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Notable Mysteries and thrillers. Jane Jorgenson Madison Public Library [email protected] twitter.com/ madpoptart www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/madreads. The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye. Nominated for a Best Novel Edgar 1845 New York city, birth of NY police force - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
NOTABLE MYSTERIES AND THRILLERS
Jane JorgensonMadison Public [email protected]/madpoptartwww.madisonpubliclibrary.org/madreads
The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
Nominated for a Best Novel Edgar
1845 New York city, birth of NY police force
Gritty and dark and well drawn – atmospherically like Copper
Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason
First line “There is very little peace for a man with a body buried in his backyard.”
Black humor – think Coen Brothers
Breakneck pace
The Perfect Ghost by Linda Barnes
New direction for Barnes who is known for her Carlotta Carlyle series
Protagonist is a ghost biographer
Builds slowly to a nice twisty conclusion
Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham
One of the few apt comparisons of a protagonist to Lisbeth Salander
Police procedural, first in series set in Cardiff, Wales
The Dangerous Edge of Things by Tina Whittle
Set in Atlanta Good amateur
detective, Tai Randolph who has inherited her uncle’s gun/civil war memorabilia store
The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz
Nominated by ITW for Best Hardcover thriller
Page-turner that is also emotional and touching
Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
Nominated for a Best First Novel Edgar
Young American woman who wants to be a codebreaker in WWII London
Crossbones Yard by Kate Rhodes
Debut novel strong on atmosphere and suspense
Protagonist is a psychologist in London with lots of her own emotional baggage
The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes
Cross-pollination of genres
Connected to Walsh Family novels
Bitterly dark humor dealing with family and depression
Mystery/Thriller Sites International Thriller Writers –
http://thrillerwriters.org/ Edgar Awards – www.theedgars.com Bloodstained Bookshelf -
www.mirlacca.com/Bookshelf.html The Mystery Reader -
www.themysteryreader.com/ Stop, You’re Killing Me -
http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/
NOTABLE MYSTERY AND THRILLERS
Jane JorgensonMadison Public [email protected]/madpoptartwww.madisonpubliclibrary.org/madreads