Tag Archives: Hank Phillippi Ryan

The Stakes

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Barbara Ross

by Barb, in her office in Portland, Maine, enjoying the breezes For a little more than a year, I’ve been doing a library/conference presentation called “Mystery Making: How They Do It!” (or some such, local listings may vary) with Sheila … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Hallie Ephron, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Sheila Connolly, Trust Me | 14 Comments

Groundhog Day

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Bruce Robert Coffin

Bruce Robert Coffin here at the helm of Maine Crime Writers, wishing all of you a very happy Groundhog Day. Hopefully, Punxsutawney Phil, that most celebrated of weather prognosticators, will see nary a hint of his shadow today, that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruce's Posts | Tagged Barbara Ross, Bruce Robert Coffin, Hank Phillippi Ryan, jessie crockett, Kate Clark Flora, Malice Domestic, Roger Guay | 10 Comments

2016: A Literary Look Back

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Bruce Robert Coffin

Bruce Robert Coffin here, feeling nostalgic. 2016 was a whirlwind year. Pausing to reflect, as it draws to an end, I realize how much I have to be thankful for. So many writing and publishing firsts, where do I start? … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruce's Posts | Tagged Among the Shadows, Art Taylor, C.J. Box, Detective Byron Mysteries, Elmore Leonard, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Harlan Coben, Kate Flora, Lee Child, Megan Abbott, Otto Penzler, Paula Munier, Reed Farrell Coleman, Stephen King, William Kent Krueger | 12 Comments

Mysteries for Your Book Club

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. Or rather there. By the time you read this, I’ll be on the road to Key West, probaby somewhere in the Carolinas, if you’re reading on the day it posted. Recently, I was thrilled to be included … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Ann Connery Frantz, Armand Gamache Mysterie, B.A. Shapiro, book groups, Clare Fergusson, Cleo Coyle, Coffee House Mysteries, Craig Johnson, Emmanuel Cooper Mysteries, Hank Phillippi Ryan, jessie crockett, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kate Flora, Louise Penny, Mala Nunn, Mike Bowditch novels, orchard mysteries, Ordinary Grace, Paul Doiron, Russ van Alstyne, Sheila Connolly, Sugar Grove Mysteries, The Art Forger, Walt Longmire Mysteries, William Kent Krueger, Worcester Telegram | 10 Comments

The Agatha Best Contemporary Novel Nominees

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Barbara Ross

Hi. Barb here. Yesterday, Leslie Budewitz, an Agatha-nominee for Best First Novel blogged about her novel and those of all of her fellow nominees. I thought is was such a great idea, I’m borrowing it today. It’s easy for me … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Barbara Ross, clammed up, g.m. malliet, Hank Phillippi Ryan, How the Light Gets In, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Louise Penny, Pagan Spring, The wrong girl, Through the Evil Days | 24 Comments

New Stuff . . . and win an Advance Reading Copy

Posted on July 9, 2013 by kaitlynkathy

July is a banner month in the Liss MacCrimmon world. The paperback reprint of Bagpipes, Brides, and Homicides was released on July 2nd. The newest entry in the series, Vampires, Bones, and Treacle Scones, will be out in hardcover on … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged advance reading copy, Bagpipes Brides and Homicides, Dorothy Cannell, Down the Garden Path, drawing for ARC, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Ides of April, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Left Hanging, Lindsey Davis, Liss MacCrimmon Scottish-American Heritage Mysteries, Patricia McLinn, Sign Off, The Family Jewels and Other Stories, The Other Woman, The Spring Cleaning Murders, Vampires Bones and Treacle Scones | 11 Comments

Eeyore Works the Room

Posted on June 25, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, musing on a conversation I had with my husband on Saturday while we were driving on the Maine Turnpike. We seem to have some of our best conversations in the car, probably because otherwise both of us are … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Finding Amy, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Katherine Hall Page, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Maranacook High School, Orrs Island Yacht Club, Vicki Doudera | 25 Comments

Slouching Toward Oblivion?

Posted on June 13, 2013 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here. I haven’t seen the new Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn movie, “The Internship,” yet, but all the write-ups make one thing very clear: I want to work at Google. In a recent New Yorker article about Google’s New York headquarters, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Kate's Posts | Tagged Barb D'Amato, Cari Dubiel, Carolyn Hart, Eve Sandstrom, Frankie Bailey, Google, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Judy Clemens, Kate Flora, Kate Grilley, Laura DiSilverio, Legos, Marcia Talley, Margaret Maron, Martha Reed, Mary Boone, Molly Weston, Nancy Picard, Owen Wilson, Pac-Man, Patricia Sprinkle, Rochelle Krich, Sally Brewster, Sarah Glass, Sisters in Crime, Sue Dunlap, Sue Henry, The Internship, The New Yorker, Vince Vaughn | 4 Comments

The Scariest Book I Ever Read Was . . .

Posted on October 28, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

In honor of Halloween, one of crime writers’ favorite holidays, we’re recycling a post from the past in which we shared our own scary favorites and solicited views from some of our Sisters (and Brothers) in Crime. Just as scary … Continue reading →

Tagged A Sight for Sore Eyes, Bad Little Falls, Carol O'Connell, Catherine Haynes, Criminal Minds, Daphne du Maurier, Edge of Dark Water, Erik Larsen, Farthing, Francis Dolarhyde, Group Post, Hallie Ephron, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Hannibal Lecter, Into the Darkest Corner, James Herbert, Janis Bolster, Jo Walton, Joe R. Lansdale, Lea Wait, Lisa Haselton, Marni Graff, Paul Doiron, Poe, Rebecca, Red Dragon, Robbie Harold, Rosemary's Baby, Ruth McCarty, ruth rendell, Salems Lot, scary mysteries, Sisters in Crime, Stephen King, Susan Santangelo, The Cask of Amontillado, The Devil in the White City, The Fog, The Other Woman, The Pit and the Pendulum, the vault, Thomas Harris, Vicki Doudera, We Need to Talk About Kevin | 11 Comments

What the Writers Are Reading

Posted on September 2, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, facing Labor Day, and the end of summer, and that sense that things will start cranking up and my leisurely summer afternoons reading in my L.L. Bean rocking chair are coming to an end. So for this weekend, … Continue reading →