The Audio Publishers Association announced the Audie Award finalists for 2019.
The Mystery category includes:
- Lethal White by Robert Galbraith, narrated by Robert Glenister
- The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah, narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt
- The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George, narrated by Simon Vance
- The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen, narrated by Jonathan Keeble and Katy Sobey
- Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves, narrated by Kenny Blyth.
The Thriller/Suspense nods include:
- Crimson Lake by Candice Fox, narrated by Euan Morton
- The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware, narrated by Imogen Church
- Macbeth by Jo Nesbo, narrated by Euan Morton
- The Outsider by Stephen King, narrated by Will Patton
- The Terminal List by Jack Carr, narrated by Ray Porter
- Their Lost Daughters by Joy Ellis, narrated by Richard Armitage.
University lecturer Claire Gradidge has won the Richard and Judy "Search for a Bestseller" competition for her World War Two crime novel The Unexpected Return of Josephine Fox. The competition for first-time unpublished writers was launched in April 2018 by television stars Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan in association with WH Smith and Bonnier Zaffre.
Former police officer turned author and consultant Lee Lofland is also the founder of the annual Writers Police Academy conference. He recently announced that this year's event will be a special event titled MurderCon to be held at the Sirchie Compound in Raleigh, North Carolina, August 1-4. Special Guest Speaker is Graham Hetrick, the star and host of Investigation Discovery's hit television series, The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead. The Sirchie Compound instructors educate and advise investigators from state prison systems, airport security, FBI agents whose focus is on counter terrorism, Treasury and Secret Service agents, and other law enforcement personnel from around the world.
On February 19, join the Mystery Writers of America, New York Chapter, at the KGB Bar for another thrilling night of chilling crime fiction read by talented members including include P.D. Halt, Mary Jo Robertiello, James Robertson, A.J. Sidransky, and Victoria Weisfel.
Mike Ripley's latest "Getting Away with Murder" column for Shots Magazine has a tribute to the late Brian Garfield; reviews of books by Douglas Lindsay, Dan Fesperman, C.J. Tudor, Jane Harper, and more; and a funny take on the mysteries of eBay.
Just who were the Pinkertons? A video game portraying the Wild West’s famous Pinkertons detective agency as violent enforcers of order was sued by the modern-day company. The 167-year-old company, now owned by the Swedish security firm Securitas AB and called Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations Inc., disagrees with the game's description and sent a cease-and-desist letter to Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., owner of Rockstar Games, the creator of Red Dead 2.
Book Riot continued its lists of Sherlock Holmes film adaptations from around the world, with six more Sherlock Holmes adaptations with an international flavor.
Would you like to spend your vacation surrounded by books? Gladstone’s Library in Northern Wales, UK, is a 130-year-old library that also serves as a charming bed and breakfast. The library describes itself as a “residential library and meeting place which is dedicated to dialogue, debate and learning for open-minded individuals and groups, who are looking to explore pressing questions and to pursue study and research in an age of distraction and easy solutions.”
Do you have a literary tattoo? Then this convention is for you!
The latest poem at the 5-2 crime poetry weekly is "Island of Misfit Toys" by Peter M. Gordon.
In the Q&A roundup, Jane Harper, author of the award-winning crime novel, The Dry, spoke with the New York Times about her mysteries set in Australia, including her latest, The Lost Man; Criminal Element welcomed Laura Benedict, author of the new standalone thriller, The Stranger Inside; and mystery author and judge, Debra H. Goldstein, chatted with The Dark Phantom about One Taste Too Many, the first of Kensington’s new Sarah Blair cozy mystery series.
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