An Open Book

Jefferson Bass provides a tale of timeless evil in ‘The Inquisitor’s Key’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:31:12 +0000

The "Body Farm" novels of Jefferson Bass, the pseudonym used by forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass and journalist Jon Jefferson, usually have as their fictional focus the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility....

The Belgian Congo provides setting for ‘The Boy Who Stole the Leopard’s Spots’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:55:14 +0000

Author Tamar Myers once again calls upon her childhood memories of life in the Belgian Congo for "The Boy Who Stole the Leopard's Spots" (Morrow), the third book in her "Amanda Brown" series. Amanda...

Nora Roberts attends 2012 Kentucky Derby’s Unbridled Eve Gala

cjthomas — Sat, 05 May 2012 20:09:40 +0000

Nora Roberts was among many celebrities attending Kentucky's newest Derby party, the Unbridled Eve Gala, held last night, May 4, 2012, at Louisville's Galt House. The fundraiser benefitted Blessings in a Backpack, a charity that provides...

Nora Roberts named spokesperson for Penguin’s Read Humane™ campaign

cjthomas — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:55:05 +0000

Penguin Group (USA) has named bestselling romance writer Nora Roberts as spokesperson for its new Read Humane™ campaign in support of The Humane Society of the United States' Animal Rescue Team. This current charitable initiative follows...

Professor Bradshaw seeks a scientific solution to murder in ‘Fatal Induction’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:20:10 +0000

Benjamin Bradshaw, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington, uses his scientific talent to solve the murder of a peddler of patent medicines in "Fatal Induction" (Poisoned Pen Press: May 1, 2012 release). Set...

Professor Bradshaw seeks a scientific solution to murder in ‘Fatal Induction’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:20:10 +0000

Malice Domestic names winners of 2011 Agatha Awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:20:21 +0000

Malice Domestic, the annual convention highlighting the best in traditional mystery novels, concluded today, April 29, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bethesda, Md. Chaired by Verena Rose, Malice XXIV honored Jan Burke as its Guest of Honor...

Mystery Writers of America selects winners of 2012 Edgar® Awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:10:26 +0000

Attendees at the Mystery Writers of America’s (MWA) 66th Gala Banquet, held April 26, 2012 at New York City’s Grand Hyatt Hotel, were among the first to learn the names of this year’s winners...

Peter James elected to a second consecutive term as 2012 CWA Chair

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:22:58 +0000

While mystery fiction writers in the U.S. are busily preparing for the announcement of the Edgar Award winners at the April 26, 2012 Mystery Writers of America banquet, their British counterparts have been occupied in selecting the 2012 leaders...

Boogeyman returns to taunt Nathaniel Cade in Farnsworth’s ‘Red, White and Blood’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:41:36 +0000

"It’s nice to be back" is the message with which the Boogeyman, vampire Nathaniel Cade’s long-term foe, announces his return in Christopher Farnsworth’s Red, White and Blood (Putnam's, April...

Boogeyman returns to taunt Nathaniel Cade in Farnsworth’s ‘Red, White and Blood’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:41:36 +0000

"It’s nice to be back" is the message with which the Boogeyman, vampire Nathaniel Cade’s long-term foe, announces his return in Christopher Farnsworth’s Red, White and Blood (Putnam's, April...

Childhood friendship turns to love in Nora Roberts’ ‘The Last Boyfriend’

cjthomas — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:52:22 +0000

Nora Roberts’ newest installment in her Inn BoonsBoro trilogy, The Last Boyfriend, will not have its official release until May 1, 2012. However, those attending the April 27, 2012 booksigning at Boonsboro, Maryland’s Turn the Page...

TTP Bookstore to hold Washington Romance Writers booksigning on April 27, 2012

cjthomas — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:49:28 +0000

Nora Roberts will be signing copies of The Last Boyfriend, the second book in her new Inn BoonsBoro trilogy, at an April 27, 2012 booksigning at the Turn the Page Bookstore (TTP). The event, which will take place from 11...

Bernie Gunther solves a locked room mystery in Philip Kerr’s ‘Prague Fatale’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:03:06 +0000

Philip Kerr’s darkly realistic Bernie Gunther mystery series has long been considered to exemplify noir crime fiction. However, in his latest work, Prague Fatale (Putnam: April 17, 2012 U.S. release) Kerr provides his World War II detective...

Bernie Gunther solves a locked room mystery in Philip Kerr’s ‘Prague Fatale’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:03:06 +0000

Spring 2012 is the season for a world tour of murder from Soho Crime

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:28:53 +0000

Soho Crime provides readers with an opportunity to savor murder mysteries with an international flavor during this spring. South Africa, England and Germany are but a few of the countries they can visit within the pages of Jassy Mackenzie&...

Nora Roberts celebrates publication of 200th novel at April 14, 2012 booksigning

cjthomas — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:14:05 +0000

Nora Roberts will celebrate the publication of her 200th full length novel, The Witness, at an April 14, 2012 booksigning held at the Turn the Page Bookstore. Although The Witness will not be officially released in the U.S. until...

Agatha Christie’s ‘Come, Tell Me How You Live’ details her expeditions to Syria

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:08:03 +0000

HarperCollins, the exclusive English language publisher of the works of Agatha Christie, will follow its 2011 reprint of the noted author’s Autobiograpy with another factual tale – Come, Tell Me How You Live, to be released April 10...

S.J. Rozan receives 2012 Dilys Award for ‘Ghost Hero’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:46:01 +0000

S. J. Rozan, author of the Bill Smith and Lydia Chin series, has now added the 2012 Dilys Award to her impressive collection of mystery fiction prizes. Rozan’s achievement was announced March 31 at the 2012 Left Coast...

Left Coast Crime Conference 2012 names award winners

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:53:09 +0000

The Left Coast Crime Conference has selected the winners of five mystery fiction awards from a list of nominees announced Jan. 30, 2012. Attendees at this 22nd annual meeting learned the names of the prize winners during the conference&rsquo...

Left Coast Crime Conference 2012 names award winners

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:53:09 +0000

Phillip Margolin concludes his ‘Washington Trilogy’ with ‘Capitol Murder’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:00:18 +0000

International terrorists, a serial killer and a senator with a taste for kinky sex provide the key ingredients for Capitol Murder (Harper: April 3, 2012 release), the concluding volume of Phillip Margolin’s Washington Trilogy. Brad Miller...

Pot hunting becomes a deadly hobby in Michael Norman’s ‘Skeleton Picnic’

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:36:54 +0000

Michael Norman exposes the dangers of pot hunting – the illegal excavation of Native American artifacts – in his newest mystery, Skeleton Picnic (Poisoned Pen Press). This second book in Norman’s J.D. Books Mysteries, following...

Mystery series writers on Facebook: March 2012 updates

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:07:58 +0000

The National Mystery Series Examiner has placed additional links in her articles "Mystery series writers on Facebook: Cumulative list (Part 1: A-G)" and "Mystery series writers on Facebook: Cumulative list (Part 2: H-Z)"...

Two J.D. Robb titles are among 2012 RITA® Award finalists

cjthomas — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:50:14 +0000

The Romance Writers of America (RWA) has once again named Nora Roberts as a finalist for the current year’s RITA® Awards. Two titles from the In Death series which Roberts writes under her J.D. Robb pseudonym...

Brenda Jackson wins RWA’s 2012 Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award

cjthomas — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:03:02 +0000

The Board of Directors of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) has selected Brenda Jackson as the winner of its 2012 Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes RWA members whose careers include least 15 years of significant...

Maisie Dobbs investigates two accidental deaths in ‘Elegy for Eddie’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:21:22 +0000

Maisie Dobbs, the "psychologist and investigator" whose cases provide the subject of Jacqueline Winspear’s historical mystery series, questions two apparently accidental deaths in Elegy for Eddie (Harper: March 27, 2012 release)....

Alex Dryden’s ‘The Blind Spy’ explores modern Russian politics

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:08:25 +0000

Originally published in England in 2011, Alex Dryden’s third Finn series novel, The Blind Spy (HarperCollins), will have its U.S. debut March 20, 2012. This book provides a look into the relationship between Russia and the Ukraine...

Alex Hawke battles against a ‘Phantom’ in Ted Bell’s newest novel

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:45:58 +0000

MI6 agent Alex Hawke must fight against personal and global threats in Ted Bell’s newest addition to his Alexander Hawke series, Phantom (Morrow: March 20, 2012 release). On a personal level, he learns that Anastasia Korsakova, the former...

Alex Hawke battles against a ‘Phantom’ in Ted Bell’s newest novel

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:45:58 +0000

Harlequin to reissue Nora Roberts’ ‘Time and Again’ series

cjthomas — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:41:07 +0000

Time travelling brothers Caleb and Jacob Hornblower will once again return to the present on March 27, 2012 when Harlequin issues Time and Again, an omnibus reprint edition containing Nora Roberts’ Time Was (1989) and Times Change (1990)....

‘So Pretty It Hurts’ is Kate White’s first new Bailey Weggins novel in 5 years

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:49:33 +0000

Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Kate White returns to her Bailey Weggins series after a five-year hiatus with the March 20, 2012 release of So Pretty It Hurts (Harper). In fictional time, though, only a few months have passed since...

Nate Romanowski takes lead role in C.J. Box’s ‘Force of Nature’

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:18:33 +0000

Joe Pickett yields the spotlight to his sidekick Nate Romanowski in Force of Nature (Putnam: March 20, 2012 release), C.J. Box’s latest addition to his mystery series featuring Pickett, a Wyoming game warden. Introduced in Box'...

Lord Powerscourt investigates a trio of murders in ‘Death at the Jesus Hospital’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:48:52 +0000

Dublin native David Dickinson adds another entertaining historical mystery novel to his Lord Francis Powerscourt series with Soho Constable’s March 13, 2012 release, Death at the Jesus Hospital. Set in England in 1910, this book finds Lord...

Sandra Brown elected 2012 President of Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 20:19:40 +0000

The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) has elected Sandra Brown as its 2012 President. Brown will serve a one-year term on the MWA Board of Directors, whose members include Lawrence Light (Executive Vice-President), Cathy Pickens (Secretary) and...

Patricia Driscoll begins a new mystery series with ‘Shedding Light on Murder’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:13:05 +0000

New mystery writer Patricia Driscoll offers a smoothly plotted first novel in Shedding Light on Murder (Five Star: Feb. 8, 2012). Set on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod, Driscoll’s work features Grace Tolliver, a former San Francisco probation...

Sarajevo during the Bosnian War is setting for Dan Fesperman’s ‘Lie in the Dark’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:06:25 +0000

The 1998 debut of Lie in the Dark, the first book in the Vlado Petric series, won Baltimore Sun reporter Dan Fesperman the Crime Writers' Association’s John Creasy New Blood Dagger. Now Soho Crime is reissuing this...

Sarajevo during the Bosnian War is setting for Dan Fesperman’s ‘Lie in the Dark’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:06:25 +0000

Paris’s Chinatown provides locale for ‘Murder at the the Lanterne Rouge’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:38:14 +0000

Building upon the success of Murder in Passy (2011), Cara Black will release Murder at the Lanterne Rouge, a new mystery featuring Parisian private eye Aimée Leduc, on March 6, 2012. This twelfth entry in Black’s Aim...

‘The Witness’ to be Nora Roberts’ 200th full-length book

cjthomas — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:38:18 +0000

Nora Roberts will observe a new milestone in her career with the April 17, 2012 release of The Witness. This romantic suspense novel is the prolific writer’s 200th full-length publication.The Witness features Abigail Lowery, a mysterious...

Mary Anna Evans introduces a new Faye Longchamp series character in ‘Plunder’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:18:51 +0000

Sixteen-year-old Amande Landreneau joins the cast of Mary Anna Evans’ Faye Longchamp mystery series in Plunder (Poisoned Pen Press: March 6, 2012 release). Amande’s intelligence, her interest in archaeology and her devotion to the...

Tina Whittle’s ‘Darker Than Any Shadow’ strengthens a promising mystery series

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:07:07 +0000

It is always a pleasure to find at second novel in a new mystery series that more than fulfills the promise demonstrated by its predecessor. Such is the case with Darker Than Any Shadow (Poisoned Pen Press, March 6, 2012...

Tina Whittle’s ‘Darker Than Any Shadow’ strengthens a promising mystery series

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:07:07 +0000

Malice Domestic lists its 2011 Agatha Award nominees

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:20:43 +0000

The Board of Directors of Malice Domestic, the annual conference held to celebrate the traditional mystery novel, has issued its list of nominees for the 2011 Agatha Awards. Named in honor of Agatha Christie, Agatha Awards go to books that...

Frederick Forsyth wins 2012 CWA Diamond Dagger Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:32:23 +0000

Great Britain’s Crime Writers' Association (CWA) announced the first winner of its 2012 Dagger Awards today, Feb. 16, 2012. Frederick Forsyth, whose formidable presence on the crime fiction scene was signaled by the 1971 publication of...

Kate Atkinson named Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:17:56 +0000

Kate Atkinson, author of the Jackson Brodie mystery series, has been named to the ranks of the Members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE). Prince Charles presented Atkinson with her MBE award, designated "for service...

Kate Atkinson named Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:17:56 +0000

Harlequin Enterprises issues 2012 ‘Romance Report’

cjthomas — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:02:18 +0000

Harlequin Enterprises, whose Silhouette imprint published Nora Roberts’ early novels, has issued another of its annual "Romance Reports." The document, Harlequin Romance Report – 2012 Survey Results, released Feb. 9, 2012,...

Nora Roberts Foundation gives second $100,000 donation to McDaniel College

cjthomas — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:32:39 +0000

McDaniel College announced today, Feb. 7, 2012, that the Nora Roberts Foundation has awarded it a second grant of $100,000, following a similar donation in May 2011. The money will fund an academic minor in romance fiction and an...

Spectral sighting signals murder in Helene Tursten’s ‘Night Rounds’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:52:22 +0000

Detective Inspector Irene Huss begins a murder investigation with a ghost as her most obvious suspect in Helene Tursten’s Night Rounds (Soho Crime: Feb. 14, 2012 release). Laura A. Wideburg provides an excellent translation of this second...

Nora Roberts’ ‘From the Heart’ is in Penguin’s ‘Read for the Heart’ campaign

cjthomas — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:03:59 +0000

Penguin Group (USA) has included Nora Roberts’ From the Heart as one of six titles it is promoting in connection with a new "Read for the Heart" campaign. The publisher will use February 2012, American Heart Month...

Cat DeLuca takes on a murder investigation in K.J. Larsen’s ‘Sticks and Stones’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:57:00 +0000

Julianne, Kristen and Kari Larsen are three sisters who, when combined, become mystery writer K.J. Larsen, author of the Cat DeLuca mystery series. Poisoned Pen Press will release Sticks and Stones, Larsen’s second book in that series...

Mrs. Pollifax series creator Dorothy Gilman dies at 88

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:14:39 +0000

Dorothy Gilman, author of the Mrs. Pollifax mystery series, passed away at her Rye Brook, N.Y. home on Feb. 2, 2012. The 88-year-old author’s death was caused by complications due to Alzheimer’s disease...

Solomon Islands provide vivid setting for Graeme Kent’s ‘One Blood’

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:55:51 +0000

"Unusual." That’s the one-word answer Sergeant Ben Kella provides to the question, "What kind of copper are you?" in Graeme Kent’s second Sergeant Kella and Sister Conchita mystery, One Blood (Soho...

Lifetime TV offers Nora Roberts movie marathon as Super Bowl 2012 alternative

cjthomas — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:28:49 +0000

For those Nora Roberts fans uninterested in the outcome of Super Bowl 2012, Lifetime Television has provided a day of rebroadcasts of five made-for-television movies based on Nora Roberts' romantic suspense novels. These movies will air...

Left Coast Crime Conference 2012 to name winners of five crime fiction awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:38:35 +0000

Using as its theme, "Mining for Murder," the 22nd Left Coast Crime Conference will take place from March 29-April 1, 2012 at the Sacramento, Calif. Sheraton Grand Hotel. Mystery readers and mystery writers alike attend this annual...

Duncan Kincaid investigates a colleague’s death in Crombie’s ‘No Mark Upon Her’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:51:05 +0000

Superintendent Duncan Kincaid investigates the murder of a colleague in Deborah Crombie’s No Mark Upon Her (Morrow: Feb.7, 2012 release). This latest addition to Crombie’s Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James mystery series finds Kincaid...

Sarah Wendell among authors participating in TTP’s 2012 Valentine book signing

cjthomas — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:06:42 +0000

Noted romance fiction blogger Sarah Wendell will share the spotlight with Nora Roberts and Roberts' guests Mary Burton, Mary Kay McComas, Donna Kauffman, Mary Alice Baumgardner and Michael Douglas Jones at the Turn the Page (TTP) Bookstore&...

Bristol’s drug trade provides the focus of Peter Helton’s ‘Four Below’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:55:20 +0000

Peter Helton introduced Detective Inspector Liam McLusky, who had just taken on a new post with the Bristol CID, in his 2010 novel, Falling More Slowly. Now the Inspector returns in Four Below (Soho Constable, Jan. 24, 2012 release) to...

Mystery Writers of America names its 2012 Edgar® Award nominees

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:31:29 +0000

In a press release issued yesterday, Jan. 19, 2012, the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) announced its nominees for the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. The following list of these Edgar® Award nominees indicates the MWA&rsquo...

‘Mystery Day at ALA’ returns to 2012 ALA Midwinter conference

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:57:48 +0000

The PopTop Stage at the American Library Association’s (ALA) Dallas, Texas Midwinter conference will provide the backdrop for "Mystery Day at ALA" tomorrow, Jan. 21, 2012. This series of panel discussions focusing on mystery...

TTP releases list of all its Nora Roberts booksigning events scheduled for 2012

cjthomas — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:21:05 +0000

Those wishing to attend any of Nora Roberts' booksignings at the Turn the Page (TTP) Bookstore during 2012 now have a complete list of dates from which to choose. TTP added this information to its website yesterday, Jan. 13...

‘Dalziel and Pascoe’ series creator Reginald Hill dies of cancer

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:31:04 +0000

British crime novelist Reginald Hill died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 after a long battle with cancer. The author of a series of novels featuring Yorkshire police detectives Andrew Dalziel and Peter Pascoe, Hill was recognized by Great Britain’s...

Icelandic crime fiction gains new kind of hero in Quentin Bates’ ‘Cold Comfort’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:22:57 +0000

Quentin Bates adds to the growing volume of Scandinavian crime fiction with Soho Crime’s Jan. 10, 2012 U.S. release of Cold Comfort. This second book in Bates' Officer Gunnhildur Mysteries finds Sergeant Gunnhildur "Gunna"...

Nora Roberts’ ‘The Next Always’ excerpt included in ‘Penguin Holiday eSampler’

cjthomas — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:28:45 +0000

The number of e-readers given as presents during the holiday season reached an all-time high in December 2011. Now the new owners of these devices are eagerly seeking e-books with which to fill them. Penguin Group (USA...

Jayne Ann Krentz blends mystery and paranormal romance in ‘Copper Beach’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:10:50 +0000

Influenced, no doubt, by the success of her recent Arcane Society books, Jayne Ann Krentz has begun a new series that continues their appealing blend of mystery and paranormal romance. Putnam's plans to release the first of these...

Financial scandal leads to murder in James Grippando’s ‘Need You Now’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:24:52 +0000

James Grippando uses his personal experience as an attorney involved in the recovery of funds acquired in world’s largest Ponzi scheme as the springboard for his newest standalone novel, Need You Now (Harper: Jan. 3, 2011 release). Abe...

Nora Roberts continues on 2011 Giving Back Fund list

cjthomas — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:14:06 +0000

For the second consecutive year, Nora Roberts’ name appears on the list of thirty celebrities who are major donors to charity. The 2011 “Giving Back 30” list, released on Dec. 19, 2011 by the Giving Back Fund...

Mystery series writers on Facebook: December 2011 updates

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:14:05 +0000

Remote English village hides many secrets in Charles Todd’s ‘The Confession’

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:21:46 +0000

Secrets, old and new, envelope the remote fishing village of Furnham in Charles Todd’s 14th addition to his Inspector Ian Rutledge series, The Confession (Morrow: Jan. 3, 2012 release). This well crafted mystery, set in the years just...

Muslim religious leader targets President in Jack Higgins’ ‘A Devil Is Waiting’

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:35:52 +0000

Readers of his long-running Sean Dillon series will undoubtedly welcome Jack Higgins’ A Devil Is Waiting, which Putnam’s will release on Jan. 3, 2012. Those new to this series may be less enthusiastic.Readers are typically...

Faye Kellerman’s ‘Gun Games’ has roots in her earlier Decker/Lazarus novels

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:03:54 +0000

With the upcoming Jan. 3, 2012 release of Gun Games, the 20th book in her Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series, Faye Kellerman continues the story of gifted 15-year-old pianist Gabriel Whitman, whom she introduced in her 2010 novel...

Sara Paretsky continues emphasis on issues of social justice in ‘Breakdown’

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:18:33 +0000

V. I. Warshawski learns the truth of the adage “No good deed goes unpunished” in Sara Paretsky’s Breakdown (Putnam: Jan. 3, 2012 release). An urgent request from her cousin Petra for help in locating young Kira...

World Cup fever reaches its peak in Leighton Gage’s ‘A Vine in the Blood’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:34:05 +0000

World Cup fever reaches its peak in Leighton Gage’s A Vine in the Blood (Soho Crime), to be released in the U.S. on Dec. 27, 2011. This book, like all of the titles in Gage’s...

Nora Roberts’ Penguin USA releases for 2012 now listed on her website

cjthomas — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:50:35 +0000

Readers of the romance novels of Nora Roberts and the mystery fiction of her alter ego J.D. Robb have had at least one of their Christmas wishes granted. The eagerly awaited list of her Penguin Group (USA) releases for...

Thomas & Mercer to publish new editions of Ed McBain’s two mystery series

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:17:11 +0000

Starting early in 2012 Amazon.com's crime fiction imprint, Thomas & Mercer, will began releasing new editions of 47 books in Ed McBain's 87th Precinct and his Matthew Hope series. The works will be available...

Reality and illusion coincide in J.D. Robb’s ‘Celebrity in Death’

cjthomas — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:01:25 +0000

Reality and illusion coincide in Celebrity in Death, the newest addition to the J.D. Robb In Death novels. This 43rd title in the series puts Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Detective Delia Peabody on a confrontation course with the actors...

Reality and illusion coincide in J.D. Robb’s ‘Celebrity in Death’

cjthomas — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:01:25 +0000

Crime fiction conferences brighten the new year in 2012

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:33:22 +0000

Mystery series readers have an excellent group of conferences, conventions and festivals they can attend during 2012. The list below includes meetings that are exclusively oriented to crime fiction as well as more general conferences that...

Dr. Siri joins MIA recovery mission in Colin Cotterill’s ‘Slash and Burn’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:48:48 +0000

Among the awards given each year to works of crime fiction, two are issued for books judged to give the most enjoyment to their readers. Appropriately, Colin Cotterill’s Dr. Siri Paiboun mystery series has won both these prizes...

Wolfe Pack gives Louise Penny’s ‘Bury Your Dead’ its 2011 Nero Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:57:23 +0000

Louise Penny’s Bury Your Dead continued its winning ways at the Wolfe Pack’s Dec. 3, 2011 Black Orchid Banquet in New York City. This sixth book in Penny’s Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mystery series...

Nora Roberts dateline: Calendar of events for 2012

cjthomas — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:33:10 +0000

The year 2012 will no doubt be a busy one for the prolific Nora Roberts as well as for her equally industrious colleague J.D. Robb. The calendar below provides an ongoing summary of their new publications as well as...

TNT to add Patricia Cornwell’s ‘Hornet’s Nest’ to TNT Mystery Movie

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:01:06 +0000

With its TNT Mystery Movie series launched just this week, TNT is already planning additional broadcasts. A November 28, 2011 press release reveals that the network will air an adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s 1997 novel Hornet’s...

CWA names Andrew Martin its 2011 Ellis Peters Historical Award winner

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:59:26 +0000

The Crime Writers Association (CWA) has named Andrew Martin’s The Somme Stations (Faber & Faber) the winner of its 2011 Ellis Peters Award. The award, which recognizes the best in historical crime fiction, takes its name from the...

Past and present collide in Denise Hamilton’s ‘Damage Control’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:27:57 +0000

Denise Hamilton, author of the Edgar-nominated Eve Diamond series, provides her readers with another prizeworthy novel in her latest standalone title, Damage Control. This multi-layered work features a mystery that leads Hamilton’s...

Martha Grimes is 2012 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:28:19 +0000

The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) has named Martha Grimes, the American author of the very British Inspector Richard Jury mystery series, as its 2012 Grand Master. The MWA considers this award an acknowledgement of Grimes’ contributions...

Mystery series writers: Photo gallery

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:38:52 +0000

The Mystery Series Examiner has previously bemoaned her lack access to photographs of many of the authors about whom she reports. Recently, due to increased availability of Getty Images, her problem has alleviated. The attached slideshow...

Turn the Page Bookstore to hold Holiday Booksigning Dec. 3, 2011

cjthomas — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:22:30 +0000

Booksignings scheduled for the year 2011 will conclude at the Turn the Page Bookstore on Dec. 3. Writers Joyce Lamb, Anita Clenney, Grace Burrowes, Tim Snyder & S. D. Sawyer will join with Nora Roberts on that date for...

John Curran writes a second text based on Agatha Christie’s notebooks

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:14:57 +0000

John Curran returns to his study of Agatha Christie’s unpublished notebooks with the U.S. release of Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making (HarperCollins: Nov. 22, 2011). Discovered in 1975 at Greenway House, Christie’s home in...

ITV to broadcast new episodes featuring Christie’s Poirot and Marple

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:51:39 +0000

Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple will both make new appearances on the British television network ITV in 2012. Actors David Suchet and Julia McKenzie will return in the starring roles.According to a Nov. 13, 2011...

Popular Romance in the New Millennium conference at McDaniel College concludes

cjthomas — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:25:33 +0000

Popular Romance in the New Millennium, an international conference co-sponsored by McDaniel College and the Nora Roberts Foundation, concluded yesterday, Nov. 11, 2011. McDaniel College English professor Pamela Regis, the author of A Natural...

Operation Thriller II writers take part in USO tour of Afghanistan

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:14:33 +0000

Clive Cussler, Sandra Brown, Kathy Reichs, Mark Bowden and Andrew Peterson have much more in common than their membership in the International Thriller Writers (ITW). These five authors traveled to Afghanistan earlier this month for week-long USO...

David Baldacci is latest mystery series writer in Kindle Million Club

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:02:25 +0000

David Baldacci has become the latest mystery series writer to join the Kindle Million Club. Over one million paid copies of his books have been sold in the Amazon.com Kindle Store, a status he shares with thirteen other current...

TNT sets schedule for TNT Mystery Movie Night

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:21:53 +0000

The TNT cable network has changed the proposed title of its upcoming Nov. 29- Dec. 20, 2011 broadcast of six made-for-television movies, each adapted from a bestselling mystery novel. Originally titled Tuesday Night Mystery, the dramas will now...

Harlequin offers sale on Nora Roberts e-books

cjthomas — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:07:14 +0000

In an e-mail offer today exclusively to registered users of its Harlequin.com website, Harlequin Enterprises announced that it would provide them with a 25% discount on all titles listed in its e-books catalog. This discount, in effect...

Kaaberbøl and Friis’s ‘The Boy in the Suitcase’ features three courageous women

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:10:34 +0000

Fantasy writer Lene Kaaberbøl and children’s author Agnete Friis collaborated in 2008 to produce the Danish thriller, The Boy in the Suitcase. Soho Crime will release the English language edition of this novel, which Kaaberbøl...

HarperCollins to launch Dennis Lehane Books imprint

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:35:14 +0000

Dennis Lehane's HarperCollins publishers will soon provide the Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro series author with a view from the other side of the publishing desk. According to an Oct. 10, 2011 press release, the company is giving...

Nora Roberts’ e-books to be first releases of InterMix imprint

cjthomas — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:40:42 +0000

Those who enjoy reading electronic versions of Nora Roberts' books received welcome news from her Penguin Group (USA) publishers yesterday. In January 2012 Penguin’s Berkley/New American Library division will launch InterMix, a new...

Charlaine Harris to author graphic novel trilogy ‘Cemetery Girl’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:40:09 +0000

Charlaine Harris, whose Sookie Stackhouse mystery books provide the basis for the HBO television series True Blood, will channel her talent in a new direction with the publication of her first graphic novel series, Cemetery Girl. Harris will...

‘Built for Adventure’ spotlights Clive Cussler’s classic car collection

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:23:28 +0000

An author and his central character unite to offer a look at automotive masterworks of the past in Clive Cussler’s Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt®. Putnam’s will release...

‘Built for Adventure’ spotlights Clive Cussler’s classic car collection

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:23:28 +0000

Stieg Larsson’s ‘Millennium Trilogy’ to become graphic novels

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:41:59 +0000

The three books of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2008), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) – have already provided...

Tom Franklin’s ‘Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter’ wins 2011 CWA Gold Dagger Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:05:10 +0000

Tom Franklin, Steve Hamilton and SJ Watson accepted three of the Crime Writers Association’s (CWA) top Dagger Awards at a ceremony held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Oct. 8, 2011. British television viewers can watch...

Mystery series writers on Facebook: October 2011 updates

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:31:56 +0000

Jaci Burton begins a new romantic suspense series with ‘The Heart of a Killer’

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:08:56 +0000

Jaci Burton, known primarily as a writer of erotic romances, moves to the realm of romantic suspense with her Oct. 18, 2011 release, The Heart of a Killer (Mira). This work also introduces Burton’s newest series, The Killer...

Turn the Page book signing to feature ‘The Next Always’ and ‘The Unquiet’

cjthomas — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:23:26 +0000

Turn the Page Bookstore will follow its successful Sept. 17, 2011 book signing with a new event, scheduled from 12:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m. on Oct. 29. Nora Roberts, who with her husband, Bruce Wilder, owns the...

Read Always & Shine auction to be held at Inn BoonsBoro

cjthomas — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:30:27 +0000

Boonsboro, Maryland’s historic Inn BoonsBoro will be the site of an Oct. 22, 2011 “Read Always & Shine” auction. The invitation-only event will benefit both the Washington County (MD) Free Library Rebuild fund and ProLiteracy...

Nora Roberts’ ‘Tribute’ chosen for Penguin’s 2011 Read Pink™ campaign

cjthomas — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:51:55 +0000

Demonstrating its support for the research and public awareness efforts of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Penguin Group USA will launch its second annual Read Pink™ campaign in October 2011. Along with Penguin’s pledge of a $25...

Nora Roberts’ ‘Tribute’ chosen for Penguin’s 2011 Read Pink™ campaign

cjthomas — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:51:55 +0000

Tragedy threatens a new generation in Wendy Corsi Staub’s ‘Hell To Pay’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:09:30 +0000

Wendy Corsi Staub demonstrates the fallacy of the adage that time heals all wounds in Hell To Pay (Avon: Sept. 27, 2011 release), the final book in her Live To Tell trilogy. Lucy Walsh and Jeremy Cavalon learn that fifteen...

Emma Caldridge runs to the rescue in Jamie Freveletti’s ‘The Ninth Day’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:23:30 +0000

It is always a pleasure to discover a mystery series author whose work keeps getting better with each new book. The Ninth Day (Harper: Sept. 27, 2011) proves that such is the case with Jamie Freveletti, creator of the Emma...

Mystery and science fiction combine in Neil McMahon’s ‘L.A. Mental’

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:12:41 +0000

Neil McMahon’s newest novel, L.A. Mental (Harper: Sept. 27, 2011 release) will be of interest to science fiction as well as mystery fans. In it, McMahon, the author of the Carroll Monks and the Hugh Davoren series...

Two Sentinels agents face crises in Jordan Dane’s ‘Reckoning for the Dead’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:58:44 +0000

Two operatives of the private covert operations force known as the Sentinels face crises in Reckoning for the Dead (Harper). This fourth book in Jordan Dane’s Sweet Justice series will be released Sept. 27, 2011.Alexa Marlowe confronts...

P.D. James writes Jane Austen based mystery ‘Death Comes to Pemberley’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:20:16 +0000

In a press release issued last week P.D. James' Faber publishers announced that the noted British author has completed Death Comes to Pemberley, a mystery based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Faber will release the...

Steve Berry, Laura Lippman and Sara Paretsky involved in National Book Festival

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:00:17 +0000

Mystery series authors Steve Berry, Laura Lippman and Sara Paretsky joined with their writing colleagues in Washington D.C. today for Day One of the National Book Festival. The Sept. 24-25, 2011 event has extended its duration to two...

Killer targets defense lawyers in Lisa Black’s ‘Defensive Wounds’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:19:24 +0000

A convention for defense attorneys provides the ideal hunting ground for someone who seems intent on following the Shakespearean injunction to "kill all the lawyers" in Lisa Black’s Defensive Wounds (Morrow: Sept. 27, 2011 release)...

Archer Mayor’s ‘Tag Man’ features an unusual villain

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:47:19 +0000

Joe Gunther, the Brattleboro, Vt. detective who is the focus of Archer Mayor’s long running mystery series, moves to the sidelines in Tag Man (Minotaur: Sept. 27, 2011 release), while the criminal he seeks takes center stage. But...

J.D. Robb novella "Chaos in Death" to be released in ‘The Unquiet’

cjthomas — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:53:23 +0000

Jove will release the novella "Chaos in Death," the 42nd title in the J.D. Robb In Death series, on Sept. 27, 2011 as part of the anthology The Unquiet. Accompanying "Chaos in Death" are additional...

Bouchercon 2011: Louise Penny’s ‘Bury Your Dead’ wins Best Novel Anthony Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:07:59 +0000

Bouchercon 2011 concluded today, Sept.18, with the announcement of the winners of the mystery convention’s own Anthony Awards. Selected by Bouchercon participants, the Anthony Awards, like the convention itself, are named in honor of mystery...

Bouchercon 2011: Crimespree and Derringer Award winners named

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:27:15 +0000

Both Crimespree Magazine and the Short Mystery Fiction Society have used Bouchercon 2011 as the preferred site for the announcement of their respective Crimespree and Derringer Awards. In doing do, they follow the pattern set by the issuers of...

Bouchercon 2011: Crimespree and Derringer Award winners named

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:27:15 +0000

Bouchercon 2011: Lori Armstong wins Best Hardcover P.I. Novel Shamus Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:59:10 +0000

The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) presented its Shamus Award for Best Hardcover P.I. Novel to Lori Armstrong’s No Mercy during a Sept. 16 banquet at Bouchercon 2011. No Mercy is the first title in Armstrong...

Bouchercon 2011: Steve Hamilton’s ‘Lock Artist’ wins Best Novel Barry Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:52:48 +0000

Steve Hamilton’s The Lock Artist received the Barry Award for Best novel at Bouchercon 2011. This standalone work from the author of the Alex McKnight mystery series had earlier won the Best Novel Award Edgar Award from Mystery...

Bouchercon 2011: Louise Penny wins Best Mystery Novel Macavity Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:42:16 +0000

Louise Penny’s highly acclaimed novel, Bury Your Dead, gained yet another accolade at Bouchercon 2011. This sixth novel in Penny’s Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series – having already received this year’s Agatha Award for...

Lifetime Movie Network holds Nora Roberts movie marathon Sept. 17, 2011

cjthomas — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:50:46 +0000

While fans of mystery fiction are celebrating this Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, at the Bouchercon world mystery convention, romance readers also have a treat in store. The Lifetime Movie Network chose today for its Nora Roberts movie marathon.All...

Bouchercon 2011: St. Louis is site of 42nd world mystery convention

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:00:53 +0000

The Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel in St. Louis, Mo. will provide the location for Bouchercon 2011, to be held Sept. 15-18. This 42nd annual gathering of writers and readers of mystery fiction features Ridley Pearson (Walt Fleming series...

Bouchercon 2011: St. Louis is site of 42nd world mystery convention

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:00:53 +0000

The Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel in St. Louis, Mo. will provide the location for Bouchercon 2011, to be held Sept. 18-21. This 42nd annual gathering of writers and readers of mystery fiction features Ridley Pearson (Walt Fleming series...

Lionsgate debuts poster for ‘One for the Money’ film

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:11:32 +0000

The official publicity poster for the upcoming Jan. 27, 2012 release One for the Money, the film based on the first book in Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, debuted last week on the Lionsgate Publicity website. Many of...

Lionsgate debuts poster for ‘One for the Money’ film

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:11:32 +0000

Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie series comes to PBS Oct. 16 as ‘Case Histories’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:36:10 +0000

Case Histories, the title given to the BBC dramatization of Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie mystery series, will make its U.S. debut next month on PBS as part of Masterpiece Mystery! Starring Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie, Case...

George Pelecanos to attend September booksigning at Turn the Page Bookstore

cjthomas — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:16:28 +0000

Writer and producer George Pelecanos will join Nora Roberts for a Sept. 17, 2011 booksigning at the Turn the Page Bookstore in Boonsboro Md. Other writers autographing copies of their recent publications at the event include Jeanne Adams, Heather...

Nora Roberts’ Boonsboro fitness center to open in fall 2011

cjthomas — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:01:46 +0000

Nora Roberts has added another business to her holdings in Boonsboro, Md. Fit in BoonsBoro, a fitness center, will open in the fall of 2011. Construction is nearing completion on the building, located 3 St. Paul Street just behind Inn...

A nurse’s good deed has unexpected results in Charles Todd’s ‘A Bitter Truth’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:22:10 +0000

Charles Todd – the pseudonym used by the mother-and-son writing team of Caroline and Charles Todd – continues the adventures of Bess Crawford in the Aug. 30, 2011 release, A Bitter Truth (Morrow). This third book in the...

Cheryl Crane creates amusing and caring characters in ‘The Bad Always Die Twice’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:53:51 +0000

In The Bad Always Die Twice (Kensington Books: Aug. 30, 2011), the first title in her new Nikki Harper mystery series, Cheryl Crane combines her personal knowledge of Hollywood with a humorous objectivity about its residents. Nikki Harper derives...

CBS to base TV series on David Baldacci’s ‘King and Maxwell’ books

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:40:56 +0000

Although the new television programs scheduled for the 2011/2012 season have yet to debut, CBS has already announced one show planned for the following broadcast year. Shane Brennan, executive producer of CBS’s NCIS: Los Angeles, will launch...

CBS to base TV series on David Baldacci’s ‘King and Maxwell’ books

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:40:56 +0000

Nora Roberts’ ‘The Gallaghers of Ardmore’ celebrates Ireland – past and present

cjthomas — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:41:56 +0000

During the past week Nora Roberts has provided her Facebook followers with photos and notes from her August 2011 vacation in Ireland. Roberts’ longstanding interest in Ireland is evident in many of her novels; however, her Gallaghers of...

Laura Caldwell extends her ‘Red’ trilogy into a series with ‘Claim of Innocence’

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:32:57 +0000

Laura Caldwell’s protagonist Izzy McNeil makes a successful leap from the pages of a trilogy into a mystery series in the upcoming August 23, 2011 release, Claim of Innocence (Mira). Caldwell introduced this red-haired Chicago attorney in...

Kindle Million Club welcomes Janet Evanovich

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:48:45 +0000

Janet Evanovich is the latest mystery series writer to join the Kindle Million Club, a group of authors who have sold over one million copies of their books in Amazon.com’s Kindle Store. Evanovich's Kindle...

Iris Johansen’s Eve Duncan series to provide basis for Lifetime Television movie

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:51:44 +0000

Eve Duncan, the forensic sculptor whose continuing search to recover the body of her missing 7-year-old daughter, Bonnie, provides the driving force behind writer Iris Johansen’s mystery series, will be the subject of The Killing Game...

Kidnappers, terrorists and spies target Cordina’s Royal Family

cjthomas — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:27:37 +0000

During this year of the highly celebrated wedding of England’s Prince William to Kate Middleton, Harlequin will begin its reprint of a four-book series Nora Roberts started in 1986 that centers on yet another royal family...

Kidnappers, terrorists and spies target Cordina’s Royal Family

cjthomas — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:27:37 +0000

RomCon 2011 concludes with celebration of Readers’ Crown Award winners

cjthomas — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:59:06 +0000

Fans of Nora Roberts’ books were undoubtedly among the many followers of romance fiction who travelled to Denver, Colo. this week for RomCon® 2011. Held from Aug. 5-7, this three-day event concluded today with a brunch...

RomCon 2011 concludes with celebration of Readers’ Crown Award winners

cjthomas — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:59:06 +0000

Nicola Upson offers a novel within a novel in ‘Two for Sorrow’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:05:00 +0000

For her third Josephine Tey mystery, Two for Sorrow, to be released in the U.S. Aug. 9, 2011, Nicola Upson offers a novel within a novel. Upson includes chapters from a book Josephine Tey is writing about two notorious...

Matthew Dunn introduces new British superspy in debut thriller ‘Spycatcher’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:50:39 +0000

Matthew Dunn draws on his personal experience as an MI6 agent for Spycatcher, the first book in his new series of Will Cochrane thrillers. "I was always told to write about what you know, and in my case what...

Berkley to reissue Nora Roberts’ ‘Rivers End’ on Sept. 6, 2011

cjthomas — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:02:38 +0000

Nora Roberts’ River’s End, the story of a woman who as a child witnessed the murder of her movie star mother by her own father, will be reissued as a Berkley trade paperback Sept. 6, 2011. First...

Dixie Hemingway series writer Blaize Clement dies of cancer

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:44:06 +0000

Blaize Clement, creator of the Dixie Hemingway Mysteries, died July 20, 2011 after an ongoing battle with cancer. The 78-year-old writer, who resided in Sarasota Fla., had just completed the final edits for The Cat Sitter’s...

Ten Nora Roberts ‘Harlequin Special Releases’ issued in 2011

cjthomas — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:54:35 +0000

With its recent change to Dec. 27, 2011 for the U.S. release date for Bennett & Camilla, the omnibus edition of the final two books in Nora Roberts' Cordina's Royal Family series, Harlequin Enterprises appears to...

Suspects and writers abound in ‘No Rest for the Dead’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:30:49 +0000

No Rest for the Dead, a serial mystery novel edited by Andrew and Lamia Gulli, does not fit into the usual definition of a mystery series. Instead of being many related books by a single author, it is instead a...

Five new writers enlist in Operation Thriller 2011

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:34:48 +0000

Spurred by the positive response to its 2010 tour in support of U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf, the International Thriller Writers (ITW) has decided to repeat “Operation Thriller” in the fall of 2011. According to a...

Five 2011 CWA Dagger Award winners announced at Theakstons festival

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:44:40 +0000

The 2011 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, currently underway in Harrogate, England, has provided the setting for the announcement of five Crime Writers Association (CWA) Dagger Award winners. Winners of the International Dagger, the...

’61 Hours’ wins Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:57:13 +0000

From a shortlist that also included Mark Billingham’s From the Dead, SJ Bolton’s Blood Harvest, Stuart MacBride’s Dark Blood, William Ryan’s The Holy Thief and Andrew Taylor’s The Anatomy of...

Gabriel Allon fights ‘a forever war’ in Daniel Silva’s ‘Portrait of a Spy’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:46:49 +0000

It is said that "a policeman’s lot is not a happy one." For Daniel Silva’s series protagonist Gabriel Allon, neither is that of a spy. Portrait of a Spy, the 11th book in the...

Tom Cruise to play Jack Reacher in film adaptation of Lee Child’s ‘One Shot’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:49:32 +0000

In a Deadline New York exclusive published yesterday, July 15, 2011, Mike Fleming confirmed that Tom Cruise will take on the role of Lee Child’s series protagonist, Jack Reacher, in a Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions adaptation of...

Nora Roberts comments on controversial Quilliam article

cjthomas — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:10:23 +0000

Nora Roberts has offered her own response to Susan Quilliam's controversial July 6, 2011 essay in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, which claimed that romance fiction creates unhealthy and unrealistic expectations in...

Mystery series writers on Facebook: July 2011 updates

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:17:00 +0000

Michael Connelly wins second consecutive Strand Magazine Critics Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:08:33 +0000

Michael Connelly has repeated last year’s win of the Strand Magazine Critics Award by taking the this year’s prize as well. On July 7, 2011 Connelly’s The Reversal received the 2010 Strand Magazine Critics...

ITW chooses winners of 2011 Thriller Awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:32:46 +0000

The International Thriller Writers (ITW), the organization which sponsors the annual ThrillerFest, used the July 9, 2011 closing ceremonies of that conference to announce the winners of the 2011 Thriller Awards. From a list of 21 nominees in a...

Michael Connelly becomes 7th member of Kindle Million Club

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:32:01 +0000

Michael Connelly is now the seventh member of the exclusive Kindle Million Club, whose single membership requirement is that of having sold one million ebooks through Amazon’s Kindle Store. An Amazon.com press release confirms that Connelly...

British psychologist claims romance fiction may damage emotional health

cjthomas — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:45:30 +0000

Should Nora Roberts’ novels come with warning labels that state, “Reading romance fiction can be hazardous to your health?” Susan Quilliam’s article in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive...

Jo Dereske says ‘Farewell, Miss Zukas’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:53:05 +0000

With the June 18, 2011 publication of Farewell, Miss Zukas, Jo Dereske concludes a series of twelve titles she began with the 1994 release, Miss Zukas and the Library Murders. The Miss Zukas series focuses on middle-aged librarian Wilhelmina...

Romance Writers of America names 2011 RITA Award winners

cjthomas — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:48:54 +0000

Nora Roberts did not add to her already impressive collection of RITA® Awards at the July 1, 2011 Romance Writers of America’s RITA and Golden Heart Awards Ceremony, which Meg Cabot hosted. Although three of Roberts'...

P.D. James to receive Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:05:23 +0000

P.D. James, whose celebrated career includes authorship of the Adam Dalgliesh mystery series, will be recognized at the 2011 Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival with the Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award. The festival...

Sharon Sala wins RWA’s 2011 Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award

cjthomas — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:45:01 +0000

The Romance Writers of America (RWA) has named Sharon Sala the winner of its 2011 Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. This award, which recognizes noteworthy contributions to romance fiction, will be presented to Sala tonight, July 1, 2011,...

Turn the Page Bookstore to hold anniversary book signing July 9, 2011

cjthomas — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:49:31 +0000

The Turn the Page Bookstore in Boonsboro, Md. will hold its 2011 anniversary book signing on July 9, 2011. Scheduled to take place from 12:00 p.m. through 2:00 p.m (Eastern time), the event will feature writers...

New Orleans provides site for ‘Mystery Day at ALA’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:37:11 +0000

Those in New Orleans today, June 25, 2011, for the annual conference of the American Library Association can celebrate “Mystery Day at ALA” with a series of seven presentations scheduled for the PopTop Stage. Mystery writers will join...

Beth McMullen introduces reluctant spy Lucy Hamilton in ‘Original Sin’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:08:04 +0000

San Francisco mom Lucy Hamilton discovers that spies who come in from the cold get only temporary relief in Beth McMullen’s new book, Original Sin. Hyperion will release this first title in McMullen’s Sally Sin Adventures...

Lifetime Television to hold Nora Roberts movie marathon Sunday, June 19, 2011

cjthomas — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:16:20 +0000

Repeat episodes of Lifetime's new made-for-television movie, Nora Roberts' Carnal Innocence, will frame a Nora Roberts movie marathon Sunday, June 19, 2011. Viewers will have an opportunity to enjoy rebroadcasts of the televised versions...

Mystery series writers sign Jo’s Library Quilt

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:48:51 +0000

Those who enjoy both mystery fiction and quilts can combine their interests by donating to Jo’s Library Quilt, a fund-raising effort which the Nora Roberts Examiner first described in August 2010. Coalville, Utah resident Jo Garver initiated...

Nora Roberts begins Inn BoonsBoro trilogy with ‘The Next Always’

cjthomas — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:38:04 +0000

Nora Roberts’ next trilogy ties fiction to fact in the stories of three brothers involved in renovating Inn BoonsBoro, an actual bed-and-breakfast inn Roberts and her husband, Bruce Wilder, own in Boonsboro, Md. Book One of the...

Alafair Burke recognizes legendary mystery characters with Duffer Awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:47:48 +0000

As today’s article on the Arthur Ellis Award winners indicates, the Mystery Series Examiner continues her interest in books others judge worthy of special recognition. So too does mystery series writer Alafair Burke. Burke has, in fact,...

Louise Penny’s’ Bury Your Dead’ wins 2011 Arthur Ellis Best Crime Novel Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:33:53 +0000

Louise Penny’s sixth Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series novel, Bury Your Dead, can clearly be described as a work with winning ways. In the past year alone it has received both the Agatha Award for Best 2010 Novel...

Lilian Jackson Braun, author of ‘The Cat Who …’ mysteries, dies at 97

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:51:25 +0000

Lilian Jackson Braun, creator of The Cat Who ... mystery series, died Saturday, June 4, 2011 at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum, S.C. She left behind an uncompleted work, The Cat Who Smelled Smoke, which would...

Nora Roberts Foundation awards McDaniel College $100,000 grant

cjthomas — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:23:17 +0000

McDaniel College, a nationally recognized four-year private college located in Westminster, Md., has received a $100,000 grant from the Nora Roberts Foundation. The grant will allow the college to expand research into romance fiction by creating...

HarperCollins and Knopf provide U.S. editions of Jo Nesbø’s ‘Harry Hole’ series

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:14:38 +0000

Readers in the United States are being introduced to the works of Jo Nesbø, the Norwegian author whose books have been compared to those of the late Stieg Larsson, through two different publishers. Each, though, focuses on the novels Nesb...

Andrea Kane launches a new mystery series with ‘The Girl Who Disappeared Twice’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:50:08 +0000

Andrea Kane, the author of six romance and mystery series, debuts a seventh one today, May 31, 2011, with the release of The Girl Who Disappeared Twice. This first book in her new Forensic Instincts mystery series introduces Casey Woods...

Mystery series writers on Facebook: Cumulative list (Part 2: H-Z)

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 29 May 2011 18:12:01 +0000

The following list of mystery series writers with Facebook pages continues the Mystery Series Examiner's article "Mystery series writers on Facebook: Cumulative list (Part 1: A-G). As such, it also combines and updates two articles...

Mystery series writers on Facebook: May 2011 updates

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 29 May 2011 15:25:30 +0000

Three more Nora Roberts’ Harlequin Special Releases to be issued in 2011

cjthomas — Sun, 29 May 2011 14:32:29 +0000

Harlequin Enterprises, which reprints Nora Roberts’ Silhouette romances under its Harlequin Special Releases series, will issue three more omnibus editions of these works this year. They will appear in paperback format and, according to...

Lifetime sets June 13, 2011 premiere date for ‘Nora Roberts’ Carnal Innocence’

cjthomas — Sat, 21 May 2011 13:34:12 +0000

The Lifetime Movie Network (LMN)) will debut Nora Roberts' Carnal Innocence Monday, June 13, 2011. Based on Roberts’ 1991 romantic suspense novel, this made-for-television movie stars Gabrielle Anwar as famed concert violinist Caroline...

TNT adds night of mystery drama to its winter programming

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 20 May 2011 16:11:21 +0000

Mystery dramas based on novels by Scott Turow, Sandra Brown, Richard North Patterson, Lisa Gardner, April Smith, Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark highlight TNT's winter 2011 programming schedule. The network will devote one evening...

Nora Roberts Foundation to cosponsor international conference on romance novels

cjthomas — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:44:33 +0000

The Nora Roberts Foundation has joined with McDaniel College to cosponsor “Popular Romance in the New Millennium.” This international conference will be held from November 10-11, 2011 on the McDaniel College campus in Westminster,...

Patrick McLanahan resists retirement in Dale Brown’s ‘A Time for Patriots’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 15 May 2011 15:18:26 +0000

A Time for Patriots, the 17th book in Dale Brown’s Patrick McLanahan series, finds the former Air Force Lieutenant-General living in forced retirement at a nearly deserted Battle Mountain, Nevada air base. As followers of this series...

Nora Roberts attends 137th Kentucky Derby

cjthomas — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:57:32 +0000

Nora Roberts was among the celebrities present at Louisville’s Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2011 for the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, watching jockey John Velazquez ride Animal Kingdom to a win. Owned by the 20-member...

Censorship controversy ignites on two of Nora Roberts’ oldest fan sites

cjthomas — Mon, 09 May 2011 11:22:56 +0000

Conflict arose last week between Nora Roberts’ two major fan sites, ADWOFF and InDeath.net, when an ADWOFF member asked about the race of Delia Peabody, a secondary character in the J.D. Robb In Death series. This seemingly...

Mystery Writers of America reveals 2011 Edgar Award winners

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:32:26 +0000

In an official press release on April 28, 2011, the Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of its 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. Presented at the organization's 65th Gala Banquet held April 28, 2011 at the Grand...

2010 Agatha Awards announced at Malice Domestic

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:24:57 +0000

Malice Domestic, the annual convention for fans of the traditional mystery, announced the winners of its 2010 Agatha Awards on Saturday, April 30, 2011. As first reported on Mystery Fanfare, the award recipients appear below with added information...

2010 Agatha Awards announced at Malice Domestic

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:24:57 +0000

Lindsey Davis wins CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:35:43 +0000

Carol ThomasIdentifying all the winners of the awards offered by the U.K.’s Crime Writers Association (CWA) can be a lengthy process. The organization’s prized Daggers are issued periodically throughout the entire year. One key award has...April 17, 2011

Harlequin to reprint Nora Roberts’ ‘Irish Hearts’ series in two omnibus editions

cjthomas — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:31:38 +0000

Carol ThomasHarlequin plans to reprint Irish Hearts, the three-volume series Nora Roberts originally wrote for Silhouette Romances, in two separate Harlequin Special Editions this year. The first of these works, also entitled Irish Hearts, to be released on...April 17, 2011

Murder follows Edward Jenner to Florida in Jonathan Hayes’ ‘A Hard Death’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:16:44 +0000

Carol ThomasPreviously available only in Canada and the United Kingdom, Jonathan Hayes’ second Edward Jenner series novel, A Hard Death, had its U.S. release today, April 12, 2011. In this latest work, Jenner, who shares with his author a...April 12, 2011

Jennifer Garner to play Jane Marple in Disney film version of Christie’s works

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:16:50 +0000

Carol ThomasThe Mystery Series Examiner has, in the past, grumbled loudly about the tendency to depict female leads in film and television programs as much younger versions of the characters featured in novels from which they originate. Fox’s version...April 10, 2011

Nora Roberts included in Peter Guber’s ‘Tell To Win’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:52:42 +0000

Carol ThomasWhat does novelist Nora Roberts have in common with YouTube founder Chad Hurley, clothing designer Norma Kamali or magician David Copperfield? According to Peter Guber, author of the March 1, 2011 release, Tell to Win, they all have succeeded...April 10, 2011

National Library Week 2011 begins today with John Grisham as Honorary Chair

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:49:43 +0000

Carol ThomasToday, April 10, 2011, marks the beginning of National Library Week (NLW), an annual celebration of the nation’s libraries and librarians. Serving as Honorary Chair this year is John Grisham, author of such legal thrillers as The Firm...April 10, 2011

Inspector Ghote’s creator H.R.F. Keating dies at 84

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:15:27 +0000

Carol ThomasNoted crime fiction writer and critic H.R.F. Keating died from heart failure on March 27, 2011. He was 84. "He was famous in England for being the kindest, sweetest person in the mystery community,” commented Keating...April 03, 2011

Turn the Page Bookstore schedules WRW Mega Booksigning for April 29, 2011

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:29:35 +0000

Carol ThomasNora Roberts has invited thirteen of her fellow writers to join her for the Washington Romance Writers (WRW) booksigning on April 29, 2011. The event will take place from 11:30 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. at the...April 03, 2011

Leo Hoffman returns as a reluctant spy in April release, ‘Heart of Deception’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:34:22 +0000

Carol ThomasLeo Hoffman, the central character of M. L. Malcolm’s Heart of Lies (2010) continues his role as the spy who can’t come in from the cold in the upcoming April 5, 2011 sequel, Heart of Deception...April 03, 2011

2011 Left Coast Crime Conference announces award winners

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:36:03 +0000

Carol ThomasThe 2011 Left Coast Crime Conference, whose Santa, Fe, N.M. location earned it the name “The Big Chili,” held its crime fiction awards banquet on March 26, 2011. Among the attendees was Janet Rudolph, who quickly published...March 27, 2011

Three Nora Roberts books nominated for 2011 RITA Awards

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:36:53 +0000

Carol ThomasIn preparation for its 2011 annual conference, the Romance Writers of America (RWA) has announced the nominees for its coveted RITA® and Golden Heart® Awards. Given her prize-winning history, it was not surprising to find Nora Roberts...March 27, 2011

‘Perfect Harmony’ includes Nora Roberts’ ‘Unfinished Business’ and ‘Local Hero’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:24:35 +0000

Carol ThomasHarlequin will release Perfect Harmony as a part of its Harlequin Special Releases series on May 31, 2011. Included in this omnibus reprint will be Nora Roberts' two Silhouette standalone romances, Unfinished Business (1992) and Local Hero ...March 25, 2011

Mystery series writers on Facebook: March 2011 updates

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:31:45 +0000

Carol ThomasThe National Mystery Series Examiner's article, Mystery series writers on Facebook: Cumulative list, now contains additional links for the following mystery series writers who maintain Facebook pages. An entry for each writer is also included...March 24, 2011

Eve Dallas confronts her past in new J.D. Robb novel ‘New York to Dallas’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:55:00 +0000

Carol ThomasJ.D. Robb (a.k.a. Nora Roberts) will break a long-standing tradition with her 41st In Death novel, to be released on Sept. 13, 2011. Unlike all previous works in this series, New York to Dallas will not contain the words “In Death” in...March 18, 2011

James Grippando’s ‘Afraid of the Dark’ ties intricate plot to a personal tragedy

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:47:56 +0000

Carol ThomasIn his ninth and latest Jack Swyteck series novel, Afraid of the Dark, Jack Grippando tackles subjects as timely and as diverse as terrorism, data mining and Internet pornography. But it is the murder of a young girl that provides novel’s...March 18, 2011

Nora Roberts critical of focus of RWA’s 2005 RITA Awards Banquet

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:37:29 +0000

Carol ThomasNora Roberts has cited family obligations in a post to her ADWOFF fans explaining her absence from the upcoming 2011 Romance Writers of America (RWA) conference in New York City. More complex reasons, though, were behind Roberts’ refusal in...March 13, 2011

Poker buddies to bid farewell to Stephen J. Cannell on April 11 ‘Castle’ episode

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:34:11 +0000

Carol ThomasFans of the ABC television series Castle will recall that the program occasionally featured real-life authors Michael Connelly, James Patterson and Stephen J Cannell joining their fictional counterpart Richard Castle for an evening of poker and...March 13, 2011

Poker buddies to bid farewell to Stephen J. Cannell on April 11 ‘Castle’ episode

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:34:11 +0000

Three more Nora Roberts Lifetime movies to be shown in March – April 2011

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:48:03 +0000

Carol ThomasThe Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) schedule for March and April of 2011 includes three films from the 2007 Nora Roberts Collection. Lifetime will air Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke, Nora Roberts' Carolina Moon and Nora Roberts’ Angels Fall...March 06, 2011

A&E to air Craig Johnson’s ‘Walt Longmire’ series pilot – Robert Taylor to star

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:10:48 +0000

Carol ThomasThe Art & Entertainment Network (A&E), in partnership with Warner Horizon Television and TNT, has placed Longmire, a pilot episode for a television series based on Craig Johnson's mystery series, on its production schedule for 2011....March 06, 2011

Colin Egglesfield to play Tucker Longstreet in Lifetime’s ‘Carnal Innocence’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:48:40 +0000

Carol ThomasYes, Virginia, there really is a Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) adaptation of Nora Roberts’ 1991 novel, Carnal Innocence, currently being filmed, despite the surprising lack of publicity surrounding this event. The Nora Roberts Examiner...March 04, 2011

Mark Harmon to star in USA Network movie based on John Sandford’s ‘Certain Prey’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:41:27 +0000

Carol ThomasMark Harmon, who currently stars in the hit CBS television series NCIS as Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, will take on the role of Minneapolis police detective Lucas Davenport in Prey, an upcoming made-for-television movie to be broadcast on the...March 03, 2011

Mark Harmon to star in USA Network movie based on John Sandford’s ‘Certain Prey’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:41:27 +0000

Maisie Dobbs joins British Secret Service in March release ‘A Lesson in Secrets’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:39:14 +0000

Maisie Dobbs takes on an assignment for the British Secret Service in A Lesson in Secrets, the eighth book in Jacqueline Winspear’s critically acclaimed Maisie Dobbs series. This historical mystery, set in 1932 England, will be released in...

Maisie Dobbs joins British Secret Service in March release ‘A Lesson in Secrets’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:39:14 +0000

Lisa Scottoline elected 2011 President of Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:19:51 +0000

Lisa Scottoline has recently taken on a new position as President of the Mystery Writers of America (MWA). Known for her standalone mystery titles such as Daddy's Girl (2007), Look Again (2009) and upcoming April 2011 release...

Lisa Scottoline elected 2011 President of Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:19:51 +0000

Carol ThomasLisa Scottoline has recently taken on a new position as President of the Mystery Writers of America (MWA). Known for her standalone mystery titles such as Daddy's Girl (2007), Look Again (2009) and upcoming April 2011 release, Save Me,...February 27, 2011

Peter James selected as 2011 Chair of Crime Writers Association

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:45:51 +0000

Peter James has been named the 2011 Chair of Great Britain’s Crime Writers Association (CWA), joining a list of such well known authors as Ian Rankin, Dick Francis and Lady Antonia Fraser. James will officially replace current CWA...

Peter James selected as 2011 Chair of Crime Writers Association

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:45:51 +0000

Carol ThomasPeter James has been named the 2011 Chair of Great Britain’s Crime Writers Association (CWA), joining a list of such well known authors as Ian Rankin, Dick Francis and Lady Antonia Fraser. James will officially replace current CWA Chair Tom...February 27, 2011

Turn the Page Bookstore announces April 2, 2011 booksigning

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:09:40 +0000

Carol ThomasNo sooner had the Turn the Page bookstore completed its Feb. 19, 2011 book signing than it announced the next event to feature Nora Roberts and her fellow writers. This signing, to be held at Turn the Page from 12:00-2:00 p.m. (ET) on April 2,...February 27, 2011

Beth Groundwater begins new environmental mystery series with ‘Deadly Currents’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:06:20 +0000

Beth Groundwater, author of the Claire Hanover, Gift Basket Designer books, begins a new mystery series with the upcoming March 8, 2011 release of Deadly Currents. This Midnight Ink publication introduces Mandy Tanner, a young river ranger who is...

Beth Groundwater begins new environmental mystery series with ‘Deadly Currents’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:06:20 +0000

Beth Groundwater begins new environmental mystery series with ‘Deadly Currents’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:06:20 +0000

Carol ThomasBeth Groundwater, author of the Claire Hanover, Gift Basket Designer books, begins a new mystery series with the upcoming March 8, 2011 release of Deadly Currents. This Midnight Ink publication introduces Mandy Tanner, a young river ranger who is...February 20, 2011

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Nora Roberts endorses ‘Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:15:32 +0000

Carol ThomasIn a Feb.13, 2011 letter of support for the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) released by the Romance Writers of America, Nora Roberts announced her endorsement of this controversial 2010 anti-piracy legislation. Sponsored...February 20, 2011

Preston and Child launch new series with ‘Gideon’s Sword’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:08:47 +0000

Carol ThomasDouglas Preston and Lincoln Child, known for their series of thrillers featuring FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast, have decided to extend their successful collaboration in a new direction. Gideon’s Sword, scheduled to be released in the...February 19, 2011

Ruth Rendell to revive her Inspector Wexford series with ‘The Vault’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:52:12 +0000

The Euro Crime blog revealed today, Feb. 17, 2011, that Ruth Rendell has yet another Chief Inspector Wexford series title, The Vault, in the publication pipeline. This information will come as a surprise to many, given Rendell’s previous...

Ruth Rendell to revive her Inspector Wexford series with ‘The Vault’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:52:12 +0000

Carol ThomasThe Euro Crime blog revealed today, Feb. 17, 2011, that Ruth Rendell has yet another Chief Inspector Wexford series title, The Vault, in the publication pipeline. This information will come as a surprise to many, given Rendell’s previous...February 17, 2011

Deborah Coonts warms the chill February landscape with ‘Lucky Stiff’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:48:17 +0000

Few things can combat the winter blues more effectively than a Lucky O'Toole Las Vegas Adventure from Deborah Coonts. Each book in Coonts’ new mystery series is delightfully outrageous – and guaranteed to warm the funny bone. Lucky...

Turn the Page Bookstore’s Feb. 19, 2011 book signing to go online

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:21:29 +0000

Those who are unable to travel to Boonsboro, Maryland’s Turn the Page Bookstore for Nora Roberts’ Feb. 19, 2011 book signing will still have an opportunity to participate in this upcoming event. In her February newsletter, Roberts...

Cara Black continues her exploration of Paris in ‘Murder in Passy’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:02:48 +0000

Cara Black has an unusual premise for her Aimée Leduc Investigation mystery series. She sets each book in one of the twenty arrondissements, or neighborhoods, that make up the city of Paris. Beginning with the series debut novel, Murder in the...

Love Is Murder conference concludes with presentation of 2011 Lovey Awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:37:34 +0000

The Love Is Murder crime fiction conference, which was held in Rosemont, Ill. from Feb. 4-6, 2011, has announced the winners of its Lovey Awards. Originally known as the Reader's Choice Award, the Lovey Awards have been a feature of the Love...

Mystery series writers on Facebook: February 2011 updates

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:31:36 +0000

The National Mystery Series Examiner's article, Mystery series writers on Facebook: Updated list, now contains additional links for the following mystery series writers who maintain Facebook pages. An entry for each writer is also included on...

Harlequin to reprint first three books in Nora Roberts’ ‘Calhoun Women’ series

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:35:12 +0000

Harlequin has added an omnibus reprint of the first three books in Nora Roberts’ Calhoun Women series to the titles still to be published under the Silhouette Special Releases imprint. The Calhouns: Catherine – Amanda – Lilah...

Karin Slaughter spearheads program to ‘Save the Libraries’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:09:48 +0000

Carol ThomasKarin Slaughter, known both for her Grant County series featuring medical examiner Sara Linton and for her Will Trent series with FBI Special Agent Will Trent, has joined the growing cadre of writers who use their personal fame to enlist support...February 04, 2011

Mary Burton among authors joining Nora Roberts at February 2011 TTP book signing

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:52:43 +0000

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Romantic suspense author Mary Burton will be among seven writers joining Nora Roberts on Feb. 19, 2011 for a Valentine book signing at the Turn The Page Bookstore Café in Boonsboro, Md. The event, which will take place from 12:00 through 2:00 p.m....

Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole seeks revenge in ‘The Devil’s Star’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:50:09 +0000

Carol ThomasNorwegian author Jo Nesbø would most likely disagree with those who consider comparisons to be odious – especially while his books are being compared to the works of Stieg Larsson, Michael Connelly and Ian Rankin. Like Larsson, Nesbø...January 30, 2011

Nominations for 2011’s crime fiction awards highlight this week

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:25:53 +0000

Carol ThomasMystery Fanfare’s Jan. 25, 2011 announcement of the nominees for the 2011 Hammett Prize marked the fourth such listing of crime fiction award nominees within a week. The proceedings began on Jan. 19, Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday, when...January 26, 2011

Nora Roberts Foundation donates $13,000 to Boonsboro High School

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:13:20 +0000

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The Nora Roberts Foundation provided more evidence this past week as to why its founder was recently included on a list of the most generous of celebrity charity donors. According to the Jan. 19, 2011 online edition of the Herald-Mail newspaper,...

Jamie Freveletti chosen to continue Robert Ludlum’s ‘Covert-One’ series

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:36:43 +0000

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Jamie Freveletti, whose 2009 debut novel, Running from the Devil (Emma Caldridge series) garnered both a 2010 Barry Award for Best Thriller and a Thriller Award for Best First Novel, has just received even further acclaim. Reporter Rick Kogan, in...

Anthony Horowitz says new Sherlock Holmes novel will remain true to original

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:03:37 +0000

Carol ThomasIn a Jan. 18, 2011 BBC news broadcast Anthony Horowitz, who has recently received the endorsement of the Conan Doyle Estate to write a new Sherlock Holmes novel, revealed that he has no dramatic changes in store for The Great Detective. "My...January 20, 2011

Gabrielle Anwar to star in LMN adaptation of Nora Roberts’ ‘Carnal Innocence’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:41:06 +0000

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Major news for followers of the Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) adaptations of Nora Roberts’ romantic suspense novels appeared quite inconspicuously buried under “Industry Bits” in the Dallas-Fort Worth Tribune today, January 20,...

Nora Roberts title lists create bibliography of all her published works

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:38:49 +0000

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The prolific Nora Roberts has published over 200 titles. Included among these are standalone works – her romantic suspense novels, her Silhouette individual novels and much of her short fiction – as well as connected works like her...

Titles of Nora Roberts’ short fiction: Updated list

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:54:47 +0000

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The following list of titles of Nora Roberts' short fiction first appeared in the Nora Roberts Examiner's article, "Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the short fiction." It is republished here to faciltate updates made after Jan....

Titles in Nora Roberts’ Silhouette series: Updated list

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:11:40 +0000

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The following list of titles of Nora Roberts' Silhouette series first appeared in the Nora Roberts Examiner's article, "Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the Silhouette series." It is republished here to faciltate updates made...

Titles of Nora Roberts’ Silhouette standalone romances: Updated list

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:47:26 +0000

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The following list of titles of Nora Roberts' Silhouette standalone romances first appeared in the Nora Roberts Examiner's article, " Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the Silhouette standalone novels." It is republished here to...

Titles of Nora Roberts’ romantic suspense novels: Updated list

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:06:34 +0000

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The following listing of titles in Nora Roberts' romantic suspense works, also known as her mainstream standalone novels, first appeared in the Nora Roberts Examiner's article, "Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the mainstream...

Titles in the Nora Roberts trilogies: Updated list

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:35:11 +0000

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The following listing of titles in Nora Roberts' multi-volume works published as trilogies and quartets first appeared in the Nora Roberts Examiner's article, "Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the trilogies." It is republished...

Titles in the J.D. Robb ‘In Death’ series: Updated list

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:38:50 +0000

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The following listing of titles in the J.D. Robb In Death series first appeared in the Nora Roberts Examiner's article, "Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the J.D. Robb ’In Death’ series." It is republished here to...

Lifetime Movie Network schedules five Nora Roberts films for Jan.- Feb. 2011

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:07:24 +0000

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Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) has scheduled five of the eight Nora Roberts Lifetime movies to be rebroadcast in the U.S. from Jan. 28-Feb. 28, 2011. All four films from the 2007 Nora Roberts Collection are included – Angels Fall, Montana Sky,...

Sisters in Crime surveys ‘The Mystery Book Consumer in the Digital Age’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:09:12 +0000

Carol ThomasSisters in Crime (SinC), an organization designed to support the professional advancement of women crime writers, has released The Mystery Book Consumer in the Digital Age, its first survey of buyers of mystery books. PubTrack, R.R. Bowker’s...January 16, 2011

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February 2011 ‘W Magazine’ cover shows Rooney Mara in Lisbeth Salander role

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:30:12 +0000

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Director David Fincher's selection of Rooney Mara to take on the role of Lisbeth Salander in the upcoming U.S. film version of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo came as a surprise to many. Mara, whose elegant, refined...

Nora Roberts becomes third member of Kindle Million Club

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:02:47 +0000

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Nora Roberts has just joined James Patterson and the late Stieg Larsson in the Kindle Million Club. Membership in this elite group, which currently consists of only these three writers, is restricted to authors who have sold over a million books...

Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger sign copies of ‘The Grand Game’

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:09:10 +0000

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Who is the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories? For players of “The Game,” the answer is Dr. John Watson; Arthur Conan Doyle was merely in charge of seeing to their publication.“The Game” requires that one assume Sherlock...

ProLiteracy recognizes Nora Roberts’ support for its adult literacy programs

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:57:47 +0000

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Nora Roberts, along with real estate agent and investor Bonnie Pfeifer Evans and the Romance Writers of America, were singled out for special praise on ProLiteracy’s website this week. ProLiteracy, which focuses on teaching adults to read,...

Mary Kennedy’s ‘Stay Tuned for Murder’ leads Jan. 2011 mystery series releases

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:01:55 +0000

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Mary Kennedy’s Maggie Walsh, psychologist and radio talk show host, is back for her third literary outing in the Jan. 4, 2011 release, Stay Tuned for Murder. Maggie’s new hometown of Cyprus Grove, Florida takes center stage in this...

George Clooney to portray writer Douglas Preston in ‘The Monster of Florence’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:30:35 +0000

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Douglas Preston, like his Pendergast series co-author Lincoln Child, is more accustomed to creating characters than to being one. However, a Jan. 4, 2011 Deadline New York article reveals that this will soon be Preston’s fate.Actor George...

Berkley to release second omnibus edition of J.D. Robb’s ‘In Death’ novellas

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:31:02 +0000

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As of June 28, 2011, J.D. Robb’s fans will have the convenience of finding the first six of the seven novellas now written for her In Death series available in two separate compilations. Time of Death, which Berkley will release on that date...

Mystery Series Writers on Facebook: January 2011 updates

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:20:35 +0000

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Links for the following mystery series writers with Facebook pages have been added to those previously listed on the National Mystery Series Examiner's article, Mystery series writers on Facebook: Updated list.Lori Avocato – Pauline...

SoCal MWA writers to meet with librarians attending ALA Midwinter

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:59:08 +0000

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Librarians attending the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association will talk with many of Southern California’s best known mystery series writers at San Diego’s Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore on Jan. 7, 2011. From 5:00 p.m.- 8...

Readers meet writers at 2011’s crime fiction conferences

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:22:07 +0000

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Followers of mystery series fiction have much to look forward to in the coming year. Many of their favorite writers will be on hand to discuss their works and meet with fans at conferences scheduled both here in the U.S. and abroad. The following...

Kathy Reichs to participate in 2011 ALA Midwinter’s Sunrise Speakers Series

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:44:32 +0000

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Kathy Reichs will be among the authors headlining the Sunrise Speaker Series at the 2011 Midwinter Conference of the American Library Association (ALA). This year’s event takes place in San Diego, Calif. from Jan. 7-11. Reichs will speak on...

I-play suspends plans for additional ‘Bride Quartet’ games

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:28:47 +0000

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I-play, which released the Vision in White game last February, has decided to suspend its plans to create three additional games based on each of the remaining novels in Nora Roberts’ Bride Quartet. In a post to the ADWOFF message board...

Maryrose Wood’s ‘The Hidden Gallery’ charms readers of all ages

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:24:44 +0000

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With the publication in February 2010 of The Mysterious Howling, the first book in her children’s series, The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Maryrose Wood found herself in excellent company. “The Year of the Children’s...

‘Three Seconds’ provides personal look at consequences of police corruption

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:07:18 +0000

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Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström’s novels featuring Swedish police detectives Ewert Grens and Sven Sundkvist generate the inevitable comparisons to the works of the late Stieg Larrson, whose Millennium Trilogy recently reintroduced readers...

Nora Roberts’ Macgregors books to be among last Silhouette imprints

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:50:19 +0000

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Those who enjoy reading reprints of Nora Roberts’ early Silhouette standalone novels and series publications have a surprise in store for them next year. As of April 2011, Harlequin will cease publishing these works under the Silhouette...

New Facebook game debuts featuring James Patterson’s Alex Cross

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:01:23 +0000

Facebook has a new game, one that features Alex Cross, the psychologist and homicide investigator created by bestselling mystery writer James Patterson. Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley announced the game's availability...

Linda Fairstein sees literacy as a means of improving the lives of crime victims

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:56:04 +0000

The Mystery Series Examiner is pleased to add yet another author to the growing list of those who use their time, money and celebrity status to promote literacy. Like David Baldacci, James Patterson, Nora Roberts and the members of Sisters in...

Mary Jane Clark’s ‘To Have and To Kill’ is Dec. 2010 mystery series debut novel

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:18:45 +0000

It’s not fruitcake but wedding cake that provides the theme for Mary Jane Clark’s new mystery series that is scheduled to debut just after Christmas. To Have and To Kill, the first book in Clark’s Wedding Cake Mysteries, is due...

Giving Back Fund names Nora Roberts as second highest celebrity charity donor

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 13:48:20 +0000

As part of its continuing effort to promote philanthropic role-models, the Giving Back Fund has published its fourth annual list of 30 celebrities making the largest donations to charity during the previous year. The 2010 Giving Back 30 ranks Nora...

Brad Parks wins Nero Wolfe Award for ‘Faces of the Gone’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:17:32 +0000

Brad Parks’ Carter Ross Mystery series debut novel, Faces of the Gone, garnered yet another crime fiction award at the Wolfe Pack’s Black Orchid banquet on December 4, 2010. This winner of the 2010 Shamus Best First P.I. Novel award...

‘Vision in White’ among first e-books downloaded from TBLC digital bookmobile

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:13:39 +0000

It’s a bookmobile whose mission is to convince readers that they may no longer need bookmobiles. Since 2008, Florida’s Tampa Bay Library Consortium's 74-foot long 18-wheeler has functioned as a showplace for introducing area...

Identity of New Zealand’s first crime fiction award winner is itself a mystery

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:36:32 +0000

New Zealand’s efforts to issue its first award ever for excellence in crime fiction writing – the Ngaio Marsh Award – have been surrounded by drama. A major earthquake cancelled initial plans for a Sept. 10, 2010 presentation...

Linda Fairstein to receive Elinor Guggenheimer Lifetime Achievement Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:28:09 +0000

Linda Fairstein, author of the Alex Cooper mystery series, is among nine individuals who will be honored by the New York Women’s Agenda (NYWA) at the organization’s STAR Breakfast, to be held at the Marriot Marquis Hotel in New York...

Royal engagement spurs Piatkus to launch competition with Bride Quartet as prize

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:21:32 +0000

News of the recent engagement of Prince William to Kate Middleton has caused many residents of Great Britain to begin eagerly anticipating the approaching royal wedding. Piatkus Books, Nora Roberts’ British publisher, is among them. The...

Nora Roberts’ publicist lists 2011 Penguin releases on ADWOFF

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:23:23 +0000

With a December 2, 2010 post to Nora Roberts’ ADWOFF fan group, the writer's publicist, Laura Reeth, continued the surprises in store concerning Roberts’ 2011 publication schedule. Reeth had earlier confirmed that Roberts...

Thomas Perry returns to Jane Whitefield series in ‘Runner,’ CBS series possible

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:39:58 +0000

As the Mystery Series Examiner has suggested in other articles, the enthusiasm with which readers unfailingly greet new books in popular mystery series can be both a blessing and a curse for the writers of those works. Writers may feel frustrated...

K.J. Larsen debuts new mystery series featuring Cat DeLuca

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:06:59 +0000

Cat DeLuca, the protagonist of a new series of mystery novels by K.J. Larsen, made her entrance onto the literary scene in September 2010 with the publication of Liar, Liar. Cat is the owner and sole operative of the Pants on Fire Detective Agency...

Tom Clancy’s ‘Send a Message to an American Hero’ campaign is a success

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:03:11 +0000

Like Patricia Cornwell and the Operation Thriller writers, Tom Clancy recently initiated a program designed to show his support of American servicemen. “Send a Message to an American Hero” launched on November 8, 2010.“The U.S....

Turn the Page Bookstore to hold Holiday book signing on December 4, 2010

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:52:14 +0000

Nora Roberts will attend the Turn the Page (TTP) Bookstore’s Holiday book signing with her The Other Side anthology co-authors, Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney, Ruth Langan and, Mary Kay McComas. Also signing at TTP will be Donna...

Nora Roberts interviewed by Australia’s Herald Sun

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:14:04 +0000

While attending last summer’s Romance Writers of America convention, Nora Roberts added a series of press interviews to her busy schedule. In addition to an appearance on Orlando’s WKMG-TV, she participated in telephone conversations...

Patricia Cornwell’s ‘America For Vets’ campaign assists VVSD

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:37:21 +0000

Patricia Cornwell will use the upcoming publicity tour for her latest Kay Scarpetta mystery, Port Mortuary, to launch ‘America For Vets.’ This national campaign is designed to enhance the effectiveness of the daily-life readiness...

Cotton Malone explores ‘The Emperor’s Tomb’ in Steve Berry’s newest novel

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:31:56 +0000

“Anything for a quiet life,” former U.S. Justice Department operative Cotton Malone must have thought when he retired from the spy game for a new life in Copenhagen as an antiquarian book dealer. Unfortunately, writer Steve Berry had...

Lionsgate releases trailer for film based on Michael Connelly’s ‘Lincoln Lawyer’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:33:47 +0000

Lionsgate Films has just released a short trailer for The Lincoln Lawyer, the upcoming movie based on Michael Connelly’s first Mickey Haller series novel, also titled The Lincoln Lawyer. The film, which stars Matthew McConaughey as Mickey...

Nora Roberts’ Promise Me Tomorrow reappears on Bookfinder 2010 most wanted list

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:04:31 +0000

For the past eight years, Bookfinder.com, a website preferred by many who seek hard-to-find books, has published its list of the 100 most wanted out of print titles. Nora Roberts’ readers will not be surprised to learn that her 1984...

James Ellroy to host Investigation Discovery’s ‘LA: City of Demons’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:08:34 +0000

Beginning January 19, 2011, the Investigation Discovery (ID) television network will highlight James Ellroy’s knowledge of the darker side of Los Angeles, the city that has provided the setting for his LA Quartet novels The Black Dahlia ...

Sara Paretsky named 2011 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:15:59 +0000

Sara Paretsky, author of the V.I. Warshawski mystery series, will receive the 2011 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) at the organization’s Edgar Awards Banquet in New York City on Thursday, April 28, 2011. In an...

Mystery series writers on Facebook: November 2010 additions

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:54:40 +0000

Mystery fiction nominees for 2010 Reviewers’ Choice Awards selected

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:52:39 +0000

The Romantic Times' RT Book Reviews, a monthly print publication with an online edition, began November 2010 with its annual list of nominees for the Reviewers' Choice Awards. Five mystery award categories are included among more than 60...

Mystery fiction nominees for 2010 Reviewers’ Choice Awards selected

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:52:39 +0000

From my viewpoint: Mystery Series Examiner investigates ‘Chasing Fire’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:23:23 +0000

On November 6, 2010, the About Happy Books blog published the following “super early preview” of Nora Roberts’ 2011 romantic suspense novel, Chasing Fire, which will follow her 2010 bestseller, The Search:Rowan Tripp is addicted...

Operation Thriller writers spend Veterans Day on USO tour of Persian Gulf

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:52:09 +0000

“OperationThriller” got off to an appropriate start during November 2010, a month highlighted by Veterans Day celebrations. This OSO-sponsored tour of the Persian Gulf by thriller writers Steve Berry, David Morrell, Douglas Preston,...

November’s ‘Cross Fire’ marks James Patterson’s entry into Kindle Million Club

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:49:48 +0000

James Patterson, who has written more than 65 books, will release Cross Fire, his 17th Alex Cross mystery, on November 11, 2010 in Kindle format and on November 15 in hardcover. This achievement comes shortly after an Amazon.com press release...

I-play’s ‘Dying for Daylight’ game to be based on Charlaine Harris’s works

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:34:43 +0000

The computer game review website Gamezebo lost no time in following up Oberon Media’s announcement yesterday, November 8, 2010, of the development of Dying for Daylight, an eight-game series based on Charlaine Harris’s short...

How cool is Nora Roberts? Ask Stephen King.

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:04:31 +0000

Entertainment Weekly’s October 15, 2010 listing of Nora Roberts among ten "power authors" is not the first such compliment the romance writer has received from within the pages of that magazine. Its November 16, 2007 issue...

Rory Clements wins 2010 Ellis Peters Award for ‘Revenger’

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:57:52 +0000

The Crime Writers Association (CWA) completed its 2010 award presentations yesterday, November 4th, with the selection of the winner of the 2010 Historical Dagger, better known as the Ellis Peters Award. Rory Clements received this prize for his...

Wendy Corsi Staub depicts a parent’s worst nightmare in ‘Scared to Death’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:36:51 +0000

It's every parent's worst nightmare. “In a split second, a child can disappear forever,” Wendy Corsi Staub notes in Scared to Death, which focuses on a family who have lost one child and fears for the fate of a second one...

Nora Roberts dateline: Calendar of events for 2011

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:49:06 +0000

As the year 2010 winds down, Nora Roberts’ fans grow curious as to what their favorite author will be up to in 2011. Only a few of Roberts' titles currently have firm 2011 publishing dates. As a result, the Nora Roberts Examiner will...

Lisa Lutz’s ‘The Spellman Files’ may become ABC television series

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:03:04 +0000

Variety reports that Lisa Lutz’s Spellman Files mystery series may soon become the basis for an ABC television crime drama. An October 18, 2010 article states that Greg Yaitanes, executive producer for the Fox drama, House, will be in charge...

2009 Bouchercon closes with Anthony Awards presentation

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:54:08 +0000

Like Bouchercon 2010, the 2009 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana closed with the announcement of the winners of its prestigious Anthony Awards. Convention attendees selected winners of the 2009 Anthony Awards in the...

2009 Bouchercon held in Indianapolis

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:49:16 +0000

The highly praised Bouchercon 2010 concluded on October 17th, but its success was equaled by that of its predecessor, Bouchercon 2009. That event, the 40th world mystery convention, took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from October 15-18, 2009...

Nevada Barr breaks new ground with psychological thriller ’13 1/2′

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:51:57 +0000

Authors who break away from writing a popular series to create an unrelated work have to believe that the reward to be gained is worth the risk they take. Their risk is the possibility of alienating their readers, who have shown that they know...

Fall 2010 crime fiction conferences entice mystery fans

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:03:53 +0000

The number of crime fiction conferences this year shows little sign of diminishing as 2010 nears its close. From September through December, these events continue to provide mystery writers and fans alike with a chance to meet and mingle with...

What WorldCat knows about Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:15:04 +0000

WorldCat, the global online catalog containing the holdings of 72,000 libraries in 171 countries, has long provided readers with books and other material not available in their local libraries. Often overlooked, though, is the fact that, through...

Johnny Depp to star in remake of Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:54:20 +0000

According to an October 20, 2010 article in The Hollywood Reporter, actor Johnny Depp is slated to star in a Warner Brothers remake of the classic 1934 MGM film, The Thin Man. Rob Marshall, who is directing Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, will direct the remake, which Depp, Christi Dembrowski and Kevin McCormick will produce.MGM adapted their 1934 film from a novel by hard-boiled detective fiction writer Dashiell Hammett. Although Hammett created a series of mystery novels featuring a private investigator known only as “The Continental Op,” it was to his...

Bouchercon 2010: Crimespree and Derringer Awards issued

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:22:58 +0000

Both the Short Mystery Fiction Society and Crimespree Magazine used Bouchercon 2010 to showcase award-winning writers. Jim Doherty presented the Short Mystery Fiction Society‘s 2010 Derringer Awards on October 15th. Crimespree Magazine, which is published by Jon and Ruth Jordan, announced its awards during Bouchercon’s concluding sessions on October17th.Derringer Awards 2010Both the winners and the nominees for the Short Mystery Fiction Society’s Derringer Awards have been posted on the society’s website. Hamilton Waymire won the 2010 Derringer for...

Nora Roberts included on Entertainment Weekly list of ’10 Power Authors’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:08:32 +0000

Entertainment Weekly’s October 15, 2010 issue includes Nora Roberts on its list of "10 Power Authors by the Numbers." The article accompanies the magazine’s cover story, “50 Most Powerful Entertainers of 2010.”Accompanying Roberts on the Entertainment Weekly (EW) list are her colleagues Charlaine Harris, J.K. Rowling, Glenn Beck, Malcolm Gladwell, Stieg Larsson, Stephen King, Stephenie Meyer, Janet Evanovich and James Patterson. EW points out that 27 books by Nora Roberts are sold every minute. Noting this fact on its website, Roberts...

Bouchercon 2010: Anthony Award winners revealed

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:12:22 +0000

Bouchercon announced the winners of the convention's prized Anthony Awards today, October 17, 2010. Like Bouchercon itself, the Anthony Awards take their name from Anthony Boucher – mystery writer, New York Times critic and one of the creators of the Mystery Writers of America. Those attending Bouchercon by the Bay selected this year's winners.The Mystery Series Examiner's article "Bouchercon announces 2010 Anthony Award nominations" contains the full list of nominees for the Anthony Awards. Listed below are the winners, some of whom have already received a Barry...

J.D. Robb’s ‘Indulgence in Death’ features killer who uses bizarre weapons

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:58:02 +0000

Mystery writer J.D. Robb will join with her romantic counterpart Nora Roberts on November 2, 2010 in releasing two new titles. Robb’s In Death series publication, Indulgence in Death, is due out on this date, as is Roberts’ Happy Every After, the concluding volume in her Bride Quartet.An excerpt from on Indulgence in Death on Nora Roberts’ website reveals that a visit to Ireland with her husband, Roarke, temporarily distracts New York Police and Security Department Detective Eve Dallas from big city crime. However, on her return, she becomes immediately involved in a...

Nora Roberts ends her ‘Bride Quartet’ with ‘Happy Ever After’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:50:19 +0000

Happy Every After, Nora Roberts’ conclusion to her Bride Quartet, rounds off the romantic pairings of the four friends who join together to form Vows, a Connecticut wedding planning company. This work will be released on November 2, 2010 – the same day as the J.D. Robb In Death series title, Indulgence in Death. An excerpt from the novel available on Nora Roberts’ website shows Parker Brown’s joy in the fact that wedding photographer Mackensie Elliot (Vision in White) will soon be marrying Carter Maguire, that florist Emma Grant (Bed of Roses) is engaged to Jack...

Bouchercon 2010: Shamus Awards presented

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:39:57 +0000

The Shamus Awards were presented at Bouchercon on October 15, 2010. Issued annually since 1982 by the Private Eye Writers of America, the Shamus Awards recognize mysteries featuring professional nongovernmental investigators.A full list of all the nominees for the 2010 Shamus Awards is included in the Mystery Series Examiner’s article "Private Eye Writers of America selects 2010 Shamus Award nominees." The Shamus Award winners appear below, as published on Mystery Fanfare.Best Hardcover P.I. Novel: Locked In by Marcia Muller (Sharon McCone series, book 26: Grand Central)...

Bouchercon 2010: Barry Award winners named

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:30:12 +0000

George Easter, editor and publisher of of Deadly Pleasures magazine, presented the Barry Awards at Bouchercon on October 14, 2010. The Barry awards are named in honor of Barry Gardner, a mystery fiction reviewer and contributor to the magazine. Deadly Pleasures magazine has issued the Barry Awards, whose winners are selected the magazine's subscribers and its website visitors, since 1997.A full list of all the nominees for the 2010 Barry Awards is included in the Mystery Series Examiner’s article 2010 Barry Award nominations include new Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade...

Bouchercon 2010: Macavity Award winners announced

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:13:27 +0000

Mystery Readers International (MRI) founder Janet A. Rudolph presented the Macavity Awards at Bouchercon on October 14, 2010. The Macavity Awards, selected by MRI members, have been issued since 1987 and take their name from T.S. Eliot's poem, "Macavity the Mystery Cat."The Mystery Series Examiner’s article, "Mystery Readers International selects 2010 Macavity Award nominees" contains a full list of all titles nominated for this award. The winners are indicated below.Best Mystery Novel: Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman won for Tower (Busted Flush Press)....

Bouchercon 2010: San Francisco is scene of 41st World Mystery Convention

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:06:00 +0000

Bouchercon 2010 concludes today, Sunday, October 17, 2010. Named in honor of the late Anthony Boucher – mystery writer, mystery critic and mystery fan – this largest world mystery convention met this year in San Francisco and has been dubbed “Bouchercon by the Bay.”Each year at least 1500 people attend Bouchercon, including nearly 500 authors as well as librarians, booksellers, agents, editors and publicists. Bouchercon, though, is primarily a convention designed for fans of mystery fiction. During the upcoming week, the Mystery Series Examiner will provide updates...

CBS to develop series based on Charlaine Harris’s ‘Harper Connelly’ books

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:51:33 +0000

In an exclusive report published Wednesday, October 13, 2010, Variety’s On the Air weblog revealed that a second television series based on the works of Charlaine Harris is being developed. Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse series became the basis for the hit HBO program, True Blood, which stars Anna Paquin. Now CBS wants to televise Harris’s Harper Connelly mysteries too.Grave Sight, the title of Harris’s first Harper Connelly book, will also become the title of the proposed television series. Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Naren Shankar, David Zucker and Kam Miller...

Mystery reviewers, organizations and groups on Facebook: Updated list

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:38:20 +0000

The following list of mystery reviewers, organizations, groups and bookstores with Facebook pages updates the Mystery Series Examiner's article, "Mystery-related organizations create Facebook fan pages" and its July and August 2010 updates. The article has been revised as one alphabetical list. Indications of the type of Facebook page involved – fan, friend or group – are given.This article supplements "Mystery series writers on Facebook: Updated List." All entries in both articles are included on the Facebook fan page, "Mystery Writers,"...

Mystery series writers on Facebook: Updated list

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:58:04 +0000

The following very lengthy list of mystery series writers with Facebook pages combines and updates two articles previously published on Examiner.com by the Mystery Series Examiner - Mystery series authors make friends on Facebook and Mystery series authors use Facebook to create fan pages as well as the July and August 2010 updates to these pages.Unlike the earlier articles, this list is not divided by whether the page involved is a Facebook friend page or a fan page. All authors are listed alphabetically, with an indication of the type of page after the series title. All pages listed are...

Michael Connelly’s ‘The Reversal’ heads list of new October 2010 releases

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:36:36 +0000

Michael Connelly unites two of his mystery series in his October 5, 2010 release, The Reversal. This new title is both the 16th book in Connelly’s long running Harry Bosch series and the third in his more recent series featuring Bosch’s half-brother, Mickey Haller.Haller made his first appearance in The Lincoln Lawyer (2005), as a Los Angeles attorney who meets with his clients in the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car. After a second appearance in The Brass Verdict (2008), a work for which Connelly received the 2009 Anthony Award, Haller is back again as the narrator of The...

Crime Writers Association names winners of Gold, Steel and New Blood Daggers

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:42:58 +0000

The U.K.’s Crime Writers Association (CWA) has announced the winners of three additional 2010 Dagger Awards. During a ceremony held on October 8, 2010 at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, Belinda Bauer received the organization’s Gold Dagger Award; Simon Conway, the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award; and Ryan David Jahn, the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award. All awards were part of the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2010 and will be broadcast on the ITV3 network on Tuesday, October 12th.Belinda Bauer received her Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of 2010 for...

Harris Poll finds mystery, crime and thriller novels favorite reading choice

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:37:37 +0000

“Take that, Fabio,” mystery writer Michelle Gagnon posted on her Facebook page yesterday. Gagnon was responding to a new Harris Poll which finds that readers in the United States prefer mysteries, thrillers and crime novels over all other fictional genres. In fact, nearly half (48%) of all readers choose books in this category – a figure more than double that of romance readers (21%). In addition, 26% of readers select science fiction works, while 24% read literary fiction.The Harris Poll, the results of which were published on October 7, 2010, identifies America'...

Penguin Group USA includes Nora Roberts’ ‘Angels Fall’ in READ PINK™ campaign.

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:49:26 +0000

Nora Roberts’ publishers, Penguin Group USA, have begun a special campaign to commemorate October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. On October 5, 2010 the company issued READ PINK™ mass market editions of eight novels written by Penguin authors.Along with Nora Roberts’ own Angels Fall (2006), Penguin’s selections include Always in My Heart by Catherine Anderson, The Cove by Catherine Coulter, Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd, Ravishing in Red by Madeline Hunter, All Night Long by Jayne Ann Krentz, A Dangerous Love by Bertrice Small and Welcome to Harmony by Jodi...

Nora Roberts’ ‘From the Heart’ to be released December 28, 2010

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:34:33 +0000

The year 2010 will close with the issuance of another omnibus reprint of three of Nora Roberts’ early Silhouette Romances. Jove will release From the Heart, a mass market paperback, on December 28, 2010. This compilation contains Tonight and Always (1983), A Matter of Choice (1984) and Endings and Beginnings (1984).Tonight and Always (1983) introduces anthropologist Kasey Wyatt, a specialist in the culture of the American Indians, who agrees to assist novelist Jordan Taylor with the research for his new book. She moves in the mansion owned by Jordan, where both his mother...

The Mystery Series Examiner examines Mystery Series Week

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:00:59 +0000

When the Mystery Series Examiner first learned there was an entire week in October set aside to recognize mystery series publications, she was delighted. “Think of all the newsworthy events I can report on!” she exclaimed. Well, Mystery Series Week, October 3-9, 2010, has now arrived; and she is still in search of the celebration.The holiday at least has a website. Mysteryseriesweek.com reveals that Purple Moon Press in Dearborn Michigan, which is owned by Willetta Heising, created Mystery Series Week in 1998, and remains as its sponsor. The week is intended to celebrate &ldquo...

Christopher Plummer, Stephen Fry, Jared Harris join casts of top films for 2011

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:58:10 +0000

The past week saw significant progress in casting two highly publicized films scheduled to debut in 2011. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo now has its Henrik Vanger; Sherlock Holmes 2 has gained both its Mycroft and its Moriarty.Christopher Plummer will portray Henrick Vanger in the U.S. version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, a film based on Stieg Larsson’s bestseller. Vanger, a millionaire industrialist who heads the Vanger dynasty, asks journalist Mikael Blomkvist, played by Daniel Craig, to solve the 40-year-old mystery surrounding the disappearance of his grandniece Harriet....

Writer and producer Stephen J. Cannell dies at age 69

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 18:22:39 +0000

Writer and producer Stephen J. Cannell died at his home in Pasadena, California on September 30, 2010 following a battle with melanoma. He was 69."Aside from being a legendary television producer and prolific writer, Stephen was also a devoted husband, loving father and grandfather, and a loyal friend,” said a statement from Cannell’s family published in the Los Angeles Times yesterday. “Stephen was a pillar of strength within his family and he touched everyone he met. He will be most deeply missed." Cannell is survived by his wife of 46 years, Marcia,...

Denise Mina’s ‘Field of Blood’ to be adapted for BBC One Scotland

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:49:05 +0000

Denise Mina has become the latest mystery writer to have her novels adapted for television by BBC One, following closely in the footsteps of Kate Atkinson. A BBC press release dated September 21, 2010 announces that filming on The Field of Blood, an adaptation of the first novel in Mina’s Paddy Meehan series, will begin in October 2010. The program is scheduled to be broadcast in two 60-minute episodes on BBC One Scotland in 2011.The film will be written and directed by David Kane. Willy Wands will produce the film, and its executive producers are Andrea Calderwood for Slate North...

The plot thickens for new Tom Clancy film with Chris Pine as Jack Ryan

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:35:50 +0000

Tom Clancy fans received word on September 19, 2010 of the latest development in Paramount’s upcoming movie inspired by Clancy’s Jack Ryan novels. The Hollywood Reporter (THR) revealed that Anthony Peckham, who wrote the script for last year’s Sherlock Holmes blockbuster, has now replaced Adam Cozad as the film’s screenwriter. Since the Clancy film will not be based on any of the writer’s works but will instead use an original screenplay, the change is especially significant. THR also stated that Jack Bender (Lost) will direct the film, which Lorenzo di...

Eve Dallas experiences "Possession in Death" in the anthology "The Other Side"

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:00:41 +0000

As is her usual practice, Nora Roberts will join with several of her colleagues in issuing a new anthology this year. The J.D. Robb novella, “Possession in Death,” will be one of five stories included in the Jove paperback The Other Side.Brilliance Audio, which will release the audiobook edition of “Possession in Death,” provides the fullest description currently available on this latest addition to the In Death series. An old Romanian woman involved in Lieutenant Eve Dallas’s latest case sets off a chain of mysterious events when she tells Eve, &ldquo...

David Baldacci to write final book in second series of ’The 39 Clues’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:48:09 +0000

David Baldacci, author of the Sean King and Michelle Maxwell series, the Camel Club series, and the Shaw and Katie James series, will soon extend his talent for writing adult fiction to a juvenile audience. A September 23, 2010 press release from Scholastic Corporation reveals that Baldacci will pen the final installment in the upcoming second series of The 39 Clues, a multi-media adventure series designed for children 8-12 years of age.“I’m thrilled to be part of the 39 Clues team,” Baldacci commented. “A multimedia approach is wonderful fun and reaches young...

James Patterson offers college-bound seniors ‘Book Dollars for Scholars’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:15:45 +0000

James Patterson, author of the Alex Cross and the Women’s Murder Club mystery series, has once again shown his interest in promoting literacy with his new Book Dollars for Scholars program. Any college-bound high school senior can participate by submitting an essay to Patterson which answers the question, “How has your favorite book inspired you toward what you’d like to do in life?”Patterson and members of the board of his children’s literacy website, ReadKiddoRead.com, will read the essays and select 56 winners. Prizes include eight first-place gift...

10th National Book Festival scheduled for September 25, 2010

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:14:06 +0000

Visitors to Washington D.C. this week have an excellent incentive to extend their stay through the weekend. On Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the city will host its tenth National Book Festival, an annual event that began in 2001. Held on the National Mall and sponsored by the Library of Congress, the festival celebrates the joys of reading and of lifelong learning.President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are the honorary chairs of this year’s event, which commemorates “A Decade of Words and Wonder.” Illustrator Peter Ferguson designed...

Lisa Scottoline to appear with Nora Roberts at Fall 2010 TTP book signing

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:54:39 +0000

Rosato and Associates mystery series author Lisa Scottoline will be among the writers joining Nora Roberts at the Fall 2010 Turn The Page book signing. The November 6, 2010 event will be held at the Turn the Page Bookstore Cafe’s Boonsboro, Maryland location from 12:00 p.m. through 2:00 p.m.Scottoline’s two most recently published works depart from her celebrated series featuring Bennie Rosato and the associates in Bennie's Philadelphia law practice. My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space (St. Martin's Press) is a collection of true-life stories...

Bantam follows ‘Divine Evil’ with July 2011 reprint of Nora Roberts’ ‘Hot Ice’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:53:23 +0000

With the planned July 26, 2011 release of Hot Ice (1987), Bantam will edge even closer to completing its reprints of all eight novels that Nora Roberts originally wrote for this publisher from 1987 through 1992. The publication of this romantic suspense caper involving jewel thief Douglas Lord and socialite Whitney MacAllister will follow Bantam’s March 22, 2011 reprint of Divine Evil (1992).Douglas Lord is on the run from gangsters with guns when he hijacks the Mercedes driven by the rich but bored Whitney MacAllister. His former employer, a crime lord named Dimitri, has sent the...

Dennis Lehane returns to his Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro series with ‘Moonlight Mile’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:56:00 +0000

In what his HarperCollins publishers call “an explosive tale of integrity and vengeance,” Dennis Lehane, with his forthcoming novel Moonlight Mile, reconnects with the Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro mystery series that he wrote from 1994 through1999. Moonlight Mile, which will be released on November 2, 2010, provides a sequel to Gone Baby Gone (1998), the fourth of the five previous books in the Kenzie and Gennaro series. More than a decade has elapsed between the events in Gone Baby Gone and those of Moonlight Mile. Boston private investigator Patrick Kenzie is 44-years-old...

Noomi Rapace, ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,’ takes on female lead in ‘Sherlock Holmes’ sequel

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:57:00 +0000

In an exclusive report published September 11, 2010 the Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog revealed that Swedish actress Noomi Rapace will take on the female lead role in the upcoming Warner Brothers sequel to Sherlock Holmes, the controversial 2009 film directed by Guy Ritchie. Heat Vision speculates that Rapace will play the role of a French gypsy. Legions of film viewers know Rapace as Lisbeth Salander, the role she played in the original three films based on Stieg Larsson’s bestselling Millennium triology – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With...

Torquay to host Agatha Christie Festival September 12-16, 2010

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:55:00 +0000

Agatha Christie’s hometown of Torquay on the southwest coast of England will again host the Agatha Christie Festival from September 12-19, 2010. This annual affair celebrates the life of the famed creator of the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and village sleuth Jane Marple. Over forty events have been planned to celebrate this 120th anniversary of Christie’s birth. A program containing all these can be found on the official Agatha Christie website. Christie’s grandson, Mathew Prichard, will officially open the festival during the Agatha Christie Fete on September 12....

Bantam to continue its Nora Roberts reprints with ‘Divine Evil’ in March 2011

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:51:00 +0000

Bantam will release a reprint edition of Nora Roberts’ 1992 novel, Divine Evil, on March 22, 2011. Roberts won the 1993 RITA Award for Best Romantic Suspense Novel for Divine Evil, which was the last of eight titles she wrote from 1987 through 1982 for Bantam before changing to her current Putnam publishers. Divine Evil is the story of acclaimed sculptor Clare Kimball, who returns to her hometown of Emmitsboro, Maryland where years earlier her father had died in an apparent suicide. In Emmitsboro, Clare reconnects with sheriff Cameron Rafferty, who has known Clare since their high...

Paul Gray’s Millennium article "Passion on the Pages" considers romance fiction morally simplistic

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:21:00 +0000

The year 2000 began without the widely predicted computer disasters, but for fans of the romance novel, a decidedly calamitous event was the publication on March 20th of that year of Paul Gray’s Time magazine article “Passion on the Pages.” Gray charged the romance novel in general and Nora Roberts’ Carolina Moon in particular with being both formulaic and morally simplistic. Gray, who wrote the article with the assistance of Andrea Sachs, ostensibly sets out to explain why romance novels made up 40% of all fiction sales despite what he claims is their invariably...

Kathy Reichs to release young adult mystery ‘Virals’ featuring Temperance Brennan’s great-neice

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:19:00 +0000

Kathy Reichs has joined the growing number of mystery writers who now publish juvenile as well as adult fiction. With the upcoming November 2, 2010 release of Virals, Reichs – like John Grisham, Harlan Coben and Elizabeth George – will have begun a new series designed to appeal to young adults. Reichs announced this new endeavor in a May 10, 2010 Blogcritics interview. "The first in the series called Virals will be out in November, and it is going to follow 14-year-old Tori Brennan and her friends, “ said Reichs. “They do simple forensic science and there&rsquo...

V.I. Warshawski grows both older and better in Sara Paretsky’s ‘Body Work’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +0000

It’s a plot device long used in the traditional murder mystery: A detective, hoping to force the culprit to confess, gathers the suspects together while he summarizes the case. Chicago private investigator V.I. Warshawski employs this stratagem in Sara Paretsky’s latest novel, Body Work, but V.I.’s version of a confrontation scene is so far from traditional that readers will gasp – and perhaps smile as well. Sara Paretsky has always confounded her reader’s expectations. In the 1982 work Indemnity Only, the first of her V.I. Warshawski series novels, Paretsky...

Nora Roberts featured in Orlando’s WKMG-TV video

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:24:00 +0000

Nora Roberts offered her views on why romance novel sales flourish during a recession in a video segment filmed by WKMG-TV, the Orlando, Florida CBS affiliate, during the Romance Writers of America’s 2010 convention. According to the broadcast, even despite the uncertain economy, the sales of romance novels amounted to $2.1 billion last year. Roberts believes that romance novels, with their assured happy endings, help readers escape from these dismal circumstances. “Why do you want to be depressed when you know life is really sucking right now anyway?” she asked.”...

Mystery series writers and organizations on Facebook: August 2010 updates

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:16:00 +0000

Appearing below are the August 2010 additions to three Mystery Series Examiner's articles: Mystery series authors use Facebook to create fan pages Mystery-related organizations create Facebook fan pages Mystery series authors make friends on Facebook. Until Examiner.com completes its changeover to a new publishing platform, separate monthly supplements to these articles will be created. All these supplements will be incorporated into the main articles after Examiner.com finishes its conversion. The first such supplement was for July 2010. Mystery writers, a Facebook fan page maintained...

Nora Roberts shares her thoughts on the ‘Summer of Divorce’ with Bruce Feiler

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:53:00 +0000

Bruce Feiler, author of the monthly “Family Matters” column for the New York Times, as well as of nine widely read books on faith and family, consulted with another bestselling writer, Nora Roberts, for his August 27, 2010 article, “The Joys of Vicarious Divorce.” Also voicing his views on the subject was Larry Hackett, the managing editor of People magazine. Roberts is known for her romance novels in which couples live happily ever after. Hackett’s publication usually highlights the stories of those who don’t. Feiler contends that the past summer,...

Laura Lippman’s ‘Life Sentences’ demonstrates the division between mystery and literary fiction

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:34:00 +0000

Patrick Anderson’s August 16, 2010 Washington Post review of Laura Lippman's August 2010 release, I'd Know You Anywhere, claims that the novel succeeds because it is able to "transcend" its genre. "Some people would segregate Lippman as a crime or thriller writer," he writes. "That's a shame. She's one of the best novelists around, period." There exists, however, an alternate view of the reasons for the critical success of Lippman's standalone novels as compared to her excellent Tess Monaghan mystery series. Mystery novels develop as a...

Who are the top earning authors? Forbes has a list.

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:21:00 +0000

Those who like knowing how much their favorite writers earn from their publications had their curiosity satisfied on August 19, 2010 when Forbes issued its list of the ten highest paid authors. To establish its rankings, Forbes compared earnings by these writers during the twelve months preceding June 1, 2010. Not surprisingly, one of the most prolific of mystery series writers, James Patterson (Alex Cross series, Women's Murder Club series, Michael Bennett series), tops the list. According to Forbes, James Patterson earned $70 million in the twelve months studied. In the video ...

Laura Lippman’s ‘I’d Know You Anywhere’ and ‘Every Secret Thing’ make August headlines

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:50:00 +0000

Two standalone novels by Laura Lippman, creator or the Tess Monaghan series, have made headlines this month. Lippman’s newest novel, I'd Know You Anywhere, was released on August 17, 2010 to widespread critical acclaim. Meanwhile, Lippman’s earlier work, Every Secret Thing (2003), edged closer to a movie debut. In I'd Know You Anywhere, a letter from death row inmate Walter Bowman, who kidnapped Eliza Benedict when she was 15, causes the now 38-year-old wife and mother of two to revisit her past – and possibly her kidnapper as well. In his letter, Bowman,...

Marcia Muller tours San Francisco as part of NPR’s ‘Crime in the City’ series

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:21:00 +0000

National Public Radio (NPR) correspondent Mandalit del Barco concluded the NPR Morning Editon series “Crime in the City” with an August 13, 2010 interview with Marcia Muller. Muller, a 2005 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, is the author of a long-running mystery series that features San Francisco-based private investigator Sharon McCone. del Barco describes McCone as “the first liberated female detective of the modern era.” In creating McCone, Muller broke away from the depiction of female detectives like Agatha’s Christie’s Miss Marple who...

David Baldacci futhers literacy causes through Wish You Well Foundation and Feeding Body & Mind

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:28:00 +0000

It is perhaps obvious to frequent readers of this column that the Mystery Series Examiner, a former librarian, has a special interest in mystery writers who in addition to creating excellent works of fiction also promote efforts to improve literacy. David Baldacci, author of the the Sean King and Michelle Maxwell series, the Camel Club series, and the Shaw and Katie James series, advances this cause through the Wish You Well Foundation.® Michelle and David Baldacci formed the Wish You Well Foundation eight years ago. Their organization fosters family literacy in the United States by...

Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb sign Jo’s Library Quilt

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:17:00 +0000

The romantic Nora Roberts and the mysterious J.D. Robb have both signed on to help finance the building of a new library in Coalville, Utah, one that will replace the facility now housed in a 900 square foot city office room. Roberts, Robb and over fifty additional bestselling authors have contributed their autographs to Jo’s Library Quilt, a project initiated by Coalville resident Jo Garver. Garver’s inspiration for designing and using a quilt to acquire funds for a new library came from reading the book The Sugar Camp Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini, which focuses on a similar...

New Zealand Herald publishes surprising interview with Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:53:00 +0000

This morning’s New Zealand Herald published a surprising conversation with Nora Roberts, surprising in that the bestselling romance writer seldom grants interviews. In the August 22, 2010 article, “Nora Roberts: Storyteller at heart,”

CWA shortlists shortened for its Gold Dagger, Ian Fleming Dagger and John Creasey Dagger Awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:06:00 +0000

And then there were four. The shortlists of nominees for the Crime Writers Association's (CWA's) Gold Dagger Award, its Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award and its John Creasey New Blood Dagger are now even shorter with only four nominees now for each of

Charles Todd’s August 2010 release ‘An Impartial Witness’ features compassionate World War I nurse

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:48:00 +0000

World War I British army nurse Bess Crawford proves that impartiality does not equal indifference in Charles Todd's newest novel, An Impartial Witness. This work, the second book in Todd's Bess Crawford Mystery series, will be released on

Rooney Mara to star as Lisbeth Salander in U.S. film version of ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:14:00 +0000

Rooney Mara will join Daniel Craig in Columbia Pictures' adaptation of Stieg Larsson's megaselling book, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. She takes on the highly sought role of the alienated young computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander.

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Nora Roberts a part of the Mohegan Sun’s 2004 ‘Winning Authors’ promotion

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:48:00 +0000

One surprising stop for many writers who are touring to promote their books is the Mohegan Sun, a hotel and casino resort located in Uncasville, Connecticut. These authors come there to participate in the resort's long-running Winning Authors program.

Private Eye Writers of America selects 2010 Shamus Award nominees

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:33:00 +0000

The Private Eye Writers of America, an association for writers of detective fiction involving professional private investigators, has announced the 2010 nominees for its Shamus Awards. The names of the winners of these awards will be announced

Nora Roberts’ ‘River’s End’ included in 1999 Diet Coke marketing campaign

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:53:39 +0000

Nora Roberts’ ‘River’s End’ included in 1999 Diet Coke marketing campaign

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:53:00 +0000

Name recognition alone is now enough to sell any book written by Nora Roberts. Before her fame reached such heights, however, Roberts' publisher occasionally gave her sales a boost through the use of creative promotional campaigns. Today the Nora Roberts Examiner looks at the first of two such marketing strategies, one involving the Coca-Cola product Diet Coke. As a part of this campaign, which took place between February 1 and April 30, 1999, Diet Coke packaged a 4 x 6 inch excerpt from Nora Roberts' 1999 romantic suspense novel River's End in selected Diet Coke packs. Other packs of Diet...

Investigation Discovery’s ‘Hardcover Mysteries’ to premier on October 11, 2010

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:37:32 +0000

Investigation Discovery’s ‘Hardcover Mysteries’ to premier on October 11, 2010

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:37:00 +0000

The cable television station Investigation Discovery will launch a new series entitled Hardcover Mysteries on October 11, 2010 at 9:00 p.m. ET. The show features mystery writers David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Harlan Coben, Linda Fairstein, Sara Paretsky, Kathy Reichs, Lisa Scottoline and Joseph Wambaugh discussing the real-life cases that influenced their works. David Baldacci is one of eight crime fiction authors featured on "Hardcover Mysteries."-Press photo from author's website David Baldacci, author of the Sean King and Michelle Maxwell series, the Camel Club series, and the...

Mystery series writers active at 2010 Edinburgh International Book Festival

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:01:00 +0000

The Edinburgh International Book Festival, held annually in Charlotte Square Gardens in Scotland's capital, opens on August 14, 2010 and runs through August 30th. Crime fiction provide a key part of this year's entertainment at the festival, which

Mystery series writers active at 2010 Edinburgh International Book Festival

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:01:09 +0000

PBS’s Masterpiece Mystery! adds ‘Sherlock’ to fall lineup

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:11:00 +0000

Viewers in the United States are now assured of being able to watch Sherlock, the televised update of Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective series that finds the superior sleuth solving crimes in the 21st century. The Public Broadcasting System (PBS)

PBS’s Masterpiece Mystery! adds ‘Sherlock’ to fall lineup

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:11:51 +0000

From my viewpoint: Nora Roberts from head to toe

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:30:00 +0000

One of the continuing frustrations I have encountered in writing this column is the lack of freely available photographs of my subject. Nora Roberts herself does not include press photos on her website. Internet availability of photos of her that come

Debbie Reynolds to play Grandma Mazur in film adaptation of Evanovich’s ‘One for the Money’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:32:00 +0000

Those who have been wondering who will play the role of Stephanie Plum’s gun-toting, funeral-loving Grandma Mazur in the upcoming One for the Money film now have their answer. Deadline.com revealed yesterday, August 6, 2010, that Debbie Reynolds

P.D. James celebrates 90th birthday in series of interviews with British press

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:44:00 +0000

Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE, who is better known to the legion of fans of her Adam Dalgliesh detective series as P.D. James, celebrated her 90th birthday yesterday, August 3, 2010. James granted three interviews to the press

Thriller writers to tour Persian Gulf during Fall 2010 as part of USO’s ‘Operation Thriller’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:04:00 +0000

Steve Berry, co-president of International Thriller Writers, used the recent ThrillerFest 2010 as the venue for his announcement of "Operation Thriller." During Fall 2010 Berry and fellow writers David Morrell, Douglas Preston, James Rollins

BBC One to broadcast Kate Atkinson’s ‘Case Histories’ with Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:16:00 +0000

Edinburgh will provide the setting for a six-part BBC One dramatization of Case Histories, the first book in Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie detective series. Actor Jason Isaacs, known for his role as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, will take

Laura Griffin’s ‘Whisper of Warning’ wins 2010 RITA Award for Best Romantic Suspense Novel

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:54:00 +0000

Nora Roberts, who has in the past won twenty RITA and Golden Medallion awards from the Romance Writers of America (RWA), did not walk away from the July 31, 2010 closing ceremonies of the RWA's annual conference with her twenty-first. Instead Laura

Nora Roberts speaks to RWA conference on surmounting difficulties in getting published

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:20:00 +0000

Participants at the 2010 Romance Writers of America's annual conference heard Nora Roberts deliver the meeting's keynote speech yesterday at the July 29, 2010 luncheon. Roberts addressed the popular impression that getting published is more difficult

RWA’s 2010 Literacy Autographing receives widespread media coverage

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:21:00 +0000

It wasn't fans alone who thronged the aisles of the Orlando, Florida Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort during yesterday's "Readers for Life" Literacy Autographing. Reporters were out in full force as well, covering the July 28, 2010 event for

Wolfe Island is scene of Ontario’s Scene of the Crime Mystery Writing Festival

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:02:00 +0000

Wolfe Island, located near Kingston, Ontario, provides the setting for the tenth Scene of the Crime Mystery Writing Festival, to be held on Saturday, August 14, 2010. Special Guests for this event are Michael Blair (Granville Island Mystery series),

Conference attendees get on the right track at Killer Nashville

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:43:00 +0000

Killer Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee's international crime fiction conference, will hold its fifth annual meeting from August 20-22, 2010 with Jeffery Deaver as its Guest of Honor. Deaver, the creator of the Lincoln Rhyme series, was recently chosen

Conference attendees get on the right track at Killer Nashville

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:43:33 +0000

Daniel Craig to portray Mikael Blomkvist in U.S. film version of ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:53:00 +0000

British actor Daniel Craig will take on the role of Mikael Blomkvist in the U.S. film version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, the first book in Stieg Larson's bestselling Millennium series. Craig will begin work on the movie in Sweden in the early

Penguin Group includes Nora Roberts in authors credited for its record sales in first half of 2010

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:54:00 +0000

Nora Roberts has once again won the gratitude of her Penguin Group publishers for her role in helping the company achieve record sales during the first half of 2010. Roberts, Michael Pollan, Kathryn Stockett and Charlaine Harris were each named specifically

17th annual St. Hilda’s Mystery and Crime Weekend takes ‘Behind the Mask’ as its theme

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:36:00 +0000

Oxford's St. Hilda's College will offer its 17th annual St. Hilda's Mystery and Crime Weekend from August 13th-15th, 2010. This year the conference takes as its theme "Behind the Mask." Andrew Taylor (Lydmouth series) chairs the 2010 conference,

PulpFest 2010 to feature panel discussion on ‘The Black Mask’ magazine

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:42:00 +0000

The second annual PulpFest convention will take place from July 30-August 1, 2010 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio. This meeting, which is designed for fans, collectors and dealers in pulp fiction, includes a discussion

Five CWA Dagger Award winners announced at Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:42:00 +0000

The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, England had a particularly busy day on Friday, July 23, 2010. In addition to the festival's selection of R.J. Ellory's A Simple Act Of Violence as the Theakstons Old Peculier

A 21st century ‘Sherlock’ premiers Sunday, July 25, 2010 on BBC One

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:57:00 +0000

BBC One viewers will be able to see the launch of Sherlock – the new television series that moves the inhabitants of London's 221B Baker Street into the 21st century – this Sunday, July 25, 2010. U.S. fans of Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary

‘True Blood’ comic book series lauched at Comic-Con 2010

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:14:00 +0000

Alan Ball, creator and executive producer of the HBO television program True Blood®, chose the July 21, 2010 opening of San Diego's Comic-Con for the debut of the first comic book series inspired by the broadcast. HBO's Emmy® and Golden Globe®

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year to be announced at 2010 Festival

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:30:00 +0000

Occurring during the same dates of the Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference – July 22-25, 2010 – the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival takes place across the ocean in Harrogate, England. Special Guests for the festival, chaired

Nora Roberts among five authors who have sold more than 500,000 Kindle books

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:11:00 +0000

Nora Roberts – along with Charlaine Harris, Stieg Larsson, Stephenie Meyer, and James Patterson – has sold more than 500,000 Kindle books. This fact, revealed in a July 19, 2010 Amazon.com press release, supports the company's assertion that

Michael Connelly among writers teaching writers at 17th Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:57:00 +0000

Mystery writers will be heading to Corte Madera, California this week for the 17th annual Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, chaired by mystery writers Sheldon Siegel (Mike Daley series) and Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs series).This July 22-25,

Mystery series writers and organizations on Facebook: July 2010 updates

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:34:00 +0000

The number of recent additions to the mystery series writers and mystery-related organizations who have established a presence on Facebook dramatically illustrates the growing influence of that social networking site. Facebook has become an effective

Nora Roberts’ ‘The Search’ debuts in first place on New York Times Best Sellers List

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:13:00 +0000

Within a week of its July 6, 2010 release, The Search, Nora Roberts' latest romantic suspense novel, soared to the top of the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers List. In the process, it managed the not inconsiderable feat of kicking into

Christopher McQuarrie will rewrite and possibly direct movie adaptation of Lee Child’s ‘One Shot’

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:42:00 +0000

Paramount has hired Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie to rewrite the script for a movie adaptation of One Shot, Lee Child's 2005 Jack Reacher series novel. In its July 15, 2010 announcement of this new development, The Hollywood

Finding out what fans of Nancy Atherton’s ‘Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon’ want to read next

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:14:00 +0000

A helpful ghost who communicates by writing in a journal, a highly imaginative mother of twins, a placid English village and a rowdy Renaissance Festival all combine to produce Nancy Atherton’s 2009 novel, Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon. Atherton,

John Lescroart’s ‘A Plague of Secrets’ a solid crime novel without a broader theme

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:10:01 +0000

In A Plague of Secrets, the 2009 bestseller in his Dismas Hardy / Abe Glitsky series, John Lescroart once again puts San Francisco criminal defense attorney Dismas Hardy into the spotlight. Hardy’s current client is a woman with a mysterious p...

John Lescroart uses ensemble cast to feature Dismas Hardy / Abe Glitsky series characters

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:44:22 +0000

San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy and his friend, homicide detective Abe Glitsky, are the chief crime solvers in John Lescroart’s appropriately titled Dismas Hardy / Abe Glitsky series Lescroart's use of an ensemble cast in this series, howev...

Pamela Regis reviews Nora Roberts’ works in ‘A Natural History of the Romance Novel’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:14:00 +0000

Pamela Regis's 2003 work, A Natural History of the Romance Novel, has acquired the distinction of giving the often maligned romance genre its pedigree. Regis finds the form's origins in the works of the 18th century writer Samuel Richardson and traces

Pamela Regis reviews Nora Roberts’ works in ‘A Natural History of the Romance Novel’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:14:26 +0000

Thriller and Strand Critics Award winners announced

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:23:25 +0000

Winners of both the Thriller Awards and the Strand Critics Awards were revealed during this past week. The International Thriller Writers (ITW) ...

Nora Roberts’ donation to Defenders of Wildlife an unexpected result of 2008 plagiarism case

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:48:00 +0000

Two years ago, the conservation group Defenders of Wildlife became the grateful, if somewhat surprised, recipient of a joint donation of over $10,000 from both Nora Roberts and the Smart Bitches, Trashy Books blog. The gift was the unusual result of

Stephanie Plum gains deductive skills in Evanovich’s ‘Finger Lickin’ Fifteen’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:24:24 +0000

Finger Lickin' Fifteen is Janet Evanovich's 2009 addition to her popular Stephanie Plum mystery series. While this novel still retains all the basic plot elements that characterize Evanovich's other titles in this series, Evanovich's characterizatio...

Consistent plot elements frame Stephanie Plum’s comic misadventures in Evanovich’s series

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:11:01 +0000

Familiarity breeds comfort, rather than contempt, among the followers of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. Evanovich's readers continue to acquire each new series title despite their awareness of its highly predictable plot.The basic plot stru...

Nora Roberts’ donation to Defenders of Wildlife an unexpected result of 2008 plagiarism case

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:48:18 +0000

Austin Gisriel makes plans to advertise ‘Safe at Home’ to Nora Roberts’ fans

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:18:00 +0000

Austin Gisriel, the author of Safe at Home, an account of the New Market, Virginia, Rebels baseball team, will be among the seven writers who, with Nora Roberts, will be autographing copies of their books today, July 10, 2010, at the Turn the

ALA conference speaker John Grisham to be 2011 Honorary Chair of National Library Week

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:30:16 +0000

John Grisham, who has been selected as the 2011 Honorary Chair of National Library Week, expressed his views on the value of libraries in a featured speech at the 2010 American Libraries Association (ALA) conference. ALA's Cognates publication incl...

Dennis Lehane credits libraries with his becoming a writer in ALA conference speech

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:10:55 +0000

"I’m a writer because of libraries," Dennis Lehane told his audience at the 2010 American Library Association conference. According to Library Journal, which ca...

Nevada Barr uses national park as setting for tale of guilt, redemption and politics in ‘Borderline’

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:37:53 +0000

“If Henry Thoreau, Ian Fleming and Agatha Christie managed to produce a literary child, the result of that weird union would be ‘Borderline,’" Dorman T. Shindler pointed out In his March 29, 2009 Denver Post review of this addi...

Internet threatens reporter Jack McEvoy’s job and his life in Michael Connelly’s ‘The Scarecrow’

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:22:48 +0000

Jack McEvoy, the central character of Michael Connelly’s 1996 thriller, The Poet, reappears in Connelly’s 2009 publication, The Scarecrow, as a Los Angeles Times reporter whose job is about to be eliminated. The Scarecrow is both a lamen...

Roberts’ works discussed at National Popular Culture and American Culture Association Conference

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:17:00 +0000

Like their colleagues in the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance, members of the Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association

Ken Follett to be recognized as 2010 ThrillerMaster at ThrillerFest V

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:11:09 +0000

ThrillerFest V begins tomorrow at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Continuing from July 7-July 10, this annual conference of the International Thriller Writers Association (ITW) will have as its keynote speaker Gina Centrello, President and...

Romance readers head to Denver for July 9-11, 2010 RomCon convention

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:19:00 +0000

Many romance fans who enjoy Nora Roberts' works will be heading to Colorado's Crowne Plaza Denver Airport this weekend for the annual RomCon™ convention. This July 9-11, 2010 event is known as "the romance readers' convention" to distinguish

Six mystery series titles included in Good Morning America’s ‘Top Book Picks’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:47:25 +0000

The Good Morning America (GMA) annual list of "Top Book Picks for Great Summe...

Romance readers head to Denver for July 9-11, 2010 RomCon convention

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:19:35 +0000

Good Morning America lists ‘The Search’ among its top picks for summer reading

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:40:00 +0000

ABC's Good Morning America (GMA) has published its annual list of "Top Book Picks for Great Summer Reading." Not surprisingly, Nora Roberts' The Search, to be released in the U.S. on July 6, is one of the titles recommended in this June 30,

‘Vision in White’ wins Cover Cafe’s award for best contemporary novel cover art

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:17:00 +0000

Cover Cafe, a website focused on the best and worst romance novel cover art, announced on June 28, 2010 the winners of its Annual Cover Contest. Among works published in 2009, Nora Roberts' April 2009 release, Vision in White, received the first place

Janet Evanovich’s graphic novel ‘Troublemaker’ leads off July 2010 mystery series releases

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:40:22 +0000

Janet Evanovich likes adventurous heroines. In her Alex Barnaby series, she has created a protagonist who shares Stephanie Plum's attraction to trouble. Metro Girl (2004) and Motor Mouth (2006) began the series, which features Alexandra ...

Nora Roberts spoke on ‘Women Who Win’ at 2003 Romance Writers of America conference

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:00:00 +0000

In delivering the keynote speech at the 2010 conference of the Romance Writers of America in Orlando, Fla., Nora Roberts may find it difficult to top an address she made seven years ago at the organization's 2003 conference in New York City. On that

Peter Temple wins Australia’s 2010 Miles Franklin Award for ‘Truth’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:21:21 +0000

From Australia's Herald Sun comes the news that Peter Temple, a four-time winner of that country's Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, has scored yet another win. His 2008 novel Truth has received the prestigious Miles Franklin Award, considered to b...

Nora Roberts spoke on ‘Women Who Win’ at 2003 Romance Writers of America conference

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:00:40 +0000

Jamie Freveletti produces second action-packed thriller in ‘Running Dark’

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:24:36 +0000

Jamie Freveletti, who has received Thriller, Macavity, and Barry award nominations for her 2009 debut novel, Running from the Devil, is back with more of the non-stop adventures of biochemist and marathon runner Emma Caldridge. In Running Dark, to b...

Two papers on Nora Roberts to be presented at 2010 IASPR conference

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:44:00 +0000

Two papers on Nora Roberts will be among those delivered at the second annual conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR). This conference will take place in Brussels, Belgium on August 5-7, 2010. Faye O’Leary,

Connelly, Scottoline, Ellroy and Sakey participated in ALA’s 2009 annual conference

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:40:38 +0000

Writers like John Grisham (Theodore Boone series) and Dennis Lehane (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro series) help focus attention on the many contributions made by the nation's libraries by their participation in the annual meetings of the America...

Two papers on Nora Roberts to be presented at 2010 IASPR conference

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:44:27 +0000

Nora Roberts dateline: Calendar of events scheduled for September-December 2010

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:04:00 +0000

The busy release schedule that characterized Spring/Summer 2010 will slow down for Nora Roberts

‘The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie’ begins new series featuring 11-year-old sleuth

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:06:02 +0000

In the England of 1950, two events occur that distract pigtailed 11-year old Flavia de Luce from her plans to seek revenge on her older sisters for having locked her in a closet. First, Flavia discovers the body of a dead bird that clasps a rare Bla...

Deadly Ink Conference participants to vote on 2010 David Award

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:56:04 +0000

Deadly Ink Press will hold its Deadly Ink Conference from June 25-2...

Nora Roberts involved in five events at 2010 RWA Conference

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:12:00 +0000

The May 2010 floods caused the Romance Writers of America (RWA) to change the location of its July 28-31 conference from Nashville's Opryland Hotel to the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Fla. However, the annual meeting is now

John Grisham and Dennis Lehane to speak at 2010 American Library Association conference

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:22:30 +0000

The 2010 annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA), to be held June 24-29 at the Washington (D.C.) Convention Center, has much to offer mystery fans. Both John Grisham and Dennis Lehane will be among the twelve authors lined up f...

‘Treachery in Death’ to be February 2011 ‘In Death’ series release

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:46:00 +0000

Indulgence in Death, J.D. Robb's 38th In Death series title, won't be released until November 2, 2010, but its U.K. publisher has already broken the news of its successor. Treachery in Death will debut in the U.K. on February 17, 2011 and here in

Nora Roberts’ website provides excerpt from ‘The Search’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:08:17 +0000

With the July 6, 2010 release date for The Search less than three weeks away, Nora Roberts has chosen to give her readers an early glimpse of her latest romantic suspense novel. She has made its first chapter available on her website. Chapter One of...

Mystery series writers lend support to ‘Get Caught Listening’ campaign

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:51:28 +0000

June 2010 is National Audiobook Month, a time when three well known mystery series authors have joined together to contribute to the Association of American Publishers' (AAP's) Get Caught Listening campaign. Nelson DeMille, James Patterson and Lisa S...

April 12, 1999 ‘People’ magazine provides short biography of Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:22:41 +0000

Celebrities like Nora Roberts inevitably find their lives reflected in the press. Roberts' decision to cease making tours to promote her books has caused a lessening of such coverage in recent years, but earlier in her career she was frequently the s...

Crime fiction conferences widespread during Summer 2010

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:12:48 +0000

Mystery fiction fans will have an abundant supply of conferences to attend during the summer of 2010. From June through August they can meet with their favorite authors in locations as diverse as Oxford, England and Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas provi...

From my viewpoint: Advance apology for publishing yet another Nora Roberts ‘oldie’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:01:19 +0000

As my recent articles on Nora Roberts' first book sale and her first appearance on the New York Times bestseller list indicate, I enjoy finding information, whether it concerns the past or the present. I can blame my former profession for my obsess...

Crime Writers Association launches National Crime Fiction Week June 14-20, 2010

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:21:11 +0000

The Crime Writers Association of Great Britain (CWA) will launch National Crime Fiction Week on June 14, 2010. This nationwide celebration of crime writing will involve CWA members throughout the country in readings, discussions and workshops. The ...

2010 Barry Award nominations include new Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade category

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:50:54 +0000

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine has ju...

Mystery Readers International selects 2010 Macavity Award nominees

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:20:51 +0000

Following shortly upon the announcement of the 2010 Anthony Award nominees, Mystery Readers International (MRI) has published its shortlist for the society's Macavity Awards. Like the Anthony Awards, the Macavity Awards will be presented at the 2010 ...

Jeffery Deaver chosen to write next James Bond novel

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:46:07 +0000

Lincoln Rhyme mystery series author Jeffery Deaver has been tapped as the newest writer of the James Bond mysteries, a series of books created by the late Ian Fleming. Fleming's series began in 1953 with the release of Casino Royale and has sinc...

Nora Roberts tells of her response to the sale of her first book

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:39:32 +0000

Not only has Nora Roberts provided an account of her response to first time her name appeared on the New York Times bestseller list – an event she describes as "the best time I have had in my bathroom" – but she has also offered...

‘Savor the Moment’ on OverDrive’s June 2010 list of most downloaded library audiobooks

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:46:45 +0000

June has been declared National Audiobook Month. The Association of American Publishers (AAP) celebrates the event with its Get Caught Listening campaign, which aims both to publicize the joy of listening to audiobooks and to demonstrate their value...

Bouchercon announces 2010 Anthony Award nominations

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:09:53 +0000

The excitement surrounding the October 17-20, 2010 Bouchercon World Mystery Convent...

‘The Search’ will be available in Kindle edition due to agreement between Penguin and Amazon.com

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:52:06 +0000

Due to a recent agreement between online retailer Amazon.com and Penguin Group (USA), Kindle users will be able to download Nora Roberts' 2010 romantic suspense novel, The Search, on its July 6, 2010 release date. Penguin, Roberts' publishers, had h...

Mystery-related organizations create Facebook fan pages

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:25:49 +0000

Not only do mystery writers recognize the opportunities for social networking that Facebook offers through its personal pages and fan pages, but so too do other mystery-related organizations. The following list identifies many of the mystery-re...

Harlequin issues ten Nora Roberts Silhouette Special Releases during 2010

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:52:53 +0000

Harlequin Enterprises has nearly kept up in 2010...

Ten new mystery series paperbacks to be released in June 2010

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:59:57 +0000

Ten paperbacks are among the mystery series titles that will be appearing in bookstores during June 2010. Readers can choose between a variety of new contemporary, historical and paranormal offerings. With the exception of Our Red Hot Romance Is Lea...

Nelson DeMille’s ‘The Lion’ among new mystery series titles to be released in June 2010

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:53:54 +0000

Nelson DeMille's John Corey returns this month for a new encounter with the Libyan terrorist Asad Khalil in The Lion, the sequel to The Lion's Game (2000). In the earlier work Corey, a former NYPD homicide detective employed by the Anti-Terrorist T...

‘And Then There Was You’ to include ‘Island of Flowers’ and ‘Less of a Stranger’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:39:22 +0000

Harlequin Enterprises' October 26, 2010 addition to its Nora Roberts Silhouette Special Releases series will be And Then There Was You. This omnibus reprint edition includes Ro...

Mystery writers get caught reading on ‘Jen’s Book Thoughts’

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:02:02 +0000

Jen Forbus has been celebrating May, which is "Get Caught Reading Month," on her blog, Jen's Book Thoughts. She has provided a series of pictures of mystery writers engrossed in each other's books. Ali Karim, Shots eZine Assistant Edi...

Crime Writers of Canada announce 2010 Arthur Ellis Awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:05:02 +0000

Followers of Canadian mystery fiction have had a double dose of excitement this past week. Not only did the 2010 Bloody Words Conference begin in Toronto on May 28, 2010, but also the Crime Writers of Canada chose Toronto's Mysteriously Yours Dinner ...

Masterpiece Mystery! begins a new summer season

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 26 May 2010 10:40:10 +0000

Viewers of the long-running PBS series Masterpiece Mystery! delight in the coming of summer. That is the time when PBS brings this outstanding collection of mystery programs to their television screens. David Suchet as Hercule Poirot in screencap fro...

Nora Roberts recalls the first time her books made the New York Times bestseller list

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 26 May 2010 10:34:26 +0000

In an undated article appearing in the Novelists Inc. Ninc Newsletter entitled "My First Time," Catherine Coulter provides a summary of many writers' responses to their first appearances on the New York Times Bestseller List. Coulter incl...

Hammett Prize to be awarded at 2010 Bloody Words Conference

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:48:17 +0000

The 2010 Bloody Words Conference will meet for the tenth consecutive year from May 28-30 at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Toronto. Canada’s oldest and largest mystery gathering will also provide the setting for the presentation of the 2009 Hamm...

Hammett Prize to be awarded at 2010 Bloody Words Conference

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:48:17 +0000

Facebook’s Community Pages for Nora Roberts reveal problems with the new format

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:38:16 +0000

Nora Roberts has a new Facebook page with 156,743 fans as of May 24, 2010. It is not her official Nora Roberts fan page; nor is it her official J.D. Robb fan page. In fact, Facebook has a new J.D. Robb page as well, one that currently has 23,516 fans...

CrimeFest 2010 announces award winners

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:32:13 +0000

England's third annual CrimeFest convention, held at the Marriott Royal Hotel in Bristol, will conclude today. Last night, guest authors Tonino Benacquista (Antoine series) and Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse series), along with Toastmaster Gyles Bra...

Three new video games based on remaining ‘Bride Quartet’ books to be released

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 22 May 2010 14:51:13 +0000

Nora Roberts' Penguin USA publishers have revealed in a May 21 blog entry that three more video games are in the works for the remaining novels in Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet – Bed of Roses, Savor the Moment and Happy Ever After. These follow u...

Turn the Page Bookstore Cafe and Inn Boonsboro get Facebook fan pages

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:13:00 +0000

Nora Roberts' staff has been busy extending the writer's presence on Facebook recently. Within the past weeks they have added fan pages for two of the properties Roberts and her husband, Bruce Wilder, own in Boonsboro, Maryland – Turn the Page ...

Elizabeth George to write young adult mystery series set on Whidbey Island

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:02:51 +0000

Like her fellow writer Deborah Crombie, Elizabeth George, author of the Inspector Lynley series, is an American who writes a mystery series set in England. Now George has announced that she will begin a new series designed for young adult readers whi...

TTP’s 15th anniversary book signing scheduled for July 10, 2010

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:48:40 +0000

Turn the Page Bookstore Café has announced that its 15t...

Myron Bolitar and Win Lockwood to appear in Harlan Coben’s new young adult series

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:41:46 +0000

Myron Bolitar series author Harlan Coben will allow Bolitar, his sports agent protagonist, to make an appearance in his new series for teens. GalleyCat notes that Coben has signed a three-book agreement with Penguin Young Readers Group for a series i...

Michael Connelly, James Patterson and Stephen J. Cannell to appear on May 17 ‘Castle’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 16 May 2010 09:07:05 +0000

Insert photo caption or credit here Viewers of the ABC television series Castle will want to tune in Monday, May 17, 2010 for "A Deadly Game," the episode that starts off the summer season.Three real-life mystery novelists join in a poker ...

Nora Roberts to match ADWOFF’s Tennessee flood relief donations

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:03:17 +0000

During the May 1-2, 2010 floods, public attention quickly focused on Nashville, Tennessee. Images of the devastation at the Opryland Hotel appeared on every television screen. But Nashville was not, of course, the only location to suffer from this we...

Jason O’Mara and Daniel Sunjata join Katherine Heigl in cast of ‘One for the Money’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:26:08 +0000

Jason O'Mara has been cast to play the role of vice cop Joe Morelli in One for the Money. This Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment film is based on the first novel in Janet Evanovich's bestselling Stephanie Plum series. Jason O'M...

From my viewpoint: Articles on Nora Roberts and Rolex watches provide excellent chance to name-drop

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 12 May 2010 02:07:37 +0000

It's been nearly six months since I published my last "From my viewpoint" article. I have been waiting, apparently, for a chance to name-drop. Melrose Jewelers, the leading online retailer of Rolex wrist watches, has obligingly prov...

Carolyn Hart marks publication of 20th Death on Demand mystery ‘Laughed ‘Til He Died’

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 12 May 2010 02:01:39 +0000

Carolyn Hart’s April 1, 2010 release, Laughed ‘Til He Died, represents the 20th installment in her long running Death on Demand series. Begun in 1987, the series chronicles the crime solving exploits of mystery bookstore owner Annie Darl...

Nora Roberts participates in 2005 naming rights auction

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 11 May 2010 15:15:31 +0000

What do Michael Connelly, Sue Grafton and Charlaine Harris have in common with Nora Roberts? Within the past year all three authors have participated in charity auctions in which they sold the naming rights a character in a future novel to the highe...

‘The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest’ leads list of new May 2010 releases

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:58:17 +0000

The long-awaited English translation of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest will be released in the U.S. on May 25, 2010. Understanding the plot of this third and final volume of the late Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, though, requires some ...

Mayhem in the Midlands to be held May 27-29, 2010

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 10 May 2010 08:57:24 +0000

May 2010 has been an active month for mystery fans. The Mystery Writers of America and Malice Domestic® met and decided the winners of their annual awards. The U.K.'s CrimeFest 2010 is scheduled to begin on May 20th. Rounding out the month is May...

Nora Roberts contributes to Brenda Novak’s Online Auction for Diabetes Research

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 10 May 2010 08:54:06 +0000

Nora Roberts has once again joined in to support Brenda Novak's annual Online Action for Diabetes Research. As she had done in 2009, Roberts offers the winning bidder a stay at Inn Boonsboro, her restored 18th century bread-and-breakfast Inn in Boon...

New York Times travel section features Nora Roberts’ Inn Boonsboro

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:38:02 +0000

The New York Times’ April 30, 2010 issue has featured Inn Boonsboro, the Boonsboro, Maryland bed-and-breakfast inn owned by Nora Roberts and her husband, Bruce Wilder, in its travel section. “Maryland’s Civil War Country Seeks a Sof...

Michael Atkinson begins new series with Ernest Hemingway as his detective

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:32:58 +0000

Stephanie Barron did it to Jane Austen. William J. Palmer did it to Charles Dickens. Peter J. Heck did it to Mark Twain. Now Michael Atkinson has done it to Ernest Hemingway. Michael Atkinson, a former film critic for The Village Voice, is one of th...

Nora Roberts quoted in Time’s 2010 list of ’100 most influential people’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:14:07 +0000

Time magazine has quoted Nora Roberts in its May 10, 2010 Time 100 issue, which names 100 of “the people who most affect our world.” Roberts' remarks appear in the “Time 100 alumnae” section of the 2010 list. According to an...

Lionsgate gains distribution rights to film adaptation of Michael Connelly’s ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:09:01 +0000

Lionsgate® has now acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the film version of Michael Connelly’s 2005 bestseller, The Lincoln Lawyer. A company press release dated April 26, 2010 reveals that Lakeshore Entertainment, from which Lionsgat...

Malice Domestic and Mystery Writers of America name winners of Agatha and Edgar® Awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 02 May 2010 14:41:00 +0000

Writers of mystery fiction received due acclaim last week with the announcements of the winners of two highly esteemed awards. Yesterday, May 1, 2010, Malice Domestic® name...

Nora Roberts attends 2010 Kentucky Derby

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 02 May 2010 11:39:19 +0000

Nora Roberts watched jockey Calvin Borel ride Super Saver to a victory at the 136th Kentucky Derby, held yesterday, May 1, 2010. A crowd of more than at 155,000 people attended the event, with total betting on the race exceeding $30 million. Calvin...

‘Secrets & Sunsets’ to include ‘Risky Business’ and ‘Mind over Matter’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:21:06 +0000

On July 27, 2010 Harlequin Enterprises will add Secrets & Sunsets to the list of Nora Roberts' titles in its 2010 Silhouette Special Releases...

Jonathan Kellerman creates second spinoff of ‘Alex Delaware’ series characters in ‘True Detectives’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:10:15 +0000

The traditional mystery series features characters in fixed roles. Detectives remain center stage in each novel, with their able assistants by their side. But occasionally a writer creates a secondary character who calls out for more attention. Jona...

Nora Roberts has long history of winning RITA Awards

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:57:29 +0000

The news that the Romance Writers of America (RWA) has included Promises in Death, Nora Roberts' February 2009 J.D. Robb In Death series novel, among its finalists for the 2010 RITA® Awards for Best Romantic Suspense novel probably came as...

Poisoned Pen Bookstore throws birthday party for 80-year-old Nancy Drew

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:51:41 +0000

The many fans of Nancy Drew can join in a celebration of her 80th – yes, 80th – birthday on April 28, 2010. The Poisoned Pen Bo...

Penguin’s Fall catalogs include new titles by Roberts and Robb

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:26:16 +0000

Penguin's Berkley and Putnam imprints have already issued their Fall 2010 catalogs, and each includes a new title by Nora Roberts or by J.D. Robb. Roberts' Happy Ever After, the final volume of her Bride Quartet, is described in the Berkley catalog....

Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Awards prove romance fans love mysteries too

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:14:08 +0000

Proving once again that romance fans love myst...

International Thriller Writers announces finalists for 2010 Thriller Awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:38:44 +0000

International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) has announ...

Eve Dallas’ emotional growth highlighted through friendship theme in ‘Promises in Death’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:27:07 +0000

Both the tragic and the comic elements of Promises in Death (2009), the 34th title to appear in the J.D. Robb In Death series, connect to the theme of friendship. This series, pseudonymously written by Nora Roberts, emphasizes the growth of its cent...

Eve Dallas’ emotional growth highlighted through friendship theme in ‘Promises in Death’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:27:07 +0000

When good writers get bored: What mystery authors write after publishing a successful series

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:00:18 +0000

Most writers of mystery and detective fiction have at least one series associated with their names. A popular mystery series provides authors with a loyal fan base and a welcome income. But despite the lures of fame and fortune, mystery series wri...

New series of articles on responding to the rewards and frustrations of series writing begins

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:58:23 +0000

This week the Mystery Series Examiner will begin including in her content both on this site and on her Nora Roberts Examiner page a series of articles she wrote in 2009 and originally published on Suite101. The initial article, "When good writer...

Character development provides Nora Roberts’ incentive for writing ‘In Death’ series

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:37:33 +0000

The prolific Nora Roberts had already won fame as a writer of individual romantic suspense novels when she began, under a new name, a detective series set in New York City in the year 2058. Roberts' In Death series unites romantic suspense and futur...

CrimeFest 2010 to be held in Bristol, England from May 20-23

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:23:16 +0000

England's annual CrimeFest convention will be held this year at Bristol's Marriott Royal Hotel. From May 20-23, 2010 crime fiction fans will have an opportunity to hear Guest Authors Tonino Benacquista (Antoine series) and Colin Dexter (Inspector Mo...

Harlequin’s ‘Sweet Rains’ to include ‘Second Nature’ and “Lessons Learned’: Why?

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:15:48 +0000

Harlequin Enterprises could have chosen to include in Sweet Rains, its June 29, 2010 Nora Roberts Silhouette Special Release, the two volumes that comprise her Celebrity Magazine series, Second Nature (1986) and One Summer (1986). Alternately, Harl...

Alan Bradley wins Spotted Owl Award for ‘The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:15:04 +0000

Alan Bradley has added once again to the awards he has received for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009), the first title in his Flavia de Luce Mystery series. In 2007 the Crime Writers Association gave Bradley its Debut Dagger Award. At th...

Berkley reprinted eight Nora Roberts novels on July 7, 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:17:40 +0000

The continuing popularity of...

Berkley reprinted eight Nora Roberts novels on July 7, 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:17:40 +0000

The continuing popularity of...

Mystery Series 101: Fact sheet on Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody series

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:38:45 +0000

Author Elizabeth Peters takes her readers back in time to Egypt in the period surrounding World War I in her mystery series featuring the intrepid Amelia Peabody. Amelia is a free-spirited Victorian woman whose passion for archeology is matched only ...

Leonardo DiCaprio to star as Travis McGee in film version of MacDonald’s ‘The Deep Blue Good-By’

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:56:12 +0000

Leonardo DiCaprio has been attached to star in Travis McGee, a 20th Century Fox film based on The Deep Blue Good-By (1964), the first book in John D. MacDonald's 21-volume Travis McGee series. The Hollywood Reporter recently revealed that Oliver Ston...

Berkley to release reprint edition of Honest Illusions on July 27, 2010

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:45:06 +0000

Honest Illusions, Nora Roberts' 1992 romantic suspense novel, once again features lead characters who are jewel thieves, a profession at the center of two other of her early mainstream standalone romances. In Hot Ice, Doug Lord is the practitioner w...

National Library Week spotlight: Aurora Teagarden, Charlaine Harris’s crime solving librarian

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:04:36 +0000

National Library Week, April 11-17, 2010 celebrates the many contributions U.S. librarians and libraries make to society. As fans of mystery fiction are undoubtedly aware, one such contribution, though often overlooked, is that of crime solvin...

Nora Roberts gives her views on ‘Crafting Romantic Suspense’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:40:41 +0000

With her 30th romantic suspense novel, The Search, due to be released on July 6, 2010, Nora Roberts continues to maintain her position as a master of this genre. In "Crafting Romantic Suspense," an essay Roberts published in 1995, she prov...

Bantam followed ‘Sweet Revenge’ with July 2009 reissue of ‘Public Secrets’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:35:06 +0000

Following shortly after its April 2009 reissue of Sweet Revenge (1989), which reveals Princess Adrianne of Jaquir's vengeance against the father whom she blamed for her mother's early death, Bantam released another of Nora Roberts' early mainstream ...

Elizabeth Peters’ new Amelia Peabody novel ‘A River in the Sky’ among April 2010 releases

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:22:47 +0000

Elizabeth Peters' 19th Amelia Peabody series publication, A River in the Sky, due to be released in the U.S. on April 6, 2010 and in the U.K. on April 29, differs from her previous series titles both in time and in place. Peters sets this new...

Katherine Heigl changes hair color to show commitment to her new role as Stephanie Plum

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:03:49 +0000

Readers of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series who were disconcerted by Variety's February 8, 2010 announcement of the choice of actress Katherine Heigl to play the role of Stephanie in the new film One for the Money now face another surprise. T...

Bantam reissued Nora Roberts’ ‘Sweet Revenge’ in April 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:04:54 +0000

Bantam, the publisher of Nora Roberts' earliest mainstream standalone novels, began its most recent series of reprints in 2009. The January 5, 2010 reprint of Genuine Lies (1991), the March 23, 2010 reprint of Carnal Innocence (1991) and the ...

Bantam reissued Nora Roberts’ ‘Sweet Revenge’ in April 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:04:54 +0000

Louise Penny brings Inspector Gamache back to Three Pines for Easter in ‘The Cruelest Month’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:55:46 +0000

Easter brings death and dismay to the idyllic Québec village of Three Pines in Louise Penny's 2007 release, The Cruelest Month. This third book in Penny's Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series finds Gamache and his team once more entangled in...

Nora Roberts joins colleagues in April 1, 2010 petition to stop Brad Meltzer from writing

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:03:10 +0000

Bestselling authors should choose their birthdays with care. That was one of the lessons learned by Brad Meltzer, author of such well-received thrillers as The Book of Fate (2006), The Book of Lies (2008) and the upcoming The Inner Circle (20...

‘True Blood’ star Anna Paquin admits bisexuality in True Colors Fund video

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:19:44 +0000

Anna Paquin, who stars as Sookie Stackhouse in "True Blood," the HBO television series based on Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire Mysteries, stunned fans and friends alike with her appearance in an April 1, 2010 video in which she made he...

Julia Spencer-Fleming’s ‘One Was a Soldier’ publication delayed until April 2011

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:48:39 +0000

Julia Spencer-Fleming's long-awaited One Was a Soldier, the seventh book in her Clare Fergusson series, was originally scheduled to be released on April 13, 2010. However, In Reference to Murder now reveals that the book won't be released until Apri...

‘Sacred Sins’ series shows Roberts’ early interest in detection

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:34:20 +0000

Bantam Books has scheduled an August 31, 2010 release date for its reprint edition of Sacred Sins, a work Nora Roberts first published in 1987. This title and Brazen Virtue (1988), the follow-up novel Roberts also wrote for Bantam, constitutes the on...

Mystery series authors make friends on Facebook

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:31:17 +0000

The social media site Facebook provides several methods for mystery series writers to communicate with their readers. The article "Mystery series authors use Facebook to create fan pages" discusses the practice used by many authors of cre...

Janet Evanovich reinvents her ‘Diesel’ series with new locale and new love interest

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:40:43 +0000

Janet Evanovich, author of the bestselling Stephanie Plum books, has announced that she will give a character from that series, Diesel, a separate ser...

‘Summer Dreams’ to be Harlequin’s reprint of ‘Dual Image’ and ‘Untamed’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:33:07 +0000

On May 25, 2010, Harlequin Enterprises will add to its Silhouette Special Releases series by reissuing two of the standalone novels Nora Robert...

J.D. Robb novel ‘Promises in Death’ among finalists for 2010 Best Romantic Suspense RITA Award

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:22:12 +0000

On March 25, 2010 the Romance Writers of America® (RWA) announced the finalists for the organization's coveted RITA Awards®. Followers of Nora Roberts' In Death series, which she writes under her J.D. Robb pseudonym, will not be surpri...

Debbie Macomber wins RWA’s 2010 Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:37:03 +0000

The Romance Writers of America (RWA) recently announced that Debbie Macomber has won its 2010 Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. Also named were the winners of the RWA's Emma Merritt Service Award, Steffie Walker Bookseller of the Year Award, L...

Tom Selleck to appear in 6th film to be based on Robert B. Parker’s ‘Jesse Stone’ series

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:59:27 +0000

The CBS Television Network has announced that it will broadcast the sixth Jesse Stone movie, "No Remorse," on Sunday, May 9th, at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The films are based on the late Robert B. Parker's Jessie Stone series, which Parker began...

U.S. release date of ‘Savor the Moment’ set for April 27, 2010

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:09:56 +0000

Those who have followed the romantic adventures of the four brides-to-be in Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet will indeed "savor the moment" of the release of the set's third volume. Due out in the United States on April 27, 2010, Savor the Mome...

U.S. release date of ‘Savor the Moment’ set for April 27, 2010

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:09:56 +0000

Left Coast Crime Conference concludes with awards presentation

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:05:29 +0000

The Left Coast Crime conference, held this year in Los Angeles from March 11-14, 2010, wrapped up with the announ...

Lifetime Movie Network sets schedule for April/May 2010 rebroadcasts of Nora Roberts’ movies

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:00:02 +0000

Lifetime Movie Network (LMN), following its practice for January and February 2010, will once again rebroadcast all eight movies in its 2007 and 2009 Nora Roberts Collections during April and May 2010. These presentations add to the previously annou...

Lifetime sets air dates for Patricia Cornwell’s Win Garano series adaptations

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:02:06 +0000

Lifetime Movie Network, which announced last year that it would film adaptations of two novels in Patricia Cornwell's Win Garano mystery series, has set the broadcast dates for these films. Patricia Cornwell's At Risk will air Saturday, April 10, 201...

Hilary Duff signs with Simon & Schuster to write series for young adults

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:32:01 +0000

Actress and singer Hilary Duff has joined the ranks of Hollywood celebrities who have begun writing books for children. A Simon and Schuster press release dated March 9, 2010 reveals that Duff has given Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers th...

Ireland provides setting for many of Nora Roberts’ works

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:29:00 +0000

With the 1981 publication of Irish Thoroughbred, the first title in her Irish Dreams series, Nora Roberts began her writing career with Silhouette Romances. At the same time, Roberts demonstrated her interest in Ireland as a setting that would be f...

Nora Roberts offers ‘A Little Magic’ for St. Patrick’s Day

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:09:48 +0000

When Nora Roberts' Penguin publishers reprinted three of her Irish short stories in the book A Little Magic, they created a St. Patrick's Day treat for her readers. The stories selected for inclusion in this 2002 work were "Spellbound," fr...

Mystery Series 101: Fact sheet on Erin Hart’s Nora Gavin / Cormac Maguire series

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:59:54 +0000

A mystery series that is deeply rooted in Irish history and culture provides the St. Patrick's Day addition to Mystery Series 101. Author E...

Lee Child reveals Jack Reacher’s fate at Left Coast Crime Conference

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:17:49 +0000

In a question-and-answer session with the audience at the 2010 Left Coast Crime conference, Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series, confessed that he plans to kill off his popular protagonist. Child's colleague, Mark Coggins, describes the even...

Charlaine Harris to join Nora Roberts at Turn the Page Bookstore’s WRW book signing

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:09:47 +0000

Charlaine Harris, creator of the The Southern Vampire Mysteries, will join Nora Roberts and a select group of writers at the Turn the Page Bookstore's Washington Romance Writers book signing. This event, scheduled for April 16, 2010, will precede the...

Edgar finalists named in Juvenile and Young Adult mystery categories

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:20:54 +0000

Since the year 2010 has been designated as the Year of the Children's Mystery Book, young readers may want to investigate the works nominated this year for the Mystery Writers of America's 2009 Edgar® awards. The finalists, which were anno...

Loving Jack series to be reissued in part in Harlequin’s ‘Love by Design’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:13:24 +0000

Harlequin will reissue the first two volumes of Nora Roberts Silhouette Romance series Loving Jack – Loving Jack (1989) and Best Laid Plans (1989) on April 1, 2010 in its omnibus reprint edition Love by Design. The cover of this upcoming mass ...

More events planned for Year of the Children’s Mystery Book

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:39:51 +0000

Childrensmysterybooks.org, the official website for the Year of the Children's Mystery Book, has been greatly extended since the Mystery Series Examiner first visited it for her November 17, 2009 article, "2010 designated as Year of the C...

ADWOFF follows InDeath.net’s lead in establishing Facebook fan page

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:58:51 +0000

The two major Nora Roberts / J.D. Robb fan sites have recently acknowledged the importance of the social networking site Facebook by establishing fan pages there. Both InDeath.net and ADWOFF now have a Facebook presence. Screenshot of ADWOFF Faceboo...

BBC and PBS bring Michael Dibdin’s Aurelio Zen to television viewers

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:47:30 +0000

Television viewers in the U.S. who were pleased to learn that the BBC's "Sherlock" will soon be telecast here on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) should be even more delighted that a second mystery series will be acquired through that a...

Romance Writers of America investigates the typical romance reader

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:40:46 +0000

What are Nora Roberts' readers really like? If they are like other romance fans, the Romance Writers of America (RWA) can answer this question. Screenshot of RWA survey webpage taken 03/07/2010 by Carol Thomas The RWA has, since 1998, conducted a s...

J.D. Robb novel ‘Fantasy in Death’ tops New York Times best seller list for second week since debut

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:23:05 +0000

For the second week since its February 23, 2010 publication date, Fantasy in Death, the newest J.D. Robb In Death series novel, headed the New York Times list of hardcover fiction best sellers. This accomplishment testifies not only to the popularit...

Three mystery series books among nominees for 2009 Strand Critics Awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:38:53 +0000

Strand Magazine has announced the finalists for its 2009 Strand Critics Awards. Winners of these awards will be announced in New York City on Ju...

Bantam schedules March 23, 2010 date for ‘Carnal Innocence’ reprint

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:34:21 +0000

Innocence, Mississippi proves to be a town that belies its name in Nora Roberts' 1991 novel, Carnal Innocence. This work is one of three romantic suspense standalone novels that Bantam, the original publisher, plans to reissue in 2010. Carnal Innoce...

Nora Roberts dateline: Calendar of events scheduled for Spring and Summer 2010

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:58:06 +0000

One of the highl...

Alan Bradley brings back Flavia de Luce in March release ‘Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag’

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:43:51 +0000

Flavia de Luce, the precocious eleven-year-old who charmed readers of all ages in The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009), returns on March 9, 2010 in The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag to head an impressive list of March mystery series ...

John Grisham to debut children’s mystery series with ‘Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer’

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:36:26 +0000

A surprised Mystery Series Examiner is pleased to be able to add John Grisham to the list of writers who are the subjects of her articles. Grisham, an acknowledged master of the legal thriller, has from his 1989 novel, A Time to Kill, through t...

I-play sponsors ‘Nora Roberts Capture the Moment’ sweepstakes

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:07:17 +0000

Followers of Facebook's Nora Roberts Official Fan Page learned Thursday, February 25, 2010, of a second sweepstakes opportunity for fans of the prolific romance writer. I-play, the company that just released the "Nora Roberts: Vision in White&qu...

New video marks today’s launch of ‘Vision in White’ game

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:29:15 +0000

I-play Online Gaming, the company producing the first interactive game to be based on a Nora Roberts novel, Vision in White, has created a video promoting its new offering that is available on YouTube. I-play's Vision in White game was just rel...

BBC and PBS to join in bringing ‘Sherlock’ into 21st century

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:12:35 +0000

BBC Worldwide has announced that it will join with Public Broadcasting System (PBS) in the U.S. and with the Nine Network in Australia to bring a new Sherlock Holmes series to the small screen. Following upon director Guy Ritchie's recent success wit...

Angelina Jolie to star as a younger Kay Scarpetta in film based on Patricia Cornwell’s series

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:28:12 +0000

After nearly 20 years of discussions, a film based on Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta series may begin shooting as early as Fall 2010. Rachel Abramowitz, in a February 23, 2010 Los Angeles Times article, credits the interest shown by actress ...

Penguin’s Project Paranormal launches 2nd season with ‘Spotlight on J.D. Robb’ video

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:35:04 +0000

Readers of Fantasy in Death, the newest addition to J.D. Robb's In Death series that is scheduled to be released today, February 23, 2010, will also want to check out "Spotlight on J. D. Robb," the featured video that launches Project Para...

Bantam to follow Genuine Lies with additional 2010 Nora Roberts reprints

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:57:11 +0000

Although Nora Roberts has achieved her bestseller status largely through the books she has published for her current Putnam publishers, she got h...

Malice Domestic names finalists for 2009 Agatha Award for Best Novel

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:52:01 +0000

Malice Domestic®, an annual convention for devotees of the traditional my...

Nora Roberts’ books missing from USA Today’s top ten best-selling books for 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:11:56 +0000

One expects Nora Roberts' novels to appear on the January 15, 2010 list of the 100 titles that comprise "USA Today's Best-Selling Books" for 2009. One does not expect to find that these two Bride Quartet books, Vision in White and Bed of Ro...

Mystery Series 101: Fact sheet on Carole Nelson Douglas’s Irene Adler series

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:36:10 +0000

One would not expect to find Irene Adler series author Carole Nelson Douglas among those who criticize director Guy Ritchie's 2009 film, Sherlock Holmes, for its lack of relevance to Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories. Much like her colleague Lau...

Sisters in Crime supports libraries through its ‘We Love Libraries!’ lottery

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:26:56 +0000

Sisters in Crime (SinC) chose not to wait until February – the official Library Lovers' Month – to announce its latest effort to show support for these organizations. "We at Sisters in Crime LOVE our libraries and want to see them th...

Nora Roberts and the RWA join February’s ‘Library Lovers’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:22:42 +0000

During an October 2005 tour to promote her romantic suspense novel Blue Smoke, Nora Roberts made a scheduled stop at the main branch of the Columbus Library for a book signing. The comments she made shortly before that event to This Week staff writer...

Nora Roberts and the RWA join February’s ‘Library Lovers’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:22:42 +0000

Racing thriller writer Dick Francis dies at age 89 in Cayman Islands home

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:27:41 +0000

Dick Francis, the author of over 42 novels centered primarily on the racing world, died at his Cayman Islands home on February 14, 2010. Francis, who began writing after retiring from a successful career as a steeplechase jockey, was 89. FILE - In t...

Penguin Group designs ‘Fantasy in Death’ promotional campaign around evidence bags

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:54:58 +0000

To celebrate the upcoming publication of the 30th J.D. Robb In Death novel, Fantasy in Death, Nora Roberts' Penguin publishers have begun a new publicity campaign. Penguin has prepared 29 evidence bags, one each to accompany the novels currently in t...

Left Coast Crime annouces finalists for Lefty, Bruce Alexander and Panik awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:10:20 +0000

The annual Left Coast Crime conference, to be held this year in Los Ang...

‘Reading Nora Roberts’ makes appearance in The Pop Lit Book Club series

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:03:51 +0000

Greenwood Press, a company primarily known for publishing reference works, has added to its inventory the December 14, 2009 title, Reading Nora Roberts. Written by Mary Ellen Snodgrass, this title is part of Greenwood's Pop Lit Book Club series. Rea...

‘Reading Nora Roberts’ makes appearance in The Pop Lit Book Club series

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:03:51 +0000

Valentine’s Day becomes a holiday for homicide in five favorite mysteries

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:15:03 +0000

Romance can truly be murder. Five mystery writers prove that concept with stories o...

‘Finding the Dream’ reverses the story of Cinderella at the Valentine’s Day ball

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:54:02 +0000

Although Nora Roberts has used Valentine's Day as a backdrop in several of her novels, she most fully develops the event in her 1997 work, Finding the Dream, the third book in her Dream Trilogy. In one of Roberts' typical reversals of the Cinderella...

Katherine Heigl to star in ‘One for the Money’ film

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:27:53 +0000

The Internet has been buzzing today with reactions to Variety's February 8, 2010 announcement that Katherine Heigl has been slated to appear as Stephanie Plum in Columbia Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment's film version of One for the Money. Heigl...

Ostar Enterprises acquires television option for Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan series

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:52:29 +0000

Tess Monaghan series author Laura Lippman had good news to report to readers of her Facebook fan page with this January 24, 2010 announcement: "It's official: the Tess Monaghan series has been optioned by Bill Haber's Ostar Enterprises. ....

Nora Roberts issues video promoting ‘Fantasy in Death’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:33:27 +0000

Nora Roberts has recently issued a video, available on YouTube, in which she discusses Fantasy in Death, her newest addition to the In Death futuristic mystery series that she writes under her J. D. Robb pseudonym. This novel will be released in the...

Nora Roberts issues video promoting ‘Fantasy in Death’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:33:27 +0000

Turn the Page Bookstore Cafe announces February 20, 2010 book signing event

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:44:31 +0000

The January 27, 2010 i...

Tom Harper to become 2010 Chair of Crime Writers Association

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:33:05 +0000

The U.K.'s Crime Writers Association (CWA) has announced that Tom Harper will become its chair as of April 2010. Harper will replace the current chair, Margaret Murphy, whose one-year term will end at that time. Mosaic of Shadows author Tom Harper w...

Nora Roberts describes her cameo appearance in Lifetime’s ‘Nora Roberts’ Angels Fall’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:33:46 +0000

The Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) decided in January 2010 to rebroadcast in one month all eight films in its 2007 and 2009 Nora Roberts Collections. That choice has lead to a flurry of interest by Roberts' fans in "spotting" the author's cam...

Nancy Atherton’s Aunt Dimity Down Under among new mystery series titles coming in February 2010

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:31:55 +0000

Aunt Dimity Down Under, the 15th volume in Nancy Atherton's cozy mystery series featuring the ghostly crime solving skills of Aunt Dimity, tops the list of new series titles to be released in February 2010. Due out on February 18, 2010, Aunt Dimity ...

Viewers of LMN films in 2007 Nora Roberts Collection still have chance to ‘Spot Nora Roberts’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:23:00 +0000

The money may be long gone, but the challenge still remains. Viewers of the four Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) films in the 2007 Nora Roberts Collection – Nora Roberts' Angels Fall, Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke, Nora Roberts' Carolina Moon and&nbsp...

Father Dowling creator Ralph Matthew McInerny dies at age 80

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:44:33 +0000

Ralph Matthew McInerny, whose many achievements included the creation of ...

Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes film gets a vote of approval from Baker Street Irregulars

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:08:24 +0000

Members of the prestigious Sherlock Holmes literary society known as the Baker Street Irregulars (BSI) have parted company with other fans of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective series in their view of Guy Ritchie's 2009 film, Sherlock Holmes. They like i...

Mystery Writers of America elects new board members

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:07:15 +0000

The Mystery Writers of America (MWA), which last week produced its nominations for the 2010 Edgar® Awards, met in New York City on January 16, 2010 for an orientation session for its new board members. Elected to work with the organization'...

Lifetime Movie Network to rebroadcast Nora Roberts’ Blue Smoke

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:01:49 +0000

Lifetime Movie Network will once again rebroadcast the film, Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke. The movie, one of eight films created by Lifetime from Nora Roberts' romantic suspense novels, first aired on Lifetime on February 12, 2007. Nora Roberts' Blue Sm...

John Rebus’s retirement is nearing its end claims author Ian Rankin

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:56:15 +0000

Word on the street – and the street happens to be in India – is that Ian Rankin, creator of the Inspector Rebus mystery series, plans to bring John Rebus out retirement. Purva Mehra, in a January 21, 2010 article in the Hindust...

Lifetime rebroadcasts all eight movies in its Nora Roberts Collections next month

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:01:32 +0000

The upcoming month has much to offer those who enjoy the Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) adaptations of Nora Roberts' romantic suspense novels. Between January 26, 2010 and February 23, 2010, Lifetime will rebroadcast all eight movies in its Nora Robert...

Lifetime Movie Network to rebroadcast Nora Roberts’ Carolina Moon

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:56:44 +0000

Lifetime Movie Network will once again rebroadcast the film, Nora Roberts' Carolina Moon. The movie, one of eight films created by Lifetime from Nora Roberts' romantic suspense novels, first aired on Lifetime on February 19, 2007. Based on Roberts' ...

Putnam to reissue ‘Remember When’ as ‘Hot Rocks’ and as ‘Big Jack’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:37:59 +0000

Nora Roberts' Putnam publishers have scheduled a separate release for each of the two parts of Remember When, the 2003 collaborative work by Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb. Roberts, under her own name, wrote the romantic suspense novel that comprises th...

Sherlock Holmes’ Robert Downey Jr. charms Golden Globe audience with ironic acceptance speech

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:27:19 +0000

Robert Downey, Jr. made has made headlines again with his selection as this year's Golden Globe Award winner for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical. Downey received his award, issued by the Hollywood Foreign Pres...

Colleagues mourn death of Spenser’s creator, Robert B. Parker (1932-2010)

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:43:34 +0000

News of the sudden death of author Robert B. Parker Monday, January 18, 2010, came as a shock to many. Parker, best known for his long-running series featuring the Boston private investigator known only by his last name, Spenser – "l...

Mystery Writers of America announces 2010 Edgar® Award nominees

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:27:41 +0000

In a press release dated today, January 19, 2010, the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) announced the nominees for the organization's 2010 Edgar Allan Poe awards. These coveted awards honor the best of the past year's mystery works both in fiction an...

Laurie R. King inducted into Baker Street Irregulars

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:08:48 +0000

Laurie R. King, author of the Mary Russell mystery series, was among nine new members inducted into the Baker Street Irregulars (BSI) at the Sherlockian society's annual dinner on Friday January 15, 2010. The BSI, which is the United States' premier...

Harlequin to reissue Nora Roberts’ Night Tales series in three 2010 Silhouette Special Releases

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:48:49 +0000

Harlequin Enterprises will start the year 2010 off with three Nora Roberts omnibus reprint editions that together will include all five books in the author's Night Tales series – Night Shift (1991), Night Shadow (1991), Nightshade (1993), N...

Val McDermid ‘gobsmacked’ to learn that she is CWA’s 2010 Cartier Diamond Dagger Award winner

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:33:33 +0000

Scottish author Val McDermid said she was "gobsmacked" to learn that she had won the prestigious Cartier Diamond Dagger Award from the U.K.'s Crime Writers Association (CWA). A January 12, 2010 Guardian article had this report on her reacti...

Official Facebook fan pages established for Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:12:34 +0000

Nora Roberts now has an official Facebook fan page, as does her accomplice in crime, J. D. Robb. Roberts' publicist, Laura Reeth, informed the members of Roberts' ADWOFF fan site of the newly created Facebook | Nora Roberts Official Fan Page a...

Winter’s great escape, Part 2: Plan now to attend 2010 RWA conference

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:16:41 +0000

Even those who have found some relief from the winter blues by signing up now for RomCon™ 2010 may still need to extend their mental escape from cold weather. They can do so by planning yet another conference to attend during the summer of 2010...

Robert Crais’ The First Rule headlines January 2010 mystery series releases

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:09:24 +0000

When the Mystery Series Examiner first began writing this column, she naively thought that she could list for her readers all the new mystery series titles debuting each month. Experience quickly taught her the error of her ways. Instead, she will f...

Publicity surrounding Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes movie proves as entertaining as the film

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:38:46 +0000

Readers of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories may find the idea of the Great Detective as an action hero difficult to comprehend. That, however, is director Guy Ritchie's concept in his 2009 film, Sherlock Holmes. Golden Globe winner Rober...

Winter’s Great Escape, Part 1: Sign up now for RomCon 2010 – the romance readers’ convention

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:16:19 +0000

For those who are seeking an escape from the cold and snow of January, relief is just a webpage away. Fans of romance writers like Nora Roberts can enjoy some armchair traveling by signing up now for the RomCon™ 2010 convention, to be held thi...

Peaceful Orcas Island disrupted by copycat killer in Roberts’ July 6, 2010 release ‘The Search’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:52:22 +0000

Like her 2009 romantic suspense novel Black Hills, Nora Roberts' 2010 publication, The Search, is also scheduled for a July release. Amazon.com U.S, gives a specific date of July 6, 2010 for the issuance of the Putnam edition. Other than the cover i...

Winter 2010 crime fiction conventions warm the hearts of mystery fans

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:29:51 +0000

The Mystery Series Examiner and Nora Roberts Examiner have decided to collaborate this month to offer relief to their readers who live in the frozen North. They are suggesting upcoming conventions that can provide an escape to warmer climes and...

James Patterson’s ReadKiddoRead encourages librarians to promote reading with $2500 award

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:20:11 +0000

James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead website has partnered with EarlyWord.com and Asset-Based Thinking for Teens (ABT) to provide a contest that will award $2,500 to a librarian who proposes the best "new and inspired" plans for a school readin...

New Year’s surprise: Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller may someday star in ‘The Hardy Men’

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:43:57 +0000

2010 had hardly begun before Hollywood director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) issued a statement about the long awaited movie, The Hardy Men, which will star Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller as the grown up detectives familiar to generations of children...

Harlequin publishes 11 Nora Roberts’ Silhouette Special Releases in 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:47:14 +0000

Harlequin Enterprises released approximately one new Silhouette Special Releases omnibus volume of Nora Roberts' early works during each month of 2009. The publisher's practice of regularly issuing reprint editions of the novels Roberts originally w...

P. D. James investigates the detective novel in ‘Talking About Detective Fiction’

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:38:38 +0000

Former Mystery Writers of America Grand Master P. D. James preaches what she practices in her newly released nonfictional work, Talking About Detective Fiction (December 2009). The acclaimed author of the Inspector Adam Dalgliesh mystery series prov...

ADWOFF fan site provides Nora Roberts FAQs

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:28:52 +0000

How many of Nora Roberts' fans know that she has a Celtic knot tattooed on her left ankle, that she prefers to be called a writer rather than an author and that her favorite Christmas movie is It's A Wonderful Life? Those who find their way to ADWOFF...

From my viewpoint: Mystery Series Examiner offers help in reindexing my site

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:31:53 +0000

As some of you may recall, my colleague, the Mystery Series Examiner, recently offered me her assistance in reindexing my site. The offer was, of course, unnecessary. This simple task is one that I have already completed. The new Mystery Series Exam...

Topics covered on Mystery Series Examiner site reindexed

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:23:19 +0000

Watching the Times Square New Year's Eve celebrations inspired the Mystery Series Examiner to create and perhaps even implement her 2010 New Year's resolutions. Like many other people, she has placed cleaning house – or rather cleaning site &nd...

Bantam to reissue Nora Roberts’ Genuine Lies in January 2010

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:27:47 +0000

Nora Roberts' recent romantic suspense bestsellers often build upon situations she first explored in earlier works. Just as 2009's Black Hills develops the "woman scorned" concept first seen in The Reef (1998), so too does Tribute (2008) e...

Times Online cites P.D. James’ surprise attack on BBC director Mark Thompson in author profile

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:09:25 +0000

P.D. James, author of the Inspector Adam Dalgliesh mystery series and former Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, made the headlines of the London Times Books section Sunday, January 3, 2010. The Times Online article, "A most cheerful...

Lifetime Movie Network to rebroadcast Nora Roberts’ Midnight Bayou

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:44:00 +0000

Lifetime Movie Network will once again rebroadcast the film, Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou. The movie, one of eight films created by Lifetime from Nora Roberts' romantic suspense novels, first aired on Lifetime on March 28, 2009. Jerry O'...

Leslie Meier’s Lucy Stone encounters another holiday homicide in ‘New Year’s Eve Murder’

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:35:04 +0000

Lucy Stone, the central character of Leslie Meier's Lucy Stone Mystery series, must shudder with horror as any holiday approaches. For the Tinker's Cove, Maine part-time Pennysaver newspaper reporter and full-time mother of four, such celebrations i...

LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian star in New Year’s Eve rebroadcast of Northern Lights

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:30:42 +0000

Lifetime Movie Network will rebroacast its film adaptations of two Nora Roberts' novels, Midnight Bayou (2:00 p.m. ET) and Northern Lights (12:00 a.m. ET), on December 31, 2009. It is likely, though, that the recent gossip involving the stars of Nort...

Nora Roberts’ 2010 books listed on website

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:58:56 +0000

Nora Roberts' website has added a listing of titles the writer will release in 2010. Both new and reprint editions are included. February 2010 will see the release of the new J.D.Robb In Death series book, Fantasy in Death (February 23). Hot Rocks, ...

More mystery series titles appear on NPR and Seattle Times lists of 2009′s best books

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:12:01 +0000

The Seattle Times and National Public Radio (NPR) both quickly supplemented earlier lists of 2009's best mysteries by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and the New York Times with their own choices. Mystery series books once again dominate the sele...

Duets to include The Name of the Game and Once More With Feeling

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:33:15 +0000

Harlequin Enterprises has scheduled a final 2009 Silhouette Special Releases reprint edition of two of Nora Roberts' early Silhouette romances to...

John Mortimer among mystery series authors who died in 2009

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:29:00 +0000

When a writer dies, the fictional world he has created dies with him. Although several notable mystery series writers passed away in 2009, none will leave a greater void than John Mortimer and his seemingly larger-than-life creation, Horace Rumpole....

EW lists Brittany Murphy’s Tribute performance among ’11 Roles We’ll Remember’

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:17:16 +0000

One of the last roles played by Brittany Murphy, the young Hollywood actress who died suddenly on December 20, 2009 of cardiac arrest, was that of Cilla McGowan in the 2009 Lifetime Movie Network's adaptation of Nora Roberts' novel Tribute. A De...

Slideshow of graphics from beta release of Vision in White game now available

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:19:13 +0000

There is good news today for those who don't want to wait until February 2010 to see the computer game version of Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet debut novel, Vision in White. Impatient fans will be relieved to know that they can now view screenshots of ...

Dan Brown, Elmore Leonard and Al Roker explain why ‘Books Make Great Gifts’

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:59:17 +0000

Although Christmas Eve is almost here, there is still time to make those last minute purchases. A visit to the nearest bookstore will provide a quick and much appreciated answer to most gift-giving dilemmas. Many celebrities contend that ...

Penguin Group USA includes Roberts among authors responsible for its successful publishing year

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:54:03 +0000

Penguin Group USA includes Nora Roberts among four authors who helped the publisher achieve its "extraordinary 2009 successes" accordin...

Seattle Mystery Bookshop provides Christmas book cover photos

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:43:21 +0000

Located in Pioneer Square in Seattle, Washington, the Seattle Mystery Bookshop has become a favorite destination for "mystery lovers who know what they want and for those who haven't a clue," as the bookstore defines itself on its website....

Christmas mysteries explored in two J.D. Robb ‘In Death’ titles

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:19:54 +0000

Just as Nora Roberts explored the romance of Christmas in her short stories, her counterpart, J.D. Robb, focuses on the mystery of the season in ...

Five feline detectives deter Christmas catastrophes

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:44:02 +0000

Everyone seems to need a little extra help during the...

Two of Nora Roberts’ short stories capture the romance of Christmas

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:38:22 +0000

Although many of Nora Roberts' novels feature Christmas scenes, her followers often turn to two of her early short stories, "Home for Christ...

Stephen King gives his choices for the best books of 2009

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:53:12 +0000

Although Stephen King admitted to experiencing real problems in finding even one holiday movie he liked, he had no such trouble deciding on his choices for 2009's best books. King's "My Top 10 Books of 2009," as published in Entertainment W...

Nora Roberts’ books receive praise from recently closed Kirkus Reviews

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:01:51 +0000

The Mystery Series Examiner speculated earlier as to the effect of the recently announced closure of the prepublication review journal, Kirkus Reviews, would have on writers like Janet Evanovich who have occasionally been the object of its nega...

Mystery series titles highlight 2009′s ‘Best Books’ lists

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:05:07 +0000

As 2009 edges toward its end, the inevitable assessments of the year begin. For mystery fans, this desire to evaluate the past results in an outpouring of lists of what are considered to be the best mystery books published in 2009. Michael Connelly'...

Nora Roberts recommends books as best Christmas gifts in Penguin Group video

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:50:35 +0000

Penguin Group, the current publisher of Nora Roberts' books, features a Christmas video of Roberts, Vicki Lewis Thompson and Charlaine Harris on the Screening Room section of their website. The video, entitled "Holiday Greetings from Project Par...

Simon & Schuster authors – even Stephen King – name favorite holiday movies in publisher’s video

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:36:20 +0000

Several publishers are getting into the holiday spirit by creating Christmas videos featuring writers whose work they publish. Penguin Group recently produced one with Nora Roberts, Vicki Lewis Thompson and Charlaine Harris, who offered their recomme...

The Happily Ever After blog issues In Death Reading Challenge

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:40:31 +0000

Those who enjoy the In Death series of books that Nora Roberts writes under her J.D. Robb pseudonym now have the opportunity to share their enthusiasm for these works in a new In Death Reading Challenge. Christine from the blog The Happily Ever After...

Janet Evanovich among mystery series writers who may not lament closure of Kirkus Reviews

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:52:11 +0000

Kirkus Reviews, the prepublication review journal begun in 1933, has met its end. Nielsen Business Media announced on December 10, 2009 that it would cease publishing both Kirkus Reviews and Editor & Publisher and would sell its business journals...

Low price of eBooks causes publishers to decide to delay their release

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:46:02 +0000

Those who have written "Kindle" or "Nook" on their Christmas wish list may want to take note of a recent decision by several leading publishers that may delay their access to latest releases by their favorite mystery series writer...

Bed of Roses among OverDrive’s most downloaded library audiobooks and eBooks

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:43:02 +0000

Those who haven't yet read Nora Roberts' recently released Bride Quartet title, Bed of Roses (October 27, 2009) may want to take note of a new press release from OverDrive. This leading global distributor of audiobooks and eBooks publishes mo...

MWA chooses Dorothy Gilman as its 2010 Grand Master

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:56:11 +0000

In a December 9, 2009 release to its members, Mystery Writers of America (MWA) revealed its selection of Dorothy Gilman, creator of the Mrs. Pollifax mystery series, as the organization's 2010 Grand Master. MWA gives its Grand Master Award to t...

I-play to adapt Nora Roberts’ Vision in White as interactive game

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:58:29 +0000

Nora Roberts, who in her J. D. Robb persona kills off the head of a computer gaming company in her upcoming In Death novel, Fantasy in Death (February 2010), has chosen to step into that fictionally hazardous business herself. Keith Staskiewicz, on E...

Joseph Teller wins 2009 Nero Award for The Tenth Case

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:01 +0000

Jane K. Cleland, Literary Awards Chair of the Nero Wolfe Society, presented Joseph Teller with the society's 2009 Nero Award for The Tenth Case (Mira, 2008) at the 32nd annual Black Orchid Banquet on December 5, 2009. The Nero Award celebrates the b...

What happened and when: A chronological overview of Harlequin Enterprises’ DellArte Press affair

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:39:21 +0000

The continuing wave of responses to Harlequin Enterprises' creation of its "pay-to-publish" division, DellArte Press, reached a new crest on Friday, December 4, 2009. On that date the Mystery Writers of America announced to its members that...

Chris Pine to play a ‘really smart’ Jack Ryan in next film based on Clancy’s series character

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:24:02 +0000

Mace Neufeld, who has produced all four previous film adaptations of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, has revealed that Chris Pine will play the role of Clancy's hero in an upcoming original screenplay. Neufeld made that statement at a December 4, 2009...

Mystery Writers of America implements proposed sanctions against Harlequin Enterprises

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:52:38 +0000

The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) responded quickly this week to a letter from Harlequin Enterprises CEO Donna Hayes in which she affirmed her company's intent to link its new "pay-to-publish" division, DellArte Press, with its tradition...

New mystery series books debuting in December 2009

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:50:41 +0000

Choosing what to read from the many available lists of new mystery books being released in December 2009 is no easy task. Highlighted below are only ten works picked from among the hundreds of new books coming out this month. The accompanying ...

Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on The O’Hurleys series

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:44:37 +0000

Nora Roberts' O'Hurleys series explores the lives of Frank and Molly O'Hurley's children – the triplets, Abigail, Maddy and Chantel, and their brother, Trace. Roberts published all three "triplet" stories –The Last Honest Woman...

Australian author Colleen McCullough scheduled for brain surgery

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:47:48 +0000

The Times Online reported Sunday, November 29, 2009 that the Australian author Colleen McCullough, who is suffering from a condition known as trigeminal neuralgia, will have surgery in January 2010 to relieve pressure on her brain. The disease is on...

Seven Nora Roberts events scheduled for Winter 2009/2010

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:58:54 +0000

The seven scheduled events designed to warm the chill of Winter 2009/2010 for Nora Roberts' fans begin this Saturday, December 5, 2009, wit...

Dennis Lehane to revive Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro series with Gone, Baby, Gone sequel

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:32:05 +0000

Colette Bancroft begins her October 25, 2009 St. Petersburg Times article, "Author Dennis Lehane brings back popular characters from 'Gone, Baby, Gone'" by announcing, "Patrick Kenzie is talking to Dennis Lehane again." ...

Ruth Rendell concludes her Chief Inspector Wexford series with The Monster in the Box

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:19:57 +0000

The Monster in the Box (October 2009) marks the final appearance of Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, the police detective who first came on the scene in Ruth Rendell's 1964 novel, From Doon With Death. In this, his 22nd case, the Chief Inspector mus...

Turn the Page News provides dates for 2010 Valentine and WRW book signings

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:52:57 +0000

The November 2009 issue of Turn the Page News, the newsletter issued by...

Tommy Lee Jones leaves Lincoln Lawyer film but Matthew McConaughey remains in title role

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:18:49 +0000

Variety announced a stumbling block this week in the production of Lakeshore Entertainment's film version of Michael Connelly's 2005 novel, The Lincoln Lawyer. On Monday, November 23, 2009 Michael Fleming noted that actor Tommy Lee Jones, who had sig...

Harlequin Horizons becomes DellArte Press: Self-publishing dream confronts reality

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:38:08 +0000

Today's top news story from the embattled Harlequin Horizons front is that the new self-publishing division of Harlequin Enterprises has, as promised by Harlequin CEO Donna Hayes, changed its name to DellArte Press. Lynn Andriani revealed this develo...

Harlequin Horizons becomes DellArte Press: Self-publishing dream confronts reality

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:38:08 +0000

David Suchet to star in ITV adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:14:22 +0000

Production has begun on the U.K.'s ITV adaptation of Agatha's Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. The film, directed by Philip Martin, will once again feature actor David Suchet as Christie's famed detective, Hercule Poirot. ITV, the Unite...

Mystery blogs and libraries offer recommendations for Thanksgiving book feasts

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:52 +0000

Mystery readers can feast this during the Thanksgiving holidays from a selection of mystery series titles that run the gamut of the genre from thriller to cozy. Mystery fans and librarians all have made suggestions of titles from which they may choo...

Vision in White’s Carter Maguire comments on the appeal of Johnny Depp, People’s Sexiest Man Alive

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:21:46 +0000

Although Nora Roberts seldom has her characters spend much time discussing contemporary celebrities, the author made a rare exception involving actor Johnny Depp. Depp, who most recently starred as John Dillinger in Public Enemies (2009) and will por...

Laura Lippman to be 2010 president of Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:27:53 +0000

Tess Monaghan series author Laura Lippman has been elected as the next president of the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) reveals a November 21, 2009 Rap Sheet post. Lippman will follow current president Lee Child (Jack Reacher series), whose one-year...

Nora Roberts’ popularity quickly recognized by early Silhouette reprint editions of her works

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:52:37 +0000

Harlequin Enterprises' current practice of regularly issuing omnibus reprints of Nora Roberts' early Silhouette romances is not the first example of that publisher's ability to capitalize on the popularity of its best known author. Its Silhouette div...

From my viewpoint: My commentary on commentary

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:50:38 +0000

Examiner.com has one requirement for its Examiners to which we devote a lot of screen space whenever we get together on the company's own forum or in the one provided for Linked In members. Examiner.com expects its writers to compose their articles ...

Mystery Writers of America joins with RWA and SFWA in complaints regarding Harlequin Horizons

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:09:19 +0000

Bloggers have been busy this week responding to the developments in the ongoing story of the criticism Harlequin Enterprises is receiving for its creation of its Harlequin Horizons division. Harlequin describes the newly established division as being...

Smart Bitches Trashy Books discussion regains focus on Harlequin Horizons self-publishing options

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:28:20 +0000

Participants in the ongoing discussion being held on the Smart Bitches Trashy Books website defied the prediction made yesterday, November 19, 2009, by the Nora Roberts Examiner. The group did indeed regain its focus on the consequences of Harlequin ...

Harlequin Horizons to change name to appease its critics

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:49:30 +0000

Harlequin Horizons, the recently created self-publishing division of Harlequin Enterprises, has just experienced its first identity crisis. Harlequin Enterprises CEO Donna Hayes reveals that the new company will be getting a newer name, one that remo...

From my viewpoint: Roberts and Winters continue their Gunfight at the Smart Bitches Corral

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:42:27 +0000

So what have I been doing since publishing, very early this morning, my extremely rational and objective news article, "Nora Roberts comments on controversy surrounding Harlequin's new self-publishing division"? I've been watching wit...

Nora Roberts comments on controversy surrounding Harlequin’s new self-publishing division

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:28:24 +0000

In an early morning post to the Smart Bitches Trashy Books website today, November 19, 2009, Nora Roberts offered her response to the controversy surrounding a decision made yesterday by the Romance Writers of America (RWA) to deny Harlequin Enterpri...

Mark Coggins: August Riordan mystery series author is also a talented photogapher

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:44:57 +0000

How does a struggling Mystery Series Examiner find good photographs of the authors she wants to write about? She searches for a mystery series writer who is also a skilled photographer, preferably one who likes to share. And, if she's lucky, she find...

Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on The Stanislaskis series

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:36:00 +0000

Nora Roberts' The Stanislaskis series – also known as Those Wild Ukranians – has much in common with her earlier The MacGregors series. Though the struggling Stanislaski family never attains the wealth of Daniel MacGregor's clan, both se...

2010 designated as Year of the Children’s Mystery Book

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:08:28 +0000

Fans of mystery series fiction who grew up reading the Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys books will celebrate the fact that the year 2010 has been designated as the Year of the Children's Mystery Book. Children's mystery series author Carole Marsh made...

Gifts Inn BoonsBoro promotes regional arts and crafts

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:54:43 +0000

Although events leading up to the October 2008 opening of Nora Roberts and Bruce Wilder's Gifts Inn BoonsBoro were not nearly so traumatic as those that befell their Inn BoonsBoro, the gift store encountered its share of difficulties as well. Roberts...

Patricia Cornwell interviews James Patterson about I, Alex Cross

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:33:13 +0000

After being the subject of James Patterson's interview about her novel, The Scarpetta Factor, Patricia Cornwell got a chance to question Patterson. In a second Amazon.com Author One-on-One interview Cornwell asks Patterson about I, Alex Cross,...

Renfrew Institute is the latest organization to gain support from Nora Roberts Foundation

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:18:45 +0000

The Renfrew Institute for Cultural and Environmental Studies, located in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, recently received a five-year pledge of $10,000 annually from the Nora Roberts Foundation. The donation, reported in an October 29, 2009 Herald-Mail ar...

Sue Grafton is Guest of Honor at this weekend’s New England Crime Bake

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:53:01 +0000

Sue Grafton headlines an impressive list of mystery series writers participating in the Dedham, Massachusetts 8th annual New England Crime Bake this weekend, November 13-15, 2009. The Kinsey Millhone series author's influence inspired the title of th...

Turn the Page Bookstore Cafe announces December 5, 2009 Holiday book signing event

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:27:01 +0000

The Turn the Page Bookstore Café lost no time in announcing the date of its annual Holiday book signing event. The Internet was still abuzz with comments about the past weekend's November 7, 2009 Fall book signing when Nora Roberts' fans...

Hercule Poirot steps out from behind the Curtain in new Strand Magazine short story

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:40:21 +0000

Agatha Christie's famed detective, Hercule Poirot, will make a surprise U.S. reappearance in Strand Magazine's tenth anniversary issue, to be published next week. This Reuters November 10, 2009 announcement followed closely upon Strand's mention of a...

James Patterson interviews Patricia Cornwell about The Scarpetta Factor

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:22:47 +0000

Amazon.com has recently come up with the appealing idea of having bestselling novelists interview each other to mutually promote their works. Two recent participants in this exchange are Patricia Cornwell, whose Kay Scarpetta series novel The Scarpe...

Inn BoonsBoro gets its own happy ending when it is rebuilt after February 2008 fire

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:56:21 +0000

Major news organizations throughout the United States heralded the February 17, 2009 opening of Inn BoonsBoro – the Boonsboro, Maryland bed-and-breakfast inn owned by Nora Roberts and her husband, Bruce Wilder. They realized that the stor...

From my viewpoint: Nora Roberts bobblehead doll gets added to my Christmas shopping list

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:51:38 +0000

In other "From my viewpoint" articles, I have mentioned the many surprises my research into the life and works of Nora Roberts has brought me. My recent discovery of a delightful slideshow featuring a journeying Nora Roberts bobblehead doll...

Mystery Series 101: Fact Sheet on Deborah Crombie’s Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James mystery series

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:13:05 +0000

Deborah Crombie is a Texan who writes British police procedurals with such finesse that she has twice received the coveted Macavity Best Novel award. Of the thirteen titles in her Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James mystery series, Dreaming of the Bones won...

Deborah Crombie’s Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James mystery series: Title summaries

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:51:58 +0000

Deborah Crombie's Macavity award-winning Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James mystery series details the professional and personal lives of the two Scotland Yard detectives. The accompanying slideshow, "The Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James mystery series&q...

Facebook | Mystery Series Examiner

cjthomas — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:37 +0000

I think I’ve been devoting more time to my Facebook | Mystery Series Examiner fan page than I have to my blog. So if you’re interested in seeing some new videos by Grafton, Cornwell, Patterson or Crombie, or in discussions by Sarah Weinman and Jason Pinter on the status of crime fiction, please look there.

I’ve also be using Facebook to announce additions to my article, Mystery series authors use Facebook to create fan pages. I wrote the article because I thought others might be as frustrated as I was in trying to locate fan pages for mystery writers. Facebook doesn’t seem to index its contents very fully.

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Bruce Wilder’s Turn The Page Bookstore Cafe has pre-Civil War origin

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:32:07 +0000

Nora Roberts' fans thronged the streets of Boonsboro, Maryland Saturday, November 7, 2009, all waiting for their chance to enter the Turn the Page Bookstore Café. Bruce Wilder's bookstore, originally a pre-Civil War townhouse, once again hoste...

Sue Grafton provides excerpt from U is for Undertow on her website

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:38:50 +0000

Sue Grafton has obliged her eternally curious fans by placing an excerpt from U is for Undertow, the 21st title in her Kinsey Millhone mystery series – sometimes known as the Alphabet series – on her website. The title is scheduled for a...

Barnes & Noble to use James Patterson’s ReadKiddoRead as basis for recommended selections

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:58:33 +0000

A November 5, 2009 news release from PR Newswire announces a new Barnes & Noble initiative to encourage childhood reading that owes it origin to mystery series author James Patterson. Patterson, a long time advocate of children's literacy, has de...

Macavity Awards Announced at Bouchercon 2009

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:28:13 +0000

Attendees at the annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention who vote to select the winners of the Anthony Awards also have the opportunity to attend several ceremonies in which other groups chose the winners of awards they issue. Mystery Readers Int...

New mystery series paperbacks debuting in November 2009

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:35:25 +0000

Each month, the Mystery Bookshelf supplements the New Mysteries announcements of new hardcover publications with its own identification of upcoming paperback releases. Most recently, the Mystery Bookshelf has have delivered its November releases list...

Nora Roberts and the numbers game: Is Vision in White her 200th publication?

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:14:49 +0000

Lauren Collins' June 2009 New Yorker article, "Real Romance: How Nora Roberts Became America’s Most Popular Novelist," generated a flurry of new interest in Nora Roberts. That interest focused not just on the contents of Roberts' work...

New mystery series hardcovers debuting in November 2009

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:55:31 +0000

New Mysteries has published its list of new hardcover mystery publications that will be released in November 2009. Like Mystery Bookshelf, which enumerates new paperback titles, the New Mysteries list includes titles originally published in other for...

Worth the Risk to include Nora Roberts’ Partners and The Art of Deception

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:50:37 +0000

Nora Roberts' fans get twice as lucky as usual on November 24, 2009 with the release of two of her early titles in one. Worth the Risk, a Harlequ...

J.D. Robb’s Missing in Death to be released in The Lost anthology November 24, 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:30:50 +0000

"Missing in Death," a new novella featuring the characters from the J.D. Robb In Death series, will be released on November 24, 2009. The title is included in The Lost, an anthology that contains works by Robb and fellow writers Patricia G...

Michael Connelly to chat with fans in November 3, 2009 Facebook event

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:12:19 +0000

Michael Connelly is one of a growing number of mystery series writers who create Facebook fan pages to interact with their readers. Connelly used his own fan page last week to announce that he would participate in a live chat on Tuesday, November 3, ...

J. D. Robb’s Kindred in Death to be released November 3, 2009

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:10:13 +0000

Writing under the pseudonym of J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts has created a unique blend of mystery, romance and science fiction in her acclaimed In Death mystery series. The latest title in that series, Kindred in Death, will be released today, November 3...

Four Nora Roberts events scheduled for November 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:57:15 +0000

Nora Roberts fans will want to circle three dates on their November 2009 calendars – November 3, November 7 and November 24. Two of these days mark important book releases, and one represents a long awaited book signing. November 3 will see th...

Mystery series authors use Facebook to create fan pages

Mystery Series Examiner — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:42:36 +0000

One of Facebook's recent innovations has been that of fan pages, which are designed to connect individuals with celebrities, products or services of particular interest to them. Mystery series authors have been quick to see the potential of these pag...

Sasha Alexander selected to play Maura Isles in pilot for “Rizzoli” series

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:19:25 +0000

Tess Gerritsen's fans didn't have to wait long to discover who would play Jane Rizzoli's crime solving partner in the TNT pilot episode for the proposed new "Rizzoli" television series that is based on Gerritsen's Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isl...

Philip Kerr receives 2009 Ellis Peters Historical Award from British Crime Writers Association

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:09:22 +0000

Philip Kerr, the author of the Bernie Gunther mystery series, received the 2009 Ellis Peters Award yesterday, October 29, 2009. Kerr's win was for his 2009 series publication, If The Dead Rise Not. Philip Kerr's If the Dead Rise Not won the 20...

Philip Kerr receives 2009 Ellis Peters Historical Award from British Crime Writers Association

Mystery Series Examiner — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:09:22 +0000

Spooky stories from Nora Roberts – The Sign of Seven trilogy

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:03:59 +0000

Many readers consider Nora Roberts' Sign of Seven trilogy to be the spookiest of all her spooky stories. In this tale of the small Maryland town of Hawkins Hollow, a demon emer...

Evergreen Films to create TV series based on Dana Stabenow’s Kate Shugak books

Mystery Series Examiner — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:31:19 +0000

Dana Stabenow has announced that Evergreen Films of Anchorage and Los Angeles has acquired the screen rights to her Kate Shugak mystery novels. The company intends to make a television series, filmed in Alaska, from these works. The statement came fi...

Spooky stories from Nora Roberts – The Circle Trilogy

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:06:32 +0000

The witches from Nora Roberts' Donovan Legacy have made their seasonal appearance, and the ghosts of Midnight Bayou have also floated invisibly by. Now it is time for a visit with ...

Sue Grimshaw interviews Nora Roberts on Borders True Romance

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:17:55 +0000

Sue Grimshaw, romance book buyer for the Borders bookstore chain, recently interviewed Nora Roberts on Borders True Romance, a Borders video series. Included in the topics discussed by Roberts and Grimshaw is Bed of Roses, Robert's second nove...

cjthomas — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:55:17 +0000

On October 21, 2009 I received a new assignment from Examiner.com. In addition to continuing writing for them as the Nora Roberts Examiner, I will now also be writing a column as the new Mystery Series Examiner.

If you’d like to keep up-to-date with my Mystery Series Examiner articles and to obtain links to new information I encounter on mystery series authors, you may want to join my Facebook Mystery Series Examiner page. I just put it up this weekend.

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Katherine Hall Page to be interviewed on Library Lovefest on October 27, 2009

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:53:38 +0000

Katherine Hall Page, Agatha Award-winning author of the Faith Fairchild mystery series, will be interviewed by Virginia Stanley, Director of Library Marketing at HarperCollins, on BlogTalkRadio's Library Lovefest. The live interview will air Tuesday,...

Katherine Hall Page to be interviewed on Library Lovefest on October 27, 2009

Mystery Series Examiner — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:53:38 +0000

Spooky stories from Nora Roberts – Midnight Bayou

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:45:46 +0000

Unlike her practice in the Donovan Legacy of creating witches who are charming rather than creepy, Nora Roberts, in writing Midnight Bayou, definitely increases the fright factor for this spooky story. This 2001 tale of love and death at Man...

Angie Harmon to star in new TNT pilot based on Tess Gerritsen’s mystery series

Mystery Series Examiner — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:33:09 +0000

The Hollywood Reporter has issued an October 22, 2009 update to its October 6 statement that TNT plans to produce a pilot for "Rizzoli," a series based on Tess Gerritsen's Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles mysteries. Actress Angie Harmon has now...

Author Dana Stabenow provides condensed summary of her Kate Shugak mystery series

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:41:03 +0000

Dana Stabenow, Guest of Honor at the Poisoned Pen WebCon held on October 24, 2009, has authored two mystery series, both of which are set in her native state of Alaska. The Kate Shugak series features Aleut native Kate Shugak, a former investigator f...

Poisoned Pen WebCon on October 24, 2009 is world’s first virtual mystery convention

Mystery Series Examiner — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:17:09 +0000

Mystery fans who couldn't make it to Indianapolis for the October 2009 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention now have a chance to attend a convention that they don't have to actually ... attend. On Saturday, October 24, 2009 the Poisoned Pen Mystery Bo...

Patricia Cornwell sues financial managers over loss of $40 million

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:37:22 +0000

For mystery series writer Patricia Cornwell, it has been the best of times . . . and it has been the worst of times. The acclaimed author of the Kay Scarpetta series, the Andy Brazil series and the Winston Garano series made headlines in 2008 when th...

2009 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention provides setting for presentation of five different awards

Mystery Series Examiner — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:40:33 +0000

Mystery fans received several opportunities to see their favorite series authors being recognized for their works at the 2009 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. This annual meeting, held this year in Indianapolis, Ind. from October 15-18, concluded...

Sears makes presence known in book price wars by offering $9 online credit to book purchasers

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:17:05 +0000

Sears has come up with a clever marketing strategy designed to take advantage of the recent price wars centered on ten books due to be released in November 2009. The merchandiser is now offering customers who have pre-ordered any of these titles, whe...

Target jumps into price wars with $8.99 book offers – Kindred in Death included in selection

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:04:02 +0000

It looks like J.D. Robb's upcoming release, Kindred in Death, has found yet another retailer anxious to offer it for the deeply discounted price of $8.99.A Reuters press release dated Monday, October 19, 2009 reveals that Target will offer its on-lin...

Nora Roberts’ High Noon to be rebroadcast on LMN on October 28, 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:24:04 +0000

The Lifetime Movie Network has scheduled Nora Roberts' High Noon, its adaptation of Roberts' 2007 novel, High Noon, to be rebroadcast on October 28, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. (ET). This film, which stars Australian actress Emilie de Ravin as police lieutenan...

2009 Anthony Awards Announced

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:40:19 +0000

Bouchercon 2009 closed October 17 with its announcement of this year's Anthony Awards. Connelly, Larsson, Hyzy, Chercover and Grabenstein won top fiction prizes.

2009 Anthony Awards Announced

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:40:19 +0000

Bouchercon 2009 closed October 17 with its announcement of this year's Anthony Awards. Connelly, Larsson, Hyzy, Chercover and Grabenstein won top fiction prizes.

2009 Anthony Awards Announced

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:40:19 +0000

Bouchercon 2009 closed October 17 with its announcement of this year's Anthony Awards. Connelly, Larsson, Hyzy, Chercover and Grabenstein won top fiction prizes.

Wal-Mart and Amazon fight to see which can sell Kindred in Death for less in current price war

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:26:06 +0000

Nora Roberts' J.D. Robb novel Kindred in Death, due to be released on November 3, 2009, has become part of this weekend's price war between Amazon and Wal-Mart. According to a Publishers Weekly article published on October 16, the competition between...

Nora Roberts’ Promise Me Tomorrow remains on Bookfinder’s most wanted list

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:17:19 +0000

Nora Roberts' 1984 novel Promise Me Tomorrow continues to be one of the top ten most sought after fiction and literature titles in the U.S. Bookfinder.com's August 2009 report of the most requested out-of-print titles places it as the second most wa...

Mystery Authors Meet Fans at 40th Bouchercon

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:45:05 +0000

Bouchercon, the world's largest annual mystery convention, will once again award its prestigious Anthony Awards at the event's closing ceremonies.

Mystery Authors Meet Fans at 40th Bouchercon

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:45:05 +0000

Bouchercon, the world's largest annual mystery convention, will once again award its prestigious Anthony Awards at the event's closing ceremonies.

Mystery Authors Meet Fans at 40th Bouchercon

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:45:05 +0000

Bouchercon, the world's largest annual mystery convention, will once again award its prestigious Anthony Awards at the event's closing ceremonies.

Mystery Authors Meet Fans at 40th Bouchercon

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:45:05 +0000

Bouchercon, the world's largest annual mystery convention, will once again award its prestigious Anthony Awards at the event's closing ceremonies.

J.D. Robb fans flock to InDeath.net

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:27:44 +0000

Although Nora's Roberts' ADWOFF fan site offers her readers the opportunity for direct communication with the author, many ADWOFF members themselves turn to InDeath.net for information and commentary on the works Roberts writes under her J.D. Robb ps...

LMN removes Sanctuary from October lineup and adds High Noon

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:56:29 +0000

The Lifetime Movie Network has removed the previously scheduled airing of Sanctuary from today's October 13, 2009 broadcast schedule. This televised version of Nora Roberts' 1997 novel, which stars Melissa Gilbert and Costas Mandylor, first appeared...

Spooky stories from Nora Roberts – the Donovan Legacy series

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:30 +0000

Every Trick-or-Treater knows what witches look like. They are misshapen old hags with long chins, warts, pointy caps and broomsticks. But perhaps someone should explain that to Nora Roberts. Part of a reader's enjoyment with Nora Roberts' Don...

Nora Roberts’ website gets makeover

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:34:24 +0000

The micro-blogging site Twitter was all atweet on Friday, October 9, 2009 with reactions to Nora Roberts' newly redesigned website. "OH HOLY JOY JOY JOY NORA ROBERTS HAS A NEW SPIFFY WEBSITE! " shouted SmartBitches. That announcement b...

Spooky stories from Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:18:07 +0000

Witches, ghosts, vampires and demons all emerge from their shadow world as Halloween approaches. One can find many of them within the pages of Nora Roberts' novels. Witches cast their spells in Roberts' Donovan Legacy, one of her Silhouette series ...

Greed and copyright

cjthomas — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:57:06 +0000

I have to admit feeling covetous of any superior photo or video I find on the Web that could accompany my writing. Copyright, of course, restricts what I can use, a fact that pleases me more than it distresses me since copyright provisions also protect my own work.

I’ve recently discovered what I understand to be a legal approach to indulging my passion for pictures. I’ve known for some time that I could legitimately embed videos along with my articles, but I’ve only recently applied this approach to photos and slideshows for which the originator supplies an embed code.

So now instead of whining about my lack of appropriate photos for my Nora Roberts Examiner Facebook fan page, I’ve used the Facebook FTML application to create a new tabbed page of embedded photos. Those who understand basic HTML can use FTML to create any number of new pages. I’m still experimenting with it, but I like what I’ve seen of FTML so far.

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From my viewpoint: Past as prologue in the Janet Dailey plagiarism case.

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:52:36 +0000

I originally intended this article as a Comments post attached to today's Nora Roberts Examiner article, "From Janet Dailey to Cassie Edwards - Newsweek's evolving views on plagiarism in romance novels." However, with my usual lack of succi...

From Janet Dailey to Cassie Edwards – Newsweek’s evolving views on plagiarism in romance novels

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:29:54 +0000

At the height of the 1997 scandal involving Janet Dailey's admitted plagiarism of Nora Roberts' novels, Newsweek published an Aug. 11, 1997 article entitled "The Queen Of Hearts Gives Up Her Throne: Purloined Purple Prose May Sink Janet Dailey.&...

Nora Roberts’ U.K. publishers want spine-tingling covers

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:57:47 +0000

Halloween, the time of the year when scaring people becomes the order of the day, is rapidly approaching. Little, Brown – Nora Roberts' U.K. publishers – might be able to offer some advice on achieving this desired effect. Last year they ...

Nora Roberts’ U.K. publishers want spine-tingling covers

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:57:47 +0000

ADWOFF preferred site for many Nora Roberts fans

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:47:46 +0000

Although many of Nora Roberts' followers have established presences on the Web, none appear more active than those at the ADWOFF fan site. Online since May 3, 2001, ADWOFF has acquired increased importance due to Roberts' direct communication ...

Five Nora Roberts events scheduled for October 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:48:15 +0000

October 2009 has arrived, and with it comes several events of interest to fans of Nora Roberts. They will especially want to remember the dates October 17, 21, 27, and 28 for each marks an occurrence they have been waiting for. Lifetime Movie ...

Harlequin to reissue Nora Roberts’ Song of the West and Boundary Lines in Western Skies

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:46:13 +0000

Continuing its practice of reissuing Nora Roberts' early Silhouette romances, Harlequin Enterprises has set October 27, 2009 as the date for its next such release. Western Skies will be Harlequin's omnibus reprint edition of Roberts' two Silhouette s...

From my viewpoint: Bridal beheadings continue with Savor the Moment’s U.K. cover

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:08:12 +0000

"Savour" should have been the tip off . . . I recently received through yet another of my many Nora Roberts newsfeeds a link to an Amazon.com listing of the third title in Nora Roberts' new Bride Quartet, Savor the Moment. Since I was eager...

Barnes & Noble’s award-winning Studio features interview with Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:47:24 +0000

Barnes & Noble's Studio, whose website recently won the 2009 silver Gartner & 1to1 Customer Award in the New Media Optimization category, features an interview with Nora Roberts among its selections. In the eleven-minute audio interview that ...

Nora Roberts Examiner Facebook Fan Page Created

cjthomas — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:12:21 +0000

I’ve recently created a Nora Roberts Examiner fan page on Facebook. Obviously, I want to use it to publicize my articles, but I also see it as another example of writing about authors, writing about writing, and using technology to enhance both.

I’m a Facebook newbie, but I have found my personal page of the site to be a valuable resource, too. I posted there that I was writing another article – one on Nevada Barr’s new novel 13 1/2 - and soon after that, one of my Facebook friends informed me of a Barr interview she had read. The writing process becomes much more collaborative in an online environment.

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Nevada Barr’s 13 1/2

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:57:59 +0000

Nevada Barr proves her versatility in 13 1/2, a psychological thriller that retains the basic themes of her Anna Pigeon series while differing dramatically in content.

Nevada Barr’s 13 1/2

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:57:59 +0000

Nevada Barr proves her versatility in 13 1/2, a psychological thriller that retains the basic themes of her Anna Pigeon series while differing dramatically in content.

Nevada Barr’s 13 1/2

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:57:59 +0000

Nevada Barr proves her versatility in 13 1/2, a psychological thriller that retains the basic themes of her Anna Pigeon series while differing dramatically in content.

Nevada Barr’s 13 1/2

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:57:59 +0000

Nevada Barr proves her versatility in 13 1/2, a psychological thriller that retains the basic themes of her Anna Pigeon series while differing dramatically in content.

Harlequin reissues Nora Roberts’ MacGregors series

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:45:44 +0000

Harlequin Enterprises has reissued Nora Roberts' The MacGregors series, originally published from 1985 until 1999 by Silhouette Romances, Roberts' first publishers. As of September 2009, Harlequin, which purchased Silhouette in 1984, has eight of the...

Blog Subtitle Changes Once Again

cjthomas — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:35:43 +0000

An Open Book: Notes on Contemporary Authors has just been rechristened as An Open Book: Notes on Authors, Writing and Technology. This must be at least the third time I’ve changed my blog’s subtitle. But it’s a young and growing thing, struggling to discover its identity.

That’s one way of saying that I’m trying to define my purpose as I go. I’ve always loved reading, so the authors part of “Notes on Authors, Writing and Technology” is pretty much a given.

I’ve had more time for the writing part since I’ve retired, and the difference between writing online content as opposed to writing for print interests me. I miss the stability of the printed word, but I can do so many more things with what I write for online sources.

That’s why, so far, I prefer writing for Examiner.com. I have more control over the appearance and content of my pages there than on other sites. I can embed videos, use multiple photos, and positon them as best suits the article.

Writing online means more involvement in the technical side of the medium, so that is where the third element of my new subtitle comes in. I am curious about how to use technology to enhance my content and to promote it as well.

So now I think I have a subtitle that will let me focus on all three interests. To me, they are all interrelated, and therefore coherent. I hope they appear so to you as well.

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Penguin Books develops ‘A Day in the Life of Nora Roberts’ widget

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:26:51 +0000

Nora Roberts' Penguin publishers, in collaboration with Mijive Inc, an industry leader in creative technology, have designed a Flash widget featuring daily quotes from Nora Roberts. if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('6f...

Nora Roberts’ Penguin Group USA publisher sponsors 9th National Book Festival

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:10:32 +0000

Nora Roberts will not be sitting in the Fiction and Fantasy writers pavilion at the 2009 National Book Festival. Nor has she dispatched J.D. Robb to join her colleagues in the Mysteries and Thrillers pavilion. However, Penguin Group USA, which...

Nora Roberts’ Harlequin publishers report rising sales despite recession

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:15:18 +0000

Time magazine's Sept. 21, 2009 online issue features Harlequin Enterprises, the publisher of omnibus reprint editions of Nora Roberts' early Silhouette romances. Andrea Sachs' article, "The Global Boom in Bodice-Rippers," reports that...

From my viewpoint: Nora Roberts, romance … and bathtubs?

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:19:54 +0000

Both as the Nora Roberts Examiner and as a former librarian, I find the research end of my writing assignment for Examiner.com to be always challenging and often entertaining. Here is one delightfully trivial item that the newsfeeds I have set up to ...

Learning Curve Continues

cjthomas — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:31:43 +0000

So much to read. So much to write. So little time.

I’ve been trying to figure out how to keep this blog current without taking too much time away from my writing assignments. I’ve decided to turn most of that task over to technology, specifically to RSS feeds.

Readers may have noticed that most of the articles posted here now take them to directly to my publications on the Nora Roberts Examiner site or on Suite101. I’m using WordPress’s FeedWordPress syndication plugin to pull in titles and annotations from new articles I write and to create separate entries for each title here on An Open Book.

The advantage of this procedure over just using direct feeds is that new items don’t eliminate older items. That means I have a complete linkable listing here of my Nora Roberts Examiner articles, as well as the writings I’ve done for Suite101 on contemporary authors.

I was surprised to discover how hard it is to get a complete feed of all the articles on any site. Apparently, the number of feed items one can retrieve depends on the options set by the website creator. I think I’ve set up this site so complete feeds can be generated from it – another learning curve item.

I realize that, from a reader’s perspective, complete feeds are generally unnecessary since he or she just wants current information. From a publishing viewpoint, though, complete feeds can be useful. In setting up the Nora Roberts Examiner articles here, I could only immediately syndicate the most recent 20 items since that is the limit set on the Examiner site. I had to add the information on each of the remaining 30 articles individually. A complete feed would have eliminated that step.

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Fantastic Fiction website lists books Nora Roberts recommends

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:41:56 +0000

Readers who enjoy Nora Roberts' works often wonder what books Roberts herself reads. They can find the answer on the British website Fantastic Fiction. This site supplies readers of current and past fictional works with a wealth of data on their fav...

How Nora Roberts became Sarah Hardesty

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:54:26 +0000

According to Wikipedia, it was an "error." According to Nora Roberts, it was a misjudgment. Regardless of the explanation, for approximately one year Nora Roberts became Sarah Hardesty to many readers of her United Kingdom publication...

Nora Roberts’ Angels Fall to be rebroadcast on Lifetime October 17, 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:48:37 +0000

The Lifetime Movie Network has scheduled a rebroadcast of Angels Fall, the first of eight films adapted from Nora Roberts' novels, for its Fall TV schedule. The film will be shown Saturday October 17, 2009 at 8:00 pm ET. Angels Fall stars Heather Lo...

New Fall 2009 mystery titles from J.D. Robb and colleagues

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:29:21 +0000

Although Nora Roberts first gained acclaim as an author of romance novels, many of her readers view her primarily as an outstanding mystery writer. Lauren Collins, in her June 22, 2009 New Yorker article, points out that J. D. Robb – Roberts' ...

Nora Roberts’ Montana Sky to be rebroadcast on Lifetime October 21, 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:23:20 +0000

The Lifetime Movie Network will rebroadcast Montana Sky, the film version of Nora Roberts' 1996 novel, on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. ET. Like Angels Fall, also scheduled to be rebroadcast in October 2009, Montana Sky is one of the four...

Harlequin Romance Series paves way for Lifetime Movie Network

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:39:10 +0000

Once upon a time, long before there was a Lifetime Movie Network, there was a Harlequin Romance Series. These television adaptations of the cont...

Nora Roberts’ Montana Sky star Ashley Williams to join cast of Lifetime’s new Cornwell films

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:37:46 +0000

Ashley Williams, known to the viewers of Nora Roberts' Montana Sky Lifetime Television movie for her starring role as Willa Mercy, will soon be featured in two other Lifetime films. According to a July 21, 2009 PR Newswire press release, Lifetime is...

Nora Roberts’ novel This Magic Moment became a Harlequin Romance Movie

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:42:18 +0000

Although not a part of either of her Lifetime Movie Collections, Nora Roberts' Golden Medallion award-winning novel This Magic Moment also became a televised movie. One of the early Harlequin romances to be adapted for television, this movie premiere...

What’s in store for the three remaining brides in Nora Roberts’ Bride Quartet?

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:28:38 +0000

Nora Roberts' newest multi-volume set, the Bride Quartet, marks her return to romance after a focus on the supernatural in her two previous trilogies. Demons, witches and vampires populated the world of the Circle Trilogy (2006) and that of the Sign...

Windfall to be Harlequin’s reissue of Nora Roberts’ Impulse and Temptation

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:31:51 +0000

Harlequin has scheduled another of its omnibus volumes, Windfall, for a September 29, 2009 release. A mass market paperback, Windfall will contain two of Nora Roberts' early Silhouette publications – the 1989 novella "Impulse" and the...

Soundtrack for Nora Roberts 2009 Lifetime Movie Collection now available

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:41:33 +0000

Amazon.com has announced that the Nora Roberts II Collection: Original Soundtrack from Mandalay Records can now be downloaded from their website. This album, which was released on August 18, 2009, contains music included in the four films from the 2...

Nora Roberts’ defense of category romance

Nora Roberts Examiner — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:21:45 +0000

What is the first thing category romance authors usually do after successfully establishing themselves with a mainstream publishing house? Well, after making their obligatory trip to Disney World, they drop their affiliations with category pu...

Rebecca York, Vernell and Tim Doyle added to authors participating in Fall 2009 TTP book signing

Nora Roberts Examiner — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:40:41 +0000

The Turn the Page (TTP) Bookstore Café has today updated its yesterday's website announcement concerning the authors included in its Fall 2009 book signing. Rebecca York and the writing team of Vernell and Tim Doyle will join Nora Robe...

Donna Kauffman and Leslie Parrish to join Nora Roberts for Fall 2009 TTP book signing

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:08:07 +0000

Bed of Roses is one to the titles Roberts will autograph at the Fall 2009 book signing. Related Articles Rebecca York, Vernell and Tim Doyle added to authors participating in Fall 2009 TTP book signing Turn the Page bookstore announces ...

Wylene Rholetter emphasizes Nora Roberts’ innovations in Teaching American Literature article

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:41:43 +0000

Lauren Collins' June 22, 2009 New Yorker profile of Nora Roberts received wide acclaim from Roberts' followers. They welcomed the interest shown by the New York literary establishment in Roberts' work. Less notice, though has been given to the ...

Putnam Features Fantasy in Death in Winter 2010 catalog

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:43:42 +0000

Cover of US edition Nora Robert's Putnam publishers have provided additional information about the plot of her upcoming J.D. Robb novel, Fantasy in Death, in their Winter 2010 catalog. Scheduled...

Berkley to reissue Nora Roberts’ The Reef on September 1, 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:26:50 +0000

Cover of Berkley Trade reprint of The Reef (2009) Berkley, the publishing company that issues the trade paperback editions of Nora Roberts’ works, has set September 1, 2009 as the release date for The Reef. This novel, originally p...

After the ball is over: Nora Roberts’ reviewers take aim at the Cinderella myth

Nora Roberts Examiner — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:02:39 +0000

A lonely, impoverished girl, bereft of family and friends, finds happiness at last in the arms of a handsome prince. She is, of course, Cinderella, the fairy tale heroine inexorably entwined with the concept of romance. But is Cinderella ever a Nor...

Finally, back to books!

cjthomas — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:06:41 +0000

I think I’ve got the WordPress stuff clear enough to go back to writing about books. I hadn’t updated the Windows Live Spaces blog since the end of June.

As you can see from my publications list on my website, I spent July writing for Suite101 and for Examiner.com. August was “All Nora All the Time” as I focused my efforts on my Nora Robert Examiner posts.

I’m really enjoying writing for Examiner.com. I’m free to write to whatever length I need, and the choice of topic is mine, too. I also like the fact that I have more input into the design of my webpages there than I’ve had before. I had some good conversations with the people at ADWOFF – the main Nora Roberts fan site, too.

I took about seven weeks off from writing for Demand Studios to concentrate on the other assignments. I wrote my first article for them last week. It was accepted without a rewrite and, as far as I can tell from the new scoring system, must have got a 5/5 from the editor – top marks. I’m really pleased with that. And surprised.

I’ll write more about the books I reviewed in later posts. I just wanted to use this one to get refocused.

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Live Spaces Posts Added

cjthomas — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:18:38 +0000

Windows Live Writer and WordPress

cjthomas — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:37:50 +0000

Learning curve update: I’ve figured out how to change themes in WordPress – pretty easy. I found a good “how to” guide here.

Now I’m checking out if I can continue to use Windows Live Writer to post to my WordPress blog. If so, I think I can get it to also update my original Windows Live Spaces blog with the WordPress additions.

Maybe.

Then I want to export the Live Spaces material into WordPress, rather than just have links.

I hope.

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Moving Day

cjthomas — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:45:27 +0000

I’ve decided to move my blog to WordPress since my website host, FatCow, will integrate it with my website. So please make allowances for my learning curve.

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Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the short fiction

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:08:53 +0000

Nora Roberts has written relatively few works of short fiction, a category that includes both her novellas and short stories. Her works include only five Christmas titles, six novellas that were written for the Once Upon anthology series and four ad...

Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the mainstream standalone novels

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:06:42 +0000

Although Nora Roberts may be best known today for mainstream standalone titles like the eight novels that have been dramatized as Lifetime Television movies, such works actually constitute only a small volume of her output. Her sets alone – th...

Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the Silhouette standalone novels

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:47:30 +0000

Although Nora Roberts' writing career with Silhouette Romances continued from 1981 through 2002, the majority of her Silhouette publications were series titles. She wrote standalones – titles not connected with any other publication – fo...

Lifetime Movie Network will show Nora Roberts’ Sanctuary October 13, 2009

Nora Roberts Examiner — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:24:24 +0000

Melissa Gilbert at the 1991 Emmy Awards (Photo by Alan Light, Creative Commons Attribution License) Lifetime Movie Network has added a rebroadcast of the 2001 television movie, Sanctuary, to its Fall television line up. This movie, whi...

Nora Roberts Foundation assists ProLiteracy Worldwide

cjthomas — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:16:37 +0000

Nora Roberts Foundation assists ProLiteracy Worldwide

August 2009 is National Literacy Month, an appropriate time to review Nora Roberts’ contributions to furthering literacy. ProLiteracy Worldwide is one…
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Lifetime Movie Network to rebroadcast Nora Roberts’ Tribute August 23-24

cjthomas — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:15:29 +0000

Lifetime Movie Network to rebroadcast Nora Roberts’ Tribute August 23-24

Lifetime Movie Network will rebroadcast Tribute, its dramatization of the Nora Roberts novel by the same name, on August 23-24, 2009. The August 23rd…
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Nora Roberts 2009 Lifetime Movie Collection available in DVD format at Wal-Mart

cjthomas — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:14:39 +0000

Nora Roberts 2009 Lifetime Movie Collection available in DVD format at Wal-Mart

Fans of the Lifetime Television Network’s movie versions of Nora Roberts’ novels may want to rush out today to their nearest Wal-Mart for DVDs of…
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Turn the Page bookstore announces Fall 2009 book signing event

cjthomas — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:13:54 +0000

Turn the Page bookstore announces Fall 2009 book signing event

Nora Roberts will be signing both Bed of Roses and Kindred in Death at a Turn the Page Bookstore’s Fall book signing to be held Saturday, November 7,…
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Nora Roberts’ Bed of Roses cover to feature another headless woman

cjthomas — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:13:08 +0000

Nora Roberts’ Bed of Roses cover to feature another headless woman

“Off with their heads!” Alice in Wonderland’s Queen of Hearts decrees in response to life’s every annoyance. Book cover designers have been…
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Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on The MacGregors

cjthomas — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:12:21 +0000

Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on The MacGregors

Nora Roberts’ eleven-title series, The MacGregors, is both the most extensive series she published for Silhouette and the most popular. Readers…
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Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the Silhouette series

cjthomas — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:11:06 +0000

Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the Silhouette series

Nora Roberts wrote category romances for her Silhouette publishers for a period of 21 years, beginning with her first publication, Irish Thoroughbred…
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J.D. Robb novel Fantasy in Death scheduled for February 2010 release

cjthomas — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:09:49 +0000

J.D. Robb novel Fantasy in Death scheduled for February 2010 release

The always productive Nora Roberts has yet another of her J.D. Robb novels waiting in the wings. Even though the next title in her In Death series,…
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J.D. Robb novel Kindred in Death scheduled for November 2009 release

cjthomas — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:09:11 +0000

J.D. Robb novel Kindred in Death scheduled for November 2009 release

Nora Roberts’ alter ego, J.D. Robb, has scheduled Kindred in Death, the latest title in her In Death series, for a November 3, 2009 release. According…
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J. D. Robb In Death fans enjoy casting actors in character roles

cjthomas — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:08:22 +0000

J. D. Robb In Death fans enjoy casting actors in character roles

One popular pastime for fans of J.D. Robb’s In Death series involves casting actor for roles in a movie version of the series. Roberts herself…
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Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the trilogies

cjthomas — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:07:06 +0000

Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the trilogies

Nora Roberts excels at writing connected stories. Although Roberts’ In Death series, the fourteen different series she wrote for her Silhouette…
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Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the J.D. Robb In Death series

cjthomas — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:06:10 +0000

Nora Roberts 101: Fact sheet on the J.D. Robb In Death series

J.D. Robb’s In Death series depicts the personal and professional life of her central character, Eve Dallas. Professionally, Lieutenant Eve…
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Lifetime Television Network rebroadcasts Nora Roberts movie Northern Lights

cjthomas — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:04:54 +0000

Lifetime Television Network rebroadcasts Nora Roberts movie Northern Lights

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Lifetime Television Network rebroadcast Northern Lights, its dramatization of the Nora Roberts novel by the same name, on August 1, 2009. This movie,…
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All eight Nora Roberts Lifetime movies now available at Apple iTunes store

cjthomas — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:03:35 +0000

All eight Nora Roberts Lifetime movies now available at Apple iTunes store

Apple’s iTunes store now provides its customers with all eight of the movies in the Nora Roberts Lifetime Television collection. Individuals…
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Nora Roberts 101: Nora Roberts fact sheets to detail categories of her works

cjthomas — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:02:24 +0000

Nora Roberts 101: Nora Roberts fact sheets to detail categories of her works

Probably the adjective most frequently used to describe Nora Roberts is “prolific.” FictionDB, as of July 25, 2009, lists a total of 167…
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Why it matters that a different cougar dies in Nora Roberts’ Black Hills

cjthomas — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:01:36 +0000

Why it matters that a different cougar dies in Nora Roberts’ Black Hills

Here are three not-so-isolated facts: PBS is currently running a dramatization of Agatha Christie’s 1935 novel, Why Didn’t They Ask…
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Black Hills rates strong on suspense but weak on shine

cjthomas — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:59:32 +0000

Black Hills rates strong on suspense but weak on shine

Nora Roberts provides her usual solid combination of romance and suspense in her 2009 bestseller, Black Hills. Readers will find themselves caught up…
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J.D. Robb adds humor to the In Death series with the candy thief motif

cjthomas — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:58:45 +0000

J.D. Robb adds humor to the In Death series with the candy thief motif

If the novels by Nora Roberts present a universe of happy endings, one in which good inevitably triumphs over evil, then the works she writes as her…
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NPR host Scott Simon interviews Nora Roberts at 2009 RWA conference

cjthomas — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:57:42 +0000

NPR host Scott Simon interviews Nora Roberts at 2009 RWA conference

As the events of the 2009 conference of the Romance Writers of America began to draw to a close, National Public Radio (NPR) host Scott Simon seized…
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Nora Roberts wins her 12th RITA award for Tribute at 2009 RWA conference

cjthomas — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:56:54 +0000

Nora Roberts wins her 12th RITA award for Tribute at 2009 RWA conference

Nora Roberts, past winner of eleven RITA® and seven Golden Medallion awards from the Romance Writers of America (RWA), received her twelfth RITA…
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Nora Roberts interviewed by Author Talk at 2008 RWA Conference

cjthomas — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:52:23 +0000

Nora Roberts interviewed by Author Talk at 2008 RWA Conference

When authors at the Romance Writers of America’s annual conference are not making speeches, autographing books, or posing with fans for…
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Nora Roberts 101: Which eight Lifetime movies were based on Nora Roberts books?

cjthomas — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:55:22 +0000

Nora Roberts 101: Which eight Lifetime movies were based on Nora Roberts books?

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It’s fairly easy for fans of Nora Roberts to reel off the titles of the four Lifetime Television movies that were made from her books in 2009,…
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Jennifer Greene to receive 2009 Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award

cjthomas — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:54:35 +0000

Jennifer Greene to receive 2009 Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award

In 2008 the Romance Writers of America (RWA) changed the name of its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award to the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement…
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John Lescroart’s A Plague of Secrets

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:33:49 +0000

A Plague of Secrets is a solid crime novel that fails to meet Lescroart's criteria of having a human theme that exceeds the crime theme and an effective surprise ending.

John Lescroart’s A Plague of Secrets

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:33:49 +0000

A Plague of Secrets is a solid crime novel that fails to meet Lescroart's criteria of having a human theme that exceeds the crime theme and an effective surprise ending.

John Lescroart’s A Plague of Secrets

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:33:49 +0000

A Plague of Secrets is a solid crime novel that fails to meet Lescroart's criteria of having a human theme that exceeds the crime theme and an effective surprise ending.

John Lescroart’s Dismas Hardy Abe Glitsky Series

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:28:28 +0000

Lescroart's use of an ensemble cast in his Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky series lets characters Wes Ferrell, Amy Wu, Wyatt Hunt, and Gina Roarke also gain featured roles.

John Lescroart’s Dismas Hardy Abe Glitsky Series

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:28:28 +0000

Lescroart's use of an ensemble cast in his Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky series lets characters Wes Ferrell, Amy Wu, Wyatt Hunt, and Gina Roarke also gain featured roles.

John Lescroart’s Dismas Hardy Abe Glitsky Series

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:28:28 +0000

Lescroart's use of an ensemble cast in his Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky series lets characters Wes Ferrell, Amy Wu, Wyatt Hunt, and Gina Roarke also gain featured roles.

Roberts begins RWA conference week with Washington Post event

cjthomas — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:53:53 +0000

Roberts begins RWA conference week with Washington Post event

In Washington D.C. for the annual conference of the Romance Writers of America, Nora Roberts began this week with a special July 14, 2009 appearance…
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Harlequin announces Forever as August 2009 Nora Roberts Silhouette reissue

cjthomas — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:51:00 +0000

Harlequin announces Forever as August 2009 Nora Roberts Silhouette reissue

Harlequin, the publishing company that handles the reissue of Nora Roberts’ Silhouette titles, has announced another upcoming release on its…
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Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum Series

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:33:48 +0000

Although the basic plot structure of the Stephanie Plum series has not changed since its beginning in 1994, readers continue to find comfort in its familiarity.

Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum Series

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:33:48 +0000

Although the basic plot structure of the Stephanie Plum series has not changed since its beginning in 1994, readers continue to find comfort in its familiarity.

Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum Series

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:33:48 +0000

Although the basic plot structure of the Stephanie Plum series has not changed since its beginning in 1994, readers continue to find comfort in its familiarity.

Janet Evanovich’s Finger Lickin’ Fifteen

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:24:38 +0000

Evanovich changes the characterization of her series heroine, Stephanie Plum, by presenting her as a highly competent detective rather than as a delightful ditz.

Janet Evanovich’s Finger Lickin’ Fifteen

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:24:38 +0000

Evanovich changes the characterization of her series heroine, Stephanie Plum, by presenting her as a highly competent detective rather than as a delightful ditz.

Janet Evanovich’s Finger Lickin’ Fifteen

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:24:38 +0000

Evanovich changes the characterization of her series heroine, Stephanie Plum, by presenting her as a highly competent detective rather than as a delightful ditz.

What’s New in Firefox 3.5?

Carol Thomas's Latest Articles — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:39:40 +0000