Crime Writers' Association (U.K.) Dagger Award Nominees Announced

EuroCrime - CWA Shortlist for 2011

Swedish Crime Fiction

Excellent review of Swedish crime fiction from Petrona

Michael Connelly news

ABC is developing "Lincoln Lawyer" series.
When we discussed The Lincoln Lawyer in 2007, we gave it a perfect score of 5! Click here for a complete list of the Mickey Haller series. 

Shatter by Michael Robotham

We will be discussing  Shatter  (Book 4, O'Loughlin/Ruiz series), a psychological thriller by Australian writer Michael Robotham, at our August 24th meeting. Robotham  had a successful career as an investigative reporter before turning to writing crime novels full time.  For more information about Michael Robotham and his books, check out this Author Spotlight from Fair Dinkum Crime.

Copies of Shatter are available for checkout at the Newark Library.

If you like Nordic crime fiction ...

More on the popularity of Scandinavian crime fiction from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Book 1, Joona Linna series

Book 5, Inspector Van Veeteren series

New European crime fiction titles.

New Crime Fiction Reviews From Euro Crime

Tess Gerritsen

Several of us will be attending the Thurber House Evening With Authors event  in Columbus on July 12 featuring Tess Gerritsen, author of the popular Rizzoli and Isles series. Here is a recent interview with the author that appeared in the Wall Street Journal.

Reserve Tess Gerritsen's books by searching our online catalog or by calling the Information Desk at 740.349.5553.  To find a list of the series books in order, go to Stop You're Killing Me or the author's website.

The Aging Detectives

It really isn't news to us that some of our favorite detectives are ... well, getting up there ... but this is an interesting story from the Wall Street Journal.  The (Really) Long Goodbye

Mystery Fanfare: Macavity Award Nominations

Mystery Fanfare: Macavity Award Nominations: "The Macavity Awards are nominated and voted on by members of Mystery Readers International . Mystery Readers Journal is MRI's publicatio..."

What is your favorite medieval mystery series?

I have always been compelled to read medieval mysteries in the summer. Probably just sheer escapism on my part, but I plan to indulge myself this summer by catching up on my favorites.  At the top of my list are the last two books in Michael Jecks' Knights Templar series, The Bishop Must Die and The Oath. The 30th book in this series, King's Gold, is due out in August. This series was recommended to me this past Christmas by a friend and retired librarian, and I am happy to pass on the recommendation.

I'd also recommend Susanna Gregory's Matthew Bartholomew series set in 14th century Cambridge, Sharan Newman's Catherine LeVendeur series set in 12th century France, and the Dame Frevisse series by Margaret Frazer set in 15th century Oxfordshire, England.

There are many more outstanding medieval mystery series and standalone novels. What are some of your picks?

For a complete list of books in mystery series, visit http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/