Member News

MacDeath: New from Cindy Brown

Friend of Mystery member Cindy Brown’s debut novel Macdeath, a madcap mystery set in the off, off, off Broadway world of theater will be released on January 20th! It’s the first in a new series of mysteries featuring Ivy Meadow, actress and PI-in-training, published by Henery Press, a small award-winning publisher that specializes in mysteries.

Dead Float: New From Warren Easley

Coming in July From Warren Easley: Dead Float, a Cal Claxton Mystery Cal Claxton—a former L.A. prosecutor now practicing law in Oregon’s wine country and who works to fish—has to pinch himself when his best friend Philip Lone Deer asks him to assist guiding a group of...

Left Coast Crime comes to Portland in 2015

Left Coast Crime 2015: Crimelandia comes to Portland March 12-15, 2015. The Guests of Honor are Chelsea Cain and Ridley Pierson, with Gar Anthony Haywood serving as Toastmaster. The Fan Guests of Honor will be the Friends of Mystery! Learn more at the Left Coast Crime...

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Bloody Thursdays

Our 2022-2023 Season opens with 2022 Spotted Owl Winner Warren Easley. Past Spotted Owl winners John Straley and Brett Battles join us in November and January. Then in March, we’ll be chatting with Sherry Thomas, author of the Lady Sherlock series. Mike Lawson will join us in May.

Bloody Thursdays will be continue to be hosted online with Zoom through March, with our first in-person event in May. Sign-up for our newsletter to get more details.