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THE TRAITOR IN US ALL
By Robert S. Levinson
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Jennifer Minar conducts a Q&A with Bob at
WritersBreak.com
Other Interviews at:
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
Mysteries
Galore
Larian's Loft
Bob's
Derringer Award-winning short story, "The Quick Brown Fox," which
first appeared in
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, is included in the
new anthology,
Between the Dark and The Daylight and 27 More of the Year's Finest
Crime & Mystery Stories from Tyrus Books (ISBN 10:
0982520956 and ISBN 13: 978-0982520956), joining work by Joyce Carol
Oates, T. Jefferson Parker, Michael Connelly, Peter Robinson, Doug
Allyn, Charlaine Harris and others
Bob’s short story is the title
piece in the anthology A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year’s
Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and
Ed Gorman; Pegasus Books
ISBN-10: 1933648805
ISBN-13: 978-1933648804
An original short, "And the Winner is...," appears in Hollywood and Crime: An Anthology of Hollywood Crime
Stories," edited by Robert Randisi; Pegasus Books;
ISBN# 1933648287
"Levinson delivers a wicked portrait of gossip columnist Hedda
Hopper...which turns on her lackey's efforts to stop a Nazi
sharpshooter at the 1960 Academy Awards"
--Publishers Weekly
AN ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY MAGAZINE
READERS AWARD WINNER
THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS
"Death Conquers All"
"The Man in the Van"
and
"Take My Word for It and
You Don't Have to Answer"
MURDER TIMES TWO
Comprising two one-act stage plays by Bob and nominated for
an “Angie” award of the International Mystery Writers
Festival was performed during the annual IMWF fest in June,
2008, at RiverPark Center in Owensboro, KY
'Quote/Unquote'
All the
Reviews
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WHAT
THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT
THE TRAITOR IN US ALL
“Absolutely top-notch!
Levinson’s The Traitor in Us All
offers up a delicious blend of the best in thriller writing:
a keenly drawn hero, sharp plotting and dialogue,
intelligent
intrigue and a dash of the past—yesterday’s Cold War
harrowingly emerging in the present. A great read.”
—JEFFERY DEAVER
author of The Bone Collector and Roadside Crosses
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, two teenage
girls are brutally murdered and a third kidnapped in Eden
Highlands, a quiet, close-knit Southern California community
north of San Diego. Jack Sothern, a discredited,
down-on-his-luck freelance writer, connects the crimes to
Dan Boone, the notorious American "Turncoat Rebel" who found
fame and fortune behind the Iron Curtain, and to a
long-missing diary kept by sociopath Erich Mielke, sadistic
head of East Germany's Ministry of State Security, the
dreaded Stasi, and. If found, the diary's mother lode of
state secrets would bring millions in a bidding war among
countries. Deals are struck, treachery substitutes for the
truth and the body count rises in a non-stop series of
revelations as Sothern races to locate the diary, save the
kidnapped girl and redeem his honor
WHAT
THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT
IN THE KEY OF DEATH
"…an
ass-kicker that unravels the music industry…Fast-paced,
funny and dark, this is a whirlwind in a bottle and turning
that first page is going to let it loose."
--Crimespree Magazine
“Stuffed with action,
violence, sex, music-business savvy and plot…”
--Kirkus Reviews
“(A) private investigative thriller with an excellent late
twist…The scene in which Mr. Magic chats about the future
with Billy the Kid is chilling and sets the tone…”
--The Mystery Gazette
“Pure Levinson—smart, dark and funny. Levinson’s vision of
human foible has never been sharper.”
--T. Jefferson Parker
“A smooth and well-turned tale of music, murder and
revenge…A novel of sparkling wit and complicated characters,
of keen suspense and shocking revelations. A riveting thrill
ride from tart to finish.”
--James Rollins
“Murder and mayhem in the music biz, by a man who knows
where all the bodies are buried…A murderous roman a G-clef.”
--F. Paul Wilson
“A novel with realism, the charm of ‘being there’ and
characters that strike a very real chord. I loved it.”
--Heather Graham
“A gem—fast-paced and full of surprises, with a wonderful
assortment of twists, turns and oddball characters…Superbly
written.”
--Michael Palmer
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT
WHERE THE LIES BEGIN
"(An) ever-surprising, character-rich thriller."
--Baltimore Sun
"Tough and funny--a gang of federal double dealers who
make the Hollywood press corps look like a church
choir."
--Chicago Tribune
"A complex and exciting espionage thriller...fun to read
as the audience tries to determine who's on whose side."
--Midwest Book Review
"Modern L.A. noir at its finest. An adrenalin blast from
first page to last! I couldn't recommend a book more
highly."
--John Lescroart, New York Times best-selling
author
"Fast-paced and exciting, WHERE THE LIES BEGIN presents
a dark loving Chandleresque vision of Los Angeles. The
city is as palpable a character as the fascinating
violent friendship that Robert S. Levinson depicts."
--David Morrell, New York Times best-selling
author
"Poetic,
gritty and touched with black humor...dissects the
Machiavellian world of big-city politics, vividly
dramatizing the unbridled ambition and terrifying
end-game power plays only hinted at by today's
headlines. Levinson's cool writing and hot topics are
bold and memorable. Turn on your answering machine.
You're in for the night."
--Gayle Lynds, New York Times best-selling author
"A complex and exciting espionage thriller...fun to read
as the audience tries to determine who's on whose side."
--Midwest Book Review
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT
ASK A DEAD MAN
"Robert S. Levinson
writes a great read."
--Nelson DeMille,
New York Times best-selling author
"A novel that not only
stands alone but stands tall. Writing with
considerable invention, grace and energy, the author
(tells) an intricate and emotionally potent tale of
murder and double-cross…This is a dense, dark,
beautifully wrought tale of love and betrayal, sin
and retribution, offering serious suspense, terrific
twists and full-blooded characters. Levinson may not
have an Irish name but he carries the soul of the
Irish poets in his pen and in his heart--only a dead
man wouldn't relish this read."
--Publishers
Weekly
(Starred Review)
"Genuinely exciting. .
.It sinks its narrative claws into our skin and
drags us along on what proves to be an exhilarating
ride. . ."
--Booklist
"A book full of sex and
violence, fueled with enough treachery and paranoia
to light up a small city."
--Dick
Adler, Chicago Tribune
"Levinson's story
structure, eye for detail, flavorsome style, and
knack for Hitchcockian suspense set pieces cannot be
denied."
--Jon L.
Breen,
"The Jury Box," Ellery Queen Mystery
Magazine
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