Cartoon of the Day: The Mob

 

Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist

Last month the organizers of the annual Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year announced their longlist. Great books there. Today they announced the shortlist. The winner of the award will be announced at Harrogate.

This award celebrates excellence, originality, and the very best in crime fiction from UK and Irish authors. Awarded annually as part of Harrogate International Festivals’ Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, the winner of the most wanted accolade in crime fiction receives a cheque for £3000, and an engraved oak beer cask, hand-carved by one of Britain’s last coopers from Theakstons Brewery. 

THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST

• The Night Hawks, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
• True Crime Story, by Joseph Knox (Penguin)
• Daughters of Night, by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Pan)
• Slough House, by Mick Herron (John Murray)
• Midnight at Malabar House, by Vaseem Khan (Hodder Paperbacks)
• The Last Thing to Burn, by Will Dean (Hodder Paperbacks)

Call for Articles: Art Mysteries: Mystery Readers Journal

CALL FOR ARTICLES: Art Mysteries

Mystery Readers Journal (Volume 38:3)

The next issue of Mystery Readers Journal will focus on Art Mysteries. We're looking for Reviews, Articles, and Author! Author! Essays.

Reviews: 50-250 words; Articles: 250-1000 words; Author! Author! Essays: 500-1000 words.

Author Author! Essays are first person, about yourself, your books, and your unique take on Art Mysteries." Think of it as chatting with friends and other writers in the bar or cafe or on Zoom about your work and your 'Art Mystery' connection. Add a title and 2-3 sentence bio/tagline.

Deadline: July 15, 2022

Here's a link to Mystery Readers Journal past themed issues.

Send to: Janet Rudolph, Editor. janet @ mysteryreaders . org

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

Subscribe to Mystery Readers Journal. Themes in 2022 (Volume 38): New England Mysteries I; New England Mysteries Ii; Art Mysteries; Africa

2023 (Volume 29) Legal Mysteries; Hobbies & Crafts, and two more TBD.

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD: LGBTQ MYSTERY

Lambda Literary, the nation’s oldest and largest literary arts organization advancing LGBTQ literature, announced the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards aka the “Lammys.”

WINNERS: LGBTQ Mystery

The Savage Kind // John Copenhaver, Pegasus Books

All those nominated:

 

 

 

Authors & their Cats: Jack Kerouac

Happy Caturday! Authors and their Cats: Jack Kerouac.

On the Road!

VASEEM KHAN WEBINAR: June 15: Friends of the Alameda Free Library

FRIENDS OF THE ALAMEDA FREE LIBRARY: Author Webinar

 

Vaseem Khan Discusses the Malabar House Novels

June 15, 2022 - 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PDT

Please note: Registration for this event is required and is available here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rXD1qdQxTaGOFG6JSuDAhw

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Killing Gandhi, Dante’s Divine Comedy, & India at the Crossroads: Bestselling crime fiction author Vaseem Khan takes us on an exhilarating journey from the last days of the Raj to the heart of modern India. Vaseem’s Malabar House series is set in 1950s Bombay. This was just a few years after Indian independence, the assassination of Gandhi, and the horrors of Partition, events which Mr. Khan will examine in this illuminating talk. He will also reveal Dante’s unique connection to the city of Bombay…

The first book in the series, Midnight at Malabar House, won the United Kingdom’s Crime Writers Association Historical Dagger award for 2021. The book introduced Inspector Persis Wadia, India’s first female police detective, and her co-investigator, English forensic scientist, Archie Blackfinch. The second book in the series, The Dying Day, was published in July 2021.

Vaseem Khan is also known for his first series, the Baby Ganesh Agency novels, in which a retired Indian policeman inherits a one-year-old baby elephant. He lives in London and has kindly agreed to join us at 7:00 PM Pacific Time in spite of the time zone difference.

Vaseem Khan will be interviewed by our own Joe Mallon! Don't miss this great webinar!