Blood-Letter #177

The Blood-Letter, May 2025: Bloody Thursday guests Roz Noonan and Jamie Lee Sogn, awards, and new books and TV.

Cameron Receives 2024 Spotted Owl Award

Congratulations to Marc Cameron, winner of the Spotted Owl Award for Bad River.

Blood-Letter #176

The Blood-Letter, March 2025: Bloody Thursday guest Glen Erik Hamilton, award nominations, new books and TV, and more.

Blood-Letter #175

The Blood-Letter, January 2025: Bloody Thursday guest Deb Miller Landau, Scandinavian Crime, awards, and more.

News

Friends of Mystery Welcomes J. David Osborne

Friends of Mystery Welcomes J. David Osborne

On May 26, 2016, Friends of Mystery welcomes J. David Osborne to close out the 2015-2016 Bloody Thursday season. J. David Osborne is the publisher-in-chief of Broken River Books, an indie crime fiction press dedicated to bringing you weird, transgressive pulp novels...

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Friends of Mystery Book Sale

Friends of Mystery Book Sale

We will be holding our Annual Book Sale at our final Bloody Thursday of the 2015-2016 Season, May 26, 2016. Choose from first edition and advanced reader copy mysteries and thrillers. All proceeds go to support the Friends of Mystery. And after the sale, stay to hear...

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Blood-Letter #147

Blood-Letter #147

In the May 2019 Blood-Letter: a preview of our May 2019 Bloody Thursday speaker Nancy Rommelmann, awards, news mysteries and more!

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Blood-Letter #146

Blood-Letter #146

In the March 2019 Blood-Letter: a preview of our March Bloody Thursday panel of mystery comics creators, award nominations, what’s caught our eye, and more!

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Member News

Friends of Mystery Welcomes J. David Osborne

On May 26, 2016, Friends of Mystery welcomes J. David Osborne to close out the 2015-2016 Bloody Thursday season. J. David Osborne is the publisher-in-chief of Broken River Books, an indie crime fiction press dedicated to bringing you weird, transgressive pulp novels...

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Friends of Mystery Book Sale

We will be holding our Annual Book Sale at our final Bloody Thursday of the 2015-2016 Season, May 26, 2016. Choose from first edition and advanced reader copy mysteries and thrillers. All proceeds go to support the Friends of Mystery. And after the sale, stay to hear...

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Bloody Thursday Move to The Old Church

Starting with our January Bloody Thursday, the Friends of Mystery is moving to The Old Church. This beautiful location in downtown Portland is known by many as a destination for lectures, musical performances, and other public events. To kick off our tenure at The Old...

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Bloody Thursdays

Our 2024-2025 Season opens with Spotted Owl Award winner Marc Cameron in September. April Henry joins us in November. Deb miller Landau joins us in January, and Glen Erik Hamilton in March.

Bloody Thursdays are now back live. Sign-up for our newsletter to get more details.