Blood-Letter #103 Now Available!

Check out the May 2010 issue of the Blood-Letter now. Featuring a preview of our May Bloody Thursday, a panel of Northwest mystery authors hosted by Chelsea Cain called Fresh Blood, Edgar Award winners, a new review by Stanley Johnson, and more!

The 2010 list of Northwest mysteries has been recently updated. Check it out here.

Blood-Letter #103 | 2010 Northwest Books

2010 Spotted Owl Award Announced!

The Spotted Owl Committee has selected The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley as the 2010 winner.

Learn more about the Spotted Owl Award and our 2010 winner at the Spotted Owl Award page.

Past Bloody Thursday Guests Appear at Powell's

Barbara Corrado Pope will read from her second historical mystery, The Blood of Lorraine, at Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton on Thursday, July 29 at 7 p.m. Barbara's first mystery, Cezanne's Quarry, was a finalist in fiction for a 2009 Oregon Book Award.

Bloody ThursdayS With Return in the Fall!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 2009-2010 Bloody Thursdays. We are currently at work on our 2010-2011 season, and will post details here as they become available. For now, keep the dates below open, and look forward to another exciting year of Bloody Thursdays.

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Upcoming Bloody Thursdays

Thursday, September 23, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Upcoming Events at Murder by the Book

Details about upcoming events at Murder by the Book...

Irene Ziegler
July 31, Saturday, 1:00 p.m.
Ashes to Water
Ann Littlewood
August 1, Sunday, 4:00 p.m.
Did Not Survive
Barry Ozeroff
August 8, Sunday, 4:00 p.m.
The Dying of Mortimer Post

All events are free to the public. For further information, contact Barbara Tom, 503-232-9995, books@mbtb.com. Murder By The Book, 3210 SE Hawthorne, Portland OR. Learn more ...

Friends of Mystery Reading Group

Upcoming books for 2010:

July: The Shadow Season by Tom Piccirilli (Criminal Pursuits) - Madge
August: Blue Smoke & Murder by Elizabeth Lowell (Tall, Dark & Deadly) - Martha
September: The Ghost (APA: The Ghost Writer) by Robert Harris (Prime Time Crime) - Doris
October: The Cabinet of Curiosities- by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Horrors) - Julia
November: Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott (Noir) - Maggie
December: Paying The Price by Madge Walls (a Christmas title) - Geri

Get more details at the Friends of Mystery Reading Group page.

About Friends of Mystery

Friends of Mystery is a non-profit literary/educational organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Its purpose is to promote educational study in all realms related to mystery. Members are interested in fiction, true crime, how mysteries are solved, and many other aspects of knowledge that can be included in the term "mystery".

We sponsor a series of public meetings, called Bloody Thursdays, publish a newsletter, The Blood-Letter, give an annual award, the Spotted Owl, for the best mystery by a Pacific Northwest author. And, we also sponsor a local reading group.