Previews, Reviews, and Collection Development
Before you take off on this long holiday weekend, don’t forget to mark your calendars for the Spring Mystery Announcements webcast, Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 3:00-4:00 PM ET/12:00–1:00 PM PT. Our moderator is LJ‘s mystery columnist Terry Jacobsen, and presenters include Soho Crime, Oceanview Publishing, Titan Books’s Hard Case Crime line, and Severn House and [...]
More horror from Bennett, a debut that’s a great read for fans of smart contemporary women’s fiction, a new Ruth Galloway mystery, and a fun tale of love and hockey pucks
Reviews of James M. Cain’s The Cocktail Waitress, Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue, and Fangoria’s Dreadtime Stories, plus a full list of audiobook reviews in the Feb. 1 issue.
Dates and locations of upcoming mystery conferences, plus publishers to follow on Twitter.
Reviews of Norman Hilary’s Eclipse, Barbara Corrado Pope’s The Missing Italian Girl, and Timothy Williams’s Another Sun, plus a full list of mystery reviews from the Feb. 1 issue.
Reviews of the audiobooks of Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone, Rachel Maddow’s Drift, and Alex Grecian’s The Yard, plus a full list of audiobook reviews in the January issue.
A new Dave Barry is “insane,” Basran’s debut displays beautifully constructed sentences, Chiaverini crafts an absorbing stand-alone historical, Downie reprieves Roman doctor Ruso, and Thomas knits an engrossing :Kashmir Shawl”
Hemon offers Best European fiction, Ellis wields an inventive “Gun Machine,” Santoro’s “The Boy” has a gritty reality, and Schrank’s third novel is “a charming book about love”
December’s mystery debut of the month, Lynne Raimondo’s Dante’s Wood.
The latest installments in ongoing mystery series.
LJ Reviews Social Club