Each month, Omnimystery News lists the upcoming new hardcover mysteries, and June is no exception, with an overview and detailed listing. If you're more interested in paperbacks, they've got that covered, too.
Some terrific new short-story books have just been published: Sandra Seamans, writer and blogger over at My Little Corner, has a "rural noir" collection titled Cold Rifts, published by Snubnose Press; and the International Thriller Writers have released Thriller 3: Love is Murder, edited by Sandra Brown and featuring 29 stories of romantic suspense by Lee Child, JT Ellison, D.P. Lyle, Alexandra Sokoloff, and more.
Otto Penzler's new anthology of tributes to an iconic crime fiction creation is titled In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero. There are contributions from Ace Atkins (who is now writing the Spenser novels with the blessing of Parker's estate), Lawrence Block, Reed Farrel Coleman, Max Allan Collins and many more. Criminal Element is running a contest via their Facebook page, and if you enter the contest throuh June 4th, you may win a copy of the book.
In the Q&A spotlight this week, Craig Sisterson's Crime Watch blog snagged Edgar Award-winning crime writer Steve Hamilton (The Lock Artist) to talk about his favorite crime fiction heroes, most unusual experience at a book signing, and more. Also, Crime Fiction Lover interviewed Danny Miller, author of the Vince Treadwell novels set during the "dark heart of the Swinging 60s."
Do you have young folks in your household or family and want to recommend some good YA mystery novels for them to read? Author F.T. Bradley lists five fundamental YA mysteries, and "why they deserve a spot on your bookshelf."
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