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The Donner after party: More from Kevin Starr on California's noir history - *I* made my travel reservations this week for Bouchercon 2014, and I celebrated by reading a bit more of Kevin Starr (click the link, then scroll down), t...
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The Ultimate Tequila Shooter! - *Tommorrow July 24 is Tequila Day*! This ultimate *Tequila Shooter *is pretty cool.. O.K. it's a gun, but it's *Tequila*! *Tequila Hijos de Villa.* Want s...
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She’s a Highly Specialized Key Component of Operational Unity* - [image: Crime and mystery fiction] Crime and mystery fiction She’s a Highly Specialized Key Component of Operational Unity* - http://margotkinberg.wordp...6 hours ago
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She’s a Highly Specialized Key Component of Operational Unity* - Secretaries and office assistants are often essential to the success of just about any business. The more competent they are, the better the business runs....6 hours ago
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Norwegian, Scottish and English crime … with a hint of Hitchcock - My crime reading has been quite varied recently. I’m picking books more or less at random, depending on my mood and what crosses my path courtesy of publis...9 hours ago
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Melodie Johnson Howe and Roderick Ramage - Today I'd like to highlight two very different books by two people whom I've known and liked for a number a years. First, Melodie Johnson Howe, whom I've m...13 hours ago
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Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre, Oliver and the Seawigs - In Oliver and the Seawigs, Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre have crafted a charming children’s story in which young Oliver saves his explorer parents with...13 hours ago
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Barry Forshaw’s Five Minute Guide to Nordic Noir - I’m currently reading Euro Noir: The Pocket Essential Guide to European Crime Fiction, Film and TV by Barry Forshaw and I came across the following video t...15 hours ago
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Review: HOLY ORDERS, Benjamin Black - - published by Henry Holt and Company 2013 - ISBN 978-0-8050-9440-4 - 286 pages - source: my local library - #6 in the Quirke series- Ben...19 hours ago
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First tastes: 11 terrific female crime fiction stars - Earlier this week I debuted a new series here on *Crime Watch*, "First Tastes", which will be looking back at novels in which some terrific authors first ...
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Carol O’Connell’s Mallory Series Reissued by Headline in the UK - Here’s the schedule and here are some comments from others. Click on the schedule pic for a link to Amazon. And the It’s a crime! verdict? Both ScotKris an...1 day ago
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THE SECRET OF ANNEXE 3: COLIN DEXTER - The Secret of Annexe 3 published in 1983 is the seventh book in the thirteen book series featuring Inspector Morse authored by Colin Dexter, a former Clas...1 day ago
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Author event and giveaway: Dorothea Benton Frank - Dottie Frank made a stop here when she toured for her latest book, The Hurricane Sisters, and you know I was there because she never fails to make me laugh...1 day ago
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Review: The Burning by M R Hall - *The Burning* by M R Hall, February 2014, 400 pages, Mantle, ISBN: 0230752047 *Reviewed by Michelle Peckham.* (Read more of Michelle's reviews for Euro Cr...
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Guest Author - Anna Lee Huber and Giveaway - This week we have a wonderful guest post from the author of the Lady Darby historical mystery series. Ms. Anna Lee Huber graduated summa cum laude from Li...
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Looking forward to some (potentially) great fiction - I’m delighted to learn that several of my favorite authors have new books coming out in the next few months. (There’s also a debut novel that looks like a ...3 days ago
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Jens Østergaard, The Dragon, the Singer, the Hero - (Danish crime story, not translated into English) I visited our local library two weeks ago to try some of their recent, Scandinavian crime fiction. In my ...5 days ago
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The Million For A Morgue Update - So here’s a question. How much fun can you have at the opening of a morgue? Quite a lot! Sue and some fi...
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Currently Reading - The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton - Not going to pretend that the sheer size of this is not making it a rather daunting undertaking. *From the Blurb:* It is 1866, and young Walter Moody h...1 week ago
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A Great Crime Novel Recommendation - This recommendation comes from Bill Selnes at Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan, and was originally posted on his blog. Since offering to write the firs...1 week ago
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Book vs Adaptation: Christine Falls by Benjamin Black - I still recall the feeling of wanting to poke my eyes out with a stick while ploughing my way through John Banville’s THE SEA (yes I know it won the Booker...1 week ago
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The Case of the Missing Endnotes - [image: magnifying_glass_books_istockphoto]A noted critic raises concerns about a troubling new trend in publishing.2 weeks ago
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Gary interviewed for Sisters In Crime, St Louis. - A few days ago I was interviewed for the St Louis chapter of Sisters In Crime, and here is the result. (I'll just add in passing that skype is a wonderful...2 weeks ago
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Review: LIFE OR DEATH, Michael Robotham - review copy courtesy publisher Hatchette Australia on Net Galley Available for pre-order from Amazon ISBN: 9780751552898 Publication date: 29 Jul 2014 (Aus...2 weeks ago
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Going on Holidays - Hubby and I are off to New Zealand for July and I have given myself permission to not blog any reviews for the entire time. I will post a list of my readin...3 weeks ago
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Weekend Cooking: Ratatouille Lasagne - Leftovers! I love them. Love the fact that you don't have to worry about dinner for another night, or that you have lunch for the next few days. What I don...
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The Diabolist by Layton Green - Someone is killing the leaders of satanic cults, some by fire, others found dead in locked rooms. Viktor Radek, professor of religious phenomenology and e...
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Helen MacInnes' Above Suspicion - I just finished rereading the late Helen MacInnes' first novel, *Above Suspicion*, published in 1941 and strangely resonant in these modern unsettled ti...1 year ago
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