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Thomas H. Cook

The Edgar Awards Revisited: The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook (Best Novel, 1997)

By Doreen Sheridan

November 1, 2019

There are two kinds of readers, as far as I can tell, when it comes to 1997’s Edgar Award-winner, The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook. There are those utterly perplexed by a crime novel that moves at what they deem a glacial pace and bears contents as literary as they are mysterious, and…

Review: Bibliomysteries, Edited by Otto Penzler

By Kristin Centorcelli

August 11, 2017

Bibliomysteries, edited by Otto Penzler, is a specially commissioned anthology featuring original stories by the mystery genre’s most distinguished authors: John Connolly, Ken Bruen, Loren D. Estleman, Nelson DeMille, Anne Perry, Jeffery Deaver, C. J. Box, Thomas H. Cook, Laura Lippman, and more! I always know that when I’ve got a book with Otto Penzler’s name…

Tragic Shores: New Excerpt

By Thomas H. Cook

April 6, 2017

Tragic Shores: A Memoir of Dark Travel by Thomas H. Cook is a personal memoir of exploration (both external and internal) and a strangely heartening look at the radiance that may be found at the very heart of darkness. A keen traveller, Thomas H. Cook has always been drawn to rarely visited, unusual destinations that hold…

2014 Shortlists: U.K.’s CrimeFest Awards and the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Awards

By Crime HQ

April 29, 2014

The upcoming CrimeFest convention (May 15-18th, Bristol, U.K.) and the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Awards (June 5th, Toronto) have both announced their nominees, and we're thrilled to share these shortlists! (Also, once you get to the bottom of all these wonderful titles and authors, you'll see the an extra reason for our beaming,…

Announcing 2014’s Edgar Nominees (and Our Own Winner)!

By Crime HQ

January 17, 2014

After last month's announcement of two new Grandmasters and the Raven Award winner, Mystery Writers of America has announced the rest of the shortlist of 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, May 1st, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel…

The Crime of Julian Wells by Thomas H Cook

Fresh Meat: The Crime of Julian Wells by Thomas H. Cook

By Lakis Fourouklas

August 5, 2012

The Crime of Julian Wells by Thomas H. Cook is a mystery and a novel of psychological suspense in which the layers of a man’s life are peeled away to reveal a surprising secret (available August 7, 2012). When the body of famed true-crime writer Julian Wells is found in a boat drifting on a…

Blood Innocents by Thomas H. Cook

Otto Penzler and I, or Hopeful Luddites Talk Digital

By Lyndsay Faye

December 1, 2011

I’ve never downloaded an electronic book. My book has sold a number of Kindle copies, which leads me to feel a strange imbalance—what does it mean that I produce material for a media I don’t engage in? I am not one of the people who insist that all books must be printed matter, and can…

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