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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Thomas Mullen and his latest novel, Blind Spots

    Entrevista con un autor: Thomas Mullen

    Thomas Mullen es el autor de renombre internacional de seis novelas anteriores: El último pueblo de la Tierra, Las numerosas muertes de los hermanos Luciérnaga, Los revisionistas, Darktown, Hombres…

  • Author Anthony McCarten and his latest novel, Going Zero

    Entrevista con un autor: Anthony McCarten

    Anthony McCarten es un guionista, dramaturgo, novelista y periodista nacido en Nueva Zelanda. Entre sus trabajos cinematográficos se incluyen La teoría del todo, La hora más oscura, Los dos papas…

  • Author Peter S. Beagle and his two collections of short fiction, The Essential Peter S. Beagle Volumes 1 & 2

    Entrevista con un autor: Peter S. Beagle

    Peter Soyer Beagle es el autor más vendido a nivel internacional y muy apreciado de numerosas novelas y colecciones de fantasía clásica, entre ellas El último unicornio, Tamsin, La línea entre dos…

  • Author Moses Ose Utomi and his latest novel, The Lies of the Ajungo

    Entrevista con un autor: Moses Ose Utomi

    Moses Ose Utomi es un escritor de fantasía nigeriano-estadounidense y nómada que reside actualmente en Honolulu, Hawái. Tiene una maestría en Bellas Artes en ficción por el Sarah Lawrence College y ha…

  • Author Liz Hyder and her her novel, The Gifts

    Entrevista con una autora: Liz Hyder

    Liz Hyder es escritora, directora de talleres creativos y consultora independiente de relaciones públicas para el sector artístico. Ganó el Premio The Bridge y el Premio Moniack Mhor para Escritores…

  • Author Johnny Compton and his debut novel, The Spite House

    Entrevista con un autor: Johnny Compton

    Los relatos de Johnny Compton (él/él) han aparecido en Pseudopod, Strange Horizons, The No Sleep Podcast y muchos otros medios. Es miembro de HWA y creador y presentador del podcast Healthy Fears. The…

  • The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

    Entrevista con un autor: KJ Charles

    KJ Charles trabajó veinte años como editora en una editorial británica antes de abandonar el mundo de la literatura para dedicarse por completo a la novela romántica histórica. Desde entonces, ha…

  • Author Emilia Hart and her debut novel, Weyward

    Entrevista con una autora: Emilia Hart

    Emilia Hart creció en Australia y estudió Literatura Inglesa en la universidad antes de formarse como abogada. Vive en Londres. Weyward, su ópera prima, recibió una gran distinción en el Premio…

  • C.L. Polk and their book Even Though I Knew the End

    Entrevista con un autor: CL Polk

    CL Polk (ellos/ellas) escribió la serie nominada al Hugo, El Ciclo de Kingston, incluyendo la ganadora del Premio WFA, Witchmark. El Pacto de Medianoche fue finalista de Canada Reads, Nebula, Locus…

  • Author Leigh Bardugo and her latest novel, Hell Bent

    Entrevista con un autor: Leigh Bardugo

    Leigh Bardugo es una autora número 1 en ventas del New York Times y creadora del Grishaverso (ahora una serie original de Netflix), que abarca la trilogía Sombra y Hueso, la duología Seis de Cuervos…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Devil and the Dark Water

    The Devil and the Dark Water

    • By: Turton, Stuart
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a "locked-room" or "impossible crime" mystery, a crime, or series of crimes, is committed under circumstances that appear, at least initially, impossible for said crime to have been enacted. Those same conditions will also seem to preclude the criminal entering or exiting the crime scene.The first “locked-room” mystery was...
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    The Eighth Detective

    • By: Pavesi, Alex
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In the early 1940s, a Scottish professor of mathematics devises a mathematical definition of the murder mystery story and writes seven provocative stories as proof of his theory. He publishes a journal article regarding his ideas and then self-publishes his seven stories in a small volume, entitled The White Murders.Decades...
  • Cover image for Crossings : consisting of three manuscripts

    Crossings : consisting of three manuscripts

    • By: Landragin, Alex
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Crossings, Alex Landragin’s debut novel is as difficult to define as it is to describe. At its most elemental, Crossings is a collection of three novellas that collectively tell a story. There are elements of several different genres present: historical fiction, mystery, fantasy, and romance. And, perhaps most surprising, the...
  • Cover image for Before She Was Helen

    Before She Was Helen

    • By: Cooney, Caroline B.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Helen Stephens lives a quiet life in Sun City, a retirement community in South Carolina. She regularly plays cards in the clubhouse with other residents of the complex, including her neighbors Joyce and Johnny. While she is mostly retired, she continues teaching some Latin classes at a local high school...
  • Cover image for It Came From the Sky

    It Came From the Sky

    • By: Sedoti, Chelsea
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sixteen-year-old Gideon Hofstadt prefers an orderly life and an orderly future. In his schoolwork, he excels in the sciences, but struggles with the vagaries of the humanities. It is the same way he struggles with his relationships with his family, friends, and his maybe boyfriend, Owen. Gideon cares about Owen...
  • Cover image for The Operator

    The Operator

    • By: Berg, Gretchen
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a world where most people walk around with a telephone on their person that can allow them to contact someone anywhere in the country, or the world, easily and directly, it may be a bit of a shock to realize that as little as 50 years ago many people...
  • Cover image for The Darwin Affair

    The Darwin Affair

    • By: Mason, Timothy
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It probably goes without saying that when Charles Darwin published his revolutionary theories regarding evolution, and their supporting evidence, in The Origin of Species in 1859, there was controversy. Even today, 160 years later, Darwin’s theory of species evolving over time still engenders strong feelings of resistance to his ideas...
  • Cover image for The Ghosts of Sherwood

    The Ghosts of Sherwood

    • By: Vaughn, Carrie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The earliest references to Robin Hood date back to the 14th century, and the earliest surviving copies of the story are from the 15th century. The details may change, but the core of the legend concerns a nobleman turned outlaw with a band of followers known as the Merry Men...