If you haven't heard the buzz for Chevy Steven's debut Still Missing, read the excerpts below from its FOUR starred reviews! [...]
Tag: mystery
Penny wins the AGATHA!
Congratulations to Louise Penny, whose title The Brutal Telling just won the Agatha award!
First the Booklist Top Ten, then an Agatha? And Talia just talked about it in the Booklist Mystery & Crime webinar, which I think is as prestigious as both those awards combined! I think I smell a NBCC award, maybe even a Nobel Peace Prize! Ok, maybe that's a stretch.
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Booklist’s Best Of The Year!
In their Year's Best Crime Novels roundup, Booklist selected four Minotaur titles!
Top Ten Best Crime
Novels:
Year's Best Debuts:
Congratulations!
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Five Fantastic Edgar Nominees! (and two winners!)
Not one, or even four, but FIVE Edgar Award nominees this year!
Best Novel: The Last Child, The Odds
Best First Novel by an American Author: A Bad Day for Sorry, In the Shadow of Gotham
Best Critical/Biographical: The Talented Miss Highsmith
And of those nominees, The Last Child and In the Shadow of Gotham WON!
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Coming from our Booklist ad?
If you saw our awesome cover ad on the May 1st issue of Booklist, thanks for stopping by! (And thank you even if that's NOT how you found us!) Please take a closer look at all the great new mysteries and thrillers which were featured.
And, as always, don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions.
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The Poacher’s Son
Not only is Paul Doiron's debut thriller The Poacher's Son receiving rave reviews, we got the pleasure of meeting the author at ALA Midwinter! He signed galleys for eager librarians, and was happy to answer all of their questions. Thanks Paul, and congrats on the following reviews!
PW starred review: "This evocative thriller is sure to put Doiron on many 2010 Must-Read lists!"
Booklist starred review: "One hopes this fine novel is the first in a series starring Warden
Bowditch."
Library Journal starred review: "Doiron’s well-written debut is also a taut thriller and a thoughtful examination of the complicated relationship between father and son."
Kirkus Reviews starred review: "Both tender and chilling.”
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Agatha Nominations!
Congratulations to the attached titles, all of which were nominated for the coveted Agatha award for excellence in mystery writing!
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Four stars for Minotaur!
The February issue of Library Journal awarded four of our mysteries with starred reviews! Excerpts from the reviews are below!
Blood Hina: "Edgar Award winner Hirahara has created a most original L.A. sleuth. In his fourth outing (after Snakeskin Shamisen), the Hiroshima survivor is self-deprecating and humble yet takes a sure, straightforward approach to helping those in trouble."
Liars All: "Bannister just gets better with each book." [...]
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