The author Andrew Pyper (Lost Girls, The Trade Mission, The Wildfire Season) recently discussed his new novel The Killing Circle (Doubleday, 2008) with Joseph Planta

The Killing Circle by Andrew Pyper. (Doubleday, 2008) Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: The Killing Circle

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line. This is THECOMMENTARY.CA.

Andrew Pyper joins me now. He’s the author of a new page-turning mystery, that’s been described as at once complex and compulsive. It’s called The Killing Circle.

Patrick Rush is a literary journalist who is demoted to writing about television in a national newspaper. He aspires to write a novel. He joins a writing circle hoping to flesh out a story, but along with raising a child without a wife, who’s died, there’s a the Sandman, a serial killer let loose on the streets of Toronto, who also features in one of the stories shared in the writing circle.

Andrew Pyper’s first novel, Lost Girls, was a critical and bestselling hit at home and abroad, as was his subsequent novels The Trade Mission and The Wildfire Season. www.andrewpyper.com is his website, that’s Pyper with a ‘Y.’ The book, published by Doubleday, retails for $32.95. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Andrew Pyper; Good morning, Mr. Pyper.

Weblinks:

Andrew Pyper website: http://www.andrewpyper.com

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