New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Poisoned Pen Press 05 Oct-Dec

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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Poisoned Pen Press OCT-DEC 05

Dick Adler Dreams of Justice: Mysteries as Social Documents Pbk published December 2005 by Poisoned Pen Press at Ł8.59 ISBN: 1590581792

See Review by Martin Edwards - author of the highly acclaimed Harry Devlin Mysteries

Dick Adler reviews mysteries and thrillers every other week in his Crime Watch column for the Chicago Tribune. He is the co-author, with the late Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, of Public Justice, Private Mercy: A Governor's Education On Death Row.
Anthony Lewis in the New York Times Book Review called it "a compelling and important book," and Jonathan Kirsch in the Los Angeles Times said, "Some of the most fascinating passages are the dozen or so case histories of the men and women themselves, the stuff of hard-boiled detective fiction come to life."
Adler has also written Sleeping with Moscow, an account of the Richard Miller FBI espionage case. His mystery novel, The Mozart Code, was published in May, 1999, as an electronic book and was a Frankfurt eBook Award nominee in 2000.

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Marvin Lachman The Heirs of Anthony Boucher A History of Mystery Fandom Pbk published December 2005 by Poisoned Pen Press at Ł9.50 ISBN: 1590582233

See Review by Martin Edwards - author of the highly acclaimed Harry Devlin Mysteries

This history of mystery fandom is called The Heirs of Anthony Boucher because it was to Boucher's mystery review column in the New York Times Book Review that fans turned, before what Lachman calls "The Fan Revolution" was launched in 1967. In a literary domino effect, Boucher's column led to the first fan magazine.

Review
This terrific book, sub-titled 'A History of Mystery Fandom', provides a detailed account of fan culture in the field of detective fiction and is written with the authority of a man who has contributed more than most to that culture. Lachman gives accounts of innumerable mystery conventions, notably glitzy Bouchercons, named after the legendary American critic Anthony Boucher. In addition he describes a wide range of fan magazines, from the late and lamented 'The Armchair Detective' to current and excellent journals such as 'Deadly Pleasures', 'Mystery Scene' and Britain's own, splendid 'CADS'. The Tangled Web UK website properly earns an approving mention, although the emphasis is on print publications rather than websites. Lachman has undertaken extensive research, but crucially he has participated in many of the significant mystery fan activities of the past thirty-odd years. He even gives an account of a quiz in which he and I participated in Nottingham a decade ago. I learned a great deal from this book, and I recommend it to anyone keen to know more about the background to the genre.
Martin Edwards

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