“Plot, characterization, atmosphere—everything works in Boyle’s excellent 10th Jack McMorrow mystery.” That’s how Publishers Weekly began its starred review of ONCE BURNED. It ended this way: “Readers who enjoyed Robert B. Parker’s ability to create smart, convincing heroes with a tough-guy surface but warmly empathetic interior will welcome this worthy successor.” I don’t live or …
A few weeks back I sat down with Genevieve Morgan, host of the Time Warner Cable program “Between the Lines.” Genevieve is also my editor at Islandport Press, so we had lots to chat about. Take a few minutes to listen in. I’ve done quite a few TV spots. This one was especially enjoyable. http://www.twcsportschannel.com/videos/2014/12/13/between-the-lines—gerry-boyle.html
McMorrow No. 10, from my good friends at Islandport Press, is out of the gate and off and running. An arsonist is lurking in the town of Sanctuary, Maine, just after it was selected as a “Hidden Treasure” by a national magazine. Not the publicity the townspeople wanted. But just the story McMorrow has been …
Hey all, Yesterday, I was on the spin bike at the gym, my Kindle open on the handlebars, and it occurred to me that a pretty big event in my writing career had gone a bit unnoted (is that a word?). For many years, the early titles in the McMorrow series were not available as …
Hey all: One of the more odd times in the novel writing cycle—letting a book out of your hands. I just did that with STRAW MAN, McMorrow No. 11, due out in 2016 from Islandport Press. This is how it works: You start with an idea, mull for a few weeks, do research for months …
Friends, Yes, Jack is back. In ONCE BURNED, to be released May 10 by my friends at Islandport Books. In reissues of the early McMorrow novels, also from Islandport Press. DEADLINE and BLOODLINE were published in November with the handsome cover designs you see here, and with new introductions by yours truly. And in e-books, …