tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post603034041011729619..comments2024-03-28T20:02:35.777-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: HelsinkiOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-87562574902898035642010-12-06T18:10:39.948-05:002010-12-06T18:10:39.948-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340194133098493066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-87085633307887466932010-11-08T21:01:46.802-05:002010-11-08T21:01:46.802-05:00Thank you for your reply, Leighton! I'm quite ...Thank you for your reply, Leighton! I'm quite excited right now, because I got my copy of EVERY BITTER THING in the mail today... I guess Christmas came a bit early this year. Can't wait to read it!<br />The reason I know a thing or two about Ljubljana is because I had to do research for something I'm writing... and I tend to be thorough in my research. All that's left for me to do is to actually go there, so my itinerary is now as follows: all of the Nordic countries, Slovenia, Russia, and of course I'll have to see those gigantic waterfalls you told me about... Iguaçu Falls, I believe it was?Annie Taschereaunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-22904056876400507372010-11-05T17:58:49.476-04:002010-11-05T17:58:49.476-04:00Beth,
Ah, Dear Beth, a plug for my own books.
And ...Beth,<br />Ah, Dear Beth, a plug for my own books.<br />And right here on our blog, too.<br />Thank you!<br /><br />Annie,<br />Now, Annie, that wasn't a plug at all. What Beth did was a (highly appreciated) plug. What you did was a (highly appreciated) contribution, every bit within the spirit of this blog.<br />How come you know so much about Ljubljana? I stopped there once on my way between Trieste and Vienna - by bicycle, no less.<br />I somehow wound up in a café trying to communicate with a few Yugoslavians in German. It got easier with every beer I drank. And I drank a lot of them.<br />Tito was still alive back then. That's how long ago it was. And, if I'm not mistaken, he died right there in Ljubljana.<br /><br />Dan,<br />It's bound to happen. Your work is far too good not to be. But, when it happens, a word of advice:<br />Be very, very careful about accepting dinner invitations while there.<br />If your publisher is Helsinki books, Jan and Eetu will ply you with vast quantities of alcohol and the next thing you know you're waking up in jail.<br />I know.<br />It happened to me.Leighton Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788807904434180290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-23906738384198445382010-11-05T17:44:20.131-04:002010-11-05T17:44:20.131-04:00Thank You, Friends of this blog (and my fellow Blo...Thank You, Friends of this blog (and my fellow Blogmates) for all of your kind comments about this post.<br />Please excuse my tardiness in responding. It's been a busy week, culminating, yesterday, in my publisher's acceptance of "A Vine in the Blood", the next Silva book, due out in December of 2011. And just, today, I'm happy to say, I received my author's copies of the 2010 entry, "Every Bitter Thing", beginning to appear in bookstores throughout the U.S.<br /><br />Susie,<br />It does look like a library, doesn't it?<br />But it's a bookstore - and what a bookstore!<br />I want to move to Helsinki and live in there.<br /><br />Writer Lady,<br />Welcome to our blog and, on behalf of Tim, thanks for your praise of his "Nail through the Heart". I share your enthusiasm. It's an honor to share this blog with him.<br />And, oh yeah, I know you wrote "head", but we both know that was a typo, right?<br />Also, I know it gets confusing, sometimes, who posted what. Exacerbated by the fact that we sometimes forget to sign our posts. But usually you'll find our names and the day at the bottom of every new one.<br />(continued)Leighton Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788807904434180290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-36964639192291064032010-11-05T06:41:25.807-04:002010-11-05T06:41:25.807-04:00Great post Leighton - I now desperately want to be...Great post Leighton - I now desperately want to be published in Finland!<br /><br />Are you watching Alcatraz?Dan Waddellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320741202757960766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-67531198861048450362010-11-01T22:01:58.536-04:002010-11-01T22:01:58.536-04:00Ah, Finland! Definitely a place I'll just have...Ah, Finland! Definitely a place I'll just have to see someday. That Helsinki prison-turned-hotel reminds me of a similar project that was completed in 2003 in the beautiful city of Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia. It's a former military prison turned art gallery/youth hostel, and it's located at the heart of the autonomous social centre of Metelkova Mesto, which used to be the headquarters of the Yugoslav National Army in Slovenia. More than 80 Slovenian artists took part in the renovation of the former prison, which is now known simply as Hostel Celica (celica = Slovenian word for "cell").<br /><br />You can get a peek at some of the rooms (along with some more info on the hostel, if you should so desire) right here: http://www.souhostel.com/en/accomodation/index.html<br /><br />Sorry if this seems like a plug, I really don't mean to turn this blog into an advertisement platform! The story of how Metelkova Mesto came to be what it now is truly is fascinating and a perfect example of the importance Ljubljančani (Ljubljana residents) feel towards their own history and culture. Very inspiring.Annie Taschereaunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-80564132167266176262010-11-01T19:03:58.071-04:002010-11-01T19:03:58.071-04:00Writer Lady -
A NAIL THROUGH THE HEART is a wonde...Writer Lady -<br /><br />A NAIL THROUGH THE HEART is a wonderful book and I am sure you will be equally enthusiastic about the other books Tim Hallinan wrote in the Poke Rafferty series.<br /><br />Leighton Gage not only writes terrific posts on Murder Is Everywhere, he also writes an equally good series set in Brazil . His four Inspector Mario Silva books, BLOOD OF THE WICKED, BURIED STRANGERS, DYING GASP, and the soon to be released EVERY BITTER THING, are a series you shouldn't miss.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-75890858377790615912010-11-01T17:07:56.230-04:002010-11-01T17:07:56.230-04:00How cool that your work has made it to Finland! Th...How cool that your work has made it to Finland! That's almost as cool as being in lock-up there!jenny milchmanhttp://suspenseyourdisbelief.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-85363662248038964272010-11-01T07:38:54.936-04:002010-11-01T07:38:54.936-04:00I just finished reading A Nail Through the Head. ...I just finished reading A Nail Through the Head. I loved it because of the Thai background - and your good writing, of course.<br /><br />I also enjoyed this post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149940452550321323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-70346729238202087822010-11-01T06:52:41.000-04:002010-11-01T06:52:41.000-04:00You make incarceration sound like fun. In a long ...You make incarceration sound like fun. In a long ago, far away life I investigated suicides in NYC prisons. Maybe it was the room service?<br /><br />JeffJeffrey Sigerhttp://www.jeffreysiger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-12405333296248624602010-11-01T02:28:10.507-04:002010-11-01T02:28:10.507-04:00Wait a minute--this raises the disturbing possibil...Wait a minute--this raises the disturbing possibility that Best Western is running a Helsinki black ops prison for the spooks. Down below the luxury cells, in the bowels of that ancient prison, are real cells housing terrorists who are being tortured with complimentary breakfasts of pale brown coffee-ish liquids and cardboard pastries, and being forced to memorize every word in their free copy of USA Today...<br /><br />Gotta run--I think there's a profitable potboiler steaming up my word processor.<br /><br />--LennyLenny Kleinfeldhttp://www.lennykleinfeld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-36059910732922082112010-11-01T02:10:49.572-04:002010-11-01T02:10:49.572-04:00Leighton--
To quote the late, great British rock ...Leighton--<br /><br />To quote the late, great British rock band, The Move--"Lock me in and throw the keys awayyyyyyyyy."<br /><br />--LennyLenny Kleinfeldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-71956239479885652532010-11-01T02:08:13.128-04:002010-11-01T02:08:13.128-04:00Great, Leighton -- I want to GO THERE.Great, Leighton -- I want to GO THERE.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-74532591604679637462010-11-01T02:01:49.974-04:002010-11-01T02:01:49.974-04:00Congratulations, Leighton. Also a terrific experi...Congratulations, Leighton. Also a terrific experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-41085868515920193062010-11-01T00:44:44.856-04:002010-11-01T00:44:44.856-04:00Hi Leighton,
I thought, wow, that prison looks li...Hi Leighton,<br /><br />I thought, wow, that prison looks like a hotel!<br /><br />The library is beautiful.<br /><br />SusieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com