Reviews This Week, and Dilys Celebration

Coming up: Much pleasure in reading a delightful debut mystery from Anna Loan-Wilsey, A Lack of Temperance. Also a discussion of the newest in the Billy Boyle series from James R. Benn, Death's Door, and a much-mulled-over  consideration of Port Villa Blues from Garry Disher.

Also, during Oct. 13-20 we're celebrating the Dilys Award, given since 1992 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association -- check in for review of titles and authors that earned the award in the past, as well as the most recent one, Ghost Hero by S. J. Rozan.

Grand finale for the Dilys week: Meet Archer Mayor here at Kingdom Books at 2 pm on Saturday October 20. Mayor's new book Paradise City is the 23rd Joe Gunther investigation. At the end of the event, we'll give away two signed trade paperback copies of Ghost Hero courtesy of the publisher; we first met its author through Archer Mayor, so it all fits together!

Calendar Alert: Guest Posts and Author Event

October is just a few rainstorms away, and the mountain foliage is gorgeous here in Vermont. There's a lot to celebrate. Here at the blog, two guest authors next week enliven the stream:

*Monday October 1, Donna Fletcher Crow, on "a sense of place" in writing mysteries.
*Friday October 5, Carole Shmurak, on academic sleuths.

Both are intriguing, and I'm excited to share them. A reminder to guests: If you put your e-mail into the sign-up slot, you'll automatically get each post from the blog, landing in your e-mail. Great way to stay current ...

Also coming up in October: Yours truly will commute to the Brattleboro Literary Festival (Oct. 12-14) while the Boss holds the fort. I've got great companions for the weekend: http://vermontbookshelf.blogspot.com

From Oct. 13 to Oct. 20, we're celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Dilys Award by reviewing a batch of award winners -- this is given by IMBA, the Independent Mystery Booksellers Assocation, each year to the book that the members have most enjoyed selling. We're especially honoring S.J. Rozan's book Ghost Hero this year, and we'll be giving away two signed copies of the book at our event for Archer Mayor on Oct. 20.

Yes, on October 20 at 2 pm, Kingdom Books welcomes Archer Mayor and his 23rd Joe Gunther book, PARADISE CITY (watch for the review as we get a bit close to the date). Please mark your calendar -- we'd love to have you join us.

Party! Party! And Free Books!!!

Kingdom Books is excited to join other members of IMBA, the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association, in celebrating Mystery Week this year, as well as honoring crime fiction author S.J.Rozan and her award-winning book GHOST HERO, and reminding you about the Dilys award -- IMBA's annual recognition of which book its members have most enjoyed selling in the past year. Naturally, Ghost Hero won a Dilys?

For a review of Ghost Hero, click here: http://kingdombks.blogspot.com/2012/02/chinatown-mysteries-s-j-rozan-henry.html

Party details: Kingdom Books will celebrate Mystery Week with IMBA during Oct. 13-20, with reviews on our blog (kingdombks.blogspot.com) each day that focus on S. J. Rozan's books and those of other Dilys-awarded authors. Tour week will climax on Saturday Oct. 20 with an author event here at 2 pm with Vermont author Archer Mayor (and his new book PARADISE CITY), at which there will be a drawing for two books: one of Archer's, and one by S. J. Rozan. If you're coming to Vermont, please let us know so we can save you a seat! KingdomBks@gmail.com and 802-751-8374.