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September Events:
September featured
author:
Brian Freeman!
Our September
short story is a quick look what it's like to be on the other side, of the
creative process that is...
September Spotlight Review:
A Duty to the Dead
by Charles Todd
August Events:
August featured
author:
Theresa Schwegel!
Atlanta
PI Grady continues his adventures in our August short story!
August Spotlight Reviews:
Trust Me by Jeff Abbott
Read both reviews!
Another Special August Review:
Breathing Water
by Timothy Hallinan
July Events:
July's
featured author:
Blake Crouch!
July's short story
humorously mixes soccer moms, cell phones, and murder!
July's
spotlight review:
Abandon
by Blake Crouch
June Events:
June's featured author: William Dietrich!
June Spotlight Review:
The Last Child by John Hart
May Events:
May's featured
author: Adrian McKinty!
May Spotlight Review!
Fifty Grand by Adrian McKinty
April Events:
April's author of
the month: Peter Robinson!
April's short
story features a great noir detective
looking for something precious.
April
Spotlight Review:
Shatter by Michael Robotham!
March Events:
Please welcome
March's featured author: Kevin O'Brien!
March's short story
features a tale of a whole new kind of neighborhood watch!
March
spotlight review:
Shanghai Moon by S. J. Rozan
February Events:
Please welcome
February's featured author: James Grippando!
February's
short story: The devil is landed, but could it be it's his final visit?
February
spotlight review:
A Darker Domain
by Val McDermid
February Audio Buzz with Jonathan Lowe,
including a brief interview with Nelson DeMille
Bonus interview with thriller author Ted Bell from
Jonathan Lowe!
January Events:
Please welcome
January's featured author:
Sean Chercover!
January short story: A noirish spin on happy hour
featuring PI H.W. Grady
December Events:
December's author of the month:
Mark Billingham!
December
short story:
Another fascinating who-done-it "Death On Delivery" tale!
December
Spotlight review:
The Brass Verdict
by Michael Connelly
November Events:
November featured
author: George Shuman!
When
it's time to lay a marriage to rest, there's more than one way to say good
night...
November spotlight review:
Trigger City
by Sean Chercover
Interview with Sean
Chercover
Another November spotlight review:
In
the Dark by Mark Billingham
October Events:
October featured
author:
Jonathan Segura!
See if you can
solve this mystery of a man in two places at once!
September Events:
September featured
author: Declan Burke!
September's
featured story: a woman scorned takes her revenge!
September spotlight review: The Big O by Delcan Burke
August Events:
August
featured author: Chris Grabenstein!
August short
story: A young girl goes missing...why, and where has she gone?
August Spotlight Review: Fractured by Karin Slaughter
July Events:
July featured
author:
Timothy Hallinan!
July's short story
from Jonathan Lowe, KNOCK KNOCK: Democracy takes another beating!
July spotlight review: Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais
Another
July spotlight review:
What Was Lost by Catherine O’Flynn
June Events:
June featured
author:Duane Swierczynski!
June's featured
short story: Peeping Jim!
Just what did this peeper really see??
June
spotlight review: Old School Bones by Randall Peffer
May Events:
May
featured author: Libby Fischer Hellmann!
May's featured
short story: Strike Out! Baseball and crime, what a mix...
May
Spotlight Review:
Careless In Red by Elizabeth George
April Events:
April featured
author: Declan Hughes
April's featured article comes from Penny Warner; an
amusing account of book signings!
April spotlight review:
Hollywood Crows
by Joseph Wambaugh
March Events:
March featured
author:
Cornelia Read!
March's short story: Can this amateur
sleuth solve the mystery once again using only her cunning wits?
March spotlight review:
The Price of Blood
by Declan Hughes
March
spotlight review:
Stranger In Paradise
by Robert B. Parker
February Events:
February featured
author:
Marcus Sakey!
February's short story is a great who-done-it that invites readers to play
along!
January Events:
January's featured
author: Gabriel Cohen!
January's short story brings us another howlingly
funny visit with Mr. Death!
January spotlight novel: They Did It With Love
December Events:
December's
featured author: Lori G. Armstrong!
December
spotlight review:
Terminal by Andrew Vachss
New Mystery Reader's first
full-length movie review - BROKEN.
November Events:
November featured
author:
Mark Gimenez!
November's
short story: The Cursed Vampire
November
spotlight review:
STONE COLD
October
Events:
October
featured author:
Linwood Barclay!
Also for October, an interview with Maxine Paetro, James Pattersons'
co-author of the Woman's Murder Club series!
Spotlight Review:
Blonde Faith
by Walter Mosley
September Events:
September
featured author:
Michael Marshall Smith!
September/August spotlight review:
The Intruders
by Michael Marshall
August Events:
Please
welcome our August featured author: Joseph Finder
Our August short
story: A tale of dear old Grandma and her dastardly deeds!
July Events:
July Featured
Author:
Alafair Burke
July's short story:
Atoner; what happens when a PI is just a little too smart for her own
good!
July
spotlight review:
Innocence
by David Hosp
June Events:
Please welcome June's author of the month award winning Louise Penny!
June's
short story: Flamewar, when madness meets cyberspace!
June
spotlight Review:
The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
May Events:
May featured
author: Craig Johnson
A humorous tale
of what happens when Death hires a detective!
Spotlight
review: The Color of Blood
by Declan Hughes
April Events:
April featured
author:
Terri Persons
April's short story: A Prickly Case....a delightful amateur sleuth
discovers things are not quite what they seem!
Spotlight
Review, including a brief interview with author Michael J. Diamondstein,
Cloaked In Doubt!
March
Events:
March author of
the month:
Laura Lippman
March's short story of the month, Death and the Detective, humorously
twisted!
March
Spotlight review:
The Watchman by Robert Crais
February Events:
Please welcome
our featured author for February: Debut novelist Patry Francis with her
first title, Liar's Diary!
February's short
story reminds us that our enemies are often closer then we think.
February spotlight
review: In This Rain by S.J. Rozan
2007 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominees!
January Events:
New Mystery Reader presents 2 brief
snapshot interviews this month:
January
Snapshot:
Scott Turow
January
Snapshot:
Jeffrey Archer
January
Spotlight Review:
Defending Violet
by Jennifer Louise Jefferson
December Events:
December
featured author:
Mark Arsenault
December Spotlight review:
Gravewriter by Mark Arsenault
December
short story:
Fringe Benefits
November Events:
November
Featured author:
Carol Lea Benjamin
November Review of the
month:
The Hidden Assassins by Robert Wilson
November's short
story: The Prey!
October Events:
October featured author: Michael Connelly !
October review of the month:
Echo Park by Michael Connelly
Instead
of our monthly short story, please enjoy Dana King's review of a
republished title that deserves a second look!
September Events:
September
featured author, Dianne Emley talks about her stunning new suspense
series!
September
short story: The Waiting Room, where even death has its own
set of rules.
Something special
for September is an in- depth look at the works of Parameswaran Nair, one of
India's first legal thriller authors, including an exciting interview!
August Events:
August
featured author: George Pelecanos!
August
short story: A beautiful and riveting tale of love from afar!
August spotlight review:
The Night Gardener
by George Pelecanos
July Events:
July featured author: Erica Spindler
July's
short story combines a bit of lunch, shopping and, of course, a very
deadly desert!
July
spotlight review:
Blue Screen
by Robert B. Parker
June Events:
June
featured author: Joseph Finder, creator of the New York Time's
bestseller, Killer Instinct!
June's
short story is a frightening look at a future where science is but a
memory....
June spotlight
review:
The Hard Way by Lee Child
May Events:
May
featured author: Lisa Unger brings us her breakout novel, Beautiful
Lies!
Get an inside glimpse of Karen Treanor's new title,
The Angelus Ghost!
May
Review: Harlan Coben's exciting new Myron Bolitar mystery, Promise Me!
April Events:
April author of the month: Lois Gilbert!
Check out the
International Thriller Award Nominees
March Events:
March
author of the month: Michael Prescott!
March Spotlight Review:
Sea Change
by Robert Parker
Our March
short story explores a writer's actions who has run out of ideas for his murderous
fiction...
February Events:
February
author of the month: Michele Martinez!
February Short Story: Granny has some secrets,
showing you're never too old to play the game!
February Spotlight Review:
Road to Purgatory and Road
to Paradise by Max Allen Collins
Short Article:
A humorous look at the truth
from Legal Thriller author Paul Levine
January Events:
January featured author J. Carson Black talks about
her new series!
January's
short story from Anne K. Edwards, a haunting story of a man and his horse.
December Events:
December's short story from Anne K. Edwards, a young
woman's idea of catching the last train out.
Spotlight Review for December:
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
For die hard fans of
mystery: Five Christmas Gift Suggestions
November Events:
November's featured author is Jim Hansen, author
of the upcoming legal thriller, NIGHT LAWS
November Short Story, The Inheritance, sometimes death and deceit go hand
in hand!
Spotlight
Review for November: Fiddlers by Ed McBain
October Events:
October featured author is David Morrell, creator of Creepers, a stunning
new novel on urban exploration!
Read Dana King's mock interview: it's a riot!
September Events:
September featured
author is John
Connolly!
September
short story is a chilling account of murder from Mayra Calvani !
Spotlight
Review: Blood on the Leaves by Jeff Stetson!
August Events:
August author of the month, Denisa Mina!
August short story, THE PERFECT MURDER, from Kathy
VanWey!
A fine and fitting
good-bye tribute to Ed McBain from long-time fan, Dana King.
July Events:
July's
author of the month is Elizabeth Benedict, creator of the stunning new
break-out thriller, The Practice of Deceit!
In honor of
Wimbledon, July spotlight review: Otto Penzler's, Murder is My Racquet, as
reviewed by Paul Kane.
July's short story, Hail Mary, from our staff reviewer Dana King, is a
humorous take on the ending of a marriage, and a life.
June Events:
Our
June author of the month is William Lashner, author of the legal thriller, Falls the Shadow!
June review of the month,
Dana King explores Connelly's latest thriller, Black Angel!
Our short story for June comes from reader David Tracy.....an interesting
look at perception.
May Events:
May author: Michael Robotham with his American debut
of his engrossing novel, Suspect
Our May short story: Food
Noir,
an amusing and wry take on food and mystery from Dana King.
Spotlight
review for May: Agatha Christie-A Reader's Companion, reviewed by Paul Kane
April Events:
April Author of the month:
Victor Gischler, author of the new novel, Suicide Squeeze
April's short story told through a loving couple's
emails reveals that it doesn't take much to solve a pesky problem.
Tim
Davis discusses Jance's new title, along with some interesting info on the
author herself in this spotlight review for April!
March Events:
Robert Crais, author of the exciting Elvis Cole series!
Short story for March: Skeletons in the Closet
Spotlight review for March: Lovecraft: Tales as reviewed
by Tim Davis
Also for
March is the in-depth review of Otto Penzler's latest anthology of short
stories: Dangerous Women, reviewed by Paul Kane
February Events:
February
featured author:
William Bernhardt, a long time favorite of New Mystery Reader!
February's
short story:
No Strings Attached, by Kathy VanWey. The things that people will do
for some spending money...
January Events:
Our January author of the month: James
Hall, creator of the sure to be blockbuster of the year; Forest of the
Night
January's
short story comes our way from Kelly Ann Fitzpatrick...chock full of
intrigue, double dealing and a wonderful surprise ending!
Spotlight review for
January: An outing from the UK called The Lonely Dead by Michael Marshall
and reviewed by Paul Kane
December Events:
December's author is
Stephanie Kane, creator of the exciting and innovative series featuring
defense attorney Jackie Flowers!
Another
great short story from Kathy VanWey for December...a wry and funny look at
the beauty of revenge!
November Events:
Our
November author, Marianne Wesson, creator of the stunning new legal
thriller, CHILLING EFFECT!
November's
short story, written by author Lisa Polisar; Three Measures Rest, a dynamite
tale of murder!
October Events:
Our
October author of the month is Frank Devlin, with his first suspense
outing entitled "Love in all the Wrong Places"!!
Our
October short story comes from Kathy VanWey ...murderous thoughts can go
two ways.
Spotlight Review: Mr. Paradise by
Elmore Leonard. Reviewed by Paul Kane.
September Events:
Author for September: Kevin O'Brien, author of several heart-pounding
thrillers!
Karen Treanor, one of our top reviewers has a new book
out....check out the great review!
Our September spotlight review:
The Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell as reviewed by Stan Izen!
August Events:
Author for July/August: Keith Ablow, author
of the stunning series featuring forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger!
Our
August short story comes from Kathy VanWey ....Strawberry and Rhubarb Pie
... Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do...
July Events:
Our short story for the
month of July comes from Stephen D. Rogers about a real estate agent who
does more than sell houses!
Where
Are All The Missing People: An article by Marti Talbott
June Events:
Clinton
McKinzie, author of the Antonio Burns series!
Our short story for the
month of June comes from Jonathan Lowe, called Fate's Shadow....Because
sometimes fate can cast a long and dangerous shadow.
May Events:
Harry
Shannon in his mystery debut, Memorial Day. A
suspenseful and poignant read featuring fallen hero extraordinaire
Mick Callahan!
Our
short story for the month of May comes to us from Kathy VanWey. What
would you do for a good grade? Read
EXTRA CREDIT for an unsavory solution!
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