Prix Goncourt: Pierre Lemaitre

France's most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt, has been awarded to Pierre Lemaitre for his World War I epic Au revoir là-haut (Goodbye Up There). The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"

It was the first Goncourt win for longtime crime writer Lemaitre and his first non-genre work after a series of successful thrillers. He is best known among English-language readers for the translation of his thriller Alex, which took the 2013 CWA International Dagger award.

"I'm the happiest man on earth. This is a unique moment in a writer's career," Lemaitre said after the win. He said the award was recognition of "the skill that comes from crime writing, from popular fiction".

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Murder in Transit: Mystery Readers Journal (Volume 29:3)

Murder in Transit: Mystery Readers Journal
Volume 29, No. 3, Fall 2013
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

• Wicked Wheels by Margot Kinberg
• Dame Agatha: Mystery and Murder on Trains by Reba White Williams
• A Well-Traveled Writer by Arthur Vidro
• Two Edwardian Heroines Face Murder on a Train by Nina Cooper
• Cops in Training—the Decalogue by Jim Doherty
• On Dorothy B. Hughes' Dread Journey by Sarah Weinman

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

• Putting Murder on the Right Track by Sandra Balzo
• Cremains on a Plane by Jenna Bennett/Jennie Bentley
• From a View to a Museum by Raymond Benson
• A Box Truck Full of Mystery by Don Bruns
• The Mekong Murders by Diana R. Chambers
• Murder Aboard the Silver Lady by Janet Dawson
• All Aboard The Plague Ship! by Leonard Goldberg
• A Basket of Trouble on Horseback by Beth Groundwater
• Amish Snowbirds Take the Bus by Karen Harper
• A Motor Home and Bronson by L.C. Hayden
• Following in the Tracks of the Orient Express by Maria Hudgins
• It's About the Journey by Tammy Kaehler
• Who Killed the Early Electric Car? by D.E. Johnson
• Canoes and Canoodling by M. E. Kemp
• The Wheels on the Bus by Debra Purdy Kong
• Travels with Dogs by Barbara Levenson
• Sink or Swim by Toni Lo Tempio
• Moving Targets by Edward Marston
• The Day I Met Jack Colby by Amy Myers
• What Is It About a Choo-Choo Train? by Radine Trees Nehring
• Road Tripping Along Route 66 by Kris Neri
• The Miami River by Neil Plakcy
• Point of View by David and Mary Putnam
• A Road Trip from Baker Street by Michael Robertson
• Out of the Ashes by Sheldon Russell
• Class Reunion Cruise—Serving Murder by June Shaw
• Last Exit to Murder by Laurie Stevens
• Setting Sail for Murder by Marcia Talley
• Plenty of Choice Up Here by Marsali Taylor
• Sherlock, Murder, and the North London Line by E.J. Wagner
• Itinerary for Mystery by C.L. Woodhams

COLUMNS

• Mystery in Retrospect: Reviews by Lesa Holstine, L.J. Roberts, and Gay Toltl Kinman
• Children's Hour: Murder in Transit by Gay Toltl Kinman
• In Short: The Murder Transit System by Marv Lachman
• Crime Seen: Mystery in Motion by Kate Derie
• Just the Facts: Cents-Less Killing by Jim Doherty
• From the Editor's Desk by Janet Rudolph

MWA 2014 GRAND MASTER AND RAVEN AWARDS

Mystery Writers of America announced the 2014 Grand Master and Raven Awards

Grand Masters are Robert Crais and Carolyn Hart

Raven Award recipient is Aunt Agatha’s in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Congratulations to all!