Friends of Mystery

P.O. Box 8251
Portland, OR 97207
503-244.5271
www.friendsofmystery.org

Looking for Northwest Mysteries?

Check out our listings of Pacific Northwest Mysteries. So far, we've compiled lists for 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, and 2002 with more to come. You can also check out the growing list for 2008 on our Awards page.

My Favorite Mystery

We'd like to hear from you! What's your favorite cozy, favorite thriller, or favorite hardboiled mystery that came out in 2007-2008? Who's for your favorite author? And, if you had to pick just one, what's your all-time favorite mystery?

Tell us your favorites with our My Favorite Mystery online form, or mail your favorites to FOM, P.O. Box 8251, Portland, Oregon 97207.

Deadline is August 1, 2007. We'll announce the results in our September 2008 Blood-Letter.

Blood-Letter #93 | 2008 Member Books

Upcoming FOM Reading Group Titles

The Friends of Mystery Reading Group meets on the third Wednesday of every month at Portland's Murder By The Book to discuss selected mysteries. Upcoming selections include:

June: Sarah Andrews — Bone Hunter
July: Kate Wilhelm — Desperate Measures
August: Stephanie Barron — Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor
September: Asa Larsson — The Black Path

Anyone interested is invited to attend. Learn more on our Reading Group page.

AUTHOR EVENTS IN JULY AT MURDER BY THE BOOK

AARON ELKINS appears at 5:00 pm on Sunday, July 13, to read from and discuss "Uneasy Relations," the latest in his series starring "The Skeleton Detective," Gideon Oliver. Oliver journeys to Gibraltar to examine the remains of what could be a skeleton belonging to an astounding combination of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens. Elkins is an Olympic peninsula resident, a former anthropologist, and an Edgar award winner, one of the premier mystery awards.

CRAIG JOHNSON appears at 6:00 pm on Friday, July 18 to read from and discuss "Another Man's Moccasins," the latest release in his series starring Walt Longmire, intrepid sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. Longmire's past as a Marine investigator in Vietnam affects his investigation in the present of the death of a young Vietnamese woman. Johnson will be roaring to a stop at the door as part of his book tour on his trust Harley.

RHYS BOWEN appears at 5:00 pm on Sunday, July 27 to read from and discuss "A Royal Pain," the second in her series starring Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie ("Georgie"), cousin of the king of England, set in the 1930s. At the queen's behest, clever Georgie must pull an Eliza Doolittle with a Bavarian princess to distract Prince Edward from Mrs. Wallis Simpson.

All appearances are at Murder by the Book, 3210 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., Portland. For further information, contact Barbara Tom at 503-232-9995 or email btom2@mac.com.

Friends of Mystery is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Spotted Owl Awards

The Spotted Owl Committee has selected A Wrongful Death by Kate Wilhelm as the 2008 winner.

The runners up are:
2. J.A. Jance for Justice Denied
3. Mike Doogan for Capitol Offense
4. Bill Cameron for Lost Dog
5. Robert Dugoni for Damage Control
6. Chelsea Cain for Heartsick
7. Martin Limon for Wandering Ghost
8. Daniel Kalla for Blood Lies
9. Elizabeth Lowell for Innocent as Sin
10. Dana Stabenow for A Deeper Sleep

FRIENDS OF MYSTERY IN PRINT:
2008 NEW BOOKS BY AUTHOR MEMBERS

Several FOM author/members have published new books in 2008. Look for these at your favorite bookstore. If you know of others, please let us know.

Black, Cara: Murder in the Rue de Pardis
Cameron, Bill: contributor to Killer Year, Stories to Die For, edited by Lee Child
Clausen, Lowen*: River
Daheim, Mary: The Alpine Traitor
Emerson, Earl*: Primal Threat
Ferrigno, Robert: Sins of the Assassin
Ford, G.M.*: Nameless Night
Jance, J.A.: Cruel Intent
Jance, J.A.: Joanna Brady
Margolin, Phillip: Executive Privilege
Newman, Sharan: The Shanghi Tunnel
O'Brien, Kevin*: One Last Scream
Saylor, Steven: The Triumph of Caesar
Schorr, Mark: Fixation
Straley, John*: The Big Both Ways
Wilhelm, Kate*: Cold Case

* Past Spotted Owl Award Winner

2007 Books by FOM Members

Note: Not all are Northwest authors as we have members all across the country and beyond.

About Friends of Mystery

Friends of Mystery is a non-profit literary/educational organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Its purpose is to promote educational study in all realms related to mystery. Members are interested in fiction, true crime, how mysteries are solved, and many other aspects of knowledge that can be included in the term "mystery".

We sponsor a series of public meetings, called Bloody Thursdays, publish a newsletter, The Blood-Letter, give an annual award, the Spotted Owl, for the best mystery by a Pacific Northwest author. And, we also sponsor a local reading group.

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