Tim Hallinan

Announcing 2016’s Macavity Award Nominees!

By Crime HQ

June 13, 2016

The Mystery Readers International has announced their nominees for the 2016 Macavity Awards—an annual award for excellence in mysteries, named for the “mystery cat” of T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. *Follow the linked titles to excerpts or reviews on CrimeHQ!

Liz Lemon with Poptart in mouth

Irresistible Itineraries: Crime Fiction as Travelogue

By Elyse Dinh-McCrillis

May 12, 2011

As much as I pride myself on being an independent thinker, I admit I occasionally succumb to the power of suggestion. I have found myself watching TV after a perfectly fulfilling Thanksgiving dinner, wearing stretchy pants already crying uncle at the waist line, and suddenly feeling hungry for French fries, because a McDonald’s commercial comes…