crime fiction novels | Robert McClure

Spotlight on the novel DEADLY LULLABY by SolaFide Publishing

Posted on October 23, 2015 Leave a Comment

SolaFide Publishing features Robert McClure’s debut novel, Deadly Lullaby, a rollicking tale about a father, a career mobster hitman, who seeks reconciliation with his son, an LAPD detective.

Babe Crucci’s creator, author of Deadly Lullaby, interviewed by local media

Posted on October 17, 2015 Leave a Comment

Hey, it’s Babe Crucci here. Connie Leonard of WAVE3 News in the Derby City interviewed my creator, the author of the book I star in, titled Deadly Lullaby. You can see the whole flipping interview by clicking here. “Robert Darrell Bubba Mac Bob McClure” (the author has a lot of aliases doesn’t he) tells Leonard […]

The Last Good Kiss, by James Crumley

Posted on September 16, 2015 Leave a Comment

This morning I absentmindedly picked up a book that has remained untouched on my bookshelf for many years, James Crumley’s The Last Good Kiss, and was treated to one of the best (arguably the best) opening line in hardboiled crime fiction history: “When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with […]

Copy Editing Done!

Posted on June 22, 2015 Leave a Comment

I recently finished reviewing the final edits made by the copy editor assigned to Deadly Lullaby at Random House, Ted Allen. A thoroughly professional job, making all the punctuation consistent, correcting a typo here and there, generally paying attention to the little things a fiction writer overlooks when swimming in the creative soup. I pushed […]