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Friday's Forgotten Books - The Saint in EuropeLeslie Charles Bowyer-Yin (1907-1993), better known as Leslie Charteris, was born in Singapore and half-Chinese, half-English, which would...
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Crème de la CrimeFestCrimeFest, the crime writing convention in Bristol, UK, has announced the 2024 shortlists for the annual awards honoring the best crime...
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Lefties Lead the WayThe annual Left Coast Crime convention held this weekend in Bellevue, Washington, announced the winners of this year's...
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The Fingerprint AwardsThe London-based crime fiction convention Capital Crime has announced the shortlists for this year’s Fingerprint Awards. Mystery fans...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Five Passengers From LisbonMignon G. Eberhart (1899-1996) was called America's Agatha Christie by her biographer, Rick Cypert, and was once the third highest paid...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books - Death of an Old GirlElizabeth Wharton Lemarchand was born in 1906 in Barnstaple, England, and spent most of her life as a headmistress. When she was forced to...
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Mystery Melange - St. Patrick's Day EditionCredit: Anextraordinaryday.net Janet Rudolph has updated her list of St. Patrick's Day Crime Fiction over at Mystery Fanfare ,...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books - Death of a BusybodyIn her 67 years, California author Elizabeth Linington (1921-1988) wrote some 82 crime fiction novels, published between 1955 and 1990, under...
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Author R&R with Brianne SommervilleCanadian author Brianne Sommerville studied English literature and theatre at Queen’s University before entering the world of public relations...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books - Dover OneJoyce Porter (1924-1990) started down a literary path with a degree in English at London University before she veered off and served in the...
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Edgar ExcellenceMystery Writers of America announced the nominees for the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction, and...
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Lionizing the LeftiesThe "Lefty" lists are out ! The annual Left Coast Crime "Lefty" Awards are chosen by registered members of each Left Coast Crime...
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Friday's "Forgotten Books" - The Long ShadowCelia Fremlin (1914-2009) was born in Kingsbury, England, the daughter of a doctor and the sister of nuclear physicist John H. Fremlin. She...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books - First CasesBefore they were stars, everyone's favorite literary private eyes had to start somewhere. Many jumped to life fully-formed in novels, but...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books - Red ChristmasMost people know him as creator of the now-classic Yorkshire detective duo Andrew Dalziel and Peter Pascoe and for his Crime Writers'...
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Mystery Melange, Christmas EditionSeveral bloggers banded together to create a poll for readers to vote on the best reprint nominations of the year. The Kate Jackson, aka...
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Friday's "Forgotten Books" - The Ethnic DetectivesThe Ethnic Detectives , edited by Martin Greenberg and Bill Pronzini (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1985) is an anthology of seventeen stories...
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Author R&R with Michael J. CooperMICHAEL J. COOPER emigrated to Israel in 1966 and lived in Jerusalem during the last year the city was divided between Israel and Jordan. He...
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Mystery Melange - Thanksgiving EditionThe Irish Book Awards today announced the winners of the various categories including Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year,...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books - Blood LinesRuth Rendell (1930-2015) is an author who needs very little introduction, having created the popular Chief Inspector Reginald "Reg" Wexford...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: A Country Kind of DeathMary McMullen (1920-1986), a/k/a Mary Reilly Wilson, had an interesting writing pedigree. Her mother was the...
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Author R&R with Thomas Locke & Jyoti GuptaraThomas Locke is an award-winning novelist whose works have sold over eight million copies in twenty-six languages. Locke divides his time...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: A Bleeding of InnocentsAuthor Jo Bannister (b. 1951) is a former journalist born in Rochdale, Lancashire, who currently lives in Northern Ireland. She's the...
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Macavity MasteryThe winners of the 2023 Macavity Awards were announced this week by Mystery Readers Journal editor, Janet Rudolph. The honorees are nominated...
