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Member: edlynskey

Library61 books — see library

Reviews1 review — see reviews

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Tagsnoir (5), crime fiction (4), private eye (3), detective (2), detective novel (1) — see all tags

GroupsCrime, Thriller & Mystery

Favorite authorsKen Bruen, Bill Pronzini (Shared favorites)

About me Hi,I'm Ed Lynskey. My new P.I. Frank Johnson mystery title is PELHAM FELL HERE (Mundania, 10/08). My new P.I. Sharon Knowles short story collection is A CLEAR PATH TO CROSS (Ramble House, 9/08).

I live with my family and work near Washington, D.C. We're big Nationals fans, though the team, sad to say, hasn't done all too well lately. Oh well, there's always next year, as they like to say. The Redskins in the winter months do better.

We lost our two cats (20 and 14 years old) and, after a year, got a new one. It's working out okay -- she also now rules the roost.

I've written a few essays (Charles Williams, Bart Spicer, Ed Lacy) and interviewed (Dorothy Uhnak, Dennis Lynds, Stephen Greenleaf, Bob Wade a.k.a. Wade Miller) different crime fiction authors. You can google if you'd like to read about them.

I also write the four P.I. Frank Johnson mysteries. I've published a short story collection on my lady P.I. Sharon Knowles, A CLEAR PATH TO CROSS. Linda Fairstein, Barbara D'Amato, Megan Abbott, and Anne Frasier have generously blurbed my books.

REVIEWS SNIPPETS:

"Ed Lynskey's new novel PELHAM FELL HERE is a delight. With a plot as complex as your grandmother's crocheted doilies, Mr. Lynskey creates a portrait of the rural hill country that rings as true as the clank of a Copenhagen can on a Pabst Blue Ribbon can, as does his handle on guns, love, and betrayal. This is a novel well worth the read and makes me want more."
--James Crumley, Hammett Award winning author of THE LAST GOOD KISS

"A new wave of young writers is experimenting with the old-style thriller...among the most promising is Ed Lynskey...an unpredictable story filled with complex characters."
--Robert Wade (a.k.a. Wade Miller, Whit Masterson), San Diego-Union Tribune

"Lynskey has a sure hand . . . top-of-the-line hard-boiled fare."
--Booklist (Starred review)

"Packed with action . . . brings the hills to West Virginia to life with his fondness for adding local colour . . . readers with a penchant for fast-paced thrillers with grit and colour will be pleased."
--Halifax Chronicle Herald

About my library My library consists primarily of mystery and literary fiction. I like to read just about everything in mysteries, including amateur sleuth, noirs, cop procedures, detective, and medical thrillers.

My favorite crime authors include Bill Pronzini, Ed Gorman, Walter Mosley, Megan Abbott, just anything from Hard Case Crime, and the old Gold Medal PBOs (John D. MacDonald, Gil Brewer, and Charles Williams).

I also read some poetry (William Stafford, Bill Heyen, and David Bottoms).

Homepagehttp://www.mundania.com/books-pelhamfellhere.html

Real nameEd Lynskey

LocationWashington, D.C.

Emaile_lynskeyyahoo.com

Account typepublic, free

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Member sinceJan 19, 2008