The 2008 Agatha Award Nominees were recently announced by Malice Domestic. The winners are selected by secret ballot during the Malice Domestic annual conference.

Pat Nolan travels to Paris to claim the body of his estranged daughter, Megan. Realizing the body is not his daughter, believing the suicide note written by her hand holds important clues to her whereabouts, Pat begins an increasingly dangerous journey to find the truth.

Starvation Lake's legendary hockey coach disappeared when a snowmobile he was riding crashed through the ice. Years later, when pieces of his snowmobile surface on another lake five miles away, investigative reporter Gus Carpenter swings into action.

Hercule Poirot gathered a number of friends and associates during his illustrious career. Find out who was loyal to the end.

Declared the best selling writer of all time, Dame Agatha Christie created two of the most recognizable characters in all fiction - Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Read this article for a brief outline of her life.

This is the bicentennial of Edgar Allan Poe's birth. He is credited with introducing the mystery genre's first fictional detective in The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Here is a brief bio of Poe's fascinating life.

The Trixie Belden mystery series thrilled young readers for many years. Considered the antithesis of Nancy Drew, Trixie and the Bob-Whites enjoyed a loyal following.

The Amazon Kindle electronic reader has opened a whole new world for busy people everywhere. Read this informative article for details.

In this second Philip Marlowe novel, Raymond Chandler has the laconic P.I. going where no man should go, and paying the price for his curiosity.

In Raymond Chandler's first novel, hard-boiled private eye Philip Marlowe was introduced with great success. He became one of the most popular detectives in crime fiction history.