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An excerpt from HUNTER: A Thriller

Posted on October 11, 2011 1:23 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  I know, I know: We’re in a recession. You’re careful about spending. Which is why some readers like you have asked me if they can sample a few pages of my new thriller, HUNTER, before deciding whether to purchase … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Brad Thor–Master of the Political Thriller

Posted on October 9, 2011 7:13 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

Reviewers and admirers—including his fellow authors—have called #1 New York Times best-selling author Brad Thor “the master of thrillers,” “as current as tomorrow’s headlines,” and “quite possibly the next coming of Robert Ludlum.” Suspense magazine described him as “arguably the … Continue reading →

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“The Gray Man” returns

Posted on October 6, 2011 5:57 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  Mark Greaney, a young author who made a big splash with his bullet-paced debut thriller The Gray Man a few years ago–which was followed by a sequel titled On Target–has just published the third in the series, Ballistic. I … Continue reading →

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A personal message from Vince Flynn

Posted on October 4, 2011 11:54 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

I just received by email a copy of this personal message from bestselling thriller author Vince Flynn. It speaks for itself. I had the honor of interviewing Vince a few years ago (and I’ll be re-posting that interview here on … Continue reading →

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The Best Thriller Writers — Ever (Part 2)

Posted on October 3, 2011 9:53 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  My list of seven “best thriller writers” in the previous post came with some important caveats—such as the fact that they’re really only “the best I’ve ever read,” and that I couldn’t possibly be familiar with all the great … Continue reading →

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The Best Thriller Writers — Ever (Part I)

Posted on September 26, 2011 10:29 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  In a previous post, “My Moral Teachers Were Fictional Lawbreakers,” I discussed the seminal role that the fictional “vigilantes” of my youth played in my moral development. But their creators—the authors of thriller novels—played a formative role in my … Continue reading →

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A stunning review of “HUNTER”

Posted on September 21, 2011 2:10 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

Roger Donway, reviewing HUNTER for The Atlasphere, opens with the words: “I demand a sequel.” Then this: To say that HUNTER is a well-structured novel is an understatement…. There is nothing of philosophizing or pontificating or preaching in HUNTER. Nevertheless, … Continue reading →

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How the Lone Ranger inspired me to write thrillers

Posted on September 16, 2011 1:45 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

I mentioned this in passing in my previous post. But now I fully…er…unmask myself and reveal the vigilante inspiration for my turn to thriller-writing. Thanks much to award-winning indie author Nathan Lowell for inviting me to do this guest post: … Continue reading →

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My Moral Teachers Were Fictional Lawbreakers

Posted on September 13, 2011 7:58 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

Interviewers have been asking me which writers have been most influential in my own development as a novelist. In coming posts, I shall pay homage to those authors. But first, I thought I would take a journey back many decades, … Continue reading →

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Nurturing the Vigilante-Author Attitude

Posted on September 11, 2011 1:37 am GMT+0000 by bidinotto

One of the most important things you’ll ever do in life is to develop the right attitude. There’s an old saying that “Your attitude determines your altitude.” And it’s true. Nobody flies higher in life than their attitude — at … Continue reading →

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