Further to my post of 6 November, just a reminder that Kiwi crime writer Vanda Symon's third Sam Shephard book, CONTAINMENT, will be launched tomorrow night in Dunedin.
In CONTAINMENT, Sam is training as a detective at Dunedin Central when she’s assigned to investigate what seems to be a routine diving accident off the Otago coast. But the forensics reveal that the man didn’t die from drowning; and that the body was stuffed in its wetsuit after death. Perhaps there is a connection with another case Sam is involved with – citizens of Dunedin pillaging the wreckage of a container ship at the entrance to Otago Harbour?
Those who are readers of Australian books magazine Good Reading can peruse my feature article "The Stroppy Crime Fighter" on Vanda and her sassy heroine Sam Shephard in the November issue, see here.
The official information re: the book launch :
Penguin NZ and the University Book Shop invite you to the launch of -
CONTAINMENT by Vanda Symon
6.00pm
Tuesday 24 November 2009
University Book Shop
378 Great King StreetDunedin
CONTAINMENT by Vanda Symon
6.00pm
Tuesday 24 November 2009
University Book Shop
378 Great King StreetDunedin
RSVP to Vanda Symon on vandasymon@orcon.net.nz or
Tel: (03) 453 5371
Hopefully plenty of people in the southern part of New Zealand will head along, and help support some great local crime writing! For those of us not in Dunedin, hopefully Vanda will be doing some other events elsewhere sometime soon too. In the meantime, I recommend any crime fiction fans who like well-written stories with interesting and sassy protagonists, to go out and get themselves a copy of CONTAINMENT.
Dear Mr. Sisterson,
ReplyDeleteI write to you from Regal Literary, the agency that represents mystery
author Ian Vasquez, recipient of a 2009 Shamus Award for his novel In the
Heat.
To celebrate this honor, we are announcing a special offer to win a signed
copy of In the Heat or Ian's second book, Lonesome Point. We think readers
of your blog/website might be interested in knowing about this exclusive and limited time offer. Details are included below. Thank you very much, and please let me know if you
have any questions.
If you would be interested in receiving a copy of the book to review on your site, please let us know as well.
Matt Herzfeld
Regal Literary, Inc.
1140 Broadway, Penthouse
New York, NY 10001
212-684-7900
Signed Book Special Offer
for
Ian Vasquez
Winner of a 2009 Shamus Award
To celebrate Ian Vasquez’s “Best First P.I. Novel” Shamus Award, Regal Literary is giving away five signed copies of both the winning novel, In the Heat, and Lonesome Point, Ian’s latest novel.
All you have to do to enter the contest is join Ian's Facebook page and send an e-mail to vasquez@regal-literary.com with the subject line “I’m a Facebook Fan!” by December 31.
Ian's Facebook Page: http://www.tinyurl.com/ianvasquez
Ian's Homepage: http://www.ianvasquez.net
Lonesome Point Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNtkUeiUTs
About Lonesome Point:
“Moving beyond the conventions of the hard-boiled detective story, which he put to such good use in his debut, In the Heat (2008), Vasquez delivers a noir-style story line in which a regular guy, albeit one with a secret, finds his past rearing up to grasp him in a stranglehold…. Vasquez builds our sympathy… skillfully, adds a Quentin Tarantino-like supporting cast, and tightens the noose exquisitely, finishing with a nicely ambiguous ending. Expect much more from Vasquez, whose star continues to rise.”
--Bill Ott, Book List
"Vasquez's storytelling skills will remind readers of early Elmore Leonard, especially with its surprise denouement."
--South Florida Sun-Sentinel, July 5, 2009 (Oline H. Cogdill)
Praise for In the Heat, winner of a 2009 Shamus Award:
“Vasquez’s flair for plotting and storytelling adds punch to his rousing debut about a fading boxer looking for his comeback fight.”
---South Florida Sun-Sentinel
“In his debut novel, Ian Vasquez transports us to his native Belize, where the sizzling weather is the backdrop to a complicated detective job.”
---New York Daily News
About Ian Vasquez:
Raised in Belize, Ian Vasquez now lives with his family near Tampa Bay, where he works at the St. Petersburg Times. He received his M.F.A. from Florida International University while working on a psychiatric ward and counseling at-risk high school students.
Hi Craig,
ReplyDeleteThe book launch was great, a fun night out and it celebrated Containment being unleashed upon the public with style. The University Book Shop always do a great job.
I was delighted to have fellow Dunedin crime writers Paddy Richardson and Liam McIlvanney there to celebrate the occasion with me.