John Ritter Fiction (2024)

19/01/2022

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10/07/2021

At its annual convention this weekend (via Zoom), International Thriller Writers featured short videos from selected authors whose first book was published in the past year. Click on mine for a quick take on the making of a crime novel.

Learn more about Fatal Conceit and read reviews at: https://www.johnritterfiction.com

30/06/2021

For a summer read packed with plot twists and suspense, pick up Fatal Conceit. In a review this week, Laura Blake says it “pairs genre grit and humor with a polished, emotive literary quality that you don’t often see in detective novels…a street-wise, highly literate style infused with working class indignation.”

Read her full review and others at: https://www.johnritterfiction.com

Complex plots and closed-off narrators | Fatal Conceit | 5 Minute Review (spoiler free)

04/05/2021

UK blogger Bethany Martin steps out of her comfort zone with high praise for the crime novel Fatal Conceit. Check out her entertaining review in this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpPJhXONmMU

And learn more about Fatal Conceit at: https://www.johnritterfiction.com
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Complex plots and closed-off narrators | Fatal Conceit | 5 Minute Review (spoiler free) IT'S PRONOUNCED BOW-PRAY!Hi everyone! Today we're reviewing John Ritter's Fatal Conceit, a thriller novel.Read this review on my blog: https://writingwerewol...

06/04/2021

The Big Thrill, online magazine home for mystery and thriller lovers, this month features the debut crime novel Fatal Conceit. Check it out at: https://bit.ly/3sDZnOU

And learn more about Fatal Conceit at: https://www.johnritterfiction.com

30/03/2021

Readers like Fatal Conceit. And the debut crime novel is getting a favorable response from critics. See what they’ve written in REVIEWS, a new page launched today.

https://www.johnritterfiction.com/reviews

🧛🏻‍♂️Full review over at the NTN blog!🧛🏻‍♂️

💊I received an e-Book of this story in exchange for a fair review!💊

In John Ritter’s Fatal Conceit, ex-San Francisco police and current private detective Beaupre is tasked by a woman named Triste Baer with investigating a double murder. The parties involved are a man she (supposedly) cared for named Van Trebeloff, and the woman he was sleeping with at the time of his ex*****on, Valentine Lopes. Beaupre’s investigation sees him jet-setting to several locations across the globe as the murder mystery expands into an elaborate and involved plot of a much larger scale.

For much of the book’s length, he stumbles from incident to incident, equally as in the dark about the true nature of the events as the reader. From that setup, Fatal Conceit weaves a neat and conspiratorial tale, one in which allies are few and danger lurks around every corner.

I really enjoyed protagonist Beaupre’s character a great deal. The whole wise-cracking, smart-ass private eye isn’t a wholly original basis for a character, but man, does Ritter write and expand upon that archetype well. However, that’s not to say that the lovable hero is a walking caricature – far from it. Beneath the quick-talking exterior, there was a surprising amount of depth to his character, to his relationships both personal and professional, and to his backstory and history. His narration and dialogue was brilliantly witty, and really added to the appeal of the book.

A nuanced and engaging plot, fascinating cast of characters, and an endlessly sarcastic, impossible-to-hate protagonist, make Fatal Conceit an extremely highly recommended read in my eyes. All in all, this is a thrillingly good debut, and although this is outside the sphere of genres I usually read in, I’ll be keeping an eye out for Ritter’s future projects for certain.

It’s a well-deserved ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from this reviewer. I also want to say a humongous thank you to John Ritter for providing a copy and giving me the chance to read and review it. Please consider following his author Instagram page here: @john_ritter_fiction.

22/03/2021

Many thanks to J.D. Keown at Night Terror Novels for his thoughtful, favorable review of Fatal Conceit. He called it “a superb, compelling read from start to finish.” See the full review at https://nightterrornovels.wordpress.com

And to check out the book go to:

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Conceit-John-Ritter-ebook/dp/B08N53QFMG/ref=sr_1_13?dchild=1&keywords=fatal%20conceit&qid=1609532178&s=books&sr=1-13

Barnes&Noble https://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Conceit-John-Ritter-ebook/dp/B08N53QFMG/ref=sr_1_13?dchild=1&keywords=fatal%20conceit&qid=1609532178&s=books&sr=1-13

Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55878556-fatal-conceit?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=TqzgyLRrM5&rank=1

https://www.johnritterfiction.com

🧛🏻‍♂️Full review over at the NTN blog!🧛🏻‍♂️ 💊I received an e-Book of this story in exchange for a fair review!💊 In John Ritter’s Fatal Conceit, ex-San Francisco police and current private detective Beaupre is tasked by a woman named Triste Baer with investigating a double murder. The parties involved are a man she (supposedly) cared for named Van Trebeloff, and the woman he was sleeping with at the time of his ex*****on, Valentine Lopes. Beaupre’s investigation sees him jet-setting to several locations across the globe as the murder mystery expands into an elaborate and involved plot of a much larger scale. For much of the book’s length, he stumbles from incident to incident, equally as in the dark about the true nature of the events as the reader. From that setup, Fatal Conceit weaves a neat and conspiratorial tale, one in which allies are few and danger lurks around every corner. I really enjoyed protagonist Beaupre’s character a great deal. The whole wise-cracking, smart-ass private eye isn’t a wholly original basis for a character, but man, does Ritter write and expand upon that archetype well. However, that’s not to say that the lovable hero is a walking caricature – far from it. Beneath the quick-talking exterior, there was a surprising amount of depth to his character, to his relationships both personal and professional, and to his backstory and history. His narration and dialogue was brilliantly witty, and really added to the appeal of the book. A nuanced and engaging plot, fascinating cast of characters, and an endlessly sarcastic, impossible-to-hate protagonist, make Fatal Conceit an extremely highly recommended read in my eyes. All in all, this is a thrillingly good debut, and although this is outside the sphere of genres I usually read in, I’ll be keeping an eye out for Ritter’s future projects for certain. It’s a well-deserved ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from this reviewer. I also want to say a humongous thank you to John Ritter for providing a copy and giving me the chance to read and review it. Please consider following his author Instagram page here: @john_ritter_fiction.

18/02/2021

PERSPECTIVES - A new page launched today with the first entry in an occasional series.

www.johnritterfiction.com/perspectives

12/02/2021

New today, from TouchPoint Press, the debut crime novel Fatal Conceit, in hardcover, paperback, and e-book. Shop at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, TouchPoint, and other sellers.

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22/01/2021

John Ritter Fiction updated their website address.

20/01/2021

John Ritter Fiction added a Shop on Website button to their Page.

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