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The Wild World of Mystery Awards, Part II: Fan Prizes

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, [...]

The State of the Mystery Genre

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 [...]