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Ace Atkins Enters the Edgar Race
A cowboy mystery! Or at least, that’s what I thought when I saw the nominee’s name (Ace Atkins) and the title of his book (The Ranger). After reading two previous nominees with a strong sense of...
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Edgar nominee Gone – the one to beat?
Faithful readers will know I flipped over Mo Hayder‘s crime novel, Gone, last year. Enthusiasm galore documented here. Explored the backlist, with subsequent thoughtful gushing here. So it was with...
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Field Gray the Final Entry in MWA Edgar Race
Are you an 80-year-old guy, like my dad? You’ll probably love Field Gray, the 7th Bernie Gunther novel in the series by Philip Kerr. It’s the final nominee for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar...
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Pondering the international flavor of this year’s Edgar nominees
Of the authors who have books nominated for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award for Best Novel, only one’s American: Ace Atkins. Mo Hayder is British, Keigo Higashino is Japanese,...
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It’s the Ace Atkins:Jesse Kellerman smackdown for the Edgars
Ace Atkins Jesse Kellerman The guys are up first, with Ace Atkins and Jesse Kellerman as the first two writers under for consideration for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best...
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Al Lamanda’s Sunset up for Best Novel Edgar
“When you’ve already lost everything, you have nothing left to lose.” It may be a common trope – the broken man, wracked with guilt because he brought about the murder of his wife and family – but Al...
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Gone Girl rockets to top of list
I read Gone Girl before the hype, and I want full credit for the discovery! Amazingly, I did not review it at the time. (I don’t always review everything I read, mostly due to time constraints.)...
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Third Quinn Colson book a winner
The new Ace Atkins novel featuring ex-Ranger-turned-Sheriff Quinn Colson came out on May 30, and I have to say, it’s a winner. The Broken Places is a much more focused and compelling narrative than...
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