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This list originally appeared on Mystery Fanfare.
Mother's Day: So many infamous Mothers in Mysteries, but this is just a sampling with emphasis on the Mother's Day Holiday. If I listed all the mysteries and crime fiction with famous and infamous mothers, the list would be way too long.
MOTHER'S DAY MYSTERIES
Angel at Troublesome Creek by Mignon F. Ballard
How to Murder Your Mother-in-Law by Dorothy Cannell
Mother's Day Murder by Wensley Clarkson
Murder Can Upset Your Mother by Selma Eichler
Bon Bon Voyage by Nancy Fairbanks
Murder for Mother: Short Story collection, edited by Martin S. Greenberg
Murder Superior by Jane Haddam
The Mother’s Day Murder by Lee Harris
Mother’s Day by Patricia MacDonald
Mother's Day by Dennis McDougal
Mother’s Day Murder by Leslie Meier
Mom, Apple Pie & Murder: A collection of New Mysteries for Mother’s Day, edited by Nancy Pickard
Mother’s Day by Joshua Quittner and Michelle Slatalla
A Mother's Day Murder by Genevieve Scholl
Happy Mother's Day!
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Read a mystery!
The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, The 5th Of May, commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It's primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla and throughout the state of Puebla, with some recognition in other parts of the Mexico, and especially in U.S. cities with a significant Mexican population. It's not, as many people believe, Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually September 16.
Last year I blogged about Cinco de Mayo Mysteries. I added a few titles, but I thought I'd run the post again with a few additions for those who missed it...or won't take the extra step to click. :-)
This list is supplemented with Mexican mystery writers and books set in Mexico. Let me know any titles you think should be included.
Add to your Cinco de Mayo reading pleasure with a Mexican Chocolate Celebration.Check out my other Blog, Dying for Chocolate, for recipes and suggestions of great Chocolate for Cinco de Mayo. Entrees, drinks and desserts and more desserts. I've also posted several recipes for different versions of Mole Poblano and Mexican Chocolate Truffles (including Tequila Truffles).
Cinco de Mayo Mysteries:
The Cinco de Mayo Murder by Lee Harris
A Corpse for Cuamantla by Harol Marshall
Cinco de Mayo by Michael Martineck (science fiction/but cross-over)
The Bane of Cinco de Mayo by Nathan S. Mitchell
The Cinco de Mayo Reckoning by Terry Money
Not meaning to be complete in any way, I put together a few titles by Mexican authors or mysteries set in Mexico or related to the Mexican experience in some way (but not to Cinco de Mayo).
Mexican Crime Writers:
Paco Ignacio Taibo II: The Uncomfortable Dead (and numerous other novels)
Read an interview with Paco.
Eduardo Monteverde
Juan Hernandez Luna
Hardboiled fiction on the Mexican-American frontier:
Gabriel Trujillo Munoz, known for his science fiction and literary criticism, also writes detective fiction: Mesquite Road, Tijuana City Blues
Carlos Fuentes: Cabeza de la Hidra (The Hydra Head)
Joaquin Guerrero-Casaola: The Law of the Garrotte
Rolando Hinojosa: Partners in Crime, Ask a Policeman
Want to find out more about Mysteries in Mexico? Read G.J. Demko's Landscapes of Crime.
Lucha Corpi guest blogged on: La Bloga on Chicana Crime Fiction: Where to?
Mignon G. Eberhart's Wings of Fear takes place in Mexico City.
Read an essay by Jennifer Insley: "Border criminals, border crime: hard-boiled fiction on the American Frontier" in Confluencia: Revista Hispanica de Cultura y Literatura
YA Literature? You Don't Have a Clue: Latino Mystery Stories for Teens, edited by Sarah Cortez (Arte Publico Press)
Interested in Crime for the Holidays? Check out Mystery Readers Journal, Volume 25:1.
And a fun fact: Five most popular Tequilas in the U.S.
1. Jose Cuervo
2. Patron
3. Sauza
4. Herradura
5. Cabo Wabo
The 138th Kentucky Derby will take place on May 5, and in anticipation I've dusted off last year's list of Kentucky Derby mysteriesand added more titles and a few more categories. Read several horse-racing mysteries to set the mood so you can enjoy the day or watch the movie The Kentucky Derby(1922) that's full of grit and crime. Have a piece of Derby Pie (recipes on DyingforChocolate.com) , filled with chocolate, bourbon and pecans or read Sasscer Hill's post on last year's Kentucky Derby. Planning on attending the Kentucky Derby this year? Don't forget your hat: "Crowning Glory: The art of Kentucky Derby Hats"
Kentucky Derby Mysteries:
Triple Crown by Jon Breen
Triple Cross by Kit Ehrman
Intercept by Mary Jane Forbes
Silent Partner by Karen Jones
Snip by Doc Macomber
Murder at the Kentucky Derby by Charles Parmer
The Accurst Tower by John Winslow
Kentucky Derby Short Stories
"The Gift" by Dick Francis is set at the Kentucky Derby. It is in the collection Field of Thirteen. "The Gift" first appeared as "A Day of Wine and Roses" in Sports Illustrated, 1973.
Derby Rotten Scoundrels: A Silver Dagger Anthology, edited by Jeffrey Marks
Low Down and Derby, a collection of fast paced mystery stories set around the Kentucky Derby, by fifteen authors from the Ohio River Valley Chapter of Sisters in Crime.
Murder at the Races, a collection of Short Stories including "A Derby Horse", edited by Peter Haining.
Children's Mysteries:
The Mystery at the Kentucky Derby by Carole Marsh
Non-Fiction
Great Horse Racing Mysteries: Tales from the Track by John McEvoy
Dancer's Image: The Forgotten Story of the 1968 Kentucky Derby (and 5 other non-fiction books about Thoroughbread racing and equine law) by Milton Toby
And there once was a thorough-bred named Mystery Novel. He did not win the Kentucky Derby.
Movies
The Kentucky Derby (1922)
Authors who Write Horse Mysteries (not necesssarily about the Kentucky Derby)
Gabriella Herkert, Sasscer Hill, Jody Jaffe, Carolyn Banks, Michelle Scott, Laura Crum, Mary Monica Pulver, Rita Mae Brown, Janet Dawson, Maggie Estep, Dick Francis, John Francome, Alyson Hagy, Michael Kilian, Lynda La Plante, John McEvoy, Bill Shoemaker, Laura Young, Lyndon Stacey, JD Carpenter
Janet Rudolph, Editor of the Mystery Readers Journal, blogs at Mystery Fanfare. News, reviews, & interviews for the mystery reader.
Janet Rudolph's Chocolate Blog, Dying for Chocolate, features reviews, recipes and sometimes mystery tie-ins. Everything for the Chocoholic.
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