Missing: Suzanne Robinson

Lynda Suzanne Robinson is an American writer, author of romance novels as Suzanne Robinson and mystery novels as Lynda S. Robinson. As Lynda S. Robinson she was critically acclaimed for her series of historical whodunnits set in Ancient Egypt during the reign of Tutankhamun and starring Lord Meren.

Lynda Suzanne was born on July 6, 1951 in Amarillo, Texas. She has a doctoral degree in anthropology with a specialty in the subdiscipline of archaeology from the University of Texas at Austin. She has done field work in both the Middle East and the United States, as well as museum research and work in exhibits of ancient art.

Robinson has written twelve historical romances of various settings and time periods-from ancient Egypt to the Elizabethan and Victorian periods. Published by Bantam Books, her novels are praised for their complex, intriguing plots, unique characterization and historical authenticity. Her latest undertaking is a novel of romantic suspense set in civil war Washington D.C. Robinson has been called "an author of star quality" and "spectacularly talented". Robinson lives in Texas in the south central hill country with her husband.
 
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Missing: Suzanne Robinson

Lynda Suzanne Robinson is an American writer, author of romance novels as Suzanne Robinson and mystery novels as Lynda S. Robinson. As Lynda S. Robinson she was critically acclaimed for her series of historical whodunnits set in Ancient Egypt during the reign of Tutankhamun and starring Lord Meren.

Lynda Suzanne was born on July 6, 1951 in Amarillo, Texas. She has a doctoral degree in anthropology with a specialty in the subdiscipline of archaeology from the University of Texas at Austin. She has done field work in both the Middle East and the United States, as well as museum research and work in exhibits of ancient art.

Robinson has written twelve historical romances of various settings and time periods-from ancient Egypt to the Elizabethan and Victorian periods. Published by Bantam Books, her novels are praised for their complex, intriguing plots, unique characterization and historical authenticity. Her latest undertaking is a novel of romantic suspense set in civil war Washington D.C. Robinson has been called "an author of star quality" and "spectacularly talented". Robinson lives in Texas in the south central hill country with her husband.
 
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Behind the Cover: Bruce Pennington

Bruce Pennington (born May 10, 1944 in Somerset is a British painter, perhaps best known for his science fiction and fantasy novel cover art. Pennington's works have largely featured on the covers of novels of the likes of Isaac Asimov, Clark Ashton Smith and Robert A. Heinlein, adopting both science fiction and fantastical themes. Pennington's past of speculation and youthful wonderment lead to his current outlandish form and style.


Cover Art for Flashing Swords, 1974

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Pennington's works are largely characterised by bold, daring colours; rich pinks and blues sustaining his continuing motifs of speculation as well as precise brush strokes, harmonious pigment blending as well as the acute concentration in the detail of his depicted subjects, usually landscapes of other times or worlds.

Pennington, earlier disenchanted with traditional art methods, pursued his youthful fascination with that of the imagined and speculated.

Works include 'Impossible Possibilities' and 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'.

Pennington attended the Ravensbourne School of Art in Bromley during the early 1960s. He began working as a freelance illustrator in 1967. In 1976, Paper Tiger Books published an LP-sized graphic album, Eschatus, featuring Pennington's paintings inspired by the prophecies of Nostradamus. They followed this, in 1991, with a graphic album, Ultraterraneum, collecting various private and commercial works. (From Wikipedia)

http://www.brucepennington.co.uk/

Behind the Cover: Bruce Pennington

Bruce Pennington (born May 10, 1944 in Somerset is a British painter, perhaps best known for his science fiction and fantasy novel cover art. Pennington's works have largely featured on the covers of novels of the likes of Isaac Asimov, Clark Ashton Smith and Robert A. Heinlein, adopting both science fiction and fantastical themes. Pennington's past of speculation and youthful wonderment lead to his current outlandish form and style.


Cover Art for Flashing Swords, 1974

( more pics )

Pennington's works are largely characterised by bold, daring colours; rich pinks and blues sustaining his continuing motifs of speculation as well as precise brush strokes, harmonious pigment blending as well as the acute concentration in the detail of his depicted subjects, usually landscapes of other times or worlds.

Pennington, earlier disenchanted with traditional art methods, pursued his youthful fascination with that of the imagined and speculated.

Works include 'Impossible Possibilities' and 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'.

Pennington attended the Ravensbourne School of Art in Bromley during the early 1960s. He began working as a freelance illustrator in 1967. In 1976, Paper Tiger Books published an LP-sized graphic album, Eschatus, featuring Pennington's paintings inspired by the prophecies of Nostradamus. They followed this, in 1991, with a graphic album, Ultraterraneum, collecting various private and commercial works. (From Wikipedia)

http://www.brucepennington.co.uk/

Caribbean Heat by Remmy Duchene

The story is really short, 42 pages but with big characters, so it's actually only few scenes.

Tao is a Canadian detective who is following a serial killer who ran away in Jamaica. When he arrives in Kingston he is assigned a police officer, as a guide and roommate. Ken is an handsome African-American young man, hot like the land in which he lives. In Jamaica homosexuality is not something you can live in the open (is it like so? I didn't know...), and so Ken has devoted himself to a chaste life, until Tao arrives. Ken's gaydar works very well, and he spotted the man as soon as he lands. And so Tao is chasing the killer and Ken is chasing Tao. But their relationship is domed since Tao will soon return in Canada.

It's quite a task to write a thriller in only 40 pages. And actually if not for the end, I was wondering about a scene I read that, in a way, was almost detached from the rest of the story. It's this link between the first part and the last pages that, in a way, justifies all the thriller component of the book. The romance instead is quite simple and easy, Ken likes Tao and Tao likes Ken, so it's not difficult for them to be together. There is a bit of multicultural spicy, both in Ken's look than in his speaking: Remmy Duchene decided to not profit of the usual expedient of the foreign man that perfectly master a second language like a mother tongue speaking; here Ken forgets verbs, mistakes spelling and so on.

A few typos (evidents since the story is not so long) don't weigh so much to ruin a nice story.

http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=64&products_id=145

Reading List:

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Caribbean Heat by Remmy Duchene

The story is really short, 42 pages but with big characters, so it's actually only few scenes.

Tao is a Canadian detective who is following a serial killer who ran away in Jamaica. When he arrives in Kingston he is assigned a police officer, as a guide and roommate. Ken is an handsome African-American young man, hot like the land in which he lives. In Jamaica homosexuality is not something you can live in the open (is it like so? I didn't know...), and so Ken has devoted himself to a chaste life, until Tao arrives. Ken's gaydar works very well, and he spotted the man as soon as he lands. And so Tao is chasing the killer and Ken is chasing Tao. But their relationship is domed since Tao will soon return in Canada.

It's quite a task to write a thriller in only 40 pages. And actually if not for the end, I was wondering about a scene I read that, in a way, was almost detached from the rest of the story. It's this link between the first part and the last pages that, in a way, justifies all the thriller component of the book. The romance instead is quite simple and easy, Ken likes Tao and Tao likes Ken, so it's not difficult for them to be together. There is a bit of multicultural spicy, both in Ken's look than in his speaking: Remmy Duchene decided to not profit of the usual expedient of the foreign man that perfectly master a second language like a mother tongue speaking; here Ken forgets verbs, mistakes spelling and so on.

A few typos (evidents since the story is not so long) don't weigh so much to ruin a nice story.

http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=64&products_id=145

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle