Halloween: Can you figure out the culprit of a locked-room mystery?

Editor Otto Penzler explains how he selected the 'locked-room mysteries' that are included in 'The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries.' Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #locked-room mysteries

Other news stories related to: "Halloween: Can you figure out the culprit of a locked-room mystery?"

Eight thrillers and mysteries to read this summer

‘Blacktop Wasteland’ author S.A. Cosby recommends books that will keep you on the edge of your lawn chair. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-05-27 13:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #blacktop wasteland

Faith, Fashion, and Body Image Books Make Room for God

From a female rabbi to a Catholic fashionista, authors offer women advice on what to wear, how to wear it, and how to bring God into the appearance equation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

One of NASA’s ‘hidden figures’ tells her own story

Katherine Johnson’s work as a NASA mathematician was essential during the space race, if underappreciated. A new memoir sheds light on her story. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-05-21 15:20:36 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #memoir #space race #katherine johnson #hidden figures

‘Jaws at 35,000 feet’: the flight attendant whose thriller debut sold for seven figures

TJ Newman dreamt up her terror-in-the-skies novel Falling while guarding the cockpit as the pilots took a toilet break. She reveals how she kept going through furlough and 41 rejectionsFlight attendant Torri Newman was working on the red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York when the idea for... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-05-04 05:00:21 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #debut novel #flight attendant

Viking bags Bose's Dirty Laundry debut in six-figure pre-empt

Viking has bagged Dirty Laundry, a “page-turning tale of the dark side of suburbia” from debut writer Disha Bose, in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-01 22:46:37 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #dark side #six-figure pre-empt

Five great new mysteries and thrillers to look forward to this spring

Find intrigue, suspense — and an escape! — in new books by Linwood Barclay, Nancy Tucker, M.L. Longworth and more. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-04-18 13:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #linwood barclay

Knopf's Jackson Sells Debut Novel for Rumored Seven Figures

In a deal rumored to be in the seven figure-range, Knopf editor Jenny Jackson sold her debut novel to Pam Dorman, who has an eponymous imprint at Penguin Random House. 'Pineapple Street' follows three sisters who are members of a wealthy family, and is slated to be released in early 2023. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #debut novel #pineapple street #eponymous imprint

New York bookstore figures out the perfect sideline: pickles.

Even in boomtimes it is hard to keep a bookstore afloat: the margins are razor thin and you’re in constant competition for bookbuyers with the largest monopoly in the universe (Am*zon). This is why a lot stores—particularly newer ones—build higher-margin sidelines into their business models…... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-04-12 14:51:07 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #bookstore

Five of 2020's best crime writers on where mystery fiction is today

Times Book Prize finalists Rachel Howzell Hall, Ivy Pochoda, S.A. Crosby, Jennifer Hillier and Christopher Bollen talk about race, place and genre. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-09 14:25:05 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #times book #ivy pochoda #mystery fiction #crime writers

Mother of all book deals: Mike Pence signs seven-figure deal for memoirs

Ex-vice-president is first of Trump circle to snag lucrative dealSimon & Schuster to pay $3-4m for two booksMike Pence has signed a two-book deal for his memoir that is reported to be worth millions of dollars, making him one of the first of former president Donald Trump’s inner circle to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-04-07 22:02:58 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #memoir #book deals

15 Mystery Book Club Recommendations for Your Group

Are you in the market for some mystery book club suggestions? We've got 15 thriller and mystery book club recommendations for you! Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-03-18 10:34:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book club

‘The Scapegoat’ is a bizarre, arresting mystery you won’t be able to put down

In Sara Davis’s debut novel, menace gathers. So does a marvelously calibrated pace and tension. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-03-09 15:30:25 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Margaret Maron, Acclaimed Mystery Writer, Dies at 82

She was known for two book series centered on complex female characters, and for stories that illuminated her native North Carolina. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-03-02 23:14:40 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book series

Queer Historical Figures Who Need Books Written About Their Lives

These queer historical figures each lived fascinating lives and deserve to be highlighted in nonfiction. Join me in exploring their legacies. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-02-25 11:34:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #books written

Old mysteries and adventure stories deliver a dose Grand Guignol theatricality and nonstop comic-book action

There are nostalgic pleasures aplenty in stories published in 1930s pulp magazines or dramatized in 1940s radio programs. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-02-24 16:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #stories published

Head of Zeus snaps up two more Savernake mysteries from Edwards

Head of Zeus has acquired the next two novels in Martin Edwards' Rachel Savernake series, Darkstone Falls and Sepulchre Street. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-22 04:24:14 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #martin edwards #zeus snaps

Welbeck swoops for North's Little Wing in six-figure deal

Welbeck has signed a “significant” six-figure deal for “profoundly moving” new novel Little Wing and one other book by Freya North. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-22 01:44:35 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #profoundly moving #six-figure deal

Two historical mystery novels plunge readers into the past while keeping them guessing

“The House on Vesper Sands” and “The Historians” feature appealing characters, who are the true draw of any well-told tale. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-02-08 14:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |