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SUJATA MASSEY
I’ve been thinking about the mystery author Anne Perry, who recently died in Los Angeles at age eighty-four from declining health. Anne wrote roughly 102 books and many short stories and essays over her forty-five-year career. The Times of London named her as one of their 100 Masters of Crime of the Twentieth Century. She was the winner of the Edgar award, and multiple Agatha awards including one for lifetime achievement. She was also named the Distinguished Guest of Honor at the 2020 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.
After a prolific mystery author dies, eulogies discussing the value of their work typically flood newspapers and social media. Yet there’s been scarcely a ripple about Anne’s death, despite her importance as one of the founding authors of the socially relevant historical mystery genre. Perhaps this is because people still can’t come to terms with Anne Perry the novelist, and Anne Perry the person.
Anne Perry is a pen name. The author was born with the name Juliet Hulme. In 1954, when she was fifteen, she and her best friend Pauline Parker, 16, committed a violent murder in Christ Church, New Zealand. Both admitted to the crime and served five-year sentences in different ja
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It's June, and I get to say a line from one of my favorite musicals, Carousel. June is bustin' out all over is a perfect lead into the new books this month, which seem to be popping out in glorious plenty. Below is a list of books I'm most looking forward to this month. Below the list are the descriptions and some "reading room remarks" about six of the books.
Ellie Stone by James Ziskin (June 5th)
The Word is Murder: A Novel by Anthony Horowitz (June 5th)
The Betel Nut Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu (June 7th Kindle, Oct. 16th Print)
Island of the Mad by Laurie R. King (June 12th)
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (June 12th)
Lying in Wait: A Novel by Liz Nugent (June 12th)
Murder at the Grand Raj Palace (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation #4) by Vaseem Khan (June 12th)
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris (June 19th)
Salt Lane (Alexandra Cupidi) by William Shaw (June 26th)
A Steep Price (The Tracy Crosswhite Series) by Robert Dugoni (June 26th)
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