The late great Donald B. Westlake once said, “New York as a character in a mystery would not be the detective, would not be the murderer. It would be the enigmatic suspect who knows the real story but isn’t going to tell it.” Westlake, a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master and three-times Edgar Award…
A remote island, a Hollywood crew led by a tyrannical director, and a murder case that went cold decades ago. Elizabeth Little returns with her second novel Pretty as a Picture. Elizabeth Little made her crime fiction debut with 2014’s Dear Daughter, which won the Strand Critics Award for Best First Novel; that title was…
Awards season continues apace, with a new slate of nominees for the 2015 Macavity Awards from Mystery Readers International. “MRI is the largest mystery fan/reader organization in the world, is open to all readers, fans, critics, editors, publishers, and writers. Started by Janet A. Rudolph in Berkeley, California, it now has members in all…
