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VERA NEWS

From Radio Times:

Kenny Doughty announced he is leaving ITV drama Vera after eight years.

The actor, who plays DS Aiden Healy in the show, announced Monday (3/20) that he is leaving the show.  

He wrote: 

After 8 years & 35 Vera films I’ve made the difficult decision of handing over DS Healy’s badge. I can confirm I am leaving Vera.

He continued: 

I want to thank everyone who’s made this amazing time so joyous, ITV, Silverprint, all the brilliant cast and crew BUT of course my buddy & inspiration Brenda Blethyn. The perfect leading star who I owe so much to. 

I feel lucky to have you as a friend, you make me howl with laughter & have been a rock for me over the years. I can’t thank you enough. Precious times.

He'll be missed. Hope this still bodes well for another season of Vera.

MYSTERIES SET IN AFRICA: Mystery Readers Journal (39:1)

Mystery Readers Journal: Mysteries Set in Africa (Volume 39:1// Winter 2023) is now available as PDF and Hardcopy. In addition, an earlier issue of African Mysteries  (26:1, Spring 2010) is available as a PDF. Order all three. 

If you're a PDF subscriber, you will receive download instructions shortly. Hard copy subscription copies should arrive by early next week. International subscribers will receive their issues within two weeks. PDF Contributor copies will go out in the next few days. Thanks to everyone who contributed to both of these great issues.

Mysteries Set in Africa

Volume 39, No. 1, Spring 2023
Buy this back issue! Available in hardcopy or as a downloadable PDF.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

• Eugene P.A. Schleh: The Mysteries of Africa by Aubrey Nye Hamilton
• Agatha in Africa by Kate Derie
• Cape Town Crime Fiction by Eric Beetner
• John V. C. Wyllie and Dr. Samuel Quarshie by Aubrey Nye Hamilton

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

• Taking My Imagination on Safari by Annamaria Alfieri
• From Scandi Crime to Sandy Crime by Parker Bilal
• I Was Already a Spy, I Might as Well Write About It by Bryan Christy
• Rift — A Novel About a Journey That Is Still on My Mind by Liza Cody
• Green Snake in Green Grass by Kathy Curnow
• Nkisi by Russell Hill
• A Brutal Love Letter by Akbar Hussain
• Memories of my Father’s Bookshelf by Sylva Nze Ifedigbo
• Corruption in Kenya—The Mystery Is in the Details by Gerald Everett Jones
• Writing on the Continent of Light by Deon Meyer
• A Trip to Egypt by Erica Ruth Neubauer
• My Mystery Writing Life by Stella Oni
• Le Petit Senegal by Paul R. Paradise
• Adventure and Romance in North Africa by Neil S. Plakcy
• From Your Armchair to the Gulf of Guinea: The Case for the African Mystery by Kwei Quartey
• Murder in Africa by Bryony Rheam
• Death by Natural Causes: Creating an African Cozy Short Story by Merrilee Robson
• Vacation, Vacation, Vacation by Wendall Thomas
• Serious Research in Africa by Michael Stanley (Stanley Trollip)
• Africa: The Most Interesting Place I’ve Never Been by N. S. Wikarski

COLUMNS

• Mystery in Retrospect: Reviews by Eric Beetner, Aubrey Nye Hamilton, Sandie Herron, Kathy Boone Reel, L.J. Roberts, Craig Sisterson, and Lucinda Surber
• Children’s Hour: African Mysteries by Gay Toltl Kinman
• In Short: Africa by Marv Lachman
• From the Editor’s Desk by Janet A. Rudolph

The Popular Culture Association: George N. Dove Award

Congratulations, Martin Edwards, for receiving the Popular Culture Association (U.S.) George N. Dove Award. The stated mission of the PCA is 'to promote the study of popular culture throughout the world through the establishment and promotion of conferences, publications, and discussion. The PCA actively tries to identify and recruit new areas of scholarly exploration and to be open to new and innovative ideas. PCA is both inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary. Finally, the PCA believes all scholars should be treated with dignity and respect.'

The George N. Dove Award is bestowed for 'outstanding contributions to the serious study of mystery, detective, and crime fiction.' The award is named for George N. Dove, past president of the Popular Culture Association, and author of outstanding books on detective fiction.

Previous winners include Professor Doug Greene, P.D. James, H.R.F. Keating, Julian Symons, and me. I know!  I received the George N. Dove Award in 2016. Such an honor!

LEFTY AWARD WINNERS 2023: LEFT COAST CRIME

 

Lefty Award Winners: Left Coast Crime 2023

The Lefty Awards were announced last night at the Left Coast Crime Convention in Tucson, Arizona. Congratulations to all!

Lefty Nominees for Best Humorous Mystery Novel

• Ellen Byron, Bayou Book Thief (Berkley Prime Crime)

Lefty Nominees for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(The Bill Gottfried Memorial) for books set before 1970

• Wanda M. Morris, Anywhere You Run (William Morrow)

Lefty Nominees for Best Debut Mystery Novel

• Ramona Emerson, Shutter (Soho Crime)

Lefty Nominees for Best Mystery Novel
(not in other categories)

• Kellye Garrett, Like a Sister (Mulholland Books)

Thriller Award Nominees 2023: International Thriller Writers

International Thriller Writers

announced the nominees for the 2023 Thriller Awards.

Best Hardcover Novel:
• The Violence, by Delilah S. Dawson (Del Rey)
• Things We Do in the Dark, by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur)
• The Fervor, by Alma Katsu (Putnam)
• The Children on the Hill, by Jennifer McMahon (Simon & Schuster)
• Two Nights in Lisbon, by Chris Pavone (MCD)
• Sundial, by Catriona Ward (Macmillan)

Best Audiobook:
• Young Rich Widows, by Kimberly Belle, Fargo Layne, Cate Holahan, and Vanessa Lillie; narrated by Dina Pearlman, Karissa Vacker, Helen Laser, and Ariel Blake (Audible)

• The Lies I Tell, by Julie Clark; narrated by Anna Caputo and Amanda Dolan (Audible)
• The Photo Thief, by J.L. Delozier; narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs and Jeffrey Kafer (CamCat)
• Things We Do in the Dark, by Jennifer Hillier; narrated by Carla Vega (Macmillan Audio)
• The Silent Woman, by Minka Kent; narrated by Christine Lakin and Kate Rudd (Blackstone)

Best First Novel:
• The Resemblance, by Lauren Nossett (Flatiron)
• Blood Sugar, by Sascha Rothchild (Putnam)
• Dirt Creek (aka Dirt Town), by Hayley Scrivenor (Flatiron)
• A Flicker in the Dark, by Stacy Willingham (Minotaur)
• The Fields, by Erin Young (Flatiron)

Best Paperback Original Novel:
• The Lies I Told, by Mary Burton (Montlake)
• No Place to Run, by Mark Edwards (Thomas & Mercer)
• Unmissing, by Minka Kent (Thomas & Mercer)
• The Housemaid, by Freida McFadden (Grand Central)
• Anywhere You Run, by Wanda Morris (Morrow)
• The Couple Upstairs, by Holly Wainwright (Pan Macmillan)
• The Patient’s Secret, by Loreth Anne White (Montlake)

Best Short Story:
• “Russian for Beginners,” by Dominique Bibeau (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], March/April 2022)
• “The Gift,” by Barb Goffman (from Land of 10,000 Thrills, edited by Greg Herren; Down & Out)
• “Publish or Perish,” by Smita Harish Jain (EQMM, September/October 2022)
• “33 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister,” by Joyce Carol Oates (EQMM, March/April 2022)
• “Schrödinger, Cat,” by Anna Scotti (EQMM, March/April 2022)
• “Stockholm,” by Catherine Steadman (Amazon Original Stories)

Best Young Adult Novel:
• Our Crooked Hearts, by Melissa Albert (Flatiron)
• Sugaring Off, by Gillian French (Algonquin Young Readers)
• Daughter, by Kate McLaughlin (Wednesday)
• What’s Coming to Me, by Francesca Padilla (Soho Teen)
• I’m the Girl, by Courtney Summers (Wednesday)

Best E-Book Original Novel:
• Evasive Species, by Bill Byrnes (Self-published)
• The Couple at Causeway Cottage, by Diane Jeffrey (HarperCollins)
• The Seven Truths of Hannah Baxter, by Grant McKenzie 
(Self-published)
• The Hollow Place, by Rick Mofina (Self-published)
• Fatal Rounds, by Carrie Rubin (Self-published)

Charlaine Harris and Walter Mosley will receive 2023 ThrillerMaster Lifetime Achievement Awards. Minotaur Books was named the winner of the 2023 Thriller Legend Award.

Winners will be announced on Saturday, June 3, during ThrillerFest XVIII, in New York City.

HT: The Rap Sheet