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Author Info

Featured below are few Authors, whose books are available on the site. Visit this page again to find more Authors. We hope you enjoy these write ups…… 

Dean Koontz

Ten of his novels have risen to number one on the 'New York Times'  hardcover bestseller list (BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON, ONE DOOR AWAY FROM HEAVEN, FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE, LIGHTNING, MIDNIGHT, COLD FIRE, HIDEAWAY, DRAGON TEARS, INTENSITY, and SOLE SURVIVOR), making him one of only a dozen writers ever to have achieved that milestone. Twelve of his books have risen to the number one position in paperback. His books have also been major bestsellers in countries as diverse as Japan and Sweden.

'New York Times'  has called his writing "psychologically complex, masterly and satisfying." 'The New Orleans Times-Picayune' said Koontz is, "at times lyrical without ever being naive or romantic. [He creates] a grotesque world, much like that of Flannery O’Connor or Walker Percy ... scary, worthwhile reading." .'Rolling Stones'  has hailed him as "America's most popular suspense novelist."

His books may be best described as ‘ Super Natural Thrillers’. His themes are varied and change from book to book but the underlying thread is one of fear, horror and supercharged thrills as the reader goes through a roller coaster ride.

Dick Francis

Dick Francis was a champion jockey who won more than 350 races and was retained as jockey to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother from 1953 through 1957. After retiring from racing he has worked as a racing correspondent and published more than three dozen novels and dozens of short story mysteries, with the trademark of horses being used in each tale. He is one of the UK’s most well-known authors and has won numerous awards.

In almost forty crime novels since Dead Cert in 1962, Dick Francis has focused upon people whose lives are transformed by occurrences that surprise them and are beyond their control.

His books always deal with the Horse racing world and touch upon various aspects of the profession  Viz :Jockey, Banking, Gambling, Training, Stud, art and much more, the reader would never have been aware off . His books are full of information and the characterization of various players is distinct and full of realism. The books are written in first person and the reader feels a part of the racing world as the mystery is resolved and the story reaches its climax. His books are a joy to read and reread.

 John D . MacDonald

He is the creator of the famous Travis McGee, hero of 21 best selling novels of thrilling suspense. 

Travis McGee might be the last great heroic archetype created in the twentieth century. The rangy rogue lives in-or-near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, aboard his comfortable (if not luxurious) houseboat, the 'Busted Flush' (so-named because he won it in a poker game). McGee is a 'salvage expert'; he recovers money on a contingency-fee basis for clients (usually attractive young women) who have been rooked by confidence tricksters. McGee's next-boat-neighbour, Meyer, is a retired economist who functions as MacDonald's literary alter-ego.

Home spun philosophy, combined with realism set amongst the beauty of the wild Florida swamps and wilder cities makes for compulsive reading. Travis McGee is a moral person with the tenacity and build of a tiger. As he hunts, the reader hunts with him.

Books featuring Travis McGee include:

The Deep Blue Good-by, Nightmare in Pink, A Purple Place for dying, The Quick Red Fox, A Deadly Shade of Gold, Bright Orange for the Shroud, Darker Than Amber, One Fearful Yellow Eye, The Last One Left, Three for McGee (omnibus) ,Pale Gray for Guilt, The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper, Dress Her in Indigo, The Long Lavender Look, A Tan and Sandy Silence, The Scarlet Ruse, The Turquoise Lament McGee (omnibus), The Dreadful Lemon Sky, The Empty Copper Sea, The Green Ripper, Free Fall in Crimson, Cinnamon Skin, The Best of Travis McGee, The Lonely Silver Rain. 

(Ralph ) Hammond Innes – Also known as Ralph Hammond

Highly successful novelist, who published 35 books. Innes was a born story-teller. He continued the great tradition of well-crafted adventure stories, exemplified in the books by John Buchan and Henry Rider Haggard, but added to his work a strong personal narrative voice, a feeling of real experience, and his love of untamed nature, especially the sea. 

The central theme in Innes's work is man against the forces of nature. In several stories the main character is searching the past in a remote location. Innes traveled into many parts of the world to ensure the authenticity in his works. Travel pieces become for him a vehicle satisfy his curiosity and to communicate the excitement he had felt.

Ngaio Marsh

Dame Ngaio Marsh . one of New Zealand’s most remarkable and charismatic women , was  world- renowned  as a leading crime fiction writer . She was also an eminent Shakespearian producer and this influence can be seen in many of her crime novels also . She has been consistently compared to Agatha Christie , Dorothy L. Sayers and P.D. James.  During her lifetime she penned 32 mystery novels , every one a classic in its own right. 

Marsh's best-known character is Inspector Roderick Alleyn.  Roderick Alleyn is assisted by Inspector Fox who can quote Shakespeare. Later Alleyn marries Agatha Troy, an absent-minded, thin, shy and funny painter, whose character was not far from Marsh's own in the 1930s.  Like Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey, Alleyn has a noble background, but instead of becoming a diplomat he joined the police force after returning from World War I. Some of her books are set in a theatre back ground but most of her novels are classics in their own right. 

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