Archive for the ‘crime’ Category

2008 Edgar Award Winners

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

The Edgar Awards are givin out by the Mystery Writers of America each year for the best Crime and Mystery works…

BEST NOVEL
Down River by John Hart

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
In the Woods by Tana French

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Queenpin by Megan Abbott

BEST FACT CRIME
Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley

BEST JUVENILE
The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh

BEST YOUNG ADULT
Rat Life by Tedd Arnold

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Greatest crime writers of all time

Monday, April 21st, 2008

The 50 greatest crime writers of all time, from The Times

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Benjamin Black’s The Silver Swan

Monday, April 7th, 2008

The good people at the NPR have done a nice profile of former Booker prize winner John Banville, who has recently been writing hard boiled crime fiction under the pseudonym Benjamin Black. The most recent venture is a book called The Silver Swan, which is the sequel to last years Christine Falls.

You can listen to the whole profile here.

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