• Stuck on what you should read next? Marshal Zeringue’s Campaign for the American Reader highlights a couple of lists that could prove handy: UK spy chief-turned-author Stella Rimington’s choices of “the best five books about spies in Britain”; and Andrew Klavan (Empire of Lies) picks the “five best psychological crime novels.” Meanwhile, Elizabeth Foxwell recalls Nero Wolfe creator Rex Stout’s choices of “the ten best detective stories.” I’m sorry to say I have only read half of those 10.
• Greg Hurwitz (We Know) is CrimeSquad’s “Author of the Month.”
• In Reference to Murder reports that due to the shuttering of a hotel in Owensboro, Kentucky, there will be no International Mystery Writers Festival in 2009. Instead, the organizers are planning to stage their next convention in 2010.
• Hail the resurgence of Donald E. Westlake’s Richard Stark novels.
• Runoff, the newest August Riordan detective novel from author and Rap Sheet contributor Mark Coggins, has won the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Award in the Mystery/Suspense category. The Indies are presented annually by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group in cooperation with Marilyn Allen of the Allen O’Shea Literary Agency.
• A belated congratulations to all the winners of this year’s Scribe Awards, those awards handed out during Comic Con in San Diego.
• And I’m sorry to hear that Julie “Catwoman” Newmar has contracted an incurable disease that is “slowly robbing her of her ability to walk.” Batman weeps.
Saturday, August 02, 2008
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Jeff, thanks for the plug ... I think it was sort of like a kid's swim meet, where everyone gets a prize!
thanks
If anyone is stuck on what to read next, I want to recommend Anthony Flacco's "The Hidden Man: A Novel of Suspense." It takes readers back to 1915 San Francisco reborn after the Great Earthquake and Fire. Particularly, I love the interesting, flawed characters that make the book shine like a jewel. James Duncan is a famed mesmerist at the pinnacle of his career in the upcoming World’s Fair, and he must work together with equally fascinating Detective Blackburn and Blackburn’s young protégé Shane Nightingale when a murderous stalker sets out to destroy him. My favorite character is Vignette Nightingale though, who reminds me of a female version of Huckleberry Finn; she’s a character you don’t see often in mystery books these days. If you like complex characters, this is a book for you. You can check out the reviews and book trailer on his website: AnthonyFlacco.com. Give it a try!
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