Need a new source of reviews? We carry a number of fanzines bearing articles, reviews, news written by fans and authors. It's up to you to evaluate their quality which can vary as their contributors, many unpaid, come and go.
You might well prefer to subscribe to one or more directly. To alert you to some of the most visible, most of which accept advertising:
Crimespree
Issue 30 May/June 2009. Featured: John Connolly
http://www.crimespreemag.com/
Deadly Pleasures
Spring 2009. Featured: Peter Robinson, Edgar Award Nominations
http://www.deadlypleasures.com/
Firsts, The Book Collector's Magazine
May 2009. The Literature of the Blues. Collecting Annie Proulx. Comfort Books (guilty pleasures, what's yours?). Books into film: Cannery Row
http://www.firsts.com/
Mystery News
April/May 2009. Featured: John Sandford
http://www.blackravenpress.com/
Mystery Scene
Issue 109 Spring 2009. Featured: Laurie R. King
http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/
Mystery Readers Journal
Thematically organized each issue. Currently: Crime for the Holidays
Supports various reading groups with info.
http://www.mysteryreaders.org/
The Strand
Articles and Short Fiction, covers nonfiction too
http://www.strandmag.com/
Some like The Armchair Detective and The Drood Review have folded, some fanzines are strictly virtual, as are blogs too innumerable to mention. Author websites also direct you to review media.
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