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The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
The traditional mysteries fan organization Malice Domestic has announced the winners of its 2008 Agatha Awards as follows: Best Novel: A Fatal Grace, by Louise Penny (St. Martin’ Minotaur) Also nominated: The Penguin Who Knew Too Much, by Donna Andrews (St. Martin's Minotaur); Her Royal Spyness, by Rhys Bowen (Penguin); Hard Row, by Margaret Maron (Grand Central Publishing); and Murder With
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Lynne's Little Corner of the World (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
I completed the Book Awards Reading Challenge. Listed below are the books that I read. You can link on them for my reviews. MURPHY'S LAW (Rhys Bowen) - Agatha Award IF I'D KILLED HIM WHEN I MET HIM (Sharyn McCrumb) - Agatha Award SCHINDLER'S LIST (Thomas Keneally) - Booker Prize BOOTLEGGER'S DAUGHTER (Margaret Maron) - Agatha Award BEL CANTO (Ann Patchett) - Orange Prize ATONEMENT (Ian McEwan) - NBCC...
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Crime Always Pays (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Yep, it’s rubber-hose time, folks: a rapid-fire Q&A for those shifty-looking usual suspects ... What crime novel would you most like to have written? I’d rather amend the question to name crime novels I admire enormously, knowing I could never have written them. I have plenty of candidates: the Reginald Hill’s UNDERWORLD and ON BEULAH HEIGHT, Laurie King’s THE BEEKEEPER’S APPRENTICE, Dorothy L. Sayers’s...
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Lesa's Book Critiques (Free subscription) | 02/27/2008
Unlike the Edgar nominees for this year, I've read and promoted a number of authors and titles on this list. This is the list of the Agatha Award nominees. The awards will be presented at the 20th Malice Domestic Convention held the weekend of April 25-27. Best Novel The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen Hard Row by Margaret Maron A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny...
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The Sleepy Reader (Free subscription) | 02/20/2008
Hosted by Between the Covers I discovered that I already have books on my list that fit into this challenge. No new books added but another challenge to participate in. Sounds good to me! Here are my choices: The Bootlegger's Daughter - Margaret Maron The Nazi Officer's Wife - Edith Hahn Beer The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak Alternates/Extras: Little Women - Louisa...
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Murderati (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
by Alex I’m out of town this week at this writers’ retreat: www. Weymouthcenter.org RGB was talking about synchronicity this week – here’s one for you. I’ve been to this retreat once before – it's a fantastic thing. Any North...
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Lynne's Little Corner of the World (Free subscription) | 11/01/2007
October was a pretty good reading month. I only read 8 books, but 5 were very, very good, 1 was fun, and just 2 duds. Here's the list: BOOTLEGGER'S DAUGHTER by Margaret Maron (Book Awards Challenge) AN ECHO IN THE DARKNESS by Francine Rivers (2nds Challenge) WHEN CRICKETS CRY by Charles Martin AT HOME IN MOSSY CREEK by Debra Smith and others THE KNITTING CIRCLE by Ann Hood MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis...
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Murderati (Free subscription) | 10/13/2007
by Alex This author life takes you into some weird places. One place I never thought I’d end up is on Court TV. But this week I did a segment for that show, with two of my favorite mystery authors,...
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The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 10/09/2007
20 years ago, at Bouchercon, Sara Paretsky led the battle to give mystery and thriller writers of the female persusasion more clout in the publishing arena. To celebrate the anniversary of the founding of Sisters in Crime, Paretsky has edited a superb collection of 20 stories by SinC members, at least 16 of which appear to be written especially for this anthology. All of the stories by SinC
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The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 09/29/2007
• “I think it's a screenplay waiting to happen,” enthuses Victor Gischler as he considers, for My Book, the Movie, which actors and actresses might best portray the memorable characters in his latest novel, Shotgun Opera. Read his musings here. By the way, Gischler fans will be happy to note that their man has a new book, Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse, due in bookstores come June 2008. • Today
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PaperBackSwap.com (Free subscription) | 05/06/2007
The multiple winner of the most coveted prizes for mystery fiction, Margaret Maron is back with a new tale featuring her perennially popular sleuth Judge Deborah Knott. Only days away from her wedding to Deputy Sheriff Dwight Bryant, Judge Deborah Knott has more than enough worries to keep her busy. With her sisters-in-law dissecting every detail of the ceremony, her brothers making book on whether...
