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November is here and the chill is setting in... For those who appreciate a delicious shiver, we thought we'd pull together a few crime and thriller novels perfect for autumn reading (pictured above).
We'd love to add your seasonal Readers Recommends to what we have here (thrillers or other genre!), so don't be shy sharing your picks on our Facebook page or via email at info@mysteryscenemag.com. And, as always, if your recommendation is the featured pick in the next issue, you will earn a new hardcover release as our thank you to you.
Speaking of thank yous, Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and I personally feel I have a lot to be thankful for this past year, including celebrating ten years(!) of working at Mystery Scene. Over the past decade, I've had the chance to correspond with a great many of our readers, authors, contributors, and reviewers. I can honestly say Mystery Scene folks from any of those groups are some of the most gracious, funny, and smart (I mean really smart) people around. Thanks to all of you.
My friends and my family are always at the top of my Thanksgiving list of blessings, and after 10 years, many of the people I work with every day at MS have become my friends and my work family. I especially owe Kate and Brian a huge thanks for letting me spend the last decade reading books, meeting fascinating people, and having a whole lot of fun at "work."
Happy Thanksgiving and, as always, happy reading.
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 Lynn Hightower on Wendell Berry and
The Memory of Old Jack
I was a 16-year-old college freshman taking every writing class on campus when I walked into Wendell Berry's Imaginative Writing class. It was a sun-drenched day in Kentucky that required air conditioning and simple faith that fall was actually on the way and we could stop sweltering and carve pumpkins in just a few weeks. Berry was a god on the University of Kentucky campus, and since I knew everything back then, I went in wondering what all the fuss was about...
Lynn Hightower's Sonora Blair Mystery series, books 1-4, were just released for Kindle by Open Road (October 2015). www.lynnhightower.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 Black Orchid Novella Award (BONA) is given annually by the Wolfe Pack, an organization that promotes Nero Wolfe books and novellas written by Rex Stout.
by Oline Cogdill
NBC is developing a fall 2016 drama based on Harris' bestselling Midnight, Texas series, which focuses on a town in the Lone Star state in which humans and the supernatural co-exist.
by Oline Cogdill
The Mousetrap, which opened in London's West End during 1952, has the longest initial run of any play in history, as well as the longest running show (of any type) of the modern era. Its 25,000th performance was on November 18, 2012.
Lynds, the author of The Assassins (2015), shares her obsession with the famed, Russian Library of Gold.
Did you know that MS features even more reviews online? Look for the tag "Online Exclusive."
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