Richard Lipez of The Washington Post has reviews of five new crime fiction novels coming up in tomorrow's Book World. He takes a look at THE GRAVING DOCK By Gabriel Cohen featuring NYPD detective Jack Leightner; two police procedurals set in Korea, HIDDEN MOON By James Church and THE WANDERING GHOST By Martin Limon; the historical suspense novel THE TOMB OF ZEUS By Barbara Cleverly, and the thriller WHO IS CONRAD HIRST? By Kevin Wignall.
A new mystery bookclub got underway this month, titled Heartsong Presents–-Mysteries! Book Club. It's a product of Christian publisher Barbour Publishing, Inc (all the authors have books published by Barbour), and thus its stated goal to provide mysteries in the lighthearted, cozy, "whodunit" (a/k/a "family friendly") vein.
The Book Standard reported the other day that "BookShorts," a media production and distribution company specializing in author videos and films based on books, has introduced a new event to celebrate the blending literary and film projects: the Moving Stories Film Festival. Filmmakers of any kind--from amateurs to veterans--can submit recently-made films and videos to the festival, as long as they are based on any form of literature, including poetry, novellas, nonfiction and full-length novels." The contest will compile selected films into a 90-minute presentation to be screened in Canada and the U.S. after BookExpo Canada in June. But you'd better hurry--the contest has an early-bird deadline of Feb. 15 and the regular deadline of March 15.
And for a little big of fun from the Hachette Book Group USA, here's a mystery author triva quiz:
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Things aren't always as they seem in the mystery realm. Can you match these authors with the correct pseudonym?
1. Salvatore Albert Lombino
2. John Banville
3. David John Moore Cornwell
4. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
5. Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee
6. Donald Westlake
a. Amanda Cross
b. John le Carré
c. Richard Stark
d. Ellery Queen
e. Ed McBain
f. Benjamin Black
(Answers tomorrow...)
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