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Blood-Letter #94  |  2008 Member Books
 

October Signings at Murder by the Book

CLARE LANGLEY-HAWTHORNE appears at 1:00 pm on Saturday, October 18, at Murder by the Book, 3210 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., to discuss THE SERPENT AND THE SCORPION, the latest in her series featuring intrepid Edwardian England businesswoman Ursula Marlow. Bolsheviks, Egyptian intrigue, and labor unres are added to the mix.

MICHAEL GENELIN appears at 6:30 pm on Thursday, October 23, at Murder by the Book, 3210 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., to present SIREN OF THE WATERS, his debut novel. Genelin was a deputy D.A. in Los Angeles, handling many major trials, including the murder of Sal Mineo. Later he supervised all major gang crimes in the County of Los Angeles. He then became an international consultant in government reform and was assigned to the Slovak Republic, among other places. His novel is set in Slovakia and France, areas with which he became familiar through his work. His heroine, Jana Matinova, is a commander in the Slovak police and has seen her country emerge from Communist rule to become a member of the European community. However, murder under any regime is still murder.

For further information, contact Barbara Tom at 503-232-9995 or email books@mbtb.com.

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:

October: Laura Lippman — What the Dead Know
November: Kathy Reichs — Grave Secret
December: MC Beaton — Kissing Christmas Goodbye

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

2008-2009 Bloody Thursdays!

We've completed schedule for the Bloody Thursday 2008-2009 event season.

• Sept. 25, 2008: Thank you to Chelsea Cain for a delightful appearance in Kate Wilhelm's stead, who is recovering from a broken hip. We wish Kate the best for a quick recovery and hope to see her at a future Bloody Thursday.
• Nov. 20, 2008: Det. James Lawrence - Portland Police Cold Case Unit
• Jan. 22, 2008: Jessica Morrell - Author/Lecturer on Villains and Anti-heroes
• Mar. 26, 2009: Barbara Pope - Debut Author of Cezanne's Quarry
• May 28, 2009: Larry Rossen - Fingerprint Expert

We look forward this exciting series, and hope to see you.

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.

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

• Black, Cara: Murder in the Rue de Pardis
• Block, Lawrence: Hit and Run
• Cameron, Bill : Chasing Smoke
• Cameron, Bill : Killer Year (Anthology)
• Clausen, Lowen*: River
• Daheim, Mary: The Alpine Traitor
• Doogan, Mike*: Skeleton Lake
• Dunn, Carola: Black Ship
• Elkins, Aaron: Uneasy Relations
• Emerson, Earl*: Primal Threat
• Maxwell, Ann (Elizabeth Lowell): Blue Smoke and Murder
• Fairstein, Linda: Killer Heat
• Ferrigno, Robert: Sins of the Assassin
• Ford, G.M.*: Nameless Night
• Jance, J.A.: Cruel Intent
• Jance, J.A.: Damage Control
• Karp, Larry: The King of Ragtime
• Lovell, Ron: Yaquina White
• Macomber, Doc: Snip
• Margolin, Phillip: Executive Privalige
• Muller, Marcia: Burn Out
• Newman, Sharan: The Shanghi Tunnel
• O'Brien, Kevin*: One Last Scream
• Paretsky, Sara: Writing in an Age of Silence
• Paretsky, Sara: Bleeding Kansas
• Pope, Barbara: Cezanne's Quarry (Debut)
• Pronzini, Bill: Fever
• Pronzini, Bill: The Other Side of Silence
• Robb, Candace: Village of Spies
• Rucka, Greg: In the Line of Duty
• 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

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.