DHS in the Reading Room

D Magazine's Reading Room blog highlights the books, websites and periodicals that Dallasites are eyeballing lately. Featured today are DHS, Jane McGarry and T. D. Jakes.

(Photo from Bouchercon '09: DHS enjoying the company of some fine minds)

Just look at these beautiful covers

Booklist has the warm fuzzies for Sullivan and Piccirilli's newest books:

"Terrorism meets reality TV. [Mark T. Sullivan's] Triple Cross is crisply written, breathlessly paced, suspenseful...an almost-addictive page-turner."




"Piccirilli’s latest book [THE COLDEST MILE] strips away the occult overtones associated with some of his earlier works (The Night Class won the 2002 Stoker Award) and jumps full bore into hard-boiled crime writing. This guy evokes Jim Thompson and David Goodis in the way he flays away at our illusions that there is comfort to be found in the human condition. What Piccirilli’s masterfully realized protagonist gambles is his last remaining glimmer of dignity—a commodity he isn’t sure he needs or even wants. It’s pedal to the metal...Don’t miss it."

Snapshots from Bouchercon

(1) Will Dennis and Brian Azzarello present THE JOKER, a deliciously twisted standalone featuring the "clown prince of crime".

(2) Duane Swierczynski fans get in the game early on, collecting signatures from the stroller.












(3) Batman keeps watch while Jill Thompson signs at Geppi's.

(4) Brian Azzarello, Gary Phillips, and Will Dennis join forces on the DC Vertigo Crime panel.











(5) Dan Conaway, J. D. Rhoades, Sean Doolittle, and Alafair Burke relax at Mick O'Shea's, this year's bar of choice for the annual DHS "off-campus" party.

(6) Mark Sullivan is the picture of cool composure no matter where he is, be it listening to Lynn Grady at a bar or tracking prey in the woods.











(7) Here's a nice bottle of Beck's, pausing for a photo with Michael Koryta and Kelley Ragland.

(8) Sean Doolittle, Michael Koryta, and Derek Nikitas -- all smiles before climbing onboard the Coast Guard Cutter as research for future books. Allegedly.