Tag: Thrillers
Selected Shorts
Selected Shorts: Compulsions
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Guest host John Lithgow introduces two stories about compulsion.
The Leonard Lopate Show
Lee Child on The Affair
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Bestselling writer Lee Child talks about his latest crime thriller, The Affair. Elite military cop Jack Reacher sets off on an undercover mission to solve the mystery of a murder of a young woman in Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997.
The Leonard Lopate Show
Michael Connelly
Friday, December 09, 2011
Michael Connelly, one of the best known writers of detective and crime fiction in America, talks about his Harry Bosch series. In the latest book, The Drop, Bosch has been given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, and he wants cases more fiercely than ever.
The Leonard Lopate Show
Lee Child on The Affair
Monday, October 17, 2011
Bestselling writer Lee Child talks about his latest crime thriller, The Affair. Elite military cop Jack Reacher sets off on an undercover mission to solve the mystery of a murder of a young woman in Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997.
The Leonard Lopate Show
Jo Nesbø on His Novel The Snowman
Friday, August 26, 2011
Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø talks about his latest novel, The Snowman. It’s the seventh book in his Harry Hole series, about a Norwegian detective. In this story, he’s investigating crimes that appear to be by Norway’s first serial killer.
The Leonard Lopate Show
Senator Bob Graham on Keys to the Kingdom
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Senator Bob Graham, former two-term Governor of Florida who served eighteen years in the United States Senate, talks about his career in politics and his new novel, Keys to the Kingdom, a political thriller about a former Senator and co-chair of the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry Commission who is murdered near his Florida home. Enter Tony Ramos, ex-Special Forces operative and currently a State Department intelligence analyst, who investigates his murder and uncovers a shocking international conspiracy linking the Saudi Kingdom to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda.