In Amsterdam on January 30 and enjoy reading crime fiction in English? Check out this event at the American Book Center! Free admission and no purchase necessary, but please do reserve a seat, so the ABC knows how many chairs to set up!
Happy New Year! Here's a look at my 2025 publications: anthologies edited and co-edited, stories and translations published in books and magazines. More to come in 2026!
Sun-Sentinel reviewer Oline Cogdill lists EVERY DAY A LITTLE DEATH (Level Best Books) as one of the 5 best crime-fiction anthologies of 2025. #stephensondheim #crimefiction
The ebook edition of THE BEAT OF BLACK WINGS: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF JONI MITCHELL is 80% off at B&N — you can't "beat" this price on my Anthony-award-finalist anthology. #jonimitchell #crimefiction
From the Central Virginia Chapter of Sisters in Crime, Book People welcomes contributors Kristin Kisska, Maggie King, Adam Meyer, K.L. Murphy, Josh Pachter, Leah St. James, and Heather Weidner.
Join us for a murderously good time!
#bookpeoplerva #shoplocal #sistersincrime
@joshpachter.bsky.social
Everybody expects Agatha Christie and the Spanish Inquisition, but nobody expects Sondheim. Enjoy!
Next Saturday, 11/15, 11 AM, Kathryn Prater Bomey, May Kennedy, Adam Meyer, and I will be talking about our contributions to CRIME IN THE OLD DOMINION, an anthology published earlier this year by Level Best, at #FountainBooks, 1307 E. Cary St., in Richmond (VA). Come join us!
The November/December issue of #ElleryQueensMysteryMagazine includes my translation of "The Murders on Juniper Street" by Danish author #LoneTheils, and you can read the first pages of the story for free at this link ... and the rest in the print and digital versions of the magazine....
Today's your last chance to take advantage of the @geniusbooks.bsky.social special promotional pricing on my DUTCH TREATS anthology (which releases tomorrow) and the other titles in its "Dutch Wave" collection. Don't miss out!
You've got through Sunday to pre-order DUTCH TREATS for 20% off — or bundle it with one or both books from Genius Book Publishing's "Dutch Wave" collection for a 30% or 40% discount!
#Review @joshpachter.bsky.social @rkoreto.bsky.social Frank Zafiro, Anna Scotti, @tommeadauthor.bsky.social
>> thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-... | Jeremy Black, The Critic | @sincnational.bsky.social @chessiecrime.bsky.social
My Anthony Award finalist 2022 anthology PARANOIA BLUES: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF PAUL SIMON picked up a very nice review in this month's THE CRITIC magazine. You'll have to scroll way down to find it, so spoiler alert: reviewer Jeremy Black calls it "excellent" ... twice!
Here's mini-interview #5 with a contributor to my upcoming DUTCH TREATS anthology. This time, it's Marjolein van der Gaag in the spotlight. Check out the pre-order discounts at geniusbookpublishing.com/collections/...
Third in a series of mini-interviews with contributors to #DutchTreats, coming September 1 from #geniusbookpublishing. Discounted pre-order link at the end of the interview (with an *extra* discount if you bundle DUTCH TREATS with my translation of Rene's THE AMSTERDAM LAWYER).
Here's another mini-interview with one of the contributors to my anthology DUTCH TREATS, coming September 1 from #geniusbookpublishing. In the hot seat this time is my old friend Theo Capel. There's a link to pre-order the book (with some special discounts!) at the end of the interview.
Check out this mini-interview with #ChristineOtten, one of the contributors to #DutchTreats, coming September 1 from #GeniusBookPublishing and available now for pre-order with special "Dutch Wave" discount pricing. (Pre-order link at the end of the interview.)
DUTCH TREATS, an anthology of 21 stories by Dutch and Flemish crime writers, is up for pre-order in paperback and ebook formats with some terrific "Dutch Wave" discounts at the publisher's website. Ride the Dutch Wave and treat yourself! geniusbookpublishing.com/collections/...
Congrats to my daughter Rebecca K. Jones, whose third Mackenzie Wilson novel — STAYING THE COURSE — just won a Goldie Award from the #GoldenCrownLiterarySociety!
EVERY DAY A LITTLE DEATH: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM gets a nice shout-out on the #BroadwayAndMe blog: broadwayandme.blogspot.com/2025/06/thea...
Out today from #whitecitypress, and that's no gag!
Glad you found EVERY DAY A LITTLE DEATH, John! One note: I edited the anthology and was one of the *twenty* authors who wrote stories for it. Hope you and others will enjoy it! Please consider rating and reviewing!
My next anthology, coming in September from #GeniusBookPublishing, 21 stories by Dutch and Flemish crime writers. Yer not much if yer not Dutch (or Flemish)!
If you're within reach of Staunton (VA), mark your calendars for June 22!
#jonimitchell #stephensondheim #gratefuldead #crimefiction
This Thursday in Richmond (VA)! RSVPs (via the link) welcome but no required! Pre-purchase of the book (also via the link) possible but also not required! Come hear #johncopenhaver, #marciatalley, #kristopherzgorski, #lisanannimessegee, and me talk crime fiction and #stephensondheim!
On the new Broadway Radio Show, editor @joshpachter.bsky.social, along with Rebecca K Jones & John M Floyd, join me to chat about the new anthology Every Day A Little Death & how the songs of Sondheim inspired their tales of crime. It's a fun, fascinating chat!
www.haineshisway.com/the-broadway...
Today only, the digital edition of THE BEAT OF BLACK WINGS: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF JONI MITCHELL (Open Road Integrated Media) is 73% off at the 'Zon, marked down from $14.99 to only $3.99!
#jonimitchell #crimefiction
Very honored to be a double Anthony nominee for FIRST WEEK FREE AT THE ROOMY TOILET (for Best Children's/YA Novel) and FRIEND OF THE DEVIL: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD (Best Anthology). Congrats to all the nominees in all the categories!
Richmond friends: join John Copenhaver, Marcia Talley, Kristopher Zgorski, and me to discuss EVERY DAY A LITTLE DEATH: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM at Shelf Life Books on May 29th, 7 PM. Please use the link to RSVP, so Shelf Life can get a head count. See you there!
EVERY DAY A LITTLE DEATH: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM is now available for pre-order in trade paperback and digital formats. Coming from Level Best Books on March 22, the 95th anniversary of Sondheim's birth. 20 stories, one for each of the 20 musicals!
Today only: the award-winning anthology THE BEAT OF BLACK WINGS: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF JONI MITCHELL is 93% off for Kindle apps and readers on the 'Zon! 25 great stories for a buck!
