Happy #ThrillerThursday, lovely librarians. We have SO MUCH great mystery awards news for you, with our nominees for the 2017 Edgar Awards, the 2016 Agatha Awards, and the 2017 Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Awards, plus a special CWA Diamond Dagger honoree! 2017 Edgar Award nominees (full list) — honoring the best in mystery Best Fact Know More » […]
Tag: Minotaur Books
Stars for UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN
THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X hooked us on Japanese author Keigo Higashino, and librarians adored MALICE, making it an October 2014 LibraryReads pick. His newest book, UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN, is his most ambitious yet: a sweeping epic about a brutal crime and the two teenagers—Ryo, the son of the murdered man, and Yukiho, the Know More » […]
DAISY IN CHAINS & THE SECRETS OF WISHTIDE are September 2016 LibraryReads Picks
FANTASTIC NEWS! Macmillan has two books on the September 2016 LibraryReads list! Coming in at #5 is DAISY IN CHAINS by Sharon Bolton The new standalone novel from the LibraryReads author of LITTLE BLACK LIES! A criminal defense attorney with a reputation for getting the wrongly convicted exonerated is drawn into the machinations of a Know More » […]
Library Penance
Caution: serving a community sentence in a library for a minor crime may lead to a career as a mystery writer! It happened to Lance Hawvermale. He shares his experience below and explains how libraries continue to inspire him today: I once served mandatory community service in a library. As a crime writer, I need a Know More » […]
Penny, Paris & Andrews hit the August 2016 LibraryReads List!
FANTASTIC NEWS! Macmillan has THREE books on the August 2016 LibraryReads list! Topping the August list is A GREAT RECKONING by Louise Penny A BEA 2016 “Shout ‘n Share” pick with FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! “The lyrical 12th entry in bestseller Penny’s remarkable series, which has won multiple Agatha awards, finds former Chief Insp. Armand Gamache Know More » […]
Castillo, Moriarty & Walker hit the July 2016 LibraryReads List!
FANTASTIC NEWS! Macmillan has THREE books on the July 2016 LibraryReads list! Coming in at #4 is AMONG THE WICKED by Linda Castillo In the eighth book in Castillo’s bestselling series, Kate Burkholder goes undercover in an isolated and secretive Amish community in rural, upstate New York to investigate the death of a young girl. Know More » […]
The Nature of the Feast
“They ate by candlelight, the candles of all shapes and sizes flickering around the kitchen. Their plates were piled high with turkey and chestnut stuffing, candied yams and potatoes, peas and gravy.” — from STILL LIFE Readers of Louise Penny’s Inspector Armand Gamache series have come to relish the descriptions of food as much as Know More » […]
2015 Agatha Award Nominees
#ThrillerThursday BONUS: Macmillan has five nominees for the 2015 Agatha Awards! Best Contemporary Novel: THE NATURE OF THE BEAST by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books) WHAT YOU SEE by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge Books) Best Historical Novel: THE MASQUE OF A MURDERER by Susanna Calkins (Minotaur Books) Best First Novel: DEATH OF A DISHONORABLE GENTLEMAN by Know More » […]
Thriller Thursday (4/2/15 Edition)
We’ve got a couple of cozies for you this #ThrillerThursday: THE FIGARO MURDERS by Laura Lebow Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart’s librettist, must either find a killer or take the fall himself, and spend the opening night of The Marriage of Figaro dangling from an executioner’s noose. “A brisk tempo, a sympathetic hero and a plot Know More » […]
Thriller Thursday – Minotaur Stars Edition
Today’s #ThrillerThursday picks are two forthcoming Minotaur mysteries that are raking in the starred pre-publication reviews! THE DEVIL’S MAKING by Seán Haldane Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award, an historical mystery in which an alienist is found murdered near an Indian camp and a British constable must navigate the conflicting cultures to discover why. “Poet, Know More » […]
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