Blood-Letter #101 Now Available!

Check out the January 2010 issue of the Blood-Letter, #101 now. Featuring a preview of our November Bloody Thursday with John Kroger, recommendations from the Spotted Owl Committee, Three From Texas by Pete Scott, and more!

Blood-Letter #100 | 2009 Member Books

January 2010 Bloody Thursday!

John Kroger, Oregon State Attorney General

Oregon Attorney General John Kroger, this year's Oregon Book Award winner for Creative Non-Fiction for his book Convictions: A Prosecutor’s Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves joined un on January 28th for Bloody Thursday. Readling Local: Portland has posted a marvelous recap of the event. Also, check out our feature on John Kroger in the current issue of The Blood-Letter.

Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 7:00pm
Location: Terwilliger Plaza, 2545 Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR

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Upcoming

Thursday, March 25, 2010
Spotted Owl Winner Phil Margolin
Robert Dugoni
Writing Legal Thrillers
Thursday, May 27, 2010
“Fresh Blood”
A Panel of Up-and-Coming Authors

All events are held at Terwilliger Plaza, 2545 SW Terwilliger Blvd. Free Parking is available at the 6th Avenue lots Between Caruthers and Sheridan Streets. Click here for directions to Terwilliger Plaza.

Upcoming Events at Murder by the Book

Kelli Stanley, author of City of Dragons
Thursday, February 4, at 7:00 p.m.
Gregg Olsen, author of Victim Six
Thursday, February 11, at 7:00 p.m.

Learn more about February events at Murder by the Book...

Friends of Mystery Reading Group

Upcoming books for 2010:

January: Cat on the Edge by Shirley Rousseau Murphy (Illegal Aliens) - Susan F
February: Fer-De-Lance by Rex Stout (from The Butler Did It shelf) - Lily
March: Eight Black Horses by Ed McBain (A Fair Cop) - Maggie
April: Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs (Soft-boiled sleuths) - Doris
May: The Cat, the Quilt & the Corpse by Leann Sweeney (Wild Women) - Gale
June: Kill Me by Stephen White (Criminal Pursuits) - Geri

Get more details at the Friends of Mystery Reading Group page.

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.