Kathy Harig: R.I.P.

This has been a difficult week for the mystery community. Now comes the news that bookseller Kathy Harig has passed away. Kathy with her husband Tom owned and ran Mystery Loves Company Bookstore in Oxford, MD  (formerly in Fells Point, MD). For many years she was a bookseller at Malice Domestic which is where I first met her. What a knowledge of the genre..and she loved to share! Kathy was so supportive of new and older mystery writers, holding events, hand-selling books, and so much more. She will be missed.

My condolences and love to go out to Tom, her family, and her many friends.

James Patterson's 2016 Holiday Bonus to Booksellers

Check out the bookseller recipients here! 
http://bookweb.org/james-pattersons-holiday-bonuses-booksellers

2016 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize Finalists

Thanks to Lesa Holstine for alerting me to the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize Short List. You'll want to check out all the categories, but I'm only listing the Mystery and Thriller Categories. Congratulations to all!

Southern indie booksellers have chosen the finalists for the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize. Formerly known as the SIBA Book Award, the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize features an expanded list of categories – adding Mystery, Thriller, Literary, and History & Life Stories to the traditional categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Cooking, Children’s and Young Adult.

The Beach Music Mystery Prize
Miss Julia Lays Down the Law by Ann B. Ross (Viking)
A Pattern of Lies by Charles Todd (William Morrow & Company)
Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Don't Go Home by Carolyn Hart (Berkley Books)
Lowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. Boyer (Henery Press)

The Lords of Discipline Thriller Prize
Where All the Light Tends to Go by David Joy (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
The Bone Tree by Greg Iles (William Morrow & Company)
Descent by Tim Johnston (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)
Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham (Doubleday Books)
The Scribe by Matthew Guinn (W.W. Norton & Company)