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... Books for mystery lovers |
The Crum Creek Press was founded by Jim Huang (see Jim's personal website) in 1989 to publish reference books based on material originally reported in The Drood Review of Mystery, a newsletter for mystery lovers that Jim edits. Crum Creek published four of these Drood-based reference annuals before re-focusing its efforts on original reference titles, and reprint and original mystery fiction. Today, Crum Creek's list is divided into two imprints: The Crum Creek Press / Drood Review Books Using the resources and of the Drood and the experience we've gained through 23+ years of publishing the genre's foremost book review newsletter, we aim to bring you a wide variety of books that will enhance your appreciation of the mystery genre, that you'll enjoy reading, and that you'll return to again and again. Our first all-new title is 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century, based on the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association list of the twentieth-century favorites. Our follow-up to 100 Favorite Mysteries is They Died in Vain, a collection of new essays by booksellers, reviewers and genre devotees, on "Overlooked, Underappreciated and Forgotten Mystery Novels." They Died in Vain is an April 2002 release. Detecta-Crostics: Puzzles of Mystery a challenging collection of puzzles for lovers of mysteries and wordplay, with thoroughly annotated and indexed solutions. Crum Creek Press / The Mystery Company Our line of reprints of mysteries we love is published in conjuction with Jim Huang's mystery bookshop, The Mystery Company. The line launched in 2003 with Chosen for Death by Kate Flora, Hardball by Barbara D'Amato and Kill Me Again by Terence Faherty. In 2004, we added Thirteenth Night by Alan Gordon. Our first original fiction is In a Teapot by Terence Faherty, a never-before-published 23,000-word novella in his Shamus Award winning Scott Elliott series. Our elegant little hardcover edition of Teapot is illustrated by Robin Agnew, owner of Ann Arbor's mystery bookshop, Aunt Agatha's. This book was published in September 2005. We are not looking at manuscripts at all at this time. Please do not query or submit. |