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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: The Edgar WinnersThe Edgar Winners anthology was published in 1980 and edited by Bill Pronzini. There are two dozen short stories included from writers who...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Widows Wear WeedsErle Stanley Gardner (1889 – 1970) was an American lawyer and author best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories that...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Death on RemandJohn Michael Evelyn (1916-1992) was born in Britain and privately educated before going to Oxford University. He was called to the Bar in...
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Author R&R with Lyn SquireLyn Squire was born in Cardiff, South Wales and earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Wales, his master’s at the London School of...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Exeunt MurderersAuthor, editor, and reviewer Anthony Boucher (1911-1968) seemed headed into the sciences until he was bitten by the literature bug, selling his...
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Author R&R with Maggie GilesCanadian author Maggie Giles developed an interest in writing while backpacking in Europe and began writing historical fiction from the Tudor...
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Scotland's FinestThe winners were revealed for the 2023 McIlvanney Prize and The Bloody Scotland Debut Prize. Prior to last night's awards dinner...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Death of a DutchmanMagdalen Nabb was born in Lancashire in 1947 but lived in Florence, Italy, from 1975 until her untimely death from a stroke in 2007 at the age...
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Author R&R with J. LeeJ. Lee was born and raised in the Midwest, between the Chicago suburbs and rural Southern Illinois. He received dual degrees in Engineering and...
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The Barry BestThe editor of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine , George Easter, announced the winners of the organization's annual Barry Awards (named in...
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Shamus SuperiorityAt this weekend's Bouchercon Conference, the Private Eye Writers of America announced the winners for the 2023 Shamus Awards. The annual...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Old Sleuth's Freaky Female DetectivesThe dime novel detective "Old Sleuth" was the creation of Harlan Halsey, a former director of the Brooklyn Education Board, and said to be the...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Nocturne by Ed McBainEd McBain (1926-2005) was the pen name of Salvatore Albert Lombino, who later legally changed his name to Evan Hunter in 1952. The prolific...
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Author R&R with Heather DixonAfter spending over a decade in the marketing and advertising industry as a copywriter, Heather Dixon began a freelance career writing for...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Twelve Women Detective StoriesOxford University Press put out a series of "twelve-themed" anthologies in the 1990s, including Twelve American Detective Stories (1997),...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books - The Thinking MachineToday's Friday's "Forgotten" Books post comes by way of guest contributor, Charles Lawson: “Nothing is impossible!” So...
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Ngaio Marsh Awards 2023 Shortlists AnnouncedCraig Sisterson, founder of the Ngaio Marsh Awards for New Zealand crime, mystery, or thriller writing, announced the 2023 finalists ,...
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Author R&R with Lynn SlaughterLynn Slaughter is addicted to the arts, chocolate, and her husband’s cooking. Following a long career as a professional dancer and dance...
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Ned Kelly Award ShortlistsThe Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious recognition honoring published crime fiction and true crime writing in...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Miss Madelyn Mack, DetectiveHugh Cosgro Weir (1994-1934) was born in Illinois but moved to Ohio where he worked as a journalist at the young age of 16 in Springfield. He...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books - Miss Pink at the Edge of the WorldGwen Moffat, born in Brighton, Sussex in 1924 (and who turned 99 this month!), became the first professional female mountain guide in the UK....
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Davitt Delights DownunderSisters in Crime has announced its shortlist for its 23 rd Davitt Awards for the best crime and mystery books – eight adult novels, four...
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Sunday Music TreatThis week marks the anniversary of the passing of one of the world's greatest composers (and one of Scott Drayco's favorites), Johann...
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Nine Coaches WaitingBritish author Mary Florence Elinor Stewart (1916-2014) was a multi-bestselling author at the peak of her popularity from the late 1960s...
