How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny is the ninth Inspector Gamache mystery, and as Christmas approaches, hostile politics at the Surete du Quebec will bring him back to Three Pines (available August 27, 2013). The ninth book in the Inspector Armand Gamache series sees the trouble brewing in previous installments come to a…
• The state of New York is selling a 4-compartment morgue cooler from a mental hospital by listing it on Ebay. Check out the item: used, but in good condition! • Over at Sleuthsayers, Rob Lopresti has an autoharp and a webcam, and he's not afraid to use them. Wasting time? Can't be, because…
First it was The Edgar Awards, announced on Thursday night: Best Novel: Live by Night by Dennis Lehane Best First Novel: The Expats by Chris Pavone Best Paperback Original: The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters Best Fact Crime: Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days…
We know how it is: this time every year, the Malice Domestic conference rolls around and you wish you could go but other obligations get in the way. So this year we’re bringing you a chance to win keeper-shelf hardcovers of some of Malice’s favorite authors: One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming, A Fatal…
The Audies, sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), recognize “distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment.” They offer awards in many, many different categories, and of course, we wanted to highlight both Mystery and Thriller/Suspense categories specifically for crime fans. However, since we also discuss things like horror, pulp, historical conspiracy, tales of military…
2013 is in full swing, which means the awards are coming in for 2012’s best books. In addition to the winners of the Loveys and the nominees for the Lefties, last week we heard the announcement of the nominees for the Agatha awards, the winners of which will be announced at Malice Domestic in May.…
One reason the annual crime conference Bouchercon’s a big deal is because it gathers enough of our kind of people in one place that deals can be discussed, personal meetings can be had, friendships can be made, and awards can be given! As usual, there were 5 different sets of crime awards given during the…
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The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny is the eighth book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series (available August 28, 2012). In the interest of full disclosure, I should tell you that I’m mad for Louise Penny’s novels. I haven’t been so excited for a writer’s new releases since the ’80s when a certain horror writer…
Note from the hijackers HQ: Art director David Rotstein has been sharing the ideas and processes behind book cover design on a Tumblr site—check out his previous posts on Gone Missing by Linda Castillo and The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny for examples. Gorgeous, right? No jury of other crime fans would ever convict us for…
