Wyatt by Garry Disher. A Wyatt Wareen Mystery. Soho Crime Hardcover, August 2011.
This solidly crafted novel, the seventh in the series though only the first to be published in the US, introduces to this new audience a strongly developed character, a career criminal on the hunt for someone who double-crossed him. And to recover what they stole together, which has now disappeared.
Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: Wyatt by Garry Disher.
The Mystery Bookshelf, where you can discover a world of mystery and suspense, is pleased to feature a new crime novel we recently received from the publisher.
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Rag and Bone by James R. Benn
A Billy Boyle, World War II Mystery (5th in series)
Soho Crime (Trade Paperback)
Publication Date: September 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-996-4
About Rag and Bone (from the publisher): Billy is sent to London in the midst of a Luftwaffe bombing offensive to investigate the murder of a Soviet official. There's reason to believe that the crime could be connected to the recent discovery of mass graves in the Katyn Forest, where thousands of Polish officers were executed. Is a killer is out there, targeting Soviet officials in revenge for the Katyn Massacre? If so, the diplomatic stakes couldn't be higher as the uneasy relationship between the Soviets and the other allied powers hangs in the balance. Further complicating matters, Scotland Yard names Billy's friend Kaz, now working for the Polish government in exile, as the prime suspect. Billy must track the killer through London's criminal underworld and save his friend.
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About James R. Benn: A graduate of the University of Connecticut and a resident of Hadlyme, he has worked in the library and information technology fields for over 35 years, and is currently the director of the Godfrey Memorial Library in Middletown. Visit his website at JamesRBenn.com.
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Prometheus Books has announced a new crime novel imprint to be called Seventh Street Books. Dan Mayer, formerly the mystery book buyer for Barnes & Noble, will be the editorial director.
"I'm looking forward to what by all accounts is a dream job. A new imprint devoted to mystery and thriller fiction is ripe with possibilities," said Mayer.
Ten to twelve titles — trade paperback and ebook — are expected to be available for the imprint's launch late next year, with about double that to be published during the following twelve months.
(Source: Publishers Weekly.)
Just about a year ago we reported that the television and film rights to Jeffrey Archer's novels had been acquired, and that at the time, the art theft caper False Impression was the likely first book to be adapted.
Now we're learning that it will be A Matter of Honor that will be developed first, followed by Honor Among Thieves. Though the two books do not share a common character, one will be written into the scripts, with the intent to create a potential franchise for Archer's books. Frank Marshall (The "Bourne" films, the "Indiana Jones" films, and more) will produce.
"Jeffrey Archer is a master storyteller whose suspenseful plots and compelling characters have the potential for a multi-feature film franchise with both domestic and international appeal," Marshall said.
(Source: The Hollywood Reporter.)
The L.A. Dodger by David A. Kelly. A Ballpark Mystery. Random House Mass Market Paperback, July 2011.
This entertaining mystery for kids has the cousins on the trail of a mysterious man causing mischief for LA's baseball team, is filled with all sorts of trivia, not only about baseball but Los Angeles in general, and should appeal to both boys and girls.
Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: The L.A. Dodger by David A. Kelly.
NBC has ordered a series project based on the Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins mysteries by Walter Mosley. The first book in the series, Devil in a Blue Dress, was honored with the 1991 CWA New Blood Dagger and was made into a 1995 film starring Denzel Washington as the Los Angeles private eye.
The project is being developed by John Wells (Mildred Pierce, Southland) in association with Warner Bros.
There are 11 books in the Easy Rawlins series. Mosley is expected to help write the script for the series.
(Source: Deadline|Hollywood.)
Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling three series being released this week.
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Tom Selleck stars as Frank Reagan, the New York Police Commissioner, who heads both the police force and the extended Reagan family in the crime drama Blue Bloods.
A source of pride — and concern — for Frank is his eldest son Danny (Donnie Wahlberg), a seasoned detective, family man, and Iraqi War vet who along with his partner Jackie Curatola (Jennifer Esposito) will exhaust all efforts and on occasion uses dubious tactics to solve cases. The sole Reagan woman in the family, Erin (Bridget Moynahan), is a N.Y. Assistant D.A. and newly single parent, who also serves as the legal compass for her siblings and father. Jamie (Will Estes) is the youngest Reagan, fresh out of Harvard Law and a newly minted cop. Len Cariou stars as Henry Reagan, Frank's unapologetically bold father, who was also once the police commissioner.
Blue Bloods: Season One is available on DVD and iTunes (click on the icons above, left for more details), and consists of 22 episodes that originally aired on CBS from September 2010 through May 2011. The second season of Blue Bloods premieres on Friday, September 23rd at 10 PM (ET/PT).
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Uwe Kockisch stars as the titular character in this German series adapted from the books by crime novelist Donna Leon in The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries.
Four episodes are being released this week in two DVD sets; the one shown to the left with episodes 5 and 6, and another with episodes 7 and 8.
The first of these two sets includes adaptations of Death at La Fenice and Friends in High Places, the 1st and 9th mysteries in the series. The second of these two sets includes adaptations of Quietly in Their Sleep and Acqua Alta, the 6th and 5th mysteries in the series.
The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries: Episodes 5 and 6 and The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries: Episodes 7 and 8 are available on DVD. The series is in German with English subtitles.
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Following in the footsteps of his mentor, Inspector Morse, Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis (Kevin Whately) solves challenging mysteries on the streets of Cambridge and in the halls of Oxford in Inspector Lewis.
He is assisted and bemused by his brainy, enigmatic partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway (Laurence Fox).
Inspector Lewis: Series Four is available on DVD and Blu-ray disk (click on the icons above, left for more details), and consists of 4 episodes that originally aired in the UK as its fifth season in April 2011, and which is currently airing on PBS's Masterpiece Mystery! in the US.
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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.
A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.
Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).
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This week's letters and mystery clue:
A C E D L N O S W
This “autumn” move is featured in the title of Philip Lee Williams’ first Hank Prince mystery (9 letters).
We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.
Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.
Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!
In a little over a week, the Fall 2011 Prime Time Crime season begins. All this week we have been profiling new crime dramas (and other shows with mystery, suspense and thriller elements), as well as taking a quick look at the returning series. (All listed times are ET/PT.)
Sundays … CSI: Miami … Dexter … Once Upon a Time … The Walking Dead …
New on Sundays this season is Once Upon a Time, which doesn't premiere until October 23rd at 8 PM on ABC. And we're the first to admit, we're iffy on whether this qualifies as "prime time crime".
And they all lived happily ever after — or so everyone was led to believe.
Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) knows how to take care of herself. She's a 28-year-old bail bonds collector who's been on her own ever since she was abandoned as a baby. But when the son she gave up years ago finds her, everything starts to change. Henry (Jared Gilmore) is now 10 years old and in desperate need of Emma's help. He believes that Emma actually comes from an alternate world and is Snow White and Prince Charming's missing daughter. According to his book of fairytales, they sent her away to protect her from the Evil Queen's curse, which trapped the fairytale world forever, frozen in time, and brought them into our modern world.
Of course Emma doesn't believe a word, but when she brings Henry back to Storybrooke, she finds herself drawn to this unusual boy and his strange New England town. Concerned for Henry, she decides to stay for a while, but she soon suspects that Storybrooke is more than it seems. It's a place where magic has been forgotten, but is still powerfully close … where fairytale characters are alive, even though they don't remember who they once were.
The epic battle for the future of all worlds is beginning, but for good to win, Emma will have to accept her destiny and fight like hell.
Watch a preview for the series below.
The three returning series are CSI: Miami (10th season premiere, September 25th at 10 PM on CBS), Dexter (6th season premiere, October 2nd at 10 PM on Showtime), and The Walking Dead (2nd season premiere, October 16th at 8 PM on AMC).
Steal the Show by Thomas Kaufman. A Willis Gidney Mystery. Minotaur Books Hardcover, July 2011.
The two storylines in this crime novel — involving video piracy and the adoption of an orphaned girl — would hardly seem compatible, and yet the author deftly handles both, the former by keeping the action briskly moving along, the latter with surprising sensitivity, and both featuring a really remarkable PI.
Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: Steal the Show by Thomas Kaufman.
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