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MARTIN ROY HILL
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    • DUTY: Suspense and Mystery Stories from the Cold War and Beyond
    • Eden: A Sci-Fi Novella
    • Empty Places
    • Hitler Is Coming
    • Magazines/Anthologies
    • Marque and Reprisal
    • Polar Melt: A Novel
    • The Butcher's Bill (Linus Schag #2)
    • The Killing Depths
    • The Last Refuge
    • WAR STORIES: Tales of Courage, Leadership, Blunders, and SNAFUs
    • The Last President
    • The Fourth Rising
    • ChimeraIsland
    • Upriver
  • Martin's Writing Blog
    • 7th Plague Not Scary but Satisfying
    • A Living Character in Live and Let Die
    • A Lunar Commentary on Earthbound Men
    • A New Planet, Sci-Fi, and Human History
    • A New Year and the Year Just Passed
    • A Powerful Author of Dystopian Tales
    • A Search for Peace Extremely Denied
    • A Tale of the Stress of Wartime Command
    • A Touch of Humor, A Touch of Noir
    • All that Glitters In Hollywood Isn't Gold
    • Billy Boyle Mixes Noir Mystery with War Novel
    • Black Heart a Story of Belief and Redemption
    • Block's 'Tombstones:' A Walk Among Genius
    • Blog Archives
      • "Eden," New Sci-fi Novella, Available for Pre-order
      • "Goliath": A Serious, and Seriously Fun, Thriller
      • "Nightstalkers" a Rip-Roaring Military Sci-fi Adventure
      • "No Mercy" a Delightful Romp Through Mayhem
      • "Private Gentleman" Presents an Elegant Study of Character
      • "Quiller" Still a Cold War Classic
      • "Scavenger" a Reality Show Gone Awry
      • "Stonehenge Legacy" Offers Chilling Suspense
      • "The Report on UFOs" a Most Unusual Book
      • 'Blood Oath' a Hitchcockian Suspense Thriller
      • 50 Years Later, Farentheit 451 Still Holds Up
      • 6th Extinction Thrilling, Thought-Provoking, and Frightening
      • A MilSciFi Adventure Straight Out of the Great Age of Sail
      • A Must Have Book for Every Writer
      • A Novel With Unrealized Ambition
      • A Sneak Preview of MRH's Next Book, 'Eden'
      • A Subtle but Power Tale of Horror
      • A Subtle but Powerful Horror Tale
      • A Wonderfully Witty Literary Thriller
      • After More than 100 years, Quatermain Is Still a Legendary Hero
      • Anna Pigeon hangs tough in "The Rope"
      • Anne Hillerman following her father's footsteps, but not standing in his shadow.
      • Area 51 a Fast Paced, Exciting Read
      • Bob Mayer Mixes SciFi with Military/Political Thrillers in "The Rock"
      • Brotherly Love and Revenge: 'Brotherhood of the Rose'
      • Butcher's "Storm Front": Phillip Marlowe Meets Harry Potter
      • Child's "The Third Gate" Starts Slow but Builds Excitement
      • Coming of Age in a Dystopian Future
      • Cussler's "Corsair" a Fast-Paced Thriller
      • Dare I Call It Murder? a Compelling, Unnerving Book
      • Dark Suspense at the Top of the World
      • DeMille's "General's Daughter" Still Timely
      • DeMille's "Night Fall" a Thought-Provoking Look at TWA Tragedy
      • DeMille's "Up Country" a Walk Through Youthful Memories of War
      • Dick's Man in the High Castle Still a Classic
      • DUTY named Best Short Story Collection by SDBAA
      • ELDORADO a Sober, Realistic Look at Our Future
      • Empty Places on sale for 99 cents!
      • Expect the Unexpected In "Savage Payback"
      • Forget the Movie, Morrell's "First Blood" Is a Classic
      • Free download for "Duty: Suspense and Mystery Stories from the Cold War and Beyond"
      • Friendship and Betrayal in The Naked Edge
      • From the Fog of War to the League of Fog and Night
      • Gettysburg: Three Days that Saved the United States
      • Green's Diabolist a Thrilling, Terrifying, and Haunting Read
      • Heinlein's "Harsh Mistress" Masterful
      • Hello and Welcome
      • High Level Conspiracies Abound in Meltzer's "Fate"
      • Impressive Thriller Laced with History
      • It's Here Now! "Empty Places" Now Available
      • It's Here! "Killing Depths" Is Now Available!
      • Looking for Justice in an Unjust War
      • Loyalty and Betrayal in Higgins' "Eagle Has Landed"
      • Matheson's Legendary "I Am Legend"
      • Mayer's "Kennedy Endeavor" a Thriller and History Lesson
      • Meet the Characters from "Empty Places"
      • Morrell's "Murder" Is Fine Art
      • Morrell's Last Reveille a Study of Soldiers Old and Young
      • Mystery Great Robert Wade Passes
      • New Mystery Magazine Is Launched
      • New Novel, "Killing Depths," Heads into Final Production
      • Pirates, Cannibals, & Marco Polo - And a Believable Plot
      • Realistic Action in "Resolute Action"
      • Realistic Action in Mayer's 'Eyes of the Hammer'
      • Redemption for a Very Bad Man
      • Review of Whitley Strieber's "Critical Mass"
      • Review: "Chopper Music," by Jay Allan Storey
      • Review: "Woken Furies" by Richard K. Morgan
      • Review: 'Atlantis' by Bob Mayer
      • Review: A Must-Have Book for Indie Authors
      • Review: Courage Above & Beyond in The Finest Hours
      • Review: David Morrell's "Creepers"
      • Review: Douglas Preston's "Impact"
      • Review: Expansive Homage to the Greatest Generation
      • Review: For Three Violent Men, Letting Go Is Hard to Do
      • Review: Holmes Lives in The Last Moriarity
      • Review: Jeff Shaara's "A Blaze of Glory"
      • Review: MATTERHORN: An Addition to the Great Anti-War Novels
      • Review: Phillip Kerr's "Prague Fatale"
      • Review: Predator Strike! Lands on Target
      • Review: Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon
      • Review: Simmering Suspense & Horror in The Totem
      • Review: Surviving a Strange and Alien World
      • Review: The Arx: Hitchcockian Noir and a Dash of Sci-Fi
      • Review: The U.S. Civil War Through a Cannoneer's Sights
      • Review: Whitley Strieber's "The Grays"
      • Romance and Adventure Discovering the Man Behind Shakespeare
      • Salvation and Suspense In Fraternity of the Stone
      • Science and Religion in "The Eye of God"
      • Strieber's 'Hybrids' a Genre Bending Mix of Sci-Fi and Horror
      • Strieber's 2012 Thoughtful, Imaginative
      • Swashbuckling Action in the Modern Age
      • Tag, I'm It! I'm On a Blog Tour!
      • The Egyptian: A High-Speed Race for the Secret of Eternal Life
      • The Martian Chronicles: Better the Second Time Around
      • The Martian: Oh, wow, wow, wow.
      • The Next Big Thing Blog Hop
      • The True Story of Breaker Morant's Fate
      • Tips for Publishing on Kindle Direct
      • Two Warriors, Centuries Apart, Save the World
      • Using Technology to Find Time to Write
      • Victorian Murder and Vengeance in Inspector of the Dead
      • What Does Science Know? There's the Rub
    • Bob Mayer's I, Judas Is a Thinking Man's Adventure
    • Byzantine Intrigue and Betrayal in 'The First Wave'
    • Casino Royale: The Real Bond - James Bond
    • Character-Driven Plot in Higgins' To Catch a King
    • Confessional: Angels With Dirty Faces...and Guns
    • Einstein Prophesy Offers Best of Archeology and Horror Genres
    • Everything Old Is New Again—Especially in Hollywood
    • First Assassin: Gone With the Wind Meets Day of the Jackal
    • Flash Fiction: When Less Is More
    • Forget 1984. This Is the Book Americans Should Read
    • How Shakespeare Influences Our Everyday Writing
    • How Thrillers Get to Those Exciting Climaxes
    • International Thrills in "Killer City"
    • Internet Research for Writers
    • Jekyll Revelation - Slow Start but Compelling Read
    • Manchurian Candidate: 50-Year-Old Novel With a Warning for Today
    • Martin's Writing Blog
      • Are We Over-Writing Our Stories?
      • Fascism in America in Fact and Fiction
      • Layton Green's 'The Summoner' Suspenseful and Horrifying
      • McKinty's Rain Dogs: Love Lost. Death. New Life
      • Violence 101: A Primer for Writers
      • SaltyTerms
    • Military Law Enforcement for Crime Writers
    • Moonraker - Continuing Proof Hollywood Ruined James Bond
    • Murder In a Land Where Life Is Cheap
    • Organizing Your Review and Publicity Campaign
    • Policing the Covert World in "The Cellar"
    • POV: First Person or Third Person?
    • Put an OOPART in Your Next Sci-Fi Plot
    • Review: Nearly 3 Decades Later, Polar Star Still a Solid Read
    • Shadow Cartel - Death Cults and Drug Cartels
    • Survive!
    • Testament: Hard to Read, but Worth Reading
    • The Other Side of Book Reviews: How Writing Reviews Can Improve and Promote Your Books
    • The True Facts Behind the Plot of The Butcher's Bill
    • Travis McGee: A Classic Returns
    • Tweaking MS Word to Work for You
    • Two Software Programs to Help Your Writing
    • What's In a Name? Or a Book Title?
    • What's In Your Character's Background?
    • What's on Your Writer's Bookshelf?
    • When a Captain Isn't a Captain: Military Ranks for Writers
    • When Fact Is Stranger than Fiction
    • Your Cover Blurb - Selling, Not Telling Your Book
    • Your Logline - The Hardest Sentence You'll Ever Write
    • …ever wondered where fact and fiction merge in a novel?… Author Martin Roy Hill knows…
    • Metropolis
    • Holocaust
    • Black Heart Arrival
    • Reviews
    • Common Writing Mistakes
    • Job of thrillers
    • Want to Be a Writer
    • HemingwayRules
    • PublishingTerms
    • ThreeTips
    • pieceofcake
    • QuietAmerican
    • Jack
    • TheRedHorse
    • whatisawriter
    • 11_22_63
    • Outliers
    • WitchofNovember
    • fifth profession
    • ColdHarbour
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About Writing

Footloose, Swinging Cats, and Other Salty Terms

What Makes You a Writer?

Have You Met Jack?

Three Tips for Moving Your Writing Forward

Publishing Terms New Writers Should Know

Hemingway's Four Rules for Writing Well

Why Hired an Editor?

Want to Be a Writer? Adhere to the King’s Advice

What Is the Primary Job of a Thriller?

Common Mistakes Made by Writers

How to Get Those Needed Reviews

Thriller Writers and WWII

Mystery, Thriller, or Mystery Thriller?

How Thrillers Get to Those Exciting Climaxes

POV: First Person or Third Person?

Book Reviews

Higgins' Cold Harbour: Double Agents and Triple Crosses

Morrell's The Fifth Profession Hard to Put Down

A Gripping Fictional Account of a Maritime Tragedy

Outliers - An Exciting Dystopian Thriller

11/22/63: Down the Rabbit Hole Into the Past

The War Catches Up with Billy Boyle

The Quiet American: A Cautionary Tale Unheeded

Author Derek Robinson Show the Battle of Britain Was No "Piece of Cake"

Review: Black Heart - Arrival: A Page Turner to Keep You Up at Night

Review: Metropolis: A Beginning and an End for Bernie Gunther

Review: Block's 'Tombstones:' A Walk Among Genius

Review: Vita Aeterna - A Powerful Warning of a Future to Come

Review: Moonraker - More Proof Hollywood Ruined James Bond

Review: All that Glitters In Hollywood Isn't Gold

Review: Angels With Dirty Faces...and Guns

Review: Jekyll Revelation - Slow Start but Compelling Read


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