book rage by mark hernandez
writer spotlight
The NaTural
TaleNT of
ChrisTopher riCe
It hasn’t been easy for Christopher Rice to get past being “the son of Anne Rice
and late painter and poet Stan Rice” but it’s now clear beyond a shadow of a doubt
he’s done just that. After his first four best-selling mystery novels have received
great reviews along with many awards and accolades, he’s now working on his
fifth novel The Moonlit Earth. It’s obvious he truly loves writing, he has a natural
talent for it and he’s here to stay. Chris currently lives in West Hollywood (his mom
now lives in La Jolla) and he’s the president of the Lambda Literary Foundation
working hard to keep the flame burning for the still-struggling genre of LGBT lit-
erature. Visit his website at
www.ChristopherRiceBooks.com to learn more about
him and his work, including videos and articles he’s written.
Books available at Obelisk Bookstore in Hillcrest.
Murder at the Academy Awards
Who knew that Joan Rivers would, or even could
write a murder mystery novel? If you didn’t get
enough of Joan and Melissa during the recent
Blind Fall Academy Awards, then wait, there’s more…It starts The Dawning
Christopher Rice’s fourth book, Blind Fall, has just out with Max and her daughter Drew (the names Every lesbian has heard of Karin Kallmaker, and if
come out in paperback. And while this book has been have been changed as this is fiction) dishing the dirt you haven’t, well you must be new! Karin has written
out for about a year now, it’s worth it to take a moment on the red carpet during the big night when a new 30-plus books with a new one just out and another
once again and let everyone know about this must- fresh-faced Oscar nominee named Halsey Hamilton coming in April. Her latest book continues a storyline
read novel. It starts out with Marine vet John Houck (straight out of rehab, natch) comes up to Joan’s, I started in a book she wrote 12 years ago called Night
heading up to see his friend and now retired Marine mean Max’s microphone, slurs something unintel- Vision which has also been reprinted so you can start
Captain Mike Bowers. John has lived with his sense ligible and then drops dead right there at the hem of there first if you like. In The Dawning, Amanda Martin
of guilt from a momentary lapse during combat in her Michael Kors gown! Just open the inside cover of is living the life of a recluse still unable to deal with
Iraq that resulted in his captain being seriously and this book and read the liner notes and I guarantee it what happened 12 years earlier. A torrential rain-
permanently injured and John looks forward to this will go under your arm and off to the checkout coun- storm comes along and she daringly helps rescue
visit becoming some sort of closure for him. But upon ter. While you (and your friends wondering what you a woman caught in the ensuing flood, which just
arriving at his former captain’s home he discovers him are reading) might look at the cover and blurt out a about takes both their lives. Amanda puts her up for
brutally murdered, sees a man fleeing from the scene Yiddish-sounding “WhaAAaa” and think, naw, this the night at her place and is content to send her on
and pursues the killer. It turns out it’s not the killer but will probably be a train wreck too. You’ll likely join her way the next morning, well... that doesn’t end up
his captain’s lover Alex Martin. Straight Mike and gay the throngs of people loving Murder at the Academy happening. It turns out this woman was part of the
Alex realize they both must unite (and to steal a great Awards as something so unoriginal yet somehow so events of over a decade now lost and together they
line from the jacket cover) “to avenge the death of the unique and still so thoroughly funny and enjoyable. must try to deal with not only healing the wounds
man they both loved - one as a lover, one as a brother- The book already has a “Red Carpet Murder Mystery” from the past but with the unexpected love that
in-arms.” Yeah, it’s like that! trademark on it. I wonder what that means. develops between them.
26 RAGE monthly | MARCH 2009
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