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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Spence At Marlby Manor

Born in 1939, English author Michael Derek Allen had a career in education, first as a teacher and then as a university administrator at the University of Bath, and also served a brief stint working for the New York Herald... Continue reading

Posted 16 hours ago at In Reference to Murder

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Mystery Melange

Book art by Alex Comfort The Friends of the Orange County Public Library are presenting a conversation with crime writers, S.A. Cosby and Eryk Pruitt, on Friday, October 4th, at 7pm. This event is free and open to the public,... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at In Reference to Murder

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Media Murder for Monday

It's the start of a new week and that means it's time for a brand-new roundup of crime drama news: THE BIG SCREEN/MOVIES Netflix's feature adaptation of Ruth Ware bestselling novel, The Woman in Cabin 10, has added a slate... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at In Reference to Murder

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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: The Best American Mystery Stories, 1997, ed. Robert B. Parker

The history of the "best of" American mystery short story anthology probably dates back to 1931 and The Best American Mystery Stories of the Year, edited by Carolyn Wells, up through David C. Cooke's Best Detective Stories of the Year... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at In Reference to Murder

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Mystery Melange

The winner of this year's Crime Cologne Award for a German-language mystery is Die Spiele by Stephan Schmidt. The honor has been presented as part of the Crime Cologne conference since 2015 and is intended to honor a work from... Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Ned Kelly Kudos

The Australian Crime Writing Association announced the winners of the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards. The awards are Australia’s oldest recognition honoring published crime fiction and true crime writing in the categories of Best Crime Fiction, Best Debut Crime Fiction, Best... Continue reading

Posted Sep 25, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Sleuthfest Postponed

The organizers of the Sleuthfest Conference, which was scheduled for this week, September 26-29, in St. Petersburg, Florida, announced that due to Hurricane Helene, they are postponing the event until May 14-18, 2025. They indicated that current hotel reservations will... Continue reading

Posted Sep 24, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Media Murder for Monday

It's the start of a new week and that means it's time for a brand-new roundup of crime drama news: THE BIG SCREEN/MOVIES Aaron Eckhart will star in the action thriller, Scorpion, directed by Jesse V. Johnson (Chief of Station)... Continue reading

Posted Sep 23, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Detective Fiction (Cultural History of Literature)

Charles J. Rzepka's Detective Fiction (Cultural History of Literature) is an interesting read, and not just for its quasi-intended audience, college students. Author Rzepka has taught English at Boston University, but one of his specialties is also detective fiction. In... Continue reading

Posted Sep 20, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Mystery Melange

Book art by Emma Taylor The six finalists for this year's Booker Prize include Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake, a romantic spy thriller which sees an American woman infiltrate a radical anarchist collective in rural France, and Percival Everett's James, a... Continue reading

Posted Sep 19, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Author R&R with Hannah D Sharpe

Hannah D Sharpe is an American domestic suspense author. She enjoys creating morally ambiguous female characters with stories that incorporate mental health awareness and struggles that women face today. Hannah also has an MSN Ed, with a background in emergency... Continue reading

Posted Sep 17, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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The Bloody Best

The winners were revealed for the 2024 McIlvanney Prize and Bloody Scotland Debut Prize on the opening night of the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival friday evening. The McIlvanney Prize is awarded to the best Scottish Crime book of the... Continue reading

Posted Sep 16, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Media Murder for Monday

It's the start of a new week and that means it's time for a brand-new roundup of crime drama news: THE BIG SCREEN/MOVIES Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Bullet Train), Tom Hardy (Venom), and director Cary Fukunaga (No Time To Die) are teaming... Continue reading

Posted Sep 16, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Murder at the Villa Rose

(This is a "classic" re-blog post.) British author Alfred Edward Woodley (A.E.W.) Mason, born in 1865, spent much of his career serving in Parliament and in World War I where he worked in naval intelligence. Although his first novel was... Continue reading

Posted Sep 13, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Mystery Melange

Book art by Emma Taylor The organizers of the annual Bloody Scotland international crime-writing festival announced their shortlist of five titles for this year's McIlvanney Prize, including: A Divine Fury, by D.V. Bishop (Pan Macmillan); The Cracked Mirror, by Chris... Continue reading

Posted Sep 12, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Author R&R with Richard Snyder

Richard Snyder is a new author and a writer of spy fiction. It’s a good fit for him since he is a former intelligence officer who uses his background and experience to feature the unpredictability and moral chaos of intelligence... Continue reading

Posted Sep 11, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Davitt Delectations

Sisters in Crime has announced the winners of the 24th Davitt Awards for the best women’s crime and mystery books by Australian authors. The Davitts are named after Ellen Davitt, the author of Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud,... Continue reading

Posted Sep 10, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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The Barry Best of 2024

Thanks to some recent travel, I'm a bit behind on crime fiction awards news, but the mystery magazine, Deadly Pleasures, announced the winners of its annual 2024 Barry Awards. The honor has been handed out since 1997 for outstanding crime... Continue reading

Posted Sep 10, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Los Alamos

It seems fitting, after the recent movie blockbuster Oppenheimer starring Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy, to take a look back at the book, Los Alamos, by Joseph Kanon, which received the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1998. In addition to... Continue reading

Posted Sep 6, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Mystery Melange

Book art by Pam Langdon As I previously noted, last week's Bouchercon revealed winners of the Anthony Awards and Shamus Awards. But the top honorees of the Barry Awards were also announced during the opening ceremonies. The Barry Award is... Continue reading

Posted Sep 4, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Author R&R with donalee Moulton

donalee Moulton is an award-winning freelance journalist who has written for print and online publications across North America, including The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Lawyer’s Daily, National Post, and Canadian Business. Her short stories have been shortlisted for a Derringer... Continue reading

Posted Sep 2, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Farewell to a Fine Crime Fiction Publication

I just learned this morning of the closing of Mystery Magazine magazine (formerly known as Mystery Weekly). As their website notes: Due to the subscription challenges we've faced following the closure of Kindle Newsstand, Mystery Magazine will cease publication with... Continue reading

Posted Sep 2, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Media Murder for Monday

It's the start of a new week and that means it's time for a brand-new roundup of crime drama news: THE BIG SCREEN/MOVIES Stephen King’s The Running Man recently got the green light at Paramount Pictures and will start production... Continue reading

Posted Sep 2, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Anthony Acclaim

The winners of the 2024 Anthony Awards were revealed at the annual Bouchercon Conference held this year in Nashville. Anthony nominations are submitted online by people who registered for the previous year’s Bouchercon and/or are registered for the current year’s... Continue reading

Posted Sep 1, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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Saluting the Sleuths

This year's winners of the 2024 Shamus Awards were handed out by the Private Eye Writers of America at the Bouchercon Opening Ceremonies in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday. (Note: PWA apparently decided not to award in the Best Debut Novel... Continue reading

Posted Aug 30, 2024 at In Reference to Murder

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