From an isolated Wyoming ranch to the Detroit boxing underworld, and from kidnapping and adultery in the Hollywood Hills to a serial killer loose in a nursing home, The Best American Mystery Stories 2017, edited by John Sandford, hosts an entertaining abundance of crime, psychological suspense, and bad intentions. I wouldn’t envy Otto Penzler’s task…
The Mystery Writers of America have announced the Edgar Award nominees and special winners. The Edgars banquet—an annual black-tie gala celebrating crime fiction, non-fiction, and television writing—will be held on Wednesday, April 29th, 2015 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. As always, it's a fantastic list of great work that deserves to…
As you know, it's award season, but we've gotten criminally behind in our reporting, so here's a double-dose of winning fiction! From the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association: “The Dilys Award has been given annually since 1992 by IMBA to the mystery titles of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed hand selling. The…
What is that odd, blurry row of lucite gravestones, you ask? They’re beautifull etched Anthony Awards, only my phone is not ideal for photos, and I forgot to bring a decent camera. Therefore, these on-scene pictures are tragically unable to capture the splendor of several hundred people quaffing coffee and scarfing eggs. (Only half of…
