It's been awhile since I've posted here, and looking back, I didn't see anyone who has mentioned Peter Robinson's Inspector Alan Banks series. They take place in and around Eastvale, a small town near Yorkshire, England. The storylines are clever and the writing is top-notch ( Read more... )

I'm new to this community, but I am very excited to announce a new icontest which may interest you guys.

mystery_stills was founded by those and for those who love mysteries and those who solve them. We will be having challenges focusing on topics ranging from vintage crime novels (Such as the Big Sleep), famous historical cases (Jack the Ripper), fictional ( Read more... )

 
Here's a fun new twist of a book: Patricia Morrison, a long time success sci fi fantasy author, and the woman who married Jim Morrison in a pagan ceremony, has gone into a different genre--mysteries. Specifically, rock n' roll murder mysteries, set in the 1960's. She has a livejournal: pkmorrison. Here is the information on her book and how to ( Read more... )

I just finished "Plea to Insanity" by Jillian Hofmann (I hope I spelled it correctly) but I have to say that I love it ( Read more... )

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Hi, I'm new to LiveJournal, and I'm so pleased to find communities of mystery fans here. Please pardon the self-promotion, but I'm taking this opportunity to cross-post a little announcement from my own journal. I have a new mystery coming out!

Glorious, spectacular weather has graced the Washington, D.C., area for the past couple of days, leaving ( Read more... )

From the opening paragraphs James Ellroy makes it clear that The Big Nowhere is definitely not about sugar and spice and all things nice. He takes you on a trip through the dark, seedy underbelly of 1950s Los Angeles which is definitely not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. Along the way he lets you inside the heads of his main ( Read more... )

Hey you,

I'm new here and I just wanna tell you that I made a Karin Slaughter Community http://community.livejournal.com/saralinton

Maybe some of you're interested in talking about her, her books, the characters, changing news and writing own stories....do whatever you want! I'll be waiting for you...

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I love reading Agatha Christie's books. I grew up reading them and finished reading every one of her books by the time I was fourteen. What a pity that she's no longer around to give us more of her delish whodunits ( Read more... )

Are there any fans here of author Leslie Charteris' character Simon Templar, the Saint?

I've been a Saint fan for about two years now, but my interest has been heightened just recently, after receiving several more Saint books for Christmas. I'd like to find other fans of him.

In fact, I've just started a new community, saint_fans. (Would the moderator of ( Read more... )