"Bleeder is an intelligent, deftly written mystery that offers a skillful blend of reason and faith. John Desjarlais skillfully combines a wounded scholar, a stigmatic priest, and Aristotle himself in a fascinating tale of a death that's either a miracle or a murder."
Tom Grace, author of "The Secret Cardinal"
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From the review: "I was absolutely floored! Go out and buy this book!"
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Added by John Desjarlais on December 12, 2009 at 7:51pm —
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What do you get when you combine a story about an alleged stigmatic priest, a town seeking healings from this priest, a skeptic who is not a cynic, and then the death of this priest on Good Friday? You get Bleeder: A Mystery , a well crafted and engaging story.
I was pretty well hooked from the first pages on and the novel never disappointed. The story is written as a mystery as to whether the priest was murdered and the various motives of people none too happy to have him there in their midst.…
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Added by John Desjarlais on December 12, 2009 at 7:49pm —
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"BLEEDER is a truly entertaining mystery. Highly recommended."
---Midwest Book Review
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Added by John Desjarlais on December 11, 2009 at 12:43pm —
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I'm a guest blogger discussing RELICS this week at
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I'm a guest blogger discussing RELICS this week at
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Added by John Desjarlais on November 13, 2009 at 11:49am —
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The Catholic literary journal
Dappled Things will publish my story "Assisted Living" in the Advent 2009 issue, along with a review of my new mystery, BLEEDER (Sophia Institute Press).
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Added by John Desjarlais on November 11, 2009 at 8:07pm —
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The Catholic literary journal
Dappled Things will publish my story "Assisted Living" in the Advent 2009 issue, along with a review of my new mystery, BLEEDER (Sophia Institute Press).
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Added by John Desjarlais on November 11, 2009 at 8:07pm —
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I’ll give a brief talk on “The Rules for Writing Mysteries” and sign copies of BLEEDER at the Kishwaukee College Library in Malta, IL, tomorrow, October 21, 1 pm - 2 pm.
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Added by John Desjarlais on October 20, 2009 at 6:46pm —
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A real page-turner, October 6, 2009
By Gerard Webster, award-winning author of IN-SI... (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
Reed Stubblefield--a college professor on sabatical--is a wounded man...both physically by a student's random shot and emotionally by his wife's recent death. He retreats to his brother's remote cabin in the small town of River Falls, Ill. in hopes of writing a book on Aristotle. It's the middle of March and Reed expects the campsite to be empty; but he's both disa…
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Added by John Desjarlais on October 8, 2009 at 6:11am —
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Here's a review I received today from The Catholic Company:
I love reading about the Catholic faith. I love reading mysteries. To be able to combine the two makes for a very happy person. So when I saw a new mystery, titled Bleeder by John Desjarlais, I thought I should give it a try.
I'm glad I did.
The author, a former producer of Wisconsin Public Radio, now teaches journalism and English at a small college in northern Illinois. Although this is his first mystery, he has a couple of novels…
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Added by John Desjarlais on October 6, 2009 at 4:35pm —
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I’ll be part of the Wisconsin Book Festival in two events on Saturday, October 10. First, I’ll participate in a mystery writer panel at the Mount Horeb Public Library, 105 Perimeter Road (in Mount Horeb, of course), at 1 p.m. Later, I’ll be at Booked for Murder, 2701 University Avenue in Madison at 3:30 p.m., as part of an afternoon-long series of presentations by regional mystery authors. I’ll have copies of BLEEDER for signing at each event. Hope to see some of you there!
Cordially,
John
www.j…
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Added by John Desjarlais on September 26, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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I'll discuss BLEEDER at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ken-hudnall on Tuesday Sept 8 at 8 pm Central.
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Added by John Desjarlais on September 7, 2009 at 1:25pm —
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http://www.sophiainstitute.com/client/products/prodpdf/562.pdf is the link to an excerpt from my mystery BLEEDER (Sophia Institute Press).
John
www.johndesjarlais.com
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Added by John Desjarlais on August 21, 2009 at 1:02pm —
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Today, August 15, is the official release date for my mystery, BLEEDER (Sophia Institute Press, $14.95)! It's at amazon.com and shoud be in bookstores soon. Just in time for late-summer reading! :-)
John
www.johndesjarlais.com
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Added by John Desjarlais on August 15, 2009 at 8:04am —
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I’ll be interviewed about BLEEDER on Thursday, July 30 at 8:35 am Pacific Time on KZSB AM 1290, by Baron Ron Herron. The program airs in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, Ventura, Thousand Oaks and Los Angeles County. The show is rebroadcast on KNRY AM 1240 in Monterey, Salinas, Santa Cruz and Pebble Beach; KNWZ-II AM 1270 in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Indio and Rancho Mirage. So if you’re in those areas, please tune in.
The program is delayed broadcast in Australia on 99.7 FM in Queensland a…
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Added by John Desjarlais on July 27, 2009 at 10:29am —
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Here is the Media Release I'm sending out to announce the publication of my contemporary mystery, BLEEDER. Actually, it's one of a few, as I'm targeting others for different audiences: libraries, radio stations, and so on. This is the more 'general' version suitable for newspapers.
With an official issue date of August 15 (as I just learned), now is the time to send out the news so every recipient has a little lead time to process and schedule it. Some papers will run it 'as is,' some will re-w…
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Added by John Desjarlais on July 15, 2009 at 10:52am —
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When you're writing, your focus is all about the story and the craft. But there are things about writing and publishing you're never really told along the way. Here are 5 things I wish I'd been told:
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Just when you think you are done and the manuscript is in its best shape and finally accepted for publication, the agent or editor will ask for lots of re-writing. In my first book, nothing was changed at all. In my second book, the editor requested a few adjustments, nothing big. Those e…
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Added by John Desjarlais on June 30, 2009 at 6:02pm —
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Today I received the final cover art for BLEEDER (Sophia Institute Press, forthcoming August 2009). Actually, I got two versions: one with a bearded cleric, and one shaven (Esau was an hairy man but…)
Anyway, I preferred the bearded image since the beard is mentioned in the s…
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Added by John Desjarlais on June 17, 2009 at 2:23pm —
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I posted a :30 trailer on YouTube today for my medieval thriller/romance RELICS (Thomas Nelson 2009). You can see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv2HmgPjwLQ
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Added by John Desjarlais on June 1, 2009 at 4:57pm —
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