The weed that strings the hangman's bag : a Flavia de Luce mystery by Alan Bradley

The girl who kicked the hornet's nest by Stieg Larsson ; translated from the Swedish by Reg Keeland

In the company of others by Jan Karon

Come join us for Wine & Mysteries on the third Tuesday of each month from 7:00-8:00PM for our book discussion at Vintner's Winery.

On Monday, November 29 from 10:00-11:00AM, CPL librarian Joyce Simowski takes the mystery out of finding a great mystery book during the Barnes & Noble Northville Book Fair. Use your B & N voucher for books, games, CDs, and DVDs at Barnes & Noble Northville (17111 Haggerty @ Six Mile Road) and the Canton Public Library will get a percentage of your sale on nearly everything B&N sells, including the Nook and Nook accessories, plus coffee and snacks from the B&N cafe. The offer does exclude textbooks, ebooks, video games and gift cards. Stop by for reading suggestions. No registration necessary.

Harris Poll Finds Mysteries, Thrillers Edge Out Romance Novels

Reported in Publisher's Weekly (10/07/10):

"In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." -José Narosky.
Some of these mystery stories take place in a time of war, some in its aftermath. No one is unscathed…

Blood Alone by James R. Benn

Bitterroot by James Lee Burke

Thirteenth Night: a Medieval Mystery by Alan Gordon

The Wolfe Pack, a New York-based fan organization, has announced its nominees for the 2010 Nero Award, "presented each year to an author for the best mystery written in the tradition of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe stories." The contenders are:

The Fleet Street Murders by Charles Finch

The Crack in the Lens by Steve Hockensmith

Faces of the Gone by Brad Parks

Black Friday: a Maggie O'Dell novel by Alex Kava

Make death love me by Ruth Rendell

Eyes of prey by John Sandford

A faint cold fear by Karin Slaughter

Silent treatment by Michael Palmer

A "religious thriller" is a suspense novel whose plot is closely connected to religious objects, institutions or questions. Here are 30 of my favorites I've enjoyed throughout the years:

Cross bones by Kathy Reichs

Salvation in death by J.D. Robb

Angels & demons by Dan Brown

Announcing the results of 2010 Anthony Awards:

Best Novel

The brutal telling by Louise Penny — (Minotaur)

Also nominated

The last child by John Hart — (Minotaur)

The mystic arts of erasing all signs of death : a novel by Charlie Huston — (Ballantine Books)

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The following books and authors have won the 2010 Shamus Awards, bestowed by the Private Eye Writers of America in recognition of the private eye genre and its writers.

Best Hardcover P.I. Novel

Locked in by Marcia Muller — (Grand Central)

Also nominated

The silent hour by Michael Koryta — (Minotaur)

Waiting your turn for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest? Keep your cool with these Nordic mystery series:

The redbreast by Jo Nesbø; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett

Last rituals: an Icelandic novel of secret symbols, medieval witchcraft, and modern murder by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir; translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder

These just in:

How to crash a killer bash by Penny Warner

Dream queen by Betsy Thornton

Betrayers by Bill Pronzini

Night of the living deed by E. J. Copperman

Campion [videodisc] : Police at the funeral by a BBC television production in association with Consolidated Productions

Absolute power [videodisc] by Castle Rock Entertainment presents a Malpaso production

The long goodbye [videodisc] by United Artists

In a lonely place [videodisc] by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc

In the heat of the night [videodisc] by United Artists ; The Mirisch Corporation presents the Norman Jewison/Walter Mirisch production

Laura [videodisc] by 20th Century Fox presents

The lady vanishes [videodisc] by a Gainsborough picture

Yours always by Gabriella Anderson

Step into darkness by Naomi Bellis

Beyond compare by Candace Camp

A woman scorned by Liz Carlyle

A superior death [sound recording] by Nevada Barr

Dangerous depths : an underwater investigation by Kathy Brandt

The lady in the lake [Large print] by Raymond Chandler

A share in death by Deborah Crombie

1930s

Someone to watch over me by Jill Churchill

Damned in paradise : a Nathan Heller novel by Max Allan Collins

1940s

Murder at the president's door : an Eleanor Roosevelt mystery by Elliott Roosevelt

Murder in the rue de Paradis by Cara Black

Sister Pelagia and the red cockerel : a novel by Boris Akunin ; translated by Andrew Bromfield

Spectres in the smoke by Tony Broadbent

Alexandria by Lindsey Davis

Death of a wine merchant by David Dickinson

The Star of India : a novel of Sherlock Holmes by Carole Buggé

The alienist by Caleb Carr

The final solution : a story of detection by Michael Chabon

Deadly season by Tim Champlin

Mark of the lion by Suzanne M. Arruda

The siren queen : an Ursula Blanchard mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's court by Fiona Buckley

Dangerous practice by Clare Curzon

Beacon Street mourning : a Freemont Jones mystery by Dianne Day