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Time is running down on The Rap Sheet’s 10th Best Crime Fiction Cover of the Year contest. Editor J. Kingston Pierce says he has “been collecting prospective nominees for the last 12 months now, browsing bookstores and book-oriented Web sites in search…
As far as Sue Grafton’s family is concerned, “the alphabet now ends at Y.” In a message on the author’s Facebook page, Grafton’s daughter, Jamie, posted to let the author’s fans know Grafton has passed away “after a two year battle with…
Last week January Magazine editor Linda L. Richards took a long look at Dietrich Kalteis’ latest book, Zero Avenue (ECW) for The Rap Sheet. From the review: I once heard his fellow Canadian author Owen Laukannen describe Dietrich Kalteis’ writing as being…
With a myriad of motives, the question is who? Detective Sergeant Michael Brennan of the Wigan Borough Police has no time for tales of ghosts and the afterlife, or of the dead contacting the living. So, when he finds himself investigating the…
Arthur Ellis Award nominee Axel Howerton weaves a dark tale of family, murder-for-hire, coffee and the cost of redemption. “Jackie Nobody ain’t like us.” That’s because Jack sees monsters behind the eyes of terrible people. And Jack should know, because he’s one…
Does creativity have a taste? And, if it does, is it salty or sweet? January Magazine’s “Authors on Snacks” is not meant to be a judgment. Rather it’s a personal peek at what some of our most beloved authors nibble on while…
Does creativity have a taste? And, if it does, is it sweet or savory? January Magazine’s “Authors on Snacks” is a personal peek at what some of our most beloved authors nibble on while pushing forward on their latest work. This time…
(Editor’s note: The husband-and-wife team of Daniela De Gregorio and Michael G. Jacob, who write under the byline “Michael Gregorio,” first came to reader attention with the publication of their first novel, Critique of Criminal Reason (2006), an outstanding historical mystery featuring…
The Late Show (Little, Brown) brings the debut of an exciting new lead character for Los Angeles author Michael Connelly. Known around the world for his gripping series of novels featuring now-retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch, as well as his successful series…
(Editor’s note: Scottish author Philip Kerr’s The Other Side of Silence, his 11th historical thriller starring Bernhard Gunther, was originally released in hardcover back in 2016. But the paperback edition came out this year—much to critic Jim Napier’s delight, as he explains…