Good News / Bad News

Good news first… Over at Deadly Pleasures news that the Maccavity Nominations have been released:

Best  Novel

The Killing of the Tinkers, by Ken Bruen  (St.  Martin’s Minotaur)
Cold Case, by Robin Burcell (Avon)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay (Doubleday)
High Country Fall, by Margaret Maron (Mysterious Press)
California Girl, by T. Jefferson Parker (HarperCollins)
Playing with Fire, by Peter Robinson (William Morrow)

Best First Novel

Uncommon Grounds, by Sandra Balzo (Five Star)
Summer of the Big Bachi, by Naomi Hirahara (Delta)
Whiskey Sour, by J A Konrath (Hyperion)
Dating Dead Men, by Harley Jane Kozak (Doubleday)
Misdemeanor Man, by Dylan Schaffer (Bloomsbury)

Check Deadly Pleasures for the complete list

And on the Bad side…

They also announce that thriller writer Joeseph Garber (VERTICAL RUN) has passed away.

Grab life while you can, folks.