Andrea Camilleri, creator of the Inspector Montalbano books, has died

Posted on 07/17/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s never too late to try your hand at writing. Granted, Andrea Camilleri didn’t exactly start from scratch...

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Tagged As: Mystery, Obituary, The Guardian, The New York Times

Crime fiction is making headlines

Posted on 07/08/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The long-running debate over how much violence in any sort of media affects its consumers doesn’t appear to be pet...

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Tagged As: Awards, Mystery, The Guardian, Thriller

Kick off the Fourth of July with quick patriotic reads

Posted on 07/04/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Happy Fourth of July to our American readers! If you need a quick dose of holiday-appropriate fiction to get you in the...

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Tagged As: Free reads, Historical fiction, Mystery

Author Karin Slaughter discusses literature and libraries

Posted on 06/20/2019 at 02:33 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Crime writer Karin Slaughter has truly made it big in the publishing world, with bestseller status well-established and...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Mystery, Thriller, Writer's Digest

Author Q&A: Thomas Hollyday

Posted on 06/12/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Today we’re interviewing Thomas Hollyday, author of the River Sunday romance mysteries. Hollyday grew up in the so...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Mystery

Author Q&A: Ted Clifton

Posted on 06/10/2019 at 08:53 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Today we’re interviewing Ted Clifton, an award-winning mystery author. Clifton is currently writing in three myste...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Mystery

Try out Fussy's new mystery-recommendation tool

Posted on 06/05/2019 at 04:05 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Ready to shake up your book-recommendation routine? Fussy is beta-testing a new way to suggest free mystery ebooks &mdas...

Categories: Library Updates

Tagged As: Free reads, Mystery, Technology

Meet the man who created Encyclopedia Brown

Posted on 06/09/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If we were to make a list of books we most strongly associated with bookworms of all ages, we’d have to include th...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Classic literature, Mystery

What a detective wants crime writers to know

Posted on 06/03/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn has another expert interview, this time with a police detective. Adam Richardson, in addition to working in...

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Author Q&A: Nick Aaron

Posted on 06/04/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Today we’re interviewing mystery writer Nick Aaron. Aaron’s real name is Klaas-Jan Ouwehand, but you wouldn&...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Mystery