Clear Blue Sky by F.P. Lione review

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I have a review up on TitleTrakk.com of F.P. Lione's novel Clear Blue Sky. I'm excited to help spread the word about the Lione's books. To read an interview I did recently with them, click here.

My review begins thus:

"I’ve said before that reading an F.P. Lione novel is like watching an un-cut taping of COPS, only you follow the cops home. But in a way that’s doing their writing a disservice. A Lione novel is about much more than the domestic disputes, car chases, and gun wielding criminals often found on the tv show. That isn’t to say these types of situations don’t make it into the pages. They do. But a Lione novel digs deeper than that. By following police officer Tony Cavalucci on and off duty, the Lione’s reveal the heart and soul of a cop. Tony’s story has already filled three Midtown Blue novels (The Deuce, The Crossroads & Skells), and his saga continues in Clear Blue Sky, the unofficial 4th book."

Read the rest of the review here.

F.P. Lione TitleTrakk.com Interview

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I had the chance to interview Frank & Pam Lione, who use the pen name F.P. Lione, for TitleTrakk.com. The Liones have written four novels (The Deuce, The Crossroads, Skells & Clear Blue Sky) featuring New York police officer Tony Cavalucci.

I've been a fan ever since the The Deuce hit shelves a couple years ago. They had a lot of interesting things to talk about including the challenges of writing their latest Clear Blue Sky (which deals with 9/11), how they kept the language clean without losing authenticity, and more.

"When God impresses you to do something, he anoints you to do it. But you still have to research and learn as much as you can ... Then rely on Him."
--Pam Lione

Check out the full interview here.
Read my review of The Deuce here.
Read my review of The Crossroads here.
Read my review of Skells here.

F.P. Lione Interview

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Infuze recently asked me to do an interview with novelist F.P. Lione (aka Frank & Pam Lione). It's up today on the site and can be viewed here.

I've enjoyed each one of the Lione's novels in the Midtown Blue series, and you can read my reviews of the books at Infuze as well (there are links at the top of the interview). They feature a NY cop and sometimes read more like a biography than a novel (which is a great thing if you like watching COPS, like I do).

The Lione's final thoughts in the interview were especially encouraging to writers:

"We hear from so many people telling us that God showed them to write a book, yet they still haven’t done it. Whether they’re intimidated, they don’t know how to go about it, or just lazy, the assignment from God is still there. When he impresses you to do something, he anoints you to do it. But you still have to research and learn as much as you can about what you feel you’re called to write. Then rely on Him. But you have to take the first step. And this isn’t just in writing, it applies to whatever you’re called to do. So get writing, or singing, or whatever it is you’re supposed to be doing."
--F.P. Lione