Novels Complete list of novels by Nicholas Litchfield. HESSMAN’S NECKLACE “Combines the impeccable plotting of The Maltese Falcon with the canny post-modernism of Chinatown. Suspenseful, savvy and self-referential, Nicholas Litchfield’s Hessman’s Necklace soon will be added to the canon of enduring noir novels.”— LAURENCE KLAVAN, Edgar Award winner, librettist of Bed and Sofa “A cracking great […]
Press Reviews and features on fiction, essays, and other work by Nicholas Litchfield. Review of When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed by Nicholas Litchfield appears in BBC News – South Yorkshire; Blackpool Gazette; Burnley Express; Lancashire Post; Lancaster Guardian; The Star; Wigan Today (Wigan Observer and Wigan Post); and Yorkshire Evening Post. Borrow the
“When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed offers a suspense-filled and yet humorous look at the stressful demands of film-making through the lens of fame-hungry artistes, zealous directors, and everyone caught in the crossfire. It’s a red-hot treat for book lovers looking for a refreshingly different take on the international thriller. Pulsating with danger and
Books New and upcoming books from Nicholas Litchfield. Latest Book When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed “Pulsating with danger and menace, and infused with sharp-edged English humour, this excellently exotic adventure is the literary equivalent of a made-for-Hollywood big screen delight!”—Pam Norfolk, YORKSHIRE EVENING POST “A cinematic page-turner.”—CHRISTOPHER COSMOS, bestselling author of Once We
I started writing for newspapers over thirty years ago, and my byline was Nick Litchfield. Dozens of articles and thousands of copies landed on doorsteps nationwide. I kept at it for years, and the way newspapers were syndicated, articles were fed into different sister papers across neighboring towns and counties. Some were weeklies, some dailies.
My second novel, When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed, is scheduled for release on April 1st. Today, The Star, sometimes known as the Sheffield Star, carried a wonderful review of the novel. “Litchfield’s intense and topical drama sizzles like charred meat over hot coals, eventually erupting into a massive blaze of mesmerising chaos,” book critic Pam Norfolk writes. “Amidst the thrills and spills, readers encounter a cast of well-defined characters whose actions and voices manage to rise above the risible film script. Fans of edge-of-the-seat thrillers filled with exotic settings, non-stop action, and a cast of ambitious artistes battling fears, egos, insecurities, and daily disasters, will relish Nicholas Litchfield’s pulse-pounding novel, When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed.”
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Writing Selected work by Nicholas Litchfield published in newspapers, literary journals, and websites. Selected Short Stories “Paris Pickpockets.” Washington Square Review, Vol. 2, No. 3, Summer 2024, pp. 81-88. “Superstars of Today.” The MacGuffin, Vol. XXXIX, No. 3, Spring 2024, pp. 79-87. “Ruinous Acting.” Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Vol. XV, No. 2, Summer 2023 “Old Tennis.”
Prolific novelist René Brabazon Raymond was one of the most famous thriller writers of all time. He adopted several pen names, but James Hadley Chase is the most well-known. His debut, No Orchids for Miss Blandish, caused a sensation upon its publication in 1939, selling so well that it became one of the biggest bestsellers of the decade.
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This month, Stark House Press reissued two of Fischer’s paperback originals from the Fifties—Fools Walk In, published in 1951, and So Wicked, My Love, from 1954. The novels are essentially two variations on a theme. The first is a bizarre and twisty drama wherein a college professor gets involved with a gang of thieves, and the latter is a powerful and extremely well-written love story with darkness and villainy at its core. My essay, “Fischer’s Foolish Teacher and the Wicked Redhead,” introduces the collection.
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