May 17, 2005

My Mailman Must Hate Me

We've been getting flooded with books. It's that time of year and all the publishers are sending out books to get reviewed.

Gregg Hurwitz - The Trouble Shooter great addition to the Rackley series.
Blake Crouch - Locked Doors - super second book.
Mark Billingham - Burning Girl in the US and Lifeless in the UK. Both outstanding
Denise Swanson - Death Of A Smart Cookie - a really fun and superb classic mystery
Laura Lipmann - Power Of Three - my wife calls it her best work yet
Michael Black has a stand alone called The Heist. It's terriffic.
John Connolly - Black Angel - He gets better and better and better.
Berry Eisler - Killing Rain - # 4, and it should be #1 with a bullet
JA Konrath - Bloody Mary. - More fun and games with Jackie Daniels. I love this series.
Charlie Williams - Fags and Lager - Find this book Read this book. It rocks!
Will Staeger - Painkiller - Great new author, check him out
Denise Mina - Feild Of Blood - another wonderful book From a great writer.

The list goes on and on, but Iwill say this, anyone who goes to a book store in the next month or two should be able to find lots to read.
Crimespree
will have reviews of all of these and more

Also.... the Anthony nominees are out:

Nominees for the Anthony Awards for works published in 2004 have been announced.
The Anthony Awards, named for mystery's premier reviewer and critic, Anthony Boucher, will be presented on Saturday, September 3, at Bouchercon 2005, the World Mystery Convention at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers in Chicago.
Best Novel
Bruen, Ken -- The Killing of the Tinkers (St. Martins/Minotaur)
Katzenbach, John -- The Madman's Tale (Random House/Ballantine)
Krueger, William Kent -- Blood Hollow (Simon & Schuster/Atria)
Lippman, Laura -- By a Spider's Thread (HarperCollins)
Parker, T. Jefferson -- California Girl (HarperCollins)
Spencer-Fleming, Julia -- Out of the Deep I Cry (St. Martins/Minotaur)

Best First Novel
Balzo, Sandra -- Uncommon Grounds (Five Star)
Clemens, Judy -- Until the Cows Come Home (Poisoned Pen Press)
Hoffman, Juliane P -- Retribution (Putnam)
Konrath, JA (Joe) -- Whiskey Sour (Hyperion)
Kozak, Harley Jane -- Dating Dead Men (Random House/Doubleday)

Best Non Fiction
Frankie Bailey & Steven Chermak -- Famous American Crimes & Trials (Greenwood Publishing) Collins, Max Allan (et al) -- Men's Adventure Magazines (Taschen)
Conlon, Edward -- Blue Blood (Penguin Putnam/Riverhead)
Klinger, Leslie S (ed) -- The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (Norton)
Rubinstein, Julian -- The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber (TimeWarner/Little, Brown)

Best Paperback Original
Burcell, Robin -- Cold Case (HarperCollins/Avon)
Isleib, Roberta -- Putt to Death (Penguin/Berkley Prime Crime)
McBride, Susan -- Blue Blood (HarperCollins/Avon)
Rose, M.J. -- The Halo Effect (Harlequin/Mira)
Starr, Jason -- Twisted City (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

Best Short Story
Bowen, Rhys -- "Voodoo," Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2004
Faherty, Terence -- "The Widow of Slane," Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2004
Hertel, Ted Jr -- "It's Crackers to Slip a Rozzer the Dropsey in Snide," Small Crimes; Bracken, ed (Betancourt/Wildside)
Nersesian, Arthur -- "Hunter Trapper," Brooklyn Noir (Akashic Books)
Viets, Elaine -- "Wedding Knife," Chesapeake Crimes (Quiet Storm)

Best Cover Art
Brooklyn Noir -- Sohrab Habibion; Tim McLoughlin (Akashic)
Fade to Blonde -- cover by Gregory Manchess; Max Phillips (Hard Case Crime)
Whiskey Sour -- Sal Barracca/Bradford Foltz Design; JA Konrath (Hyperion)
Good Morning Darkness -- Robert Santora; Ruth Francisco (TimeWarner/Mysterious)
Monkology -- Michael Kellner; Gary Phillips (Dennis McMillan)
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For more information on the Anthony Awards and Bouchercon, please visit:
http://www.bouchercon.net

1 comment:

Mystery Dawg said...

If you need some to help with taking a few off your hands.....