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MYSTERY FANFARE
- MARLOW MURDER CLUB: Season 3 News
- Cartoon of the Day: Book Launch
- The Chelsea Detective News
- LIBRARY POSTER OF THE WEEK
- Macavity Award Nominations 2026
- BRITISH CRIME WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION (CWA) 2026 DAGGER AWARD WINNERS
- May the Fourth be with You: Vintage Fireworks Fourth of July Postcards!
- FOURTH OF JULY MYSTERIES//JULY 4 CRIME FICTION
DYING FOR CHOCOLATE
- SNOWBALLS IN JULY: Ice Cream Month
- CHOCOLATE BLUEBERRY MUFFINS: 2 Recipes for National Blueberry Muffin Day!
- Teddy Bears Picnic Triple Chocolate Scones: Teddy Bear Picnic Day!
- CHOCOLATE SUGAR COOKIES: Three Recipes for National Sugar Cookie Day!
- CHOCOLATE ALMOND BARK: Chocolate with Almonds Bark
- WORLD CHOCOLATE DAY: GUITTARD’S BEST EVER BROWNIES
- CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE S’MORES: A great Summer Treat!
- CHOCOLATE GRAHAM CRACKERS: National Graham Cracker Day!
Please join us in congratulating our chapter members who have been nominated for a Macavity Award! 🎉
Best Short Mystery Story
📖 “The Skies Are Red” by Richie Narvaez
Featured in *On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology*, edited by Curtis Ippolito and published by Rock and a Hard Place Press
Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery
📖 *Bye Bye Blackbird* by Elizabeth Crowens
Level Best Books
📖 *The Case of the Christie Conspiracy* by Kelly Oliver
Boldwood Books
Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction/Critical
📖 *Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover’s Travel Guide to New England* by Dawn M. Barclay
Level Best Books
We are thrilled to celebrate these talented authors and their well-deserved nominations. Congratulations, Richie, Elizabeth, Kelly, and Dawn! Your Sisters in Crime community is cheering you on! 💜🔍
#SistersInCrime #MacavityAwards #MysteryWriters #CrimeFiction #AuthorCelebration #WritingCommunity
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