Entries from Westport Public Library BOOK blog tagged with 'connecticut'
The Indy Five
The 40th Bouchercon World Mystery Convention will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 15 - 18, 2009. Author Michael Connelly will be the Guest of Honor. The Anthony Awards, named in memory of mystery writer and critic Anthony Boucher, will be given out at a ceremony on Saturday, October 17. The five Best Novel nominees are Trigger City by Sean Chercover, The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly, Red Knife by William Kent Krueger, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson and The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny. The Cruelest Month has already won this year’s Agatha Award for Best Novel and is nominated for the McAvity and the Barry awards as well as the Anthony. Louise Penny is an author that I suggest to readers often and they never come back to me disappointed. The New York Times attributes this success to the “elegance and depth” that she brings to her traditional village mysteries.The stolen generation
F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda are among the many famous literary figures who have called Westport home, although their stay was brief. The newly-wed couple were here for six-months in 1920 during which time Fitzgerald began writing his second novel, The Beautiful and Damned. A stolen manuscript is at the heart of the newly-released The Fitzgerald Ruse, the second title in Mark Castrique’s Blackman-Robertson series. Former U.S. military CID Chief Warrant officer Sam Blackman and his partner Nakayla Robertson have opened a detective agency in Asheville, North Carolina. Their first client is Ethel Barkley, a charming elderly woman who hires them to retrieve a lockbox that she claims holds a valuable F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscript which she stole from the author in 1935 while he was living at the stately Grove Park Inn.Shocking news
There are any number of novels based on true crimes. Dominick Dunne has written a number of these. A Season in Purgatory, based on the murder of Martha Moxley in Greenwich comes first to mind. Edgar-winning author Megan Abbott has a new novel, Bury Me Deep, inspired by the Infamous "Trunk Murderess" Winnie Ruth Judd. Abbott’s protagonist Marion Seeley, a young woman abandoned in Phoenix by her doctor husband, finds a job at a medical clinic. She becomes fast friends with Louise, a vivacious nurse, and her roommate, Ginny. Marion is swept up in the exuberant life of the girls, who supplement their scant income by entertaining the town's most powerful men with wild parties. She becomes involved with a local rogue, Joe Lanigan, and when the other women confront Marion about her relationship with Joe, a heated argument leads to murder. Publishers Weekly promises us a “shocking ending.”A nose for the news
There has been a noticeable increase in the number of broadcast crime and investigative reporter mysteries of late. Michael A. Black and Julie Hyzy have brought their respective series detectives P.I. Ron Shade and TV reporter Alex St. James together in Dead Ringer. Julie Kramer’s debut mystery Stalking Susan introduces Riley Spartz, a Twin Cities investigative TV journalist. Kramer is a freelance news producer for the Today Show and Dateline. Real-life BBC crime correspondent Simon Hall has created fictional TV crime reporter Dan Groves who becomes involved in the death of painter who is murdered after he creates a series of ten paintings containing a mysterious riddle.Meet the author
Come meet Karen E. Olson, author of the Annie Seymour mysteries! Find out what the future holds for Annie. Next Sunday at 2 in the McManus Room, The Usual Suspects Mystery Reading Group will be discussing the first title in the series, Sacred Cows, which Publishers Weekly called a “spirited debut.” Annie Seymour is a police reporter at the fictional New Haven Herald. She is tough, smart and has a self-deprecating sense of humor. She lives in a brownstone in the city's Wooster Square neighborhood, just around the corner from the best pizza in the world. In Sacred Cows, when a Yale student is found dead, Annie's investigation into the girl's secret life brings her closer to home than she expects.And the winners are …
This year’s Best Novel Edgar went to John Hart for Down River. Quite an achievement, as this is only his second published work. His first book was The King of Lies which was nominated for a Best First Novel Edgar. Both books made the New York Times Bestseller list. This year’s Best Novel Agatha went to Louise Penny for A Fatal Grace, which is the second title in her Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, preceded by Still Life and followed by the recently released The Cruelest Month.Private Eyes, They're Watching You
Inside the Private Eyes of a P.I. by Stamford based P.I. Vito Colucci gives a behind the scenes look into some of his high profile cases including those of Michael Skakel, Jayson Williams and George Smith. If the name sounds familiar it is probably because Colucci pops up on television news shows, including Nancy Grace, Larry King Live, MSNBC and Fox News, all the time. By the way, Colucci steadfastly maintains Skakel’s innocence, but you will have to read the book to find out why!Déjà vu all over again
In Linwood Barclay’s new suspense thriller, No Time for Goodbye, a Milford woman whose parents and brother vanished during the night from their family home twenty-five years ago decides to take her story to a popular crime-stopper program on national television. She then fears that her husband and child may be taken from her in the same fashion when it becomes clear that there is much more to their disappearance than she ever imagined.For the birds ...
... and humorous mystery fans!
Donna Andrews readers will be happy to hear that blacksmith (yes, blacksmith!) Meg Langslow, her boyfriend Michael, and the other odd characters who make for one clever and entertaining mystery series, will return shortly in their latest outing, The Penguin Who Knew Too Much.
History Detectives
History Detectives is a PBS television series devoted to exploring the complexities of historical mysteries, searching out the facts, myths and conundrums that connect local folklore, family legends and interesting objects.
CPTV carries this program and two of the July episodes are set in the Nutmeg State.
Malice personified
Attending mystery conferences is one of my favorite things. Authors, publishers, editors, librarians, and just plain ordinary fans get together and talk about mysteries.
I get to go to panels and hear authors discuss their work. How they write. Why they write. Where they get their ideas from.
I get to hang out around the conference hotel and meet up with old friends and to converse with some of the promising new authors as well as some of my all-time favorites.
One would think that people who write mysteries would be a somber and negative lot, but, on the contrary, they are funny and basically idealistic people.
Meow-steries!
The book review journal Kirkus Reviews featured mysteries and thrillers in its February 1, 2007 issue, and listed what they referred to as “The 10 Biggest Brands.”
The “brand” that really caught my eye was “Kitty Sleuths.”
Ever since Mr. and Mrs. North's cat Pete helped solve a mystery all the way back in 1939, feline flatfoots have grown in popularity.
Teardown of the day …
Did everyone see the New York Times piece Murder Most Suburban in the Connecticut section yesterday?
I am halfway through McMansion, one of the titles mentioned. It is the fourth installment of Justin Scott’s Ben Abbott series.
Murder in New Haven
Karen E. Olson, travel editor for the New Haven Register, has penned two mysteries featuring Annie Seymour, crime reporter for the fictional New Haven Herald.
From Connecticut’s very own Dr. Henry Lee
Although some may be surprised to find that he has himself tricked out as an action hero and something of a babe magnet in the character of Dr. Henry Liu, Dr. Henry Lee delivers the forensic goods in his new mystery The Budapest Connection.
Foyle’s War fans …
The historically accurate WWII background and appealing characters of James R. Benn’s new mystery Billy Boyle might be just the book you’ve been looking for.
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