The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day is an unforgettable, chilling novel about a young woman who recognizes the man who kidnapped her as a child, setting off a dangerous search for justice. Lori Rader-Day’s Under a Dark Sky blew me away, so I had high hopes for The Lucky One—and she delivered. Alice Fine is…
My friend Susan, an aspiring novelist, recently told me she struggled with the concept of voice until she read one of my books. Isn’t that nice? Wouldn’t it be great if you could read one book and have some writing concept click into place for you? Of course, that’s not entirely the way it works.…
Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day is a tense locked-room mystery and a brilliant psychological thriller about a widow trapped in a dark sky park with a ruthless killer. There’s a reason why Lori Rader-Day has won the Anthony Award and the Mary Higgins Clark Award: She’s really just that good. Her considerable talent is…
We're thrilled to welcome Lori Rader-Day and Dana Kaye to CrimeHQ as they discuss the upcoming Murder and Mayhem in Chicago crime fiction conference. Lori Rader-Day: When you approached me about the idea of bringing Murder and Mayhem to Chicago, it seemed like such a natural fit. Chicago is such a rich crime fiction city, and…
The Barry Awards, which began in 1997, are presented at the annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. Voted on by the readers of Deadly Pleasures, the award is named in honor of Barry Gardner, a well-known fan reviewer and American critic. This year's awards will be held on September 6, 2018, at the St. Petersburg Bouchercon…
The Mystery Writers of America have announced the 2018 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 Thursday, April 26th, 2018, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. As always, it's a fantastic list of great work that deserves…
The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day is a gripping, unforgettable tale of a mother's desperate search for a lost boy. Anna Winger is an expert at flying under the radar. That’s one reason she and her teenage son Joshua have moved so many times over the years. Recently, they've moved to the small town of…
To a detective character from a big city like New York or Los Angeles, the Midwest might look like one big flyover zone. But to plenty of mystery writers (myself included), the Midwest looks like home—and a good setting for a crime novel. We have plenty of cynicism to counteract that apple-cheeked, earnest idea…
Bouchercon, the Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention, is an annual convention held to honor the best in mystery and crime fiction (there is a “Best Critical or Nonfiction Book” section, as well). Named after writer, reviewer, and editor Anthony Boucher, this convention gives out the Anthony Awards for outstanding work in 8 different categories,…
The annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards dinner, hosted by the Mystery Writers of America, was a night of milestones—starting with the Edgars themselves, which turned 70 this year. That’s 70 years of celebrating the best of mystery fiction, crime fiction, suspense, thrillers, and true crime—all the stuff we love to read and watch, all the…
