Sayonara Slam by Naomi Hirahara is the 6th Mas Arai Mystery featuring the most unlikely of sleuths (Available Now!) At Dodger Stadium, it’s Japan vs. Korea in the World Baseball Classic, but before the first pitch is thrown, Mas Arai finds himself in the middle of a murder. Who is that unusual woman throwing knuckleball…
We want to help you discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with this brand-new, delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Our first installment lists the titles, by week and series, coming out in April (we also sneaked in March 31st…shh!). Let us know in the comments how you like it and…
Strawberry Yellow by Naomi Hirahara is the fifth book in the Mas Arai traditional mystery series (available March 5, 2013). Japanese-American Hiroshima survivor, Los Angeles gardener, widower, gambler, grandfather, and solver of crimes, Mas Arai is back in his fifth book. In Strawberry Yellow, he returns to the strawberry farms of his youth and…
For several years, Wolfmont Press produced an annual holiday crime fiction anthology that benefited Toys for Tots. 2009 marked the last of these, with the 2010 charity anthology—called Murder to Mil-Spec—benefiting Homes for Our Troops, instead. These were fabulous anthologies, and if you can find a copy you should grab one; they were limited in…
