A Reckoning in the Back Country by Terry Shames is the seventh book in the Samuel Craddock Mystery series, where acting Police Chief Samuel Craddock investigates the murder of a visiting physician, whose mangled body is found in the woods (available January 9, 2018). Do you remember the book that got you to fall in love…
The 2017 Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Awards nominations are up! The Lefty Awards are fan-based, chosen by registered members of the Left Coast Crime convention. Nominations for awards to be presented at each annual convention are made by people registered for that convention and also the immediately prior convention. The 27th annual LCC convention, Left Coast Crime…
An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock by Terry Shames is the 6th book in the Samuel Craddock Mystery series. For first time readers of Terry Shames’s Samuel Craddock series, of which I’m one, An Unsettling Crime For Samuel Craddock seems an optimal time to jump on board. Described as a prequel, we join Craddock in…
I once asked forensics specialist and author D.P. Lyle what he thought was at the core of criminal behavior. His answer was that most criminals are, in one way or another, trying to save face. Six novels later, I’m still exploring that concept. What is so compelling that it drives a criminal to take someone’s…
An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock by Terry Shames is the 6th book in the Samuel Craddock Mystery series (Available January 3, 2017). When the Jarrett Creek Fire Department is called to douse a blaze on the outskirts of town, they discover a grisly scene: five black young people have been murdered. Newly elected Chief…
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…
Here are the winners' lists from three of the sets of awards announced at this weekend's Bouchercon! Anthony Award Winners (voted on by Bouchercon attendees) Best Audiobook: The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith Best Television Episode Teleplay: “Pilot” for The Blacklist by John Bokenkamp Best Children's or Young Adult Novel: The Testing by Joelle…
More award news! Left Coast Crime will be oceanside in Monterey, California this year (thus the monikker Calamari Crime), and here is its recently announced list of nominated honorees!
