G. D. Baum is an American
crime novelist whose detective thrillers are set in
Northern New Jersey.
[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 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.[Ali Correll, June 12, 2015, Blue Ink Review]
BlueInk Review announces great summer reads!
Retrieved June 24, 2015 Reviewers describe Baum's novels as having "carefully choreographed martial arts moves"[2007, Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, Mysterious Reviews]
Retrieved June 21, 2015, , Publication Date: September 2006[August 18, 2006, PrWEB]
Retrieved June 21, 2015[G. D. Baum, Article Snatch, ttp://www.articlesnatch.com/blog/How-To-Write-An-Authentic-Martial-Arts-Fight-Scene/142349#gsc.tab=0 How To Write An Authentic Martial Arts Fight Scene Retrieved June 21, 2015][9 July 2007, Best Books Reviewed,]
BEST BOOKS REVIEWED: Point and Shoot
Retrieved January 22, 2017 and compare his "clean and breezy"[June 10, 2015, Publishing Perspectives]
June 2015: Top Reviews of Self-Published Books...
Retrieved June 21, 2015 style to that of Dashiell Hammett[ and ]Raymond Chandler
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive durin ...
,[April, 2015, Blue Ink Reviews]
Sleeping to Death (book review)
Retrieved June 21, 2015, [April 9th, 2015, Kirkus Reviews]
SLEEPING TO DEATH: A Lock Tourmaline Mystery #2
Pub Date: Nov. 25th, 2014, , Retrieved June 21, 2015[Todd Mercer (book reviewer), ForeWord CLARION, 2006, The Muse Marque]
Retrieved June 21, 2015 One critic suggested there was "too much dialogue",[ but another suggested it was "rapid-fire" and "real-life".][
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Books
* ''Point and Shoot'', G. D. Baum, , 2006, revised edition 2015
* ''Sleeping to Death'', G. D. Baum, , 2015
References
External links
Author website
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American male writers
American crime writers
Writers from New Jersey
Sarah Lawrence College alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)