The winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library for 2017 is Mari Hannah, recently announced at a reception at the British Library. The Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by a crime writer that users of libraries particularly admire and is unique among crime-writing awards in that only library staff are able to make the original author nominations. Mari will also be honored at the CWA Dagger Awards Dinner in London on October 26. (HT to Eurocrime)
The Foreword Reviews Indie Book Awards were announced, including the titles in the Mystery and Thriller/Suspense Categories where A Girl Like You by Michelle Cox won for Mystery and Revelation by Carter Wilson won the Thriller category.
At the Western Writers of America Conference in Kansas City, MO, Minotaur Books announced that Carol Potenza’s Hearts of the Missing won the 2017 Tony Hillerman Prize for a best first mystery novel. Minotaur Books is planning to publish Potenza’s debut in the fall of 2018. (HT to Mystery Fanfare)
Dashiell Hammett’s 1929 classic detective novel Red Harvest is expected to be the leading feature in The KoKo Collection, part of the Rare Books Auction at Heritage Auctions on September 14. That title is expected to fetch up to $30,000, while Hammett’s 1930 follow-up, The Maltese Falcon, is estimated to go for $20,000.
Florida International University's Wolfsonian is hosting the student-curated exhibition "In the Shadows; American Pulp Cover Art" through July 9. Included are covers from Argosy, Detective Fiction, Detective Novels Magazine, G-Men Detective, and Popular Detective. (HT to Elizabeth Foxwell)
The Atlantic reported on the downfall of The Wall Street Journal's Jay Solomon for becoming involved with an arms dealer, noting that "reporters have often been unable to resist getting their hands dirty with the topics they cover."
This summer, Mersey Ferries are offering crime fiction fans the chance to step aboard their iconic vessels in Liverpool, UK, for an evening with a difference: the murder mystery cruise events invite passengers to solve a case as it unfolds before their eyes.
Joseph Finder wrote for the Chicago Tribune that "Spy novels can't stay ahead of headlines."
Think you know everything there is to know about feminist icon Nancy Drew? Here are twelve fascinating facts that might surprise you.
Brian McGilloway listed his "Top Ten Northern Irish Crime Novels" for Strand Magazine, while Otto Penzler chose "Five Crime and Mystery Picks for Summer" for Lithub.
From the department of forensic science advancements comes news that DNA left behind by a rapist who attacked five women in Montgomery County has provided police with what could provide a breakthrough in the unsolved cases: a sketch depicting what the unidentified man might look like.
Planning a trip to Denmark? You can take a mini-tour online with some insider tips from Sara Blaedel, the Danish "Queen of Crime."
Speaking of settings ... authors like Sophie Hannah explain why they're important in a novel.
This week, the featured crime poem at the 5-2 is "Live! With a Ceramic Kitchen Knife and Kathie Lee" by Nathan Lauer.
In the Q&A roundup, Criminal Element chatted with Barry Lancet, Author of The Spy Across the Table; the Irish News spoke with crime writer Anthony Quinn on Schubert, Beckett, and the perils of social media; debut author Roz Nay sat down with the Calgary Herald to talk about her new crime thriller novel, Our Little Secret; and Meg Gardiner discussed her new thriller that was inspired by the Zodiac Killer with Bookpage.
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