Entries from Westport Public Library BOOK blog tagged with 'murder203'
Killer historical mysteries
The 2008 Agatha nomineeshave been announced and author Kathy Lynn Emerson’s book, How to Write a Killer Historical Mystery, is on the Best Non-fiction list. The core of the book is Emerson’s personal take on writing and selling historical mysteries, but it also includes practical advice, anecdotes, and suggestions for research from over forty other historical mystery writers and insights from assorted editors, booksellers, and reviewers. As the author of two popular historical mystery series, the Face Down Mysteries featuring Elizabethan gentlewoman herbalist Susanna, Lady Appleton, and the Diana Spaulding Mysteries, set in 1888 in various U.S. locations featuring journalist Diana Spaulding, she certainly knows her stuff.Have Faith
Katherine Hall Page is the author of seventeen Faith Fairchild mysteries, the first of which received the Agatha Award for best first mystery. The fifteenth book, The Body in the Snowdrift (2005), won the Agatha for best novel. Page also won an Agatha for her short story The Would-Be Widower. She is the first person in the history of Malice Domestic to win all three of these awards and was the Guest of Honor at Malice in 2006. Good news for Page’s fans. The Body in the Sleigh – book number eighteen – is promised for October, 2009. Katherine Hall Page will also be joining the group of authors assembled for the Murder 203 mystery festival to be held on April 18th-19th.A gem of a mystery!
Mystery author S.J. Rozan is a native New Yorker (born and raised in the Bronx) and her earlier vocation was that of architect in a practice that focused on police stations, firehouses, and zoos. Rozan is the author of the acclaimed novel Absent Friends, set in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the stand-alone novel In This Rain, in addition to her award-winning mystery series which features Lydia Chin, a Chinese American private eye, and Bill Smith, whom the author describes as “the classic American voice-over PI”. Chin and Smith have been taking a seven year break, but are now back in Rozan’s new release, The Shanghai Moon, which Publishers Weekly calls a “rich blend of historical mystery and contemporary suspense.” The Shanghai Moon revolves around a little known historical footnote -- about 20,000 Jewish refugees fled to China beginning in the mid 1930s to escape the horrors of Nazi Germany.Stories to Be Read with the Lights On
A treasury of thrillers that I cherished in my youth was one of the Alfred Hitchcock collections called Stories to Be Read with the Lights On. A few of the authors who have signed on for Murder 203 write the kind of fiction and non-fiction that bring these stories—and all of the nights I really did sleep with the lights on—to mind.! Jennifer McMahon’s novel Promise Not to Tell is not just another scary story—it is an impressive blend of suspense, the supernatural and self-discovery. On the night Kate Cypher returns home to rural Vermont to care for her ailing mother, a young girl is murdered in the same way Kate's childhood friend, Del, nicknamed the "Potato Girl" by her mean-spirited classmates, was killed 30 years ago—a horrific crime. Del's killer was never found, and the victim had since achieved immortality in local legends and ghost stories. Kate, beset by guilt for her own part in the girl’s persecution, reconnects with her childhood sweetheart, who is utterly convinced that Del's ghost is seeking its revenge.Hardboiled Connecticut?
The noir form will be more than adequately represented at the upcoming Murder 203 event by authors Reed Farrel Coleman, Peter Spiegelman and Jason Starr.
The New York Times Book Review reported that "Among the undying conventions of detective fiction is the one that requires every retired cop to have a case that still haunts him. Reed Farrel Coleman blows the dust off that cliche." Publisher’s Weekly called Peter Spiegelman “one of today's best practitioners of neo-noir." Jason Starr has eight non-series novels to his credit, including the award winning Twisted City, and he collaborates with writer Ken Bruen on a series for Hard Case Crime. His book The Follower was dubbed “this generation's Looking for Mr. Goodbar.” So don’t let the name Murder 203 fool you. We’re not just about suburban mysteries! There will be lots of talk about crime in the big city and one of our panels will address how urban crime differs from suburban crime. Check the Murder 203 website for registration information.The 2009 Edgar hopefuls
Mystery Writers of America is the premier organization for mystery writers, professionals allied to the crime writing field, aspiring crime writers, and those who are devoted to the genre. MWA gives out the most prestigious mystery writing award, the Edgar, and the 2009 nominees were recently announced. The list for Best Novel includes Missing by Karin Alvtegen, Blue Heaven by C.J. Box, Sins of the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno, The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes, The Night Following by Morag Joss and The Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz.
Murder 203
I am happy to announce that registration has begun for Murder 203: Connecticut’s Mystery Festival, scheduled for Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19. The festival is a joint venture by the Easton and Westport Libraries for both fans and writers. Attendees will enjoy panel discussions, book signings, writing tips from the professionals, and a unique opportunity to mingle with authors and fellow crime fiction enthusiasts at the Cocktails and Crime reception on Saturday evening. Twenty-eight authors are scheduled to attend, headed up by our Guest of Honor, New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein.Feed Subscription
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