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Where author Chris Well offers a smattering of news, reviews, and links for fans of thrillers, mysteries, and crime fiction in a blatant attempt to plug his own stories.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

The Buzz (Jul 11)

What folks have been reading at Learning Curve:

01. Best Mann 1.20: "Consider them armed and dangerous!"
02. Shalhoub on MONK: 'Everything does come to an end'
03. Universal Press merges with Uclick
04. Mystery TV Themes: NBC MYSTERY MOVIE
05. Mr. Monk and the Final Season
06. Watch WALLANDER online
07. TV Themes: THE AVENGERS (plus THE NEW AVENGERS)
08. ARE YOU MONKISH?
09. The Great Debate: MARVEL or DC?
10. Mystery TV Themes: HARDY BOYS / NANCY DREW
11. Basic questions for writers
12. Publishing news: Digital Media Edition! (Jun 26)
13. The BookScan problem
14. 'Monk' returns Aug 7
15. Trailer! BEST MANN FOR THE JOB
16. Archiving BEST MANN
17. Spotlight: PENULTIMATE ADVENTURES
18. Well Read Newsletter 2.1 Summer 2009
19. Crime TV on DVD
20. Sherlock Holmes: The Trailer
Posted by Chris Well at 6:00 AM
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My next book, coming July 2010, is the 3-in-1 mystery omnibus The Kentucky Geezers Mysteries (Heartsong Presents: Mysteries). My wife Erica and I create the weekly crime/mystery comic Best Mann For the Job, a cross between a rural Dick Tracy and Gasoline Alley. For agent inquiries, contact MacGregor Literary.
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