Lost James M. Cain Combo Pack (Two issues of the Strand featuring two lost short stories by James M. Cain) The Strand’s summer 2012 issue, featured a short story by James M Cain that was never been published before as well as fiction by Faye Kellerman, Charles Todd, and John Floyd. We also have exclusive […]
TSM: Can you tell us a little bit about your newest novel, Shadow Drive? NC: In Shadow Drive, the main character Gabe has just gotten back together with his ex-wife Anya after their daughter got seriously injured in a drunk driving accident. Since they’d decided to move back into Gabe’s house together to take care of […]
Kim Hays, a graduate of Harvard and UC-Berkeley, is a mystery writer as well as a cultural sociologist. A long-time resident of Switzerland, she was born in the United States, and has lived in Canada, Puerto Rico, and Sweden. She is the author of the Polizei Bern series, including Pesticide and Sons and Brothers. In […]
The Top Ten Tales You Need to Read this Halloween I live in Salem, Massachusetts, so I’m pretty hard to frighten. As Salemites, we live within our dark history, developing a kind of generational guilt that reminds us daily of what fear can do. But there is also a theme park element to this […]
“For a quarter of a century, The Strand has not only been bringing fabulous contemporary mystery and thriller stories to readers—but it has also managed, on an astonishingly regular basis, to dig up unpublished and long-lost stories by the titans of the past, including James M. Cain, Shirley Jackson, Raymond Chandler…” —Douglas Preston (New York […]
Agatha Christie Box Set: The World of Agatha Christie Jigsaw, Midwinter Murders, and Issue 61 featuring an unpublished Poirot story 1000-PIECE PUZZLE featuring Agatha Christie’s life and novels in all their mysterious detail. Finished puzzle measures 680 x 485mm SPOT FAMOUS CHARACTERS, crime-solving clues, and historical locations as you build the puzzle. Track down Agatha Christie’s […]
Interview with Martin Cruz Smith In 1972, Martin Cruz Smith envisioned a novel in which a Soviet and an American detective collaborated to solve a crime. His publisher loved the idea and offered a generous advance. However, after a trip to the Soviet Union, Cruz Smith came home with a different idea: forget the American […]
Happy National Book Lovers Day to all our bookworms out there! To celebrate this day so near and dear to us at The Strand, here are a few of our favorite mysteries and thrillers books…about books! Either being set in a library, having books as a motif, or having books be an important part of […]
Jess Porto grew up in the Adirondack region of upstate New York and subsequently moved to a handful of other states, including Illinois, Iowa, where she graduated from high school and attended Iowa State University, then to South Carolina, Florida, and North Carolina. Jess graduated from Southwest Florida College with an Associate of Science degree […]
James W. Bennetts is an author, consultant, and Minnesota native. His newest novel, Catechisms, has been critically acclaimed, as has his previous work The Name Game. We were thrilled to be able to interview him, and we hope that you find his answers as thoughtful and enlightening as we did. TSM: To start off, tell […]