Mystery Scene Magazine

25/06/2024

Benjamin Boulden's review of David Housewright's "Man in the Water" is up now at Mystery Scene—just in time for publication day. https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7734-review-man-in-the-water-by-david-housewright

12/06/2024

So pleased to share this delightful interview between Aunt Agatha's Mysteries' Robin Agnew and Connie Berry, all about fascinating historical research, writing craft, and the latest Kate Hamilton mystery "A Collection of Lies." Up now at MysterySceneMag.com. https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7732-connie-berry-s-a-collection-of-lies-q-a

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03/06/2024

Get ready to meet the newest police chief on the block: Ethan Brand, the terrific new protagonist of Nolan Chase's (aka Sam Wiebe) series kicking off with "A Lonesome Place for Dying." Our review up now at https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7731-review-a-lonesome-place-for-dying-by-nolan-chase

05/05/2024

Calling cozy lovers on the East Coast! Kensington Publishing Corp.'s FREE annual regional gathering of wonderful cozy authors is happening May 18, 2024, in Groveland, Mass, at the Langley Adams Library. Mystery Scene reviewer Jay Roberts as well as writers Leslie Meier, Colleen Cambridge, Edwin Hill, Edith Maxwell, Joanna Schaffhausen, Sally Pitz-Goldenbaum, Ginger Bolton, and others will be there, so stop and say hello. The day is free, but registration is required. https://langleyadamslib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/mystery-book-con-thanks-to-kensington-publishing-and-langley-adams-library/

Join me and more of your favorite mystery authors as well as local authors at Cozy Con East 2024. It happens on Saturday, May 18th, at Langley-Adams Library in Groveland, Massachusetts.

See the links below for more information and to sign up for the event.

𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘆-𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆: 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝘇𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰
https://langleyadamslib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/mystery-book-con-thanks-to-kensington-publishing-and-langley-adams-library/

𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘇𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗖𝗼𝘇𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰
https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/kensingtoncozies/events/cozy-con-east-2024-groveland-massachusetts/

29/04/2024

Djamila Morani's YA historical mystery "The Djinn's Apple" isn't just for kids. This lush novel translated from Arabic by Sawad Hussain features a female physician of the Abbasid Empire on a quest to defy social norms—and attain revenge for her massacred family. Read our review at https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7728-review-the-djinn-s-apple-by-djamila-morani Neem Tree

09/04/2024

Library workers, we thank you today and every day. In honor of National Library Workers Day, we're resharing a "Writers on Reading" from Fiona Davis on librarians as our literary heroes. But we also know it's each and every person who cares for our libraries, from maintaining our spaces to planning the programming that brings communities together, to balancing the books or organizing volunteers, and beyond who are library heroes. https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7727-fiona-davis-on-librarians-our-literary-heroes

03/04/2024

Thanks to Sara Paretsky, and Robin Agnew at Aunt Agatha's Mysteries for the wonderful chat about "Pay Dirt"—now up at MysterySceneMag.com. https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7726-sara-paretsky-pay-dirt

29/03/2024

John B. Valeri drops a fun review of Karen E. Olson's contemporary retelling of Henry VIII's killer love life—from the perspective of the wives in "An Inconvenient Wife." https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7725-review-an-inconvenient-wife-by-karen-e-olson

27/03/2024

Mary Kubica will be in Delray Beach next week discussing She's Not Sorry. Details and my South Florida Sun Sentinel review

‘She’s Not Sorry’ by Mary Kubica. Park Row Books, 336 pages, $30 Mary Kubica excels at creating viable suspense from situations that at first seem normal but soon grow out of control, as she proves…

26/03/2024

I am unbelievably excited about this interview with R.L. Stine Katherine Hall Page and Michaela Hamilton. Free registration at https://bit.ly/MWASpecialAwards24

01/03/2024

Can you name the 8 Academy Award Best Picture winners based on adaptations of crime books? Read Pat H. Broeske's
"'I'm Gonna Make'em a Movie They Can't Refuse...' 8 Crime Films That Actually Won at the Oscars" and see if you got them all. https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7719-overlooked-at-the-oscars-what-a-crime Oscar Awards

01/03/2024

Heard of thriller writer A.J. Landau? If not, let us introduce you to debut thriller "Leave No Trace," the first outing of National Parks Service Special Agent Michael Walker on the case of some ne'er-do-wells who have blown up the Statue of Liberty. https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7718-review-leave-no-trace-by-a-j-landau

12/02/2024

Our resident film prof Pat H. Broeske has some terribly tragic (but oh-so-good) romances for you just in time for Valentine's. Read "Love Hurts: 10 Films Where Love Doesn't Conquer All" up now... https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7716-love-hurts-10-mystery-crime-novels-where-love-doesn-t-conquer-all

06/02/2024

Malice Domestic has announced the latest "best of" for traditional mysteries published in the U.S. in 2023. A huge congratulations to all the nominees! Full list at

MysteryScene

06/02/2024

Here's one debut we'll all be talking about! Check out Benjamin Boulden's latest review of Jahmal Mayfield's smart thriller "Smoke Kings." Melville House Publishing Dark City Underground https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7714-review-smoke-kings-by-jahmal-mayfield

23/01/2024

Very big and well-deserved congratulations to all the talents who were nominated for Edgars this year. We've enjoyed reading you all! https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7713-2024-edgar-allan-poe-award-nominations