A Couple of Things

First off, since this is Friday, there are “forgotten books” posts to be mentioned. Among today’s highly recommended works: The Corpse Moved Upstairs, by Frank Gruber; Murder, by Harold Adams; The Jackals, by Frederic Valmain; Gideon’s Day, by John Creasey; The Double Take, by Roy Huggins; Murder’s Little Sister, by Pamela Branch; and some non-crime novels, including Marooned, by Martin Caidin, and The Bruiser, by Jim Tully. Patti Abbott has a full rundown of today’s participants in her blog.

And because we’re entering the second day of this year’s Bouchercon, the number of posts from and about that Indianapolis event is growing. Peter Rozovsky of Detectives Beyond Borders is racking up a nice little series, with entries here, here, and here. Meanwhile, In Reference to Murder’s B.V. Lawson, musing on the fate of even highly praised books, looks back today at works that won Anthony Awards at the 1997 Bouchercon (held in Monterey, California), but have since “fallen off the radar.”