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Furlock Holmes on the Case of Winter's End. Image from FreakingNews.com
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Dear Friend,
As you have surely heard, the Case of Winter's End continues six more weeks (according to Groundhog in Chief Punxsutawney Phil). For us, that also means six more weeks of curling up in a favorite chair with a good book or film (or two, or more). There's no shortage of worthy contenders for whiling away the last days of winter with. For starters, there's the robust nominees of Edgar, Agatha, and Tony Hillerman awards, and you can read more about all of them at the MS Blog. For TV lovers, next week marks the premiere of Bosch, an original Amazon series starring Titus Welliver as the LAPD homicide detective based on Michael Connelly's books. The pilot is already available for preview online. We're curious to know how the show will be and what you think about it. You'll also want to check out the book and film Fave Raves from Mystery Scene contributors' best of 2014 picks in our forthcoming Winter #138 Issue (out very soon). Among our experts' favorites is the film adaptation of Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, directed by David Fincher, and starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. There is a little something for everyone. We would love to hear your Readers' Recommends of your favorite works of 2014. Please share your picks with us and your fellow mystery lovers at the MS Facebook page and be entered to win a free book! To a little more winter and a lot more mystery,
Teri Duerr Senior Editor
P.S. Terri Blackstock's new thriller Twisted Innocence is also just out, and we're giving away a signed copy. More details on the giveaway and how to enter in this newsletter or at our contest page.
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Michael Sears on Reading to Writing
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When I was very young, I dreamed of one day having a job reading. My mother, who always encouraged my voracious and eclectic taste in books, introduced me to the New York Times Book Review. "Look at all these people who get paid to read and write about books," I thought. "I could do that!"
Michael Sears' latest novel is Long Way Down (Putnam, February 2015).www.michaelsears.com
"Writers on Reading" is a special ongoing Mystery Scene series available as a first-look exclusive to our newsletter subscribers.
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by Oline H. Cogdill The Hillerman Prize is awarded annually to the best debut crime fiction set in the Southwest, which gives readers a new view of this region.
by Oline Cogdill The winners will be announced at the Agatha Awards Banquet on May 2, 2015.
by Bernard Whalen and Jon Whalen
A missing girl shakes up the NYPD
In crime pulps of the '30s and '40s there were also plenty of dicks who were actually janes, defiantly holding their own.
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Established in 1985, Mystery Scene Magazine is the oldest, largest, and most authoritative guide to the crime fiction genre.
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