Grove Atlantic Press is launching a new crime fiction imprint, Atlantic Crime, led by senior editor Joe Brosnan. The imprint will release approximately 18-24 titles per year, with Grove Atlantic’s current crime fiction backlist of more than 300 titles also moving to the new imprint. Atlantic Crime is scheduled to publish five frontlist releases in its inaugural season this fall: The Predicament by William Boyd, Silent Bones by Val McDermid, The Whisper Place by Mindy Mejia, and We Had a Hunch by Tom Ryan. The imprint will make its official debut on September 2 with What About the Bodies, Ken Jaworowski's second novel (his first, Small Town Sins, published by Holt in 2023, was an Edgar Award nominee).
On the Postman on Holiday blog, Lou Armagno made note of the 100th anniversary of the first Charlie Chan novel, The House Without a Key. It was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post over seven-weekly editions, beginning January 24th, 1925, before being released as a mystery novel by Bobbs-Merrill publishers later that year. Chan's creator, the author Earl Derr Biggers, only wrote six novels in the series, but the beloved Hawaiian-Chinese detective has been adapted into hundreds of movies and TV and radio programs in the years since.
In a guest post for The Rap Sheet, Mark Coggins made note of the surprising fact that Raymond Chandler, known for his hard-boiled novels set in Los Angeles, actually lived and worked in San Francisco before fellow detective author, Dashiell Hammett, who is more associated with that city. As it turns out, both authors had connections to architect Albert Pissis, who designed a number of important buildings in the years before and after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Noir at the Bar heads to Roma's Garden in Nacogdoches, Texas, on March 7th. Authors scheduled to read from their works include Joe R. Lansdale, Jim Nesbitt, VP Chandler, Tim Bryant, Reavis Wortham, and James King.
Janet Rudolph updated her list of Valentine's Day Crime Fiction with mysteries that take place on or around Valentine's Day.
Mystery Lovers' Kitchen included some Valentine's reads and eats, past and present, including Cleo Coyle's Easy Double Chocolate Brownie Muffins; Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake via Maddie Day; a Dark Chocolate Cake with Pomegranate Glaze, courtesy of Lucy Burdette; and Gluten Free Linzer Hearts from Libby Klein.
In the Q&A roundup, Lisa Haselton chatted with cozy mystery author Marlene M. Bell about her new novel, A Hush at Midnight; El Pais spoke with Kate Atkinson, who reflected on her career and the value of giving fiction distance from contemporary issues to ensure it stands the test of time; E. B. Davis interviewed Debra H. Goldstein about her collection of mystery short stories, With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying; and Crime Fiction Lover welcomed Yorkshire-based writer Nick Boreham to discuss his debut crime novel, Jurymen May Dine.
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