thomas_b | March 24, 2010
The past decade has seen a gusher of quality crime writing from a source that had previously produced almost none: the island of Ireland, both the Republic and the six counties belonging to the United Kingdom.
The most successful Irish crime novelist is probably John Connolly, whose books are set not in Ireland but in the [...]
BNA_Editor | January 13, 2010
Crime fiction readers are a breed apart. They read voraciously and they read loyally, following favorite authors to the end (and sometimes long past the point the books warrant; we can all think of authors whose later books were sad shadows of earlier triumphs). Most important, mystery lovers love to talk about what they read, [...]
BNA_Editor | July 10, 2009
With great mystery writers like Michael Connelly speaking at this year’s ALA conference in Chicago, it got us thinking about the current state of the mystery genre. And, in our minds, there are few people more qualified to talk about mystery fiction than Jim Huang, one of B&A’s premier subject matter experts. Since we’ve got [...]
