Guests of Honor Interviews: Left Coast Crime Rocky Mountain High Jinks

What a fabulous Left Coast Crime! So many friends, so many panels, so little time. Choices had to be made. So, if you didn't make it to all the panels (or didn't make it to LCC), here are links to the Guests of Honor interviews. Enjoy!

And, please join us next year at Left Coast Crime in San Francisco! San Francisco Schemin'

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Sarah Paretsky Interviewed by Leslie Budewitz

 

 John Copenhaver interviewed by Christa Faust

   

 Manuel Ramos Interviewed by David Heska Wanbli Weiden 

 

 Grace Koshida interviewed by Leslie Karst 

 

Cartoon of the Day: The Jury

THE CHELSEA DETECTIVE, SEASON 3

The Chelsea Detective, Season 3, starring Adrian Scarborough as DI Max Arnold and Vanessa Emme as DS Layla Walsh, premieres Monday, April 7 on Acorn TV.

The upcoming season features three new cases, including the discovery of an ex-soldier’s body in an allotment, the murder of an antiques dealer, and the mysterious death of a climate scientist found in a stolen car. Meanwhile, Max navigates relationship struggles as he and his estranged wife attempt couples therapy.

Don't miss the Season 3 Christmas Special on Acorn TV (technically, the First Episode of Season 3). It aired in December 2024 and is still available on AcornTV).

Crime Writers for Trans Rights Auction

Crime writers helping transgender folks during this time of extreme uncertainty.

How to help? This online auction benefits the ongoing work of Transgender Law Center, and it needs you to get involved!

Bidding opens March 26th on 200+ items by crime writers you know and love.

Go now to https://www.32auctions.com/writers4transrights, browse amazing items from the biggest names in crime fiction and beyond, and put in those bids!

All funds raised go directly to Transgender Law Center.

Help us help them! Because #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Bid March 26–April 1 on amazing items from top crime writers—all to support trans safety, freedom & justice!

https://www.32auctions.com/writers4transrights

2025 Dove Award: Detective/Mystery Caucus of the Popular Culture Association

David Geherin has been awarded  the Dove Award by the Detective/Mystery Caucus of the Popular Culture Association. 

The Detective/Mystery Caucus of the Popular Culture Assocation announced its latest Dove Awardee: David Geherin, professor emeritus of English at Eastern Michigan University, who is an Edgar nominee in the Best Critical/Biographical category this year for Organized Crime on Page and Screen: Portrayals in Hit Novels, Films, and Television Shows. He received earlier Edgar nominations for The Crime World of Michael Connelly: A Study of His Works and Their Adaptations (2022), Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction (2008; also nominated for a Macavity Award), and The American Private Eye: The Image in Fiction (1985). His other books include Carl Hiaasen: Sunshine State Satirist (2019), Funny Thing About Murder: Modes of Humor in Crime Fiction and Films(2017), Small Towns in Recent American Crime Fiction(2015), and Elmore Leonard (1989).   

The Dove Award, explains editor-blogger Elizabeth Foxwell, is named for mystery-fiction scholar George N. Dove and is given to “individuals who have contributed to the serious study of mystery, detective, and crime fiction.” Previous Dove honorees include Martin Edwards, Barry Forshaw, Douglas G. Greene, P.D. James, H.R.F. Keating, Margaret Kinsman, Elizabeth Foxwell, and me (!). 

HT: The Rap Sheet & The Bunburyist

Cartoon of the Day: Little Free Library