Sherlock Holmes: Repeat Business: New Stories of the Great Detective by Lyn McConchie I enjoyed this collection of 14 new cases investigated by Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. That is, the cases are new--written by Lyn McConchie--but the clients are old. The stories start out with the characters' background and then move on to the new cases. And ( Read more... )

A Writer's Work... is never done

I enjoyed the excerpt from Karen van der Zee's non-fiction book, You're Moving Where?!  (She has traveled around the world with her husband.)  There's also a selection of mainstream and genre fiction here: Mysteries, SF/Fantasy, Suspense, contemporary and historical romance, ...

And here's the blog from Fresh Fiction ( Read more... )

I came across a review of New Tricks by David Rosenfelt that sounded good, so I stopped by Barnes & Noble to get a copy, but it's only out in hardback.  However, I learned that the author has written other books in the series, and I decided to get Play Dead (Grand Central Publishing, 2009); there were lots of positive reviews in the book, and it ( Read more... )

I came across a review of Dog On It (Atria Books) in the Christian Science Monitor.  (I'm glad some papers have kept their book sections.)  The dog is Chet, and "Spencer Quinn's new buddy series features the most winning narrator I've come across in a long time.  ...  Using a canine narrator to tell a mystery has been working for humorists since ( Read more... )

The nominees for the Lefty Award for most humorous mystery published last year are:

Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews
It Happened One Knife by Jeffrey Cohen
Thugs and Kisses by Sue Ann Jaffarian
 Murder at the Bad Girl's Bar and Grill by N. M. Kelby
Getting Old is to Die For by Rita Lakin
Greasing the Pinata by Tim Maleeny

From: Uncle Hugo's SF ( Read more... )

This popular mystery series by Alexander McCall Smith is now a TV series;  it premieres on HBO March 29.  (It's a 13-part series.)  The heroine is Precious Ramotswe, an African woman who sets up her detective agency in Botswana.  (The two-hour opener was filmed on location.)   I'm happy to see these books made it to TV!

Btw, there's a similar series ( Read more... )

Here's an anthology with an intriguing combination of stories, including horror and mysteries.  There are stories by David C. Kopaska-Merkel and mystery writer Michael Bracken, also Nathaniel Hawthorne, O. Henry, and Abraham Lincoln!  (Based on one of his court cases.)  Check out her selections at: AnthologyBuilder: create your ideal anthology