The Wolfe Pack had its annual gala event this past Saturday – Dec. 7, 2013. Yes, as is tradition on the first Saturday of December, the Wolfe Pack held their Black Orchid Banquet. They announced their 2013 Nero Award winner, as well as congratulated all of the 2013 nominees. They also announced the winner of the 2013 Black Orchid Novella Award.
2013 Nero Award:
Dead Anyway by Chris Knopf (Winner)
Antiques Disposal by Barbara Allan
Burning Midnight by Loren D. Estleman
The Truth of All Things by Kieran Shields
2013 Black Orchid Novella Award:
Susan Thibadeau: “The Discarded Spouse” (in the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine – July/August, 2014)
Congratulations to ALL!
If you would like to take a look at the past winners and nominees for these two awards, here are the links:
Nero Awards page
I just remembered that it’s time for me to ask you all about your favorite Christmas mysteries. The last time I did this was at Thanksgiving time (
A few months ago we watched a show called Whodunnit. I don’t remember the channel, I don’t remember who won, I don’t remember even liking the show, but I do remember this: One of the girls on the show talked a certain way through an entire episode, and it really irritated me. My husband thought she had a bad cold, and he wondered when I started being such a pain in the neck about other people’s voices.
When I was looking at my (computer) desktop’s folders I discovered a list that I had apparently made a very short while ago, but that I had totally forgotten. I clicked on the folder (which was conveniently titled “Christmas”) only to see a list of additional titles I had saved in order to add them to the Christmas mysteries lists. When I clicked the folder open, it looked somewhat familiar; it had authors’ names on it and the titles of their Christmas mysteries, both in the book format as well as the story/novella length. I vaguely remember going through my individual Christmas mysteries lists and finding out that I didn’t already have these authors/titles listed.