Molly on Mysteries at Cameron Village Library

Thanks to Barbara McGeachy, I'll present a "Molly on Mysteries" program at the Cameron Village Library on Thursday, June 19 at 2:00. I've been giving these programs, first at the Eva Perry Library in Apex, then at the Cary Library, and, most recently, at the Page-Walker Cultural Arts Center in Cary. We're unable to continue at the Page-Walker in the summer months because they need the space for kids camps.

For the uninitiated, I used to have a theme for each program, but since I've gotten lazier in my old age, I just talk about books and authors I've read since the last program. Giving these programs gives me validation for lying back in my recliner and reading all afternoon (or all day?). I just have to get ready to talk about mysteries…

If you'll scroll down a couple of posts, you'll see the terrific line-up of guest authors I'll bring to several venues in the Triangle area. (I didn't think you'd bother to scroll down, so I'm copying the schedule here!)

Mystery Writers Tour

Get ready for fun! We've got a great group coming to the Triangle area in June: Maggie Barbieri, Hannah Dennison, and Kate Carlisle. We'll be having panels, book sales, signings, and conversations. All events are free and open to the public.

Saturday, June 7, 2:00
McIntyre's Books, Fearrington Village

Sunday, June 8, 3:00
Halle Cultural Arts Center, Apex

Sunday, June 8, 7:00
SearStone, Cary (Reservations are requested 866.261.1814)

Monday, June 9, 2:00
North Regional Library, Raleigh

Monday, June 9, 7:00
Page Walker Cultural Arts Center, Cary

Tuesday, June 10, 10:30
West Regional Library, Cary

Tuesday, June 10, 2:00
Cameron Village Library, Raleigh

Y'all come!

Please plan to join me at one or more of these events. Everything is free and open to the public—and sometimes I give away books!

The photo below is from the Malice Domestic panel I moderated. We had a lot of fun with "Grits and Graveyards"!

Bouchercon 2014 Anthony Nominees

So many great books nominated. So many of the authors are friends. How on earth will I cast my vote?!!?!?!?!

Check out this list and decide what you'd do.

· 2014 · Long Beach, CA BEST NOVEL   Suspect - Robert Crais [Putnam]   A Cold and Lonely Place - Sara J. Henry [Crown]   Ordinary Grace - William Kent Krueger [Atria]   The Wrong Girl - Hank Phillippi Ryan [Forge]   Through the Evil Days - Julia Spencer-Fleming [Minotaur] BEST FIRST NOVEL   Yesterday’s Echo - Matt Coyle [Oceanview]   Ghostman - Roger Hobbs [Alfred A. Knopf]   Rage Against the Dying - Becky Masterman [Minotaur]   Reconstructing Amelia - Kimberly McCreight [HarperCollins]   The Hard Bounce - Todd Robinson [Tyrus] BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL   The Big Reap- Chris F. Holm [Angry Robot]   Purgatory Key - Darrell James [Midnight Ink]   Joyland - Stephen King [Hard Case Crime]   The Wicked Girls - Alex Marwood [Penguin]   As She Left It - Catriona McPherson [Midnight Ink] BEST SHORT STORY   "Dead End" - Craig Faustus Buck [Untreed Reads]   "The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository" - John Connolly, Bibliomysteries [Mysterious Bookshop]   "Annie and the Grateful Dead" - Denise Dietz, The Sound and the Furry: Stories To Benefit the International Fund for Animal Welfare [Amazon Digital]   "Incident on the 405" - Travis Richardson, Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional: Girl Trouble [Macmillan]   "The Care and Feeding of Houseplants" - Art Taylor, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2013 BEST CRITICAL OR NONFICTION WORK   Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes - Maria Konnikova [Viking Adult]   The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines - Cate Lineberry [Little, Brown]   All the Wild Children - Josh Stallings [Snubnose Press]   The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot To Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War - Daniel Stashower [Minotaur]   Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense - Sarah Weinman, ed. [Penguin] BEST CHILDREN'S OR YOUNG ADULT NOVEL   The Testing - Joelle Charbonneau [Houghton Mifflin]   Escape Theory - Margaux Froley [Soho Teen]   Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library - Chris Grabenstein [Random House Children’s Books]   Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy - Elizabeth Kiem [Soho Teen]   The Code Busters Club: Mystery of the Pirate’s Treasure - Penny Warner [Egmont USA] BEST TV EPISODE TELEPLAY, FIRST AIRED IN 2013   The Blacklist - Pilot by Jon Bokenkamp - Sept. 2013 [Davis Entertainment, NBC]   Breaking Bad - "Felina" by Vince Gilligan - Sept. 2013 [AMC]   The Fall - "Dark Descent" by Allan Cubitt - May 2013 [Netflix Original]   The Following - Pilot by Kevin Williamson - Jan. 2013 [Warner Bros. Television, FOX]   Justified - "Hole in the Wall" by Graham Yost - Jan. 2013 [Warner Bros. Television, FOX] BEST AUDIO BOOK   Hour of the Rat - Lisa Brackmann - Tracy Sallows, narrator [Audible]   Man in the Empty Suit - Sean Ferrell - Mauro Hantman, narrator [AudioGO]   The Cuckoo’s Calling - Robert Galbraith - Robert Glenister, narrator [Hachette Audio]   Crescendo - Deborah J Ledford - Christina Cox, narrator [Audible]   Death and the Lit Chick - G.M. Malliet - Davina Porter, narrator [Dreamscape Media]

Mystery Writers Tour

Get ready for fun! We've got a great group coming to the Triangle area in June: Maggie Barbieri, Hannah Dennison, and Kate Carlisle. We'll be having panels, book sales, signings, and conversations. All events are free and open to the public.

Saturday, June 7, 2:00
McIntyre's Books, Fearrington Village

Sunday, June 8, 3:00
Halle Cultural Arts Center, Apex

Sunday, June 8, 7:00
SearStone, Cary (Reservations are requested 866.261.1814)

Monday, June 9, 2:00
North Regional Library, Raleigh

Monday, June 9, 7:00
Page Walker Cultural Arts Center, Cary

Tuesday, June 10, 10:30
West Regional Library, Cary

Tuesday, June 10, 2:00
Cameron Village Library, Raleigh

Y'all come!

Mary Stewart Obituary

A pioneer in writing "anti-namby-pamby" women characters, Mary Stewart has died at age 97. Her obituary was in the May 15 edition of The Guardian.