Death in Veracruz by Héctor Aguilar Camín

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In the early 1980’s, Mexican historian and journalist Héctor Aguilar Camín wrote his mystery novel about the intersection of oil, politics, money and corruption in Mexico. The translation by Chandler Thompson comes just as Mexico is about to privatize Pemex, the country’s national oil company, an event of historic proportions that goes to the very heart of Mexico’s modern… Read more »

Upcoming Interviews: Hallie Ephron, Arthur Kerns, Matthew Guinn and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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September 2015 is shaping up to be another great month of interviews for Speaking of Mysteries   Hallie Ephron, will talk about her latest novel, Night Night, Sleep Tight, which is a crackerjack mystery that’s been called both “a satire and a celebration of Hollywood” Former FBI Agent and consultant to the CIA, Arthur Kerns, talks about his… Read more »

Upcoming Interviews: Denise Hamilton, David Joy, C.J. Box, Julia Dahl and Owen Laukkanen

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The next few weeks are an embarrassment of riches for lovers of fiction in general and crime fiction in particular. February 23, 2015 we chat with Denise Hamilton about her short story in In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, editing both volumes of Los Angeles Noir and perfume. March 2, 2015 David Joy talks about Where All… Read more »

The Mysterious Scent of Selene in Robert Olen Butler’s “The Star of Istanbul”

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Just what was that perfume—described as a combination of fresh mown hay, musk and lavender—Selene Bourgani wore that so captured Christopher Marlowe Cobb when he met her on the Lusitania? We asked Denise Hamilton, award-winning mystery writer and perfumista   This is how Robert Olen Butler describes the scent that so intrigued Kit Cobb, “Nothing… Read more »

We Break for Bouchercon!

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When it comes to writers of mysteries and thrillers, Bouchercon is an embarrassment of riches   This week Speaking of Mysteries is stepping back from the microphone and traveling 35 miles or so south to Long Beach, CA to join fellow fans of the genre at Bouchercon 2014: Murder at the Beach. Which means that… Read more »