Honors: Agatha Award Nominations

Congratulations to the many Short Mystery Fiction Society members nominated for the Agatha Awards this year.  

Best Contemporary Novel Cajun Kiss of Death by Ellen Byron (Crooked Lane Books) Symphony Road by Gabriel Valjan (Level Best Books) Best Historical Novel The Devil's Music by Gabriel Valjan (Winter Goose Publishing) Best First Novel Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes (Crooked Lane Books) Best Short Story "A Family Matter" by Barb Goffman (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2021) "A Tale of Two Sisters" by Barb Goffman in Murder on the Beach (Destination Murders) "Doc's at Midnight" by Richie Narvaez in Midnight Hour (Crooked Lane Books) "The Locked Room Library" by Gigi Pandian (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine July/Aug 2021) Best Non-Fiction Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter by Chris Chan (Level Best Books) Best Children's/YA Mystery I Play One on TV by Alan Orloff (Down & Out Books)

Member Publication News: Chris Chan

 Chris Chan's new book has just been released by Level Best Books:

Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Chris Chan

SMFS list member Chris Chan’s new book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” is now out. Published by MX Publishing, the book is available in eBook and print formats at Amazon and through the publisher.

Synopsis:

To Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler is ‘the woman.’ In A Scandal in Bohemia, she defeated him in his attempt to retrieve an incriminating photograph of the King of Bohemia. Or did she?
In the tradition of ‘The Great Game’, this book will explore the unanswered questions in A Scandal in Bohemia, illustrating that there is much more to the case than is generally suspected.
Why did Holmes make so many elementary mistakes?
Was Holmes really a cocaine user?
Was the King of Bohemia hiding a dark secret?
Why was the photograph so dangerous?
Why was Irene Adler in such a hurry to get married?
Was Irene Adler really a blackmailer?
These and more questions will be answered by studying the clues and contradictions in the original story, which lead to a shocking conclusion...

Gerald So Interviews: Chris Chan, 2020 Derringer Finalist

Gerald So Interviews: Chris Chan, 2020 Derringer Finalist

SMFS Member Publishing News: Chris Chan

SMFS list member Chris Chan’s short story, “The Six-Year-Old Serial Killer” has been published at Akashic Books weekly post, “Mondays Are Murder.” The story is free to read online here.