If you’re not familiar with ThrillerFest, it’s the official convention of the International Thriller Writers, held every July in New York City at the Grand Hyatt hotel. The basic convention is two days, Friday and Saturday, with the Thriller Awards banquet held Saturday evening. But, there’s a lot more if you include CraftFest, Master CraftFest,…
Our friends over at Minotaur have put together this fun little Valentine's Day mystery dating quiz featuring a few series protagonists that know how to get the heart racing. Swipe your favorites right, and discard the scrubs to the left to see who you match with below:
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…
Run You Down by Julia Dahl is the 2nd murder mystery in the Rebekah Roberts series about a NYC reporter who's immersed herself in the closed-door Hasidic community (available June 30, 2015). Run You Down picks up shortly after the events of Julia Dahl's first book, Invisible City. Rebekah Roberts, the reporter for the Tribune…
The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) have announced the nominees for 2015's Shamus awards, granted to works published during 2014. According to their guidelines: A Private Eye is defined as a private citizen (not a member of the military, federal agency, or civic or state police force) who is paid to investigate crimes. A…
This Sunday, May 31st at noon, Criminal Element hosts the Crime Time Quiz Show with authors Jane Cleland, Julia Dahl, and Maggie Barbieri. As part of BookCon at NYC's Javits Center, the authors will be chatting and competing on crime trivia, and the audience members on the winning author's “team” will walk away with swag…
On May 31st at noon, during BookCon at NYC's Javits Center, Criminal Element hosts the Crime Time Quiz Show with authors Jane Cleland, Julia Dahl, and Maggie Barbieri. Each author will represent a portion of the audience as they compete in a fun game of crime trivia, and their winning team will get swag from…
This week in awards season brings the Anthony Award nominations, to be conferred during Bouchercon, the world mystery convention, held in Raleigh, NC. (You can also check out our Lowdown Calendar for more information about the many awards given during the convention, dates, guests of honor, etc.) BEST NOVEL Lamentation by Joe Clifford The Secret…
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…
Invisible City by Julia Dahl is about a murder in a Hasidic NYC community, and the only way for hopeful big-city reporter Rebekah to catch the killer is to must immerse herself in the traditionally closed-door culture (available May 6, 2014). World building is something readers often associate with fantasy worlds or stories set on…
