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Features

 

Louise Penny: The Road to Three Pines

When she finally arrived at this small fictional village, located a little east of Montreal, just north of the Vermont border, Penny found a home and a hero—Chief Inspector Armand Gamache—with whom she plans to spend decades.
by Oline H. Cogdill

Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Antic crime in Old Cape Cod featuring Yankee sleuth Asey Mayo.
by Michael Mallory

High Crimes & Misdemeanors

In its nuanced examination of Frank Underwood’s dark path to political power, House of Cards is approaching the status of art.
by Jake Hinkson

David Goodis: Poet of the Losers

The publication of a highly anticipated biography completes the ascension of Goodis to noir royalty.
by Joseph Goodrich

Books of Life

Mystery writers’ autobiographies.
by Jon L. Breen

Riders on the Storm

There’s war in Vietnam and unrest at home in Ed Gorman’s distinguished Sam McCain series.
by Tom Nolan

Gormania

Mary Daheim chats about the writing life and her new Bed-and-Breakfast mystery, Clam Wake.
by Ed Gorman

“Teller of Lies for Fun & Profit” Crossword

by Verna Suit

 
 

Departments

 

At the Scene

by Kate Stine

Mystery Miscellany

by Louis Phillips

Hints & Allegations

2014 Thriller Awards, Australian CWA Ned Kelly Awards, Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, British CWA Dagger Awards

New Books

Phantom Limb
by Dennis Palumbo

Wouldn't It Be Deadly
by D.E. Ireland

The Hook

First lines that caught our attention

The Hook

Vintage Edition
compiled by James Thorpe

 
 

Reviews

 

Small Press Reviews: Covering the Independents

by Betty Webb & Sharon Magee

Very Original: Paperback Originals Reviewed

by Lynne Maxwell & Hank Wagner

What About Murder? Reference Books Reviewed

by Jon L. Breen

Sounds of Suspense: Audiobooks Reviewed

by Dick Lochte

Short & Sweet: Short Stories Considered

by Bill Crider

Mystery Scene Reviews

 
 

Miscellaneous

 

The Docket

Letters

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