Brazil, coming up. Leighton Gage is the massively talented author of the Chief Inspector Mario Silva mysteries, the most recent of which, DYING GASP, was just praised by Hallie Ephron in the Boston Globe as “. . . compelling writing” rich in “characters that seethe on the page.” I’ve read the first two, BURIED STRANGERS and BLOOD OF THE WICKED, and I more than concur — Leighton is a writer’s writer.
He’s also my colleague at a terrific site, murderiseverywhere.com, where six far-flung crime writers (Brazil, England, Iceland, France, South Africa, and Thailand) post whatever is on their minds. Leight
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Off to visit murderiseverywhere.com. Thanks for the heads up!