Mystery's Finest Hour
Fall 2009 New Releases
 A Cadger's Curse Diane Gilbert Madsen |
 Smasher Keith Raffel |
 For Better, For Murder Lisa Bork |
 Ghost a la Mode Sue Ann Jaffarian |
 September Fair Jess Lourey |
Midnight Ink Jason Pinter of the Huffington Post takes a close look at our world of mystery
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I've asked six of the most renowned crime fiction critics in the country to weigh in with their thoughts on the state of the crime novel. I hope you find their responses as interesting as I did.
In these tough economic times, more and more stresses are being placed on local libraries, while at the same time many of them are facing budget cuts. People who can't afford to buy as many books are checking more of them out of the library...
David Healey Visited your publisher site and migrated over here. I am a closet cozy mystery fan and will be looking for these titles. www.davidhealey.net
How many social or business events have you attended where someone asked, “So what do you do?” Most people respond by talking about their job and maybe segue into their hobbies. Ye...
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New for November 2009: A CADGER'S CURSE. For DD, a thirty-something English professor turned investigator, her routine job should have been a welcome distraction from her fiancé’s death and her eccentric Aunt Elizabeth’s quest to authenticate an unlikely literary treasure—a Robert Burns text worth millions if proven ge...nuine. But who would have guessed that running employee background checks at the HI-Data Corporation would make DD McGil the target of a ruthless killer?Read More
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Who’d have guessed that running employee background checks at the HI-Data Corporation would make DD McGil the target of a ruthless killer?
I feel qualified to answer this question because as this is being posted, I am on Day 4 of this flu. In many ways, it’s like any other flu. There’s a fever, sore throat (that soon develops into a nasty, wet cough) and muscle aches. ...
Midnight Ink Oooh..another fun mystery game! Can you identify the object in this close-up photo? Photo courtesey of whatsfordinner.net.
Let me take this blog down a notch, away from writing and toward the gutter. Halloween was this past Saturday. Love Halloween, always have. Is there a connection between enjoying a holiday based around subterfuge and disguise and being a mystery writer? I dunno...
Cricket McRae One of the definitions of cozy mysteries is that they are set in small towns, or at the very least communities small enough to limit the number of characters. Think retirement homes or resorts.My books, whether I like it or not, are classified as cozies...
Midnight Ink Almost to 100 fans!!! Thanks for the support, mystery lovers :)
Beth Groundwater will appear at the Lake George, Colorado library on Saturday, October 31st from 2:00 – 3:00 pm. ...
By Deborah SharpThis month marks a year I've been able to officially call myself a published author. Since my mystery series debuted with Mama Does Time (Midnight Ink, Oct...
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Why can't we all get along?? http://www.time.com/time/business/articl
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Major retailers are offering deep discounts for some of the holiday season's most anticipated reads. Great deal for consumers. Sharp pain for the book industry
By Sue Ann JaffarianBy day I work as a paralegal in a law firm in Los Angeles. Mornings, evenings, and weekends I don my author cape and crank out mysteries. But lately, my two careers have started overlapping...
In Photo, Snap, Shot (the third book in the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series), Kiki's daughter Anya stumbles over the body of a dead teacher at school. While Kiki worries for her child's emotional health, Detective Chad Detweiler has a more pressing concern...
