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Nominees Announced for 2009 Dilys Award

(mystery-books.com, Jan. 18) Robin Agnew announced today on the DorothyL bulletin board the nominees for the 2009 Dilys Award. The Dilys Award has been given annually since 1992 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (IMBA) to the mystery titles of the...

Best mysteries of 2008

(catholic.org, Dec. 17) Sun Sentinel (MCT) – In “The Finder,” Colin Harrison combines a strong eye for social details and the intricacies of New York City for a novel that is equally literary fiction and mystery. A scheme in which office cleaners...

Sean Chercover – Trigger City

(popsyndicate.com, Nov 13, Stefan Halley) Sean Chercover follows up his debut novel with another solid entry. After getting critical praise for his debut novel, Big City, Bad Blood, author Sean Chercover returns with his Shytown gumshoe Ray Dudgeon.  Big City, Bad...

Sean Chercover – Trigger City

(Publisher’s Weekly, Aug. 25) When Isaac Richmond, a retired army colonel, asks Chicago PI Ray Dudgeon to look into his daughter’s murder, Dudgeon, who’s still recovering from the injuries he sustained in Big City, Bad Blood, reluctantly agrees to...