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~Post by MP Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott M. MysteryPeople December Pick of the Month: Hurt Machine by Reed Farrel Coleman Reed Farrel Coleman's Jewish part-time investigator Moe Prager is my favorite modern PI. Poignant and believable, in previous books we've followed Moe and his city from the mid-70s to post 9/11, discovering that this PI … Continue reading MysteryPeople Pick of the Month: ‘Hurt Machine’
~Post by MysteryPeople Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott M. We had a great range of events our first year here at MysteryPeople, with some of the most noted authors in the field. We also introduced our customers to some up-and-comers. It was difficult to narrow the list down to five favorites. I have to admit, some … Continue reading MysteryPeople’s Top Five Events of 2011
~Post by MysteryPeople Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott Montgomery This was such a great year in crime fiction that I debated long and hard about what to include in MysteryPeople's Top Ten for 2011. In the end, I decided to cheat and just include more than ten. 1. The End of Everything by Megan Abbott A … Continue reading MysteryPeople’s Top Ten Books of 2011
~Post by MysteryPeople Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott M. When it comes to current hard boiled crime fiction, one of my favorites is Christa Faust. She is able to tap into the pure fun of the genre as well as its pathos and poetry. I've gotten to know her over the past few years and it … Continue reading MysteryPeople Q&A with Christa Faust
MysteryPeople welcomes bestselling author John Connolly to BookPeople next Sunday, November 6th, 4p. Scott recently had an opportunity to ask Connolly a few questions about his Charlie Parker novels, his Young Adult fiction, and his notions of good and evil. MysteryPeople: What made you think it was time to follow up The Gates? John Connolly: … Continue reading MysteryPeople Q&A with John Connolly
MysteryPeople Pick for November: Ranchero by Rick Gavin Review by MP Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott M. "The Delta is different" is a repeated phrase in Ranchero, Nick Gavin's rollicking debut. He proves that statement time and again in a crime adventure with a satirical bent that takes us through a Mississippi that makes Carl Hiassen's … Continue reading MysteryPeople Pick of the Month: ‘Ranchero’ by Rick Gavin
Book: Troubled Bones by Jeri Westerson Reviewed by: MysteryPeople Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott M. In most of my reviews about crime fiction, I've praised the book's social awareness or look at the human condition. Of course, we also read genre fiction for fun and few have been demonstrating that fun better lately than Jeri Westerson … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Troubled Bones’ by Jeri Westerson
~Post by MysteryPeople Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott M. One of the great reader memories I'll have of 2011, a year of many great ones, is discovering the work of Jeri Westerson. She has found a way to please both historical and hardboiled mystery fans alike with a style she describes as medieval noir. She literally … Continue reading MysteryPeople Q&A with Medieval Noir Author Jeri Westerson
Book: The Burning Soul by John Connolly Reviewed by: MysteryPeople Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott M. John Connolly's Charlie Parker is unique to crime fiction's damaged and haunted private eyes, in the sense that he is truly haunted. After losing his wife and child, Parker finds himself on cases where human evil entwines with the supernatural. … Continue reading MysteryPeople Book Review: ‘The Burning Soul’ by John Connolly
~Post by MysteryPeople Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott M. One of the coolest things that happened to me this year was a rumor that went around for a while about Christa Faust and I having a fling at the Bouchercon Crime Fiction conference. Even cooler was that Christa didn't deny it. For her reputation, I will, … Continue reading The Hard Boiled World of Christa Faust
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