Small Town Cops II: Mystery Readers Journal

Mystery Readers Journal: Small Town Cops II (Volume 32:4) is now available. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this great issue! If you're a PDF subscriber to Mystery Readers Journal for '16, you should have received download instructions. If you're a U.S. hardcopy subscriber, you will receive this issue by early next week. Foreign subscriber copies will be out in a week or two. Contributor PDF copies have been sent.Thanks to all the contributors to Small Town Cops--both I & II! We had so many great articles and reviews, we split this theme into two issues.

Small Town Cops I. Order here.

Small Town Cops II. Order here.

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Below is the Table of Contents, as well as some sample articles of the new issue.

SMALL TOWN COPS II

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Small Town Lies by Ana Manwaring
• Craig Johnson’s A Serpent’s Tooth and King Lear by Mimosa Stephenson

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

• Small-Town Cops—the Stereotype and the Reality by Judy Alter
• How Hector Bellevance Came To Be by Don Bredes
• Sheriff Jeff McQuede’s High Country of Wyoming by Loretta Jackson and Vickie Britton
• A Little Louisiana Loosey-Goosey by Ellen Byron
• Paradise Found: Robert B. Parker, Jesse Stone, and Me by Reed Farrel Coleman
• Small Town Cop—Big Time Adventures by Mark de Castrique
• Amazing Adventures in Research by Donis Casey
• The Beauty of the Small Town Mystery by Evelyn David
• The Joy of Writing the Small Town Cop by Vicki Delany
• Small Town Cops, Big Time Issues by Lesley A. Diehl
• Pago Pago Police by John Enright
• So You Want to Write a Cop by Michael Genelin
• Kids, Cops and Small-Town Policing by Neal Griffin
• Meet Sergeant Gray—My Sexy Small Town Scottish Cop by S.J.I. Holliday
• The Emerging Goddess Spoke with a Drawl by James Hime
• Dave Everett, My Favorite Small Town Cop by Nancy Lynn Jarvis
• A Steadfast Protector by Katherine Bolger Hyde
• You Each Get One by S.W. Lauden
• The Evolution of a Character by J. R. Lindermuth
• Small Town Crimes; Small Town Cops by D.P. Lyle
• The Top Cop of Quiet Anchorage, Virginia by Ed Lynskey
• The Small Town Illusion by Susan McBride
• Crime Comes To Crowby by Iain McDowall
• Rocky Bluff P.D. Mystery Series by F.M. Meredith
• Boredom with an Adrenaline Jolt by Mar Preston
• Small Town Cops by David Putnam
• Patrolling Nantucket, Thirty Miles at Sea by Martha Reed
• A One-Stoplight Town by Larry D. Sweazy
• DI Marjory Fleming by Aline Templeton

COLUMNS

• Mystery in Retrospect: Reviews by Lesa Holstine, Dru Ann Love, L.J. Roberts
• Just the Facts: Frank Hamer—The Law in Navasota by Jim Doherty
• The Children’s Hour: Small Town Cops by Gay Toltl Kinman
• In Short: Small Town Law Officers by Marv Lachman
• Real Small-Town Cops by Cathy Pickens
• Crime Seen: Small World, Small Towns by Kate Derie
• Top Ten Continued by Jim Doherty
• From the Editor by Janet Rudolph

Mystery Readers Journal: Small Town Cops I (Volume 32:3)

Mystery Readers Journal: Small Town Cops I (Volume 32:3) is now available as a PDF and hard copy. Because we had so many terrific essays, articles, and reviews, we had to divide this theme into two issues. So, contributors, if you don't see your article or review in this issue, it will be in Small Town Cops II (Volume 32:4) that will be out in Winter 2016-2017. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this making this issue such a success.

This issue is available with subscription or can be purchased individually --as Hardcopy. Go here and scroll down or as a PDF.

SMALL TOWN COPS I: (Volume 32: 3)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• I’ll Be Your Warrior of Care by Margot Kinberg
• Parker’s Jesse Stone: Fragile Power by Mimosa Stephenson

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

• A Whole New Territory by Victoria Abbott
• Life Under the Magnifying Glass by Kelley Armstrong
• Wild West by Shannon Baker
• How I Learned to Start Writing and Embrace My Small Town Cop by Patrick Balester
• Changing the Dynamics of Small Town Cops with One Experienced Detective by Laura Belgrave
• My Cousin, the Small Town Cop by Linda Berry
• Uncovering the Truth about Small Town Policemen by Rhys Bowen
• Community Policing in Italy by Grace Brophy
• Small and Cozy by J. D. Crayne
• Small-Town Texas by Bill Crider
• A Small-Island Cop by Thomas Rendell Curran
• Kendal’s Cold Case Cop by Martin Edwards
• “32” Jones and “Scary” Larry by Tom Franklin
• Knowing Everyone by Name by Anne Hagan
• Finding the Sweet Spot Between Mayberry and Fargo by S.W. Hubbard
• The Making of a Small Town Cop by J.A. Jance
• Small Town Cop Life In Ipswich, Massachusetts by Gavin Keenan
• A Writer Survives in the North Woods by Henry Kisor
• How I Found My Small-Town Cops by Jill Kelly
• It’s Always About the Little Things by Victor Letonoff Jr.
• A Copper in a Small English Mill Town by Priscilla Masters
• Snapshots of a Mountain Town by Margaret Mizushima
• Discovering Joe Silva by Susan Oleksiw
• Silver Rush Woes by Ann Parker
• A Different Point of View by Cathy Perkins
• From Family to Fiction by Terry Shames
• Crime Moves Into the Bedroom… Town by Neil Plakcy
• Small Town in a Small Country by Vanda Symon
• Got Writer’s Block? by Elly Varga
• The Last Uncorrupted Mexican Cop by Jonathan Woods
• An Old-Time Bluegrass Sheriff by Sally Wright

COLUMNS

• Mystery in Retrospect: Reviews by Vinnie Hansen, Lesa Holstine, L.J. Roberts
• Top Ten: No Small Cops, Only Small Towns by Jim Doherty
• The Children’s Hour: Small Town Cops by Gay Toltl Kinman
• Crime Seen: Small Town USA by Kate Derie
• Just the Facts: A Tale of Two Cops by Jim Doherty
• From the Editor by Janet Rudolph

Mystery Readers Journal: Changes in 2016 Themes

Changes in 2016 Mystery Readers Journal Themes

The response to the Mystery Readers Journal: Small Town Cops -- Call for Articles was overwhelming. We had so many essays, articles, and reviews that Kate Derie and I decided to split this theme issue into two issues.

So 2016 (Volume 32) themes are New York City Mysteries I, New York City Mysteries II; Small Town Cops I; Small Town Cops II. Themes in 2017: Midwest Mysteries; Murder in Wartime; and more to come. Possible 2017 themes: Big City Cops which will probably be two issues. Small Town Cops I (Volume 32:3) will be out in October.

Call for Articles:

Still time to write an author essay for Mystery Readers Journal: Small Town Cops II. Send by October 15 to janet@mysteryreaders.org

If you have a mystery set in the Midwest or a Mystery set during Wartime, consider writing an author essay. 500-1500 words, first person, upclose and personal about yourself, your books, and the 'theme' connection. Add titles and 2-3 sentence bio/tagline. Reviews and articles welcome. Send to: janet@mysteryreaders.org

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Small Town Cops: Call for Articles

Call for Articles: Small Town Cops

Mystery Readers Journal (Volume 32:3)

The next issue of Mystery Readers Journal (Volume 32:3) will focus on mysteries featuring Small Town Cops. Looking for reviews, articles, and Author! Author! essays. Reviews: 50-250 words; Articles: 250-1000 words; Author! Author! essays: 500-1500 words.

Author essays should be first person, about yourself, your books, and the 'Small Town Cop' connection. Think of it as chatting with friends and other writers in the bar or cafe about your work and your small town cop connection. Add title and 2-3 sentence bio/tagline. Deadline: August 10. Send to: Janet Rudolph, Editor. janet@mysteryreaders.org

Please forward this request to anyone you think should be included.

Subscribe or renew Mystery Readers Journal for 2016 and receive all four issues for '16--New York City Mysteries I; New York City Mysteries II; Small Town Cops; Big City Cops; Midwest Mysteries.

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Call for Articles for 2016 (Volume 32): Big City Cops;  2017: Midwest Mysteries (excluding Chicago); Religious Mysteries, and more to come. Have titles, articles or suggestions for these upcoming issues or for  new themes? Want to write an Author! Author! essay? Comment below or email Janet Rudolph.