Congrats to Delia Pitts, whose contemporary noir mystery TROUBLE IN QUEENSTOWN won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel of 2024, announced at Bouchercon New Orleans in September.

Daniel Marshall Wood’s “Farfetch” is among the short stories set for publication in the September 2025 edition of the British anthology Crimeucopia – What the Butler Didn’t See from Murderous Ink Press.

Agent Under Wraps, book one (of five planned so far) in Geri’s Cascade Confidential suspense series for Harlequin, releases September 30.

All hail Pamela Meyer’s manuscript Death in Miniature. selected as a Killer Nashville Claymore Award Judges’ Top Pick for Best Suspense. Congrats, PM!

  Andrew Kass‘s Hopper Noir short story “Hotel Room” received an Honorable Mention in the 94th Writer’s Digest Annual Competition.

Lou Manfredo‘s new story, “Dream Stuff,” will appear in The Mysterious Bookshop Presents Best Mystery Stories 2025, release date September 23.

Michael Sinclair’s latest 1920s historical mystery, A Coffin Is Waiting, is a tale of secrets, betrayal, and the relentless pursuit of justice. In 1925 Albany, New York, where jazz and speakeasies mask the city’s darker undercurrents,

Check out James McCrone’s new short story, “Coffin Corner,” on Tough/Redneck Press: “In North Philadelphia, a funeral director steals a client’s car . . . ”  

  Book 1 in Geri Krotow’s Confidential series, Agent Under Wraps, releases on September 30, 2025, from Harlequin Romantic Suspense.

The third book in Mally Becker’s Revolutionary War mystery series, The Paris Mistress, was awarded the IPPY Gold Medal as best mystery and named a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion finalist this month in the best