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Welcome to the web site for Although we are retaining him for the occasional full length review, David Pitt has had to give up his Between The Lines column due to the pressures of his own writing career. Carlton Brown is also taking a leave of absence until later in the year. And D. L. Browne will be taking a brief sabbatical from reviews while she goes on the road to promote her latest book.
If you would like to receive email notification when a new issue is posted or when we post a new issue, you may email me at mailto:sallypowers@roadrunner.com. Pleade put ILAM Notification in the subject line and the email address to which you would like notification sent in the body of the email. If you are already receiving notification you do not have to renew your address, unless your email address has changed.
Where To Find Books. If you are not blessed with a local mystery bookstore check out The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association web site, http://www.mysterybooksellers.com, which provides a list of their bookseller members. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What do we do? Our reviewers have several ways of
designating a book of special interest, including RECOMMENDED, HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED or VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED and the ultimate accolade, a Black Diamond -- Special features include CLASSIC CORNER, reviews of mystery classics recently re-read or re-released. U. K. REPORT reviews British mysteries not currently available in the US. ODDS & ENDS is a potpourri of news, convention information, awards, and whatever else comes across my desk. Reviews cover large and small presses, new authors and long time favorites. We review Print On Demand and other new publishing formats but we do not review books only available on line or in e-book or similar formats. When there is a button on the first page for SPECIAL FEATURE you will find an article or commentary about some aspect of the mystery genre. PAPERBACK PAGE reprints reviews previously published when the hard cover was released. Books being reviewed for the first time, even though they are paperback editions of a previously released hard cover, will still appear on the individual reviewer's page. Our Format. We review hard cover, trade paperback and paperback books. Hard cover books are identified by publisher, month and date (i.e. Ballantine Books February, 2001). Trade paperback or Trade paperback originals will look like this: Signet Trade PBO 1/01; Pocket Books Trade pb 1/01. Paperbacks or paperback originals are identified by publisher, month and year (i.e. Avon pb 1/01 or Berkley PBO 1/01). On small press reviews you will find the ISBN number to make it easier for you to order from your favorite mystery bookseller. When do we publish?
Submission Guidelines The policy of How do you navigate the newsletter? To view a complete list of the titles reviewed, click on "Table of Contents" on the front page. To view a complete list of authors reviewed, click on the "Author Index" on the front page. To browse through each reviewer's reviews, click on the reviewer's name on the front page. Why does it take so long to download the newsletter? Ah, well, you see -- we do a lot of reviews. And there are a lot of graphics such as photos of authors and dust jacket covers. When it comes to a choice between less reviews to accomplish faster downloads vs. longer downloads but lots of content -- it's no contest. The reviews win. Please have patience! Who are the reviewers? We have reviewers from all over the United States, Canada and in the United Kingdom. All of us who review are lovers of mystery fiction -- from cozies to hard-boiled, legal and medical thrillers to historicals. Many of the reviewers are themselves writers -- published and unpublished, in the mystery field and outside it. While I'm on the subject of reviewers, although we share a common language with the UK and Canada, those of our reviewers who live there sometimes phrase or spell things differently than we might. You will find that I keep those phrases or spellings -- just as I hope that American publishers retain the phrasing and spelling of British and Canadian authors when they publish them here. The Guest Review button will appear on the first
page from time to time and will include reviews from those who are not regular
contributors to We hope you will check out our reviews often. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to e mail me at the address below. Happy reading! Sally Powers
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-- indicating a book of outstanding merit. We do not review true crime and
rarely review horror. We do occasionally cover biographical and reference books.