“Have you read Val McDermid’s Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series? If you haven’t read them and you like brilliantly plotted thrillers that are edge-of-your-seat paced and filled with flawed and deeply human characters, you should. Begin with The Mermaids Singing (St. Martin, $7.99) and read them all in order. I say this because you …
Seattle Mystery Bookshop announced last week that its founder, Bill Farley, is retiring. For real this time. Farley opened the store in 1990 after having worked at Whodunnit in Philadelphia and being told by visiting author Aaron Elkins that Seattle needed a specialty mystery shop. He sold the now-famous—or is it infamous?—shop to long-time employee JB …
“Martin Anderson is a 44-year-old adolescent. He’s married to a good woman, has two appealing kids, owns a business that buys and sells used private airplanes and he’s a really nice guy. But he has never grown up. It’s 1974, and times are not as tough as in 2011, but surprisingly similar: oil is scarce …
The Seattle Mystery Bookshop opened in historic Pioneer Square in the summer of 1990. The store sells new and used, a large stock of signed firsts and a selection of collectibles—and it mails books to discerning mystery fans all over the planet. Seattle Mystery is a tourist destination and an author destination, hosting author signings nearly …
“Ronnie’s life has recently gone through a massive upheaval; her father burned out on his job and moved the family to a rural town in Oregon to open a B&B. The ray of light in her life is Karen, a ten-year-old girl Ronnie babysits who shows her the wonder of her new world. All of …
“The Haunting of Charles Dickens by Lewis Buzbee is about Meg’s search for her beloved missing older brother, Orion, in London in the year 1862. Accompanying her is her family’s greatest friend, Mr. Charles Dickens, who is looking for inspiration after finishing his novel Great Expectations. The quest takes them all over London, from seedy …
Bill Farley, former owner and current resident expert at Seattle Mystery Bookshop, has won the 2010 Willo Award from the Northwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. The Award is given to the person who has done the most to promote Northwest writers and their work. Farley opened Seattle Mystery in 1990 and sold …
We loved seeing Seattle Mystery Bookshop last Thursday on an episode of Seattle’s City Stream, the weekly TV show produced by the city for its cable channel 21. The intros for the various segments on the program were shot at the store. While none of the segments were about the store, it’s pretty cool to see …
Three sisters, two from the greater Seattle area, worked together to write Liar, Liar, a debut mystery from Poisoned Pen Press that garnered a great review today from Seattle Mystery Bookshop, calling it “a hilarious and unforgettable read.” Straight from the horses mouth. Love the jacket, with the bullet and the lipstick. Look for it at …
Neil Low is a captain in the Seattle Police Department, where he currently works as the Commander of Advanced Training. Somehow, he also finds time to write novels, and has just released his third, a novel of historical police intrigue titled Unreasonable Persuasion. Today, Saturday the 18th, he appeared at Seattle Mystery Bookshop for a …
