The purpose of this blog is to bring together feeds from Crime Fiction blogs from all over the world. I hope you find it a useful jumping off spot! If your blog is not listed, let me know via a comment.
CATHERINE AIRD: R.I.P.
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So sorry to hear about the passing yesterday of Diamond Dagger author *Catherine
Aird *at the age of 94. She was one of my favorite writers in the 'Golden...
Catherine Aird R.I.P.
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I was deeply saddened to learn of the death yesterday, following a severe
stroke, of Kinn McIntosh O.B.E., better known to crime readers as the
Diamond D...
Music for the Season: 2024
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Some wonderful music I’ve recent;y discovered on YouTube. First, two
selections from the Middle Ages: Next, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas
Oratorio. Fou...
Up to snow good! Mrs. Peabody’s top crime of 2024
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Here is Mrs. Peabody’s top crime list for 2024 — featuring some of my very
best reads from the last 12 months (though not necessarily published this
year)....
Mystery Movie Review - Dead Again
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Some call this a neo-noir romantic thriller and others call it a
psychological thriller. I classify it as a gothic mystery/thriller in the
vein of Hitch...
Мелбет бонус промокод на сегодня
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Регистрация в Мелбет без паспорта Компания Melbet давно популярна среди
беттеров. Букмекер предлагает широкий набор спортивных событий,
привлекательные кот...
Wondrous Words Wednesday
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Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words
that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love. Feel free to get
creative! ...
#amreading What Lies Beneath Us, Kirsty Ferguson
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I'm actually half way through this extremely promising piece of writing.
*From the Blurb:*
Jessica James had the perfect life. She had a good job, suppor...
Out of Mind by Kendall Talbot
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Title: Out of Mind Author: Kendall Talbot Genre: Romantic suspense Opens:
From the moment Holly climbed into the helicopter, a sense of foreboding
plagued ...
Review: BREAKHEART HILL by Thomas H. Cook
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I’m very grateful to regular visitor Tracy (who blogs wonderfully herself
at Biter Tea and Mystery) for recommending this book set in her native
Alabama fo...
From Fred Vargas to Kati Hiekkapelto
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I have finally finished A Climate of Fear after many weeks. This is nothing
to do with the quality of a fine book but more to do with my state of
health an...
>People Like Us….
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>In real life, murders are committed by all kinds of people from every
social class. Murder victims, too, come from every social class. So do
those who inv...
Holiday Sunday
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It’s going to be a quiet day here today. We had a nice lunch with my
sister, her husband and son yesterday. She lives in a house that’s over 140
years old,...
The Weekend Review - December 21st-23rd
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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book
Reviewer ~ It's a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on
your bl...
Music for the Season: 2024
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Some wonderful music I’ve recent;y discovered on YouTube. First, two
selections from the Middle Ages: Next, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas
Oratorio. Fou...
The Red Lacquer Case by Patricia Wentworth
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Dean Street Press| 2016| 224 pages| e-book|2* This month, Liz at Adventures
in Reading, Running and Working from Home is hosting another Dean Street
Press ...
2024 Middle Grade Fiction–Not Recommended
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Here’s a list of 2024 middle grade fiction books that I’ve read or
partially read and do NOT recommend, for various reasons, mostly because
they contain gr...
Holdin' that weekend closely
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TGIF
A library hold came up, ELIZABETH SAILS by Kristin Owens. Stand alone.
Beth Schiff ghostwrites autobiographies for politicians, except her own
li...
Books that inspired me in 2024, by Josh Stallings
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Crime fiction spreads across all genres, here are some of my favorite
reads of the last year.
*Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake* is a brilliant weave of ...
A Holiday Reading Round-Up
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Denis and I tried to do the laundry yesterday, but the washing machine
decided to stop working. No available repair time until Christmas Eve, so
the lau...
FFB: CONTINENTAL DRIFT, Russell Banks
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Continental Drift, Russell Banks.
It is hard for me to choose between AFFLICTION and CONTINENTAL DRIFT as my
favorite novel by Russell Banks. But I am g...
December 16 to December 22
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Here is the list of new releases for December 16 to December 22! Jenna
Bennett (aka Jennie Bentley & Bente Gallagher): Mischief at Marsden Manor
(6th in th...
Silent Evidence - Clea Koff
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Clea Koff’s new book is Silent Evidence, the first book in a planned
series. There are two leads - Jayne and Steelie. The two women both have a
set of un...
How the Sausage is Made
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I read Tom's entry about letting your newly-finished MS rest, below, with
great sympathy and understanding. Mainly because I am doing the exact same
thing...
That’s One Hard-boiled “Carol”
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*(Above) The movie trailer for Blue Christmas.*
Charles Dickens could have had no inkling, when he penned his 1843 novella, *A
Christmas Carol*, how dura...
The Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2024: The Winners
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Crime Fiction Lover have announced the winners of their 2024 awards.
Congratulations to all the winners.
*Book of the Year Winner: *
*Midnight and Bl...
2024 Thankfully Reading Weekend: Wrap-up!
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Another year of Thankfully Reading Weekend has come to an end! While I
never get as much reading done as I’d like, I hope to catch up on our drive
home t...
Weekly Mews: Side Effects
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I am linking up to the *Sunday Post* hosted by Kim of Caffeinated Book
Reviewer and *The Sunday Salon* (TSS) hosted by Deb Nance of Readerbuzz where
part...
Mystery Movie Review - Dead Again
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Some call this a neo-noir romantic thriller and others call it a
psychological thriller. I classify it as a gothic mystery/thriller in the
vein of Hitch...
Reading fog
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Well I am getting there with the new hip. Walking so much easier. I am
doing circuits of our communal gardens using crutches but indoors I am
managing with...
Media Murder for Monday
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It's the start of a new week and that means it's time for a brand-new
roundup of crime drama news: THE BIG SCREEN/MOVIES Roundtable Entertainment
has green...
Book Notices | The Memory Monster by Yishai Sarid
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Yishai Sarid, The Memory Monster Amazon This short book is written in the
first person and purports to be a letter written by the unnamed narrator to
his b...
Thinking about Second Half of 2023
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Hello friends. It has been a long while. Longer than I realized actually.
I'm here and reading away, as many books on the go as usual. (Which for me
can be...
Small Mercies - The Return of Dennis Lehane
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A time honored tradition at The Hungry Detective HQ is to perform the
twice annual, and largely ceremonial, 'Dennis Lehane New book 20XX" Google
search. N...
The Last Hurrah
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‘Relax will you. It’s just an abandoned warehouse.’
‘Well, it’s giving me the creeps.’
‘We’ll just glance it over and skedaddle. Tomorrow you’ll be a fre...
The Agatha Awards
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From somewhere in Cyberspace, the winners of this year's Agatha Awards for
mystery writing were announced this evening at a virtual convention of
mystery w...
THE LAMMISTERS: a bourbon-smooth riot, apparently
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It’s been a busy end to 2019 for yours truly, folks, and we wind down tired
but happy, with THE LAMMISTERS published – something I thought would never
hap...
Rural Crime: The politician speaks
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*Criminal Minds at Work *is honoured to have Doug Schweitzer, Alberta’s
Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, as a guest today.
In the following op-...
WRITING COURSES FOR 2019
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*I'm very aware how lucky I am to make a living from writing books (my
dream from being 12 years old).*
*But one disadvantage I had when I was trying to ge...
Oh hey! I moved to Wordpress!
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I'm still in the process of migrating my old content to Wordpress, but all
new posts will come from estellasrevenge.net (which was formerly forwarded
to th...
Two Mini-Reviews
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I’m well behind on my Scandi crime reading, and even further behind on
reading. Maybe I’m suffering from a bit of a reading slump; a lot of books
just have...
Book Review: Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
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In Mudboud (2008), Hillary Jordan’s narrative voice is easily engaging
about a white and black family living in the Mississippi Delta during the
Jim Crow e...
The Nebulous Genre
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A friend of mine to whom I complained of the relative paucity of comments
on this blog told me it might have to do with so many of my posts dealing
with "b...
Upcoming Events
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Lit Crawl Belfast:
As part of the Belfast Book Festival, come to No Alibis see me and Rosemary
Jenkinson read from works by our favourite crime authors,...
Twice Honored
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*Edith here, still riding on a joy cloud!*
Why am I riding on a joy cloud? I learned last week that *Called to Justice*,
my second Quaker Midwife Mystery...
Hail and Farewell
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Jeff Cohen So that was it. We hope you liked it. This is the 3464th post on
HEY THERE'S A DEAD GUY IN THE LIVING ROOM, and unless someone else
parachutes i...
Stylistic
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What’s your favorite style of book? Serious? Playful? Humorous? Thoughtful?
Action-packed? Moody? Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response
(so ...
Celebrating Pat Conroy
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Happy Birthday to the wonderful Pat Conroy. We miss you.
I'm celebrating him today because he celebrated so many young writers like
me.
The Soullessness of Our New Machines
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My fellow-blogger at Inside Higher Ed and an insatiable consumer of books,
Joshua Kim, reviewed Tracy Kidder’s new book, A Truck Full of Money, and
I’m gla...
Coming to Mcintyre's • Fearrington Village
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Straight from the pen of Mcintyre's book buyer and mystery guru Pete
Mock. Don't miss these events--and say howdy to me!
Wednesday, June 22, 6:30
Brian P...
Discover
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Image courtesy of Faber-Castell Design A few years ago I noticed some of my
favorite quilting blogs were choosing a word for the year. I like that
idea. It...
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