Janet Rudolph has compiled her latest list of Thanksgiving mysteries and crime fiction on her blog Mystery Fanfare. You can also check out last year's list link here.
The Mystery Lovers Kitchen group has posted several Thanksgiving recipes for you to try, from pumpkin crunch cake to Irish cranberry bread to leek pepper biscuits, paleo autumn quiche, and more.
Kings River Life published a couple of Thanksgiving short stories online, "Holiday Summons" by KM Rockwood and "Felony at Farquhar Farms" by Andrew MacRae.
The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards were announced last week, including the winner of the Crime Fiction Book of the Year, The Trespasser by Tana French. Also among the winners, The Ryan Tubridy’s Listener’s Choice went to Liz Nugent for her psychological thriller, Lying In Wait.
Congratulations also to Ann Cleves, who was announced the winner of Iceland Noir's first-ever Honorary Award for Services to the Art of Crime Fiction.
The Washington Post editors chose their "best mystery books and thrillers of 2016," with ten titles in all.
Amazon announced its choice for the "top ten books of 2016," with the year's most-buzzed book The Underground Railroad by Colson Whithead taking the top spot. But also on the list are the thriller titles The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis and Before the Fall by Noah Hawley.
One sad note this week: as many of you may have heard by now, 28-year-old crime fiction author Roger Hobbs, author of the thrillers Ghostman and Vanishing Games, died of an overdose on November 14 in Portland, Oregon. Hobbs was an up-and-coming bright light, becoming the youngest person ever to win a CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, in 2013. In 2014 he won the Strand Critics award and was also nominated for the Edgar, Barry, and Anthony awards. In 2015, he became the youngest person ever to win the Maltese Falcon award. Needless to say, our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.
By way of celebrating the Scottish Book Trust's Book Week Scotland taking place from 21 to 27 November, Ion Magazine delved into Scottish crime fiction, a/k/a "targan noir," by taking a look at places and landscapes that inspired them via an interactive map.
Speaking of Scotland, the new book festival Granite Noir, which will take place over two days from February 24, will feature famous literary guests including Denise Mina, Christopher Brookmyre, and Stuart MacBride. As well as Scottish authors, the event will invite Scandinavian crime writers to talk to audiences about their novels and working methods. Visitors will also be able to attend film screenings, workshops.
A lot has been made lately about print vs. ebooks in terms of popularity and where publishing is headed, but as an article on JStor points out, the future of books may be won by ... audio.
Speaking of the future and technology, The Atlantic took a look at the computational tools being used to analyze books’ emotional arcs but so far, the data is unclear as to what they can really find out about literature.
Neil S. Plakcy penned a guest post for Criminal Element, discussing the history of homosexuality in crime fiction and how the trailblazers in the genre inspired his own writing.
Mashable investigated "Film noir, Nancy Drew and the evolution of the aesthetics of mystery."
Bustle rounded up a list of "10 terrifying thrillers for winter guaranteed to keep you up all night."
In the Q&A roundup, Ominimystery News welcomed authors Carl Schmidt to discuss his private eye series and Joe Cosentino to talk about his Jana Lane series; Ian Rankin chatted with the Vancouver Sun about mortality, Rebus, and Scottish crime; The Clarion Ledger welcomed author Beverly Lowry to discuss her new book, Who Killed These Girls? Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders, based on the still unsolved 1991 case of the deaths of four Austin, Texas, girls that has left the families and community without answers for 25 years.
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