WELCOME TO
THE GUMSHOE SITE
(Opened on January 08, 1996)
Thank you very much for your visit. Okay, this is my 31st year of managing The Gumshoe Site. I cannot believe it! I moved to another place in November 2022 and I am still arranging my boxes of books and books and books. This moving results in my being way behind my schedule of managing this same old site. I am still wondering if I should continue keeping this old site. I have not made a decision yet. Despite of this same mumblings as last year, I hope you enjoy this site. Thank you for your warm support. I am now living a modest, slow and lazy life for my own safety. Please stay safe and healthy in this unpredictable crazy world!! (January 08, 2026)
Warning to bloggers! -- When you re-use my info, please do not copy-and-paste it word for word, but quote it or paraphrase it, at least. My wording is so awkwardly distinct or so distinctly awkward, I can easily spot copy-and-paste non-artists, and so can smart blog-readers.
2026 MWA Grand Masters Announced
The Mystery Writers of America has announced that Donna Andrews and Lee Child are chosed as the 2026 Grand Masters, that Book Passage, a bookstore and cafe in Corte Madera, California, is the 2026 Raven Award recipient, and that John Scognamiglio, Editor-in-Chief at Kensington Books, will receive the 2026 Ellery Queen Award.
They will be awarded these special Edgar Awards at the Annual Edgar Awards Ceremony in New York City on Wednesday, April 29. (January 14, 2026)
2026 LEFTY AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
Left Coast Crime 2026 has announced the nominees for its 2026 Lefty Awards. The nominees in the best mystery novel category are as follows:
CROOKS, by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
THROWING SHADOWS, by Claire Booth (Severn House)
EDGE, by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
WATERS OF DESTRUCTION, by Leslie Karst (Severn House)
RIVER OF LIES, by James L'Etoile (Oceanview Publishing)
THE LIBRAY GAME, by Gigi Pandian (Minotaur Books)
To see the nominees in all the four category, click here. The winners will be announced at an awards banquet on Saturday, February 28 during Left Coast Crime Convention to be held in San Francisco, California. (January 08, 2026)
WHAT YOU CAN FIND ON THIS SITE:
THE GUMSHOE SITE is designed to offer you mystery-related news. So, if you have some hot news to post, happy and sad, good and bad, exciting and obsecure, useful and secret, please feel free to let me know. [My email address: jkimura (at) nsknet (dot) or (dot) jp]
As you may know by now, this site is managed by Jiro Kimura.
Copyright (c)1996-2026 by Jiro Kimura
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