by vjbooks | Jan 2, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(themysterygazette.blogspot.com, Dec. 2, Harriett Klausner) Ever since he was a child former espionage agent Cotton Malone believed his father, Captain Forrest Malone died in 1971 in a nuclear submarine accident in the North Atlantic. Now he seeks closure with...
by vjbooks | Dec 5, 2008 | Clive Cussler
If it’s the first weekend in October . . . this must be Cusslercon! The Clive Cussler Collector’s Society brought its 2008 annual get together back to Denver, where it all began back in 2005. Old friends and new, nearly 150 in all, gathered once again to celebrate all...
by vjbooks | Dec 4, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Dec. 1) Steve Berry credits the nuns who taught him in Catholic school with instilling the discipline needed both to craft a novel and to find a publisher. He claims to be the poster child for stick-to-it-iveness: It took him 12 years and...
by vjbooks | Nov 30, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(jacksonville.com, Nov. 30, Gordon Jackson) Camden attorney Charlie Smith is the newest character Camden County attorney Charlie Smith has a long history of public service – city attorney, state representative, governor’s floor leader. The Charlie Smith in...
by vjbooks | Nov 15, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Sept. 29) In bestseller Berry’s fourth thriller to feature ex–Justice Department agent Cotton Malone (after The Venetian Betrayal), Malone embarks on a search for answers about his father, Capt. Forrest Malone, after learning that...
by vjbooks | Oct 1, 2008 | Clive Cussler
Steve Berry burst onto the scene in 2003 with The Amber Room. He has followed that highly acclaimed debut with a string of bestsellers that has propelled him to the top of his craft. Berry’s books deliver elements of the thriller genre with classic mystery...
by vjbooks | Oct 1, 2008 | Clive Cussler
CusslerCon What a concept! Some four years ago two charter members of the “Cussler Crazies,” Bruce Kenfield and Wayne Valero, had an idea to bring together people from all corners of the world to celebrate all things Cussler. Meeting in Denver 100...