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Dear Friend,
We're working away on the Fall Issue #136 which will be making its way to you in a few weeks. One of my favorite articles is Jon L. Breen's survey of memoirs and autobiographies written by mystery authors. Very fun!
Here are a couple of excerpts:
"For some reason a lot of the people who read me want to explain why.... A lot more people began the autographing chat with a disclaimer. They'd assure me they were not mystery readers. They read my books because of the tribal cultural material intermixed with the plot line. They wanted to learn a bit about American Indians. It occurred to me that I had tapped into a mass of American readers who suffer from the same workaholic problem that besets me. Reading for idle amusement left them feeling guilty. My books, like a sausage sandwich spiced with antacid tablets, give absolution along with the sin." -Tony Hillerman in Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir (2001)
"I carried with me lasting memories, not all of them tragic. There was the Scottish regiment, with its khaki aprons to camouflage the front of their bright kilts, but nothing to protect the rear. There was the argument going on while I was there, between the French and the British, one of the latter regiments having brought over a pack of fox hounds. The British were playing at war, said the French. Football, and now fox hounds!
-Mary Roberts Rinehart toured the
front lines of WWI in 1915 while on
assignment for Curtis Publishing.
My Story, Mary Roberts Rinehart (1931)
We'll also be talking to Louise Penny, looking at Ed Gorman's Sam McCain series, considering the excellent House of Cards starring Kevin Spacey, and much, much more.
Best,
Kate Stine
Editor-in-chief
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 Kathy Reichs on Reading, Writing & Chandler
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"I grew up a reader. A classic flashlight-under-the-bedspread case, tearing through Nancy Drew mysteries and little blue biographies of fabulous women like Jane Adams. I loved Toby Tyler, the stories of a boy who ran away to join to the circus.
My own adventurous streak was hankering to turn 16 and get my driver's license so I could run away to...wait for it...the library. Nerdvana."
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Movie Review: The Drop
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James Galdofini plays Cousin Marv in The Drop , directed by Micha�l R. Roskam with a screenplay by Dennis Lehane.
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At the heart of the crime drama The Drop - based on Dennis Lehane's novella "Animal Rescue" - is a story of a man and his dog and how this abandoned, abused pit bull puppy with lots of affection to give rescues the man who rescues him. Make no mistake, The Drop is not a touchy-feely sentimental tale - we are talking about Lehane here. The Drop is a gripping, atmospheric crime story full of mobsters, severed limbs, and violence, though not as much as in most films in this genre... |
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CWA Daggers and Thriller Awards Announced Congratulations to all the winners!  | | Antonia Hodgson won the CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger for Devil in the Marshalsea. |
CWA DAGGER AWARDS
Announced by the British Crime Writers Association on July 1. The CWA Gold Dagger, Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, and John Creasey Dagger will be announced in October.
Endeavour Historical Dagger Devil in the MarshalseaAntonia Hodgson (Hodder & Stoughton) Debut Dagger The MovementJody Sabral (unpublished manuscript) Nonfiction Dagger The Siege: Three Days of Terror
Inside the TajAdrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark (Viking) International Dagger The SiegeArturo Perez-Reverte; translated by Frank Wynne (Weidenfeld) Short Story Award "Fedora" John Harvey, Deadly Pleasures, Martin Edwards, ed. (Severn House) Diamond Dagger Simon Brett
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THRILLER AWARDS Announced July 12, 2014, by the International Thriller Writers for works published or produced in 2013. Best Hardcover The DemonologistAndrew Pyper (Simon & Schuster) Best First Novel Red SparrowJason Matthews (Scribner) Best Paperback Novel The One I Left BehindJennifer McMahon (Morrow) Best Ebook Original The World BeneathRebecca Cantrell (Rebecca Cantrell) Best YA NovelAll Our YesterdaysCristin Terrill (Hyperion) Best Short Story "Footprints in the Water" Twist Phelan, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (July 2013) ThrillerMaster Award Scott Turow Silver Bullet Award Brenda Novak |
Overheard: Joan Rivers
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Remembering Joan Rivers
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"Nothing is yours permanently, so you better enjoy it while it's happening."
- Joan Rivers (1933-2014)
Famous for her acerbic wit, satirical insight, and pioneering work as a woman in the largely male-dominated field of entertainment, the comedian was also a prolific book author, including the 2010 mystery novel Murder at the Academy Awards, cowritten with Jerrilyn Farmer.
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by Oline H. Cogdill
Tom Savage finds himself in a situation he thought he passed years ago. He can be considered a new author. Well, sort of...
by Oline Cogdill
We have a ready answer in Florida when asked what is the hottest summer month: It's September.
by Lee Goldberg
The stories you are about to read are true, the names have been changed to protect the guilty...
Three exciting new voices in the private-eye novel
Did you know that MS features even more reviews online? Look for the tag "Online Exclusive."
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