three Kate Martinelli books, A Grave Talent, To Play the Fool, and With Child. Their sweepstakes is here.
Read MoreA book’s heart
A book is a complex blend of the author’s intentions. Some of them are on the surface: shaping an exciting plot; exploring the lives of the characters; bringing to light a place the writer knows and loves. Other elements of a novel are less obvious. Themes of relationship and responsibility are woven in. Trauma and…
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