2015 Anthony Award winners

Earlier today, at Bouchercon, the 2015 Anthony Awards were presented. Best Novel After I’m Gone – Laura Lippman [William Morrow] Lamentation – Joe Clifford [Oceanview] The Secret Place – Tana French [Hodder & Stoughton/Viking] The Long Way Home – Louise Penny...

Author Work Space: Ben McPherson

We live in Oslo, the capital of Norway. Scandinavia is a fascinating place to write about crime: these are safe societies, but occasionally the most terrible things happen. I’m an outsider here, and I enjoy that. At the moment I’m writing mainly about my home country...

Thomas Pluck Interview

Thomas Pluck is the author of HOT RED HEART, BLADE OF DISHONOR, GET PLUCKED, OUR LADY OF VENGEANCE: 13 DISHES SERVES COLD among others. In addition to writing, Pluck tirelessly advocates for Protect, the National Association to Protect Children. His most recent...

Chris Holm Interviews Michael Hendricks

I’m not sure this interview is such a good idea. Michael Hendricks, protagonist of THE KILLING KIND, works hard to be unfindable—and can you blame him? The guy kills hitmen for a living. Every major criminal outfit in the country wants him dead. It’s enough to make...

Paul Cleeve wins 2015 Ngaio Marsh Award

With FIVE MINUTES ALONE, Paul Cleeve has won his second Ngaio Marsh award.  The award, named after New Zealand's Dame Ngaio Marsh, is made for the best crime, mystery, or thriller novel written by a New Zealand citizen or resident, published in New Zealand during the...