G. D. Baum
G. D. Baum | |
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| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Sarah Lawrence |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
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G. D. Baum is an American crime novelist whose detective thrillers are set in Northern New Jersey.[1][2] His novels feature detective Lock Tourmaline who is skilled in a hybrid form of Okinawan karate and Chinese Shaolin Kung Fu which combines striking, kicking, seizing, and grappling, called Shaolin Kempo Karate.[3] Reviewers describe Baum's novels as having "carefully choreographed martial arts moves"[1][4][5][6] and compare his "clean and breezy"[7] style to that of Dashiell Hammett[3] and Raymond Chandler,[8][4] eliciting "colorful characters and regaling tales."[9][10] One critic suggested there was "too much dialogue",[6] but another suggested it was "rapid-fire" and "real-life".[3]
Books
- Point and Shoot, G. D. Baum, ISBN 1-4196-1981-0, 2006, revised edition 2015
- Sleeping to Death, G. D. Baum, ISBN 9781494744328, 2015
References
- ^ a b 2007, Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, Mysterious Reviews, Point and Shoot: A Lock Tourmaline Mystery by G. D. Baum (book review), Retrieved June 21, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4196-1981-6, Publication Date: September 2006"...meticulously written and feature carefully choreographed martial arts moves...As a martial arts action, adventure fantasy, it works well..."
- ^ Simon Barrett (interviewer), G. D. Baum (interviewee), February 15, 2007, BC Critics, An Interview with G.D. Baum, Author of Point and Shoot, Retrieved June 21, 2015, "... turning point for me was when I took Henry Miller's words to heart..."
- ^ a b c Ali Correll, June 12, 2015, Blue Ink Review, BlueInk Review announces great summer reads!, Retrieved June 24, 2015, "...Baum’s writing is precise and clean and delivers rapid-fire, real-life dialogue. ..."
- ^ a b August 18, 2006, PrWEB, A Murder Mystery with a Twist: A dying lover. A brutal murder. A New Jersey ex-cop and martial arts master fights to solve the mysteries of both in G. D. Baum’s Point and Shoot, Retrieved June 21, 2015, "...carefully choreographed martial arts fight scenes ...best stop-frame action Chandler himself produced....G.D. Baum ... Sarah Lawrence Writing Program... black belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate"
- ^ G. D. Baum, Article Snatch, How To Write An Authentic Martial Arts Fight Scene, Retrieved June 21, 2015, "...Fight scenes should be viewed as opportunities to develop characterization and introduce emotional content..."
- ^ a b 9 July 2007, Best Books Reviewed, BEST BOOKS REVIEWED: Point and Shoot, Retrieved January 22, 2017, "...too much dialogue ... Lock has the uncanny ability to be in the wrong place at the wrong time...."
- ^ June 10, 2015, Publishing Perspectives, June 2015: Top Reviews of Self-Published Books..., Retrieved June 21, 2015, "...Baum’s writing is clean and breezy,..."
- ^ April, 2015, Blue Ink Reviews, Sleeping to Death (book review), Retrieved June 21, 2015, ISBN 9781494744328, "...dialogue that has the deliberate pacing of Hammett or Chandler... the narrative picks up even more speed... fun read ..."
- ^ April 9th, 2015, Kirkus Reviews, SLEEPING TO DEATH: A Lock Tourmaline Mystery #2, Pub Date: Nov. 25th, 2014, ISBN 978-1494744328, Retrieved June 21, 2015, "...The book ends with a stunner... surrounded by colorful characters and regaling tales..."
- ^ Todd Mercer (book reviewer), ForeWord CLARION, 2006, The Muse Marquee,Interview with G. D. Baum by Lea Schizas, Retrieved June 21, 2015, "...a study of compromised people in states of distraction and irrationality as it is an action novel..."