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Award Time!

Submitted by Clara Maynard on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 5:58pm

Edgar AwardThe Mystery Writers of America will be awarding the Edgar Award on April 26th. Here are the nominees for Best Novel. Check them out and see what you think!


The Ranger by Ace Atkins
Gone by Mo Hayder
The Devotion of Suspect X by keigo Higashino
1222 by Anne Holt
Field Grey by Philip Kerr

New Titles To Check Out!

Submitted by Clara Maynard on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 12:39pm

From time to time I like to let you know about new titles that you might find interesting. These are ones that Librarcover of The Next One to Fally Journal featured in their mystery section. See what you think!

Dead on the Island

Submitted by Clara Maynard on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 2:28pm

I have family ties to Galveston. As a matter of fact, my uncle takes pride in being a BOI (Born on the Islagalveston seawallnd).  Crider, an Anthony Award winning author, certainly knows Galveston well. Prominent landmarks and local attractions are part of the story as Tru Smith, a BOI himself, works to find Sharon Matthews, a local teen gone missing.

1222

Submitted by Clara Maynard on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 2:00pm

cover of 1222A Norwegian train derails during a monster blizzard, 1222 meters above sea level. Luckily, there’s a wonderful hotel nearby that takes in the stranded passengers. But then with 200 people snowed in, isolated from the outside world, a murder happens. A disabled, middle aged female police inspector, Hanne Wilhelmsen, is asked to investigate. A true misanthrope, she resists, until she has to take action.

Fragile

Submitted by Clara Maynard on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 11:31am

In the Hollows, a small town outside New York City, Maggie and Jones Cooper are having problems with their teenager, Rick. When Rick’s girlfriend, Charlene, goes missing, it brings back memories of another girl who disappeared twenty years ago. Her  mutilated body was found, but some questions were never answered and some of the townspeople wrestle with the memories of that incident. Rick becomes a suspect and Maggie tries to deal with it all. I enjoyed Fragile because the characters were so well written and realistic.

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