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Even More Award News for Jack Bumsted
Whodunit proprietor wins another award! read more

Used Book Update - June 15th
If you've been in the store lately, you'll know our cup of used books over-runneth, especially for certain authors. So until further notice, we will not be buying used fiction by the following authors. read more

Award News for Whodunit Proprietor!
Updated: He's a winner! Jack Bumsted was just annouced as the winner of the John W. Dafoe Book Prize. Read all about it here!

Jack Bumsted has been nominated for the prestigious John W. Dafoe Book Prize... read more

Henning Mankell on PBS
Starting May 10th, PBS will be airing a new mystery series as part of 'Masterpiece Theatre' based on Henning Mankell's Wallander series starring Kenneth Branagh. read more

Whodunit April Bestsellers
Check out the April Bestsellers at Whodunit! read more

Now Available: Lord Selkirk: A Life by J.M. Bumsted
Jack Bumsted is pleased to announce the publication of his new book, Lord Selkirk: A Life. read more

From the Used Shelves
One of the observable tendencies of many customers in Whodunit is to gravitate toward the big names of the best-seller lists, in the process depriving themselves of a variety of very good reading. We thought that this month in the newsletter we would introduce readers to several excellent authors who are extremely prolific read more

Staff Picks and Reviews Reviews Archives

Review: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Every once in a while a crime fiction novel comes along which absolutely knocks off my socks. Reading such a work reminds me that most crime fiction is competent but unexciting, although occasionally a book can... read more

Review: Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay
Linwood Barclay is a Canadian writer who has won awards and who is endorsed by the likes of Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, Tess Gerritson, and Joseph Finder, all of whom are authors of thrillers that crank... read more

Review: The Lord of Death by Eliot Pattison
THE LORD OF DEATH is the sixth book in Eliot Pattison?s ongoing series set in contemporary Tibet and featuring the Chinese detective Shan Tan Yun. read more

Book Notes
It's been a busy fall, but as soon as I realized that it took me several weeks to read one book, I knew that I needed to get my priorities straight. I needn't have worried, because... read more

Review: Agatha Christie: An English Mystery by LauraThompson

The front cover of this book proclaims it was "Written with unique access to her diaries, letters, and family." Unfortunately, this seeming advantage has not proved very useful, chiefly because the subject was so private and... read more

Review: Touchstone by Laurie R. King
I have read and bought every one of Laurie R. King's books and enjoyed each one. read more

Review: Bone By Bone by Carol O'Connell
I have always enjoyed Carol O'Connell's books with the protagonist Kate Mallory and I confess I was disappointed this was not in the series. read more