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SensualPoet · 08-29-2010, 06:52 PM

Thanks, tocrax, for the recommendation of Michael Robotham.

For those who don't know, Robotham is an Australian (he turns 50 in November), who at 19 became a "cadet journalist" in Sydney. By the late 1980s he had become a feature writer at UK's Daily Mail but quit in 1993 to write books full time. He started with non-fiction -- as ghostwriter to various politicians and celebrities helping them pen their autobiographies. His first work of fiction (not counting the biographies -- LOL) was Suspect ... it's been translated now into 22 languages. No less an author than Tess Gerritsen called it "ne of those rare literary gems, a beautifully written thriller that is both moving and relentlessly suspenseful. This is a debut not to be missed!". He's since written about one book a year including The Drowning Man, The Night Ferry, Shatter and Bombproof. His latest work, Bleed for Me, was out in a in June (including in a Kindle edition but not in Sony or Kobo just yet).

08-29-2010, 06:52 PM	#102
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	Thanks, tocrax, for the recommendation of Michael Robotham. For those who don't know, Robotham is an Australian (he turns 50 in November), who at 19 became a "cadet journalist" in Sydney. By the late 1980s he had become a feature writer at UK's Daily Mail but quit in 1993 to write books full time. He started with non-fiction -- as ghostwriter to various politicians and celebrities helping them pen their autobiographies. His first work of fiction (not counting the biographies -- LOL) was Suspect ... it's been translated now into 22 languages. No less an author than Tess Gerritsen called it "ne of those rare literary gems, a beautifully written thriller that is both moving and relentlessly suspenseful. This is a debut not to be missed!". He's since written about one book a year including The Drowning Man, The Night Ferry, Shatter and Bombproof. His latest work, Bleed for Me, was out in a in June (including in a Kindle edition but not in Sony or Kobo just yet).