The Romantic Novelists Association announced the winners of their 2025 awards in various categories, including Romantic Thriller, won by Whatever it Takes by Joy Wood (Self Published). The other finalists in the category include Cold Fury by Toni Anderson (Self Published); The Memory of Us by Dani Atkins (Aria/Head of Zeus); Freja Born by Jessi A. Charles (Austin McCauley); and Deadly Treasures by Jane McParkes (Self Published).
The longlist was announced for the 2025 Davitt Awards, an honor bestowed by Sisters in Crime Australia, which has celebrated Aussie women’s crime writing since 1991. Judges whittled down 129 eligible books to compile the longlist of 29 titles in four categories. The shortlist will be revealed in July, with winners announced at the Davitt Awards Gala Ceremony in August or September. At the gala, two additional awards will be revealed: Best Debut Book (any category) and Readers’ Choice (as voted the 600+ members of Sisters in Crime Australia). The Davitts are named after Ellen Davitt, the author of Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud, in 1865.
This Saturday, May 31st, the 2025 Sacramento Book Festival will include a Thriller Panel, featuring Simon Wood, James L’Etoile, Terry Shames, Richard Meredith, and Anne Da Vigo, along with moderator, Robin Burcell. Burcell will also serve as moderator for a second panel on Mystery & Crime, featuring Karen Phillips, Jennifer Morita, Cara Black, Cindy Sample, and Claire Booth. The luncheon keynote address speaker is James Rollins, the New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers, whose writing has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold more than 20 million books.
Noir at the Bookstore will hit One More Page Books on June 12th in Arlington, Virginia, with E.A. Aymar moderating. Authors scheduled to read from their works include John Copenhaver (Hall of MIrrors) Libby Klein (Vice and Virtue); Vera Kurian (A Step Past Darkness); KT Nguyen (You Know What You Did); Brendan Slocumb (The Dark Maestro); and Aggie Blum Thompson (You Deserve to Know). In addition to also regularly hosting D.C. Noir at the Bar, author E.A. Aymar (When She Left) is a frequent contributor to the Washington Post, former member of the national board of the International Thriller Writers, and an active member of Crime Writers of Color and Sisters in Crime.
The ghostwriters and editing firm Kevin Anderson & Associates are the new sponsors of the coveted Crime Writers’ Association’s (CWA) Gold Dagger, which recognizes the best crime novel by an author of any nationality, originally written in English and first published in the UK during the judging period. The award has been given annually since 1960 (between 1955 and 1959, it was called the Crossed Red Herring Award). Previous honorees have include John le Carré, P.D. James, Colin Dexter, Ruth Rendell, Mick Herron, Ann Cleeves, Ian Rankin, and Chris Whitaker. (HT to Promoting Crime Fiction)
Malden, Massachusetts, honored its native son, author-attorney Erle Stanley Gardner, by unveiling a mural by Fred Seager on May 19 that pays tribute to Gardner's iconic Perry Mason mysteries. Gardner was born in Malden in 1889, moving to California with his family when he was 10 years old. (HT to Elizabeth Foxwell)
This week's crime poem up at the 5-2 is "Red Vase" by Kenneth Pobo.
In the Q&A roundup, Publishers Weekly interviewed Denise Mina about her books and their police detectives, forensic scientists, a reporter, a psychiatric patient—all who have one thing in common with their creator: they are all imperfect or messy in one way or another; Crime Fiction Lover spoke with Andrew Raymond, author of the Novak and Mitchell political thriller series, and the Duncan Grant spy thriller series as well as a newer series featuring DCI Lomond, a Glasgow detective; husband-and-wife writing duo Art Taylor and Tara Laskowski stopped by The Stiletto Gang blog to talk about their writing; Crime Fiction Lover chatted with Timothy Jay Smith about his latest thriller set in Greece, Fire on the Island; Megan Abbott was interviewed by The Washington Post about her new novel, El Dorado Drive, and what keeps her motivated; and People Magazine spoke with Gillian Flynn, author of bestsellers like Gone Girl and Sharp Objects, about her writing and her new imprint, Gillian Flynn Books.
The Romantic Novelists Association announced the winners of their 2025 awards in various categories, including Romantic Thriller, won by Whatever it Takes by Joy Wood (Self Published). The other finalists in the category include Cold Fury by Toni Anderson (Self Published); The Memory of Us by Dani Atkins (Aria/Head of Zeus); Freja Born by Jessi A. Charles (Austin McCauley); and Deadly Treasures by Jane McParkes (Self Published).
The longlist was announced for the 2025 Davitt Awards, an honor bestowed by Sisters in Crime Australia, which has celebrated Aussie women’s crime writing since 1991. Judges whittled down 129 eligible books to compile the longlist of 29 titles in four categories. The shortlist will be revealed in July, with winners announced at the Davitt Awards Gala Ceremony in August or September. At the gala, two additional awards will be revealed: Best Debut Book (any category) and Readers’ Choice (as voted the 600+ members of Sisters in Crime Australia). The Davitts are named after Ellen Davitt, the author of Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud, in 1865.
This Saturday, May 31st, the 2025 Sacramento Book Festival will include a Thriller Panel, featuring Simon Wood, James L’Etoile, Terry Shames, Richard Meredith, and Anne Da Vigo, along with moderator, Robin Burcell. Burcell will also serve as moderator for a second panel on Mystery & Crime, featuring Karen Phillips, Jennifer Morita, Cara Black, Cindy Sample, and Claire Booth. The luncheon keynote address speaker is James Rollins, the New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers, whose writing has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold more than 20 million books.
Noir at the Bookstore will hit One More Page Books on June 12th in Arlington, Virginia, with E.A. Aymar moderating. Authors scheduled to read from their works include John Copenhaver (Hall of MIrrors) Libby Klein (Vice and Virtue); Vera Kurian (A Step Past Darkness); KT Nguyen (You Know What You Did); Brendan Slocumb (The Dark Maestro); and Aggie Blum Thompson (You Deserve to Know). In addition to also regularly hosting D.C. Noir at the Bar, author E.A. Aymar (When She Left) is a frequent contributor to the Washington Post, former member of the national board of the International Thriller Writers, and an active member of Crime Writers of Color and Sisters in Crime.
The ghostwriters and editing firm Kevin Anderson & Associates are the new sponsors of the coveted Crime Writers’ Association’s (CWA) Gold Dagger, which recognizes the best crime novel by an author of any nationality, originally written in English and first published in the UK during the judging period. The award has been given annually since 1960 (between 1955 and 1959, it was called the Crossed Red Herring Award). Previous honorees have include John le Carré, P.D. James, Colin Dexter, Ruth Rendell, Mick Herron, Ann Cleeves, Ian Rankin, and Chris Whitaker. (HT to Promoting Crime Fiction)
Malden, Massachusetts, honored its native son, author-attorney Erle Stanley Gardner, by unveiling a mural by Fred Seager on May 19 that pays tribute to Gardner's iconic Perry Mason mysteries. Gardner was born in Malden in 1889, moving to California with his family when he was 10 years old. (HT to Elizabeth Foxwell)
This week's crime poem up at the 5-2 is "Red Vase" by Kenneth Pobo.
In the Q&A roundup, Publishers Weekly interviewed Denise Mina about her books and their police detectives, forensic scientists, a reporter, a psychiatric patient—all who have one thing in common with their creator: they are all imperfect or messy in one way or another; Crime Fiction Lover spoke with Andrew Raymond, author of the Novak and Mitchell political thriller series, and the Duncan Grant spy thriller series as well as a newer series featuring DCI Lomond, a Glasgow detective; husband-and-wife writing duo Art Taylor and Tara Laskowski stopped by The Stiletto Gang blog to talk about their writing; Crime Fiction Lover chatted with Timothy Jay Smith about his latest thriller set in Greece, Fire on the Island; Megan Abbott was interviewed by The Washington Post about her new novel, El Dorado Drive, and what keeps her motivated; and People Magazine spoke with Gillian Flynn, author of bestsellers like Gone Girl and Sharp Objects, about her writing and her new imprint, Gillian Flynn Books.
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