King Arthur's most trusted advisor is called upon to fetch the king's would-be bride, but somewhere along the way this escort-turned-detective will have to reveal whether a series of destabalizing virgin-murders are divine or mortal doing. THE BELOVED DEAD is the third title in Tony Hays' Authurian mystery series, all three of which have earned starred reviews from both Library Journal and Publishers Weekly!
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Every year the crime fiction connoisseurs over at Deadly Pleasures offer awards of excellence to exceptional novels and short stories in several categories. The 2011 Barry Award nominees have been posted!
THE LOCK ARTIST by Steve Hamilton and BURY YOUR DEAD by Louise Penny have been nominated for the Barry Award for Best Novel of 2011!
THE POACHER’S SON by Paul Doiron and THE HOLY THIEF by William Ryan have been nominated for Best First Novel!
BLOOD HARVEST by S. J. Bolton has been nominated for Best British Novel!
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Earlier this week, award-winning book reviewer for Library Journal and Mystery Readers Journal, Lesa Holstine of Lesa's Book Critiques, hosted Brad Parks as a guest blogger.
His post begins, "Exactly twenty-six years and five months ago, at the end of a hot and dusty Connecticut summer, in a time of desperation the likes of which I can now barely describe, I committed a heinous crime. I stole from a public library..." keep reading!
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Rachel DeWoskin's BIG GIRL SMALL, available April 2011, has earned starred reviews from both Booklist and Publishers Weekly for its accurate (at times painfully accurate) recreation of the high school experience. The boys are crushable, the girls are complicated, and Judy Lohden is a sarcastic, talented scandal-magnet that will draw you in, as well.
"DeWoskin deftly captures the often vicious dynamics of adolescents, which mask their fragility, and creates in Judy an unforgettable character, one who is, by turns, sardonic and heartbreakingly vulnerable." — Booklist (starred review)
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I'm embarrassed to say that we owe Lewis Carroll one of those apologetic puppy or frazzled cat "Happy Belated Birthday" cards since yesterday we straight up missed his 178th. Sorry, Lew, we still love you!
For those of you Carroll fans who were looking for a little Lewis love yesterday we offer recompense: on February 15th we'll be releasing THE MYSTERY OF LEWIS CARROLL by Jenny Woolf. In this biography, Woolf gets her hands dirty exploring some of the yet unanswered questions about that mysterious and brilliant Victorian Age author.
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Booklist and Library Journal both gave Deborah Coonts' latest Vegas glitz mystery starred reviews! Lucky Stiff brings back Lucky O'Toole, Head of Customer Relations at the Babylon, friend and lover to the people that keep Las Vegas up and running, and detective savant in her spare time.
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YA author, David Levithan, made his adult fiction debut with The Lover's Dictionary, an unconventional narrative about a modern relationship told through emotionally rich dictionary entries such as this:
indelible, adj. That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between my eyes, down my nose, over my lips, down my neck, to the center of my chest. It was so surprising, I knew I would never mimic it. That one gesture would be yours forever.
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The literary gurus over at Shelf Awareness interviewed the ever-excellent Wallace Stroby. His latest adrenaline rush, Cold Shot to the Heart, follows desperate criminals in a high stakes card game with nothing... scratch that, everything to lose.
In the interview, Wallace shares some intimate details about his own reading habits. Read "Book Brahmin: Wallace Stroby" to be enlightened on what Wallace has on his nightstand, which book he's faked reading, and the one that changed his life.
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Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce on the 202nd anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, its Nominees for the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2010. [...]
Both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews gave Tiger,Tiger starred reviews calling it "gut wrenching" and "a gripping, tragic and unforgettable chronicle of lost innocence."
The Brothers of Baker Street received starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly. Booklist said, "Sherlock Holmes isn’t back, but Dr. [...]
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