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News Flash...News Flash...News Flash...News Flash...News Flash... A Case of You was selected this past week to the Hamilton Spectator’s Top 10 Mystery Novels for 2009 by reviewer Don Graves. This is indeed a great honour and Rick is quite chuffed about it. It’s also got him working double-time on the next novel, The Fallen One, which was completed in early December and is now undergoing polishing. Then it’s off to the publishing pipeline. Stay tuned for details on its progress and for a few of sneak peeks of the action to whet your appetites. The action takes place in Toronto, Montreal, and Paris and it’s already showing signs of being Rick’s best novel yet. BE SURE TO GET A COPY OF RICK’S LATEST – NOW IN BOOKSTORES! We’re really excited to tell you that Rick’s sixth novel, A Case of You, was released this past spring by RendezVous Crime. This time, our intrepid author takes you into the jazz world with a piano trio taking center stage. Also included is an odd, but brilliant vocalist and rounding out the cast of characters is the return of some old friends from previous books. Click HERE to browse a bit of it for yourself. The book has received a number of reviews and they’ve all be very fine. The first appeared in the Hamilton Spectator on March 2nd. We’re all really pleased about that! Click HERE to read it. The next review came on March 8th in the London Free Press by no less a person than author Joan Barfoot. Click HERE to read it. We also have other reviews posted. Click HERE to read them. There have also been a lot of comments about the design of the cover. Once again it’s a collaboration between Rick and ace photographer (and good friend) Andre Leduc. They feel it’s there best one yet. Rick is currently on the road to promote the book. Complete details of what he’s up to are on our APPEARANCES Page (under About Rick on the menu bar if you enjoy navigating). If you’d like a signed copy and he is in your area, you should come out to see him! Look for the book in your favourite bookstore or order it there – or online! |
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Rick was a writer-in-residence for the month of February 2008! It was a virtual residency, though, on the website www.openbooktoronto.com. On the right of the home page is a link for Rick. Click on it to read his blog entries and other things. Hear Rick interviewed on Internet radio. On January 15 2008, Rick was interviewed on the program, Criminal Masterminds, hosted by Canadian author Vicki Delany, and broadcast to the world on Internet Voices Radio (www.internetvoicesradio.com). The interview is available in the archive section. Click on Archives from the menu on the left of the web page and look for Vicki’s name.
Click HERE to view it. This is very cool technology and a great way to present a book. Think of it like a "literary movie trailer". Your browser will need Flash Player (Version 8 or above) to view this. If your browser doesn’t have it, you can download the plug-in by clicking HERE. If you would like to read more about the book, check out our When Hell Freezes Over page. Click HERE or use the menu bar at the top of this page (under Writing). We’ve also posted the handout Rick used at book signings and other events. Click HERE for that.
BETTER HURRY IF YOU WANT TO GET A COPY OF RICK’S 4TH: CEMETERY OF THE NAMELESS!
DID YOU KNOW THAT RICK IS NOW PART OF A MYSTERY BLOG? He’s joined up with several of his mystery writing compadres to form TYPE M FOR MURDER. Charles Benoit, Vicki Delany, Deborah Turrell Atkinson, Donis Casey and Rick all have highly different views on crime writing as well as the writing game. It makes for highly entertaining reading. Check it out soon! You can find our blog at typem4murder.blogspot.com. Rick’s previous blog entries are still on this site. Just look in the menu bar under Writing.
RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE WEBSITE We now have some photos that Rick took as part of his research for When Hell Freezes Over. These can be phound under PHOTOS on the menu bar. If you go to the When Hell Freezes Over page, you’ll find a link for our new “Deleted Scenes” page which we think is really cool. Think of those additions you get on DVDs these days.
MORE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO ON THE HORIZON With the switch to a new web host, we will soon be able to a number of really exciting things. There will soon be video clips, more music clips and more great contests.
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Rick Blechta is a crime novelist and musician living in Toronto and this site is dedicated to his twin passions in life: crime writing and music. He’s had five novels published and the sixth, A Case of You, was released in March of 2008! It is now available worldwide at bookstores or online. The fifth, When Hell Freezes Over was released by RendezVous Crime in the fall of 2006. His first novel, Knock on Wood and his third, Shooting Straight in the Dark, are still available, but generally only at Sleuth of Baker Street or through this website. Rick’s 2005 novel, Cemetery of the Nameless is available in most bookstores in Canada, many in the U.S, as well as all the online ones. His second novel, The Lark Ascending, is out of print, but it’s occasionally available from used book sellers but can be priced high because of its rarity. This site also has information on Rick’s other interests and things he gets up to from time to time. Make yourself at home and feel free to take a look around the site. We hope you enjoy your visit! WHAT? YOU STILL HAVEN’T SIGNED OUR GUESTBOOK? After numerous requests, rickblechta.com added a guestbook and we’d like to invite anyone who visits the site to sign it. We especially welcome questions and comments about the books or Rick’s musical endeavors. Please click on the two links below to view the guestbook or to add your own entry. Come on now; don’t be shy! VIEW the Guestbook
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