Tenth Witness by Leonard Rosen

April, 2015

Born January 7, 1954, in Baltimore, MD; Education: Trinity College, Hartford, CT, B.A., 1975; American University, Ph.D., 1981. Addresses: Home: 199 Babcock St., Brookline, MA 02146. Office: Department of English, Bentley College, Beaver and Forest Sts., Waltham, MA 02254. Agent: Mark Kramer, 20 Bluewater Hill, Westport, CT 06880.

CAREER:

Bentley College, Waltham, MA, assistant professor of English, 1982--. Consultant to Digital Equipment Organization.

Biography

Leonard Rosen grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, where he taught high school English. Graduate studies in literature followed, and he went on to a university teaching career.  Len writes full time now in the Boston area.  He has contributed radio commentaries to Boston’s NPR station, written best-selling textbooks on writing, and taught writing at Harvard University and Bentley University. The Tenth Witness is a prequel to his award-winning first novel, All Cry Chaos.  Both feature Interpol agent Henri Poincaré, “a protagonist,” wrote one critic, “who reads like a literary figure in a thriller.”  Contact Len through this Web site to arrange for a web-based visit to your book group and to find book-related events, essays on writing, and a sampling of his radio commentaries.

Author’s website     http://lenrosenonline.com/  includes an interesting blog by the author.

WRITINGS:

• The Everyday English Handbook,, 1985.
• (With Larry Behrens) Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, Pearson/Longman). 2005.
• (With Behrens) Reading for College Writers, 1987.
• (With Behrens) Theme and Variations: The Impact of Great Ideas,, 1988.
• (With Behrens) The Allyn & Bacon Handbook, 1992.
• Discovery and Commitment: A Guide for College Writers,, 1995.
• Decisions: A Writer's Handbook, 1998.
• A Sequence for Academic Writing, 2001.
• The Academic Writer's Handbook, 2006.

All cry chaos: an Henri Poincare mystery (Sep 2011)

When 30-year-old math genius James Fenster is blown up in his Amsterdam hotel room, via the precise detonation of military-grade rocket fuel, shortly before he was due to address a World Trade Organization conference, Henri Poincaré, aging Interpol agent and great-grandson of a legendary mathematician, investigates.

Series: Henri Poincare mysteries, 1

The tenth witness (Sep 2013)

In Rosen's strong prequel to his 2011 debut, All Cry Chaos, Henri Poincaré, not yet an Interpol agent, uncovers a startling secret that brings back the ghosts of WWII. In 1978, Poincaré, then a hydraulic engineer, is busy off the Dutch coast trying to salvage a 1799 shipwreck rumored to be laden with a fortune in gold bars. During his day off, Poincaré takes a walk on a nearby beach that leads to him meeting Liesel Kraus, heir to the Kraus Steel Co. fortune  

Series: Henri Poincare mysteries, 2

Read-alikes

Steig Larsson:  compelling, intricately plotted mysteries set in Sweden with business and social themes.

The day after tomorrow (Apr 1994)   By: Folsom, Allan

As an American surgeon tries to kill the man who murdered his father and a Geneva medical resident begins a fateful love affair, a group of industrialists prepares for a momentous celebration.

Folly du jour (Jan 2007)  By: Cleverly, Barbara

Arriving in Paris for an Interpol conference, Joe Sandilands is called to assist his old friend, Sir George Jardine, who has been arrested for murder.

Secondworld (May 2012)  By: Robinson, Jeremy

When the world's populations are abruptly wiped out by an apocalyptic event predicted by Hitler's scientists 70 years earlier, Lincoln Miller, a Navy SEAL-turned-scientist stationed in the

Aquarius underwater research station, teams up with a group of desperate survivors to stop a brutal neo-Nazi repopulation plot.

The redbreast (Jan 2000)  By: Nesbo, Jo

1942: Daniel, a soldier legendary among the Norwegians fighting at the Eastern front, is killed. Eighteen months later in a Vienna hospital, a wounded soldier becomes involved with a young nurse. The consequences will ripple forward to the end of the century. 1999: Having caused an embarrassment in the line of duty, Harry Hole is lumbered with monitoring neo-Nazi activity; a fairly mundane assignment, until reports of a rare weapon being fired attract his interest.

Cop Town by Karin Slaughter

May 2015

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Born January 6, 1971, in GA. Avocational Interests: Rock climbing, fencing, running.Addresses: Home: Atlanta, GA

Karin Slaughter spent her childhood in rural Georgia and initially aspired to become a lawyer. Instead, she owned and operated a sign shop until she was twenty-five, when she left the business to begin writing novels. She has made a name for herself with the "Grant County" mystery series, which draws on her long association with the Deep South to depict the dark side of small-town life. Slaughter has also been praised for her "Will Trent" series and her stand-alone novellas.

WRITINGS:

• (Editor) Like a Charm: A Novel in Voices, William Morrow (New York, NY), 2004.
• Martin Misunderstood (novella), Random House (London, England), 2008.

"WILL TRENT" SERIES

• Triptych, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 2006.
• Fractured, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 2008.
• Undone, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 2009.
• Broken, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 2010.
• Fallen, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 2011.
• Snatched (e-book novella), Dell (New York, NY), 2012.
• Criminal, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 2012.
• Unseen, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 2013.

"GRANT COUNTY" MYSTERY SERIES

• Blindsighted, William Morrow (New York, NY), 2001.
• Kisscut, William Morrow (New York, NY), 2002.
• A Faint Cold Fear, William Morrow (New York, NY), 2003.
• Indelible, William Morrow (New York, NY), 2004.
• Faithless, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 2005.
• Beyond Reach, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 2007.

Also author of short story, "The Unremarkable Heart." Contributor to the anthology Tart Noir, edited by Stella Duffy and Lauren Henderson, Berkley Prime Crime, 2002. Slaughter's works have been translated into more than thirty foreign languages

Cop Town :  "Atlanta, 1974. It's Kate Murphy's first day on the job and the Atlanta Police Department is seething after the murder of an officer. Before the day has barely begun, she already suspects she's not cut out for the job as a cop. Her male uniform is too big, she can't handle a gun, and she's rapidly learning that the APD is hardly a place that welcomes women. Worse still, in the ensuing manhunt, he'll be partnered with Maggie Lawson, a cop with her own ax to grind (and a brother and uncle already on the force)­­a strategy meant to isolate Kate and Maggie from the action. But the move will backfire, putting them right at the heart of it"­­ Provided by publisher.

Read­alikes:

1. Hard revolution by Pelecanos, George P.  Reason: Although Cop Town introduces two policewomen in 1974 Atlanta, Georgia, and Hard Revolution follows the career of an African ­American cop in 1960s Washington, D.C., both gritty mysteries depict the experiences of "outsiders" struggling to succeed in their careers despite discrimination. ­­ Gillian Speace

2. Open season by Miller, Maryann,  ­ Reason: Despite different settings ­­ Cop Town takes place in 1970s Atlanta, Georgia; Open Season is set in contemporary Dallas, Texas ­­ both gritty mysteries pair female police officers from different backgrounds who must solve politically sensitive cases with racial undertones. ­­ Gillian Speace

3. Forty acres by Smith,  Dwayne Alexander  Reason: Race relations are central to these provocative, fast ­paced suspense novels. While Cop Town focuses on the gritty realism of 1970s Atlanta and Forty Acres features a contemporary society of rich and powerful African ­Americans, both leave the reader with uncomfortable moral questions. ­­ Anthea Goffe

4. The poet  by Connelly. Michael,  Reason: Fast ­paced and gritty, these mysteries feature police officers hot on the trail of a cop killer who's equally clever and ruthless. Cop Town evokes the urban atmosphere of 1970s Atlanta, while The Poet takes readers on a contemporary, cross ­country manhunt. ­­ Gillian Speace

5. Crusader's cross by Burke, James Lee, ­ Reason: These books are Gritty, and they share: the genre 'Mystery stories' and the subjects 'Serial murder investigation' and 'Violence'.

6. The traffickers by Griffin, W. E. B. Reason: These books are Compelling and Gritty, and they share: the genre 'Mystery stories' and the subjects '1970s' and 'Violence'.

website:  http://www.karinslaughter.com/

TV series that takes a look back at police work circa 1973 :  Life on Mars.  Originally an UK series (2005), but there was an American remake in 2008.  Both versions are available from the library.