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Derek Armstrong's Famous Mysterious Links

The best collection of writer, bookseller and publisher links on the web, updated regularly. Bookmark this page!


Our Distributor:

IPG

Independent Publishers Group
Kunati's exclusive distributor


Our Authors:

Official authorized Derek Armstrong site, creator of The Bane Mysteries
www.derekarmstrong.com

Song of Montségur, historical epic by Derek Armstrong

View the exciting movie-like trailer online

Official Song of Montsegur Website


Author Groups

Authors Guild
National Writers Association
Mystery Writers of America
Canadian Authors Association


Author Sites

J.R. Lankford, author of The Jesus Thief
http://www.thejesusthief.com

Joreid McFate, author of The Demon Plague
http://www.joreidmcfate.com


Critique Groups Online for Novelists

Deadly Prose
Specializing in full novel suspense-mystery-thriller novel critiques by peer novelists.
Novel Pro
The greatest group of novelists anywhere on the web! Super talented writers. Read their chapters!

Kunati Book Publishers — dashline

Useful for Writers

Reviews Online
Acronym Finder
Writer Beware SFWA’s famous agent watch
Preditors and Editors
Book Talk
Guerilla Marketing
Bookwire: Newsy site on publishing industry
Books In Print Resources
For Writers mega site
Awesome Writer/Agent/Publisher Resource
Writers' Slang


Online Booksellers
(Alphabetical – updated regularly)

Mystery Novel Bookshops
1MysteryStreet.com
Adventures in Crime and Space
Alibi Books
Anderson’s Bookshop
Big Sleep Books
Book Em Mysteries
Book Passage
Centuries and Sleuths
Coffee Tea and Mystery
Dead Write Books
Dunn & Powell Books
High Crimes Books
Kate’s Mystery Books
M is for Mystery
Malice, The Mystery Bookstore
Malinche Entertainment
Murder by the Book
Murder Ink
Murder One
Mystery Books
Mystery Lovers
Mystery One
The Poisoned Pen


General Bookstores

All Bookstores Online

Amazon
Alibris
Allbooks4less
Barnes & Noble
Books A Million
Buy.com
Double Discount
E Campus
Half.com
1 Book Street
Powell’s

Bookstores Online in Canada
Chapters Indigo


For Writers General

Publishers Weekly
Quill and Quire
Publishers Marketplace
Grammar and Style


Online Book Reviews

New York Times Book Review
Book Browser, for the avid reader
Reviews Online
Deadly Pleasures


Naming Characters

Namenerds
Find a name, or explore the ancestry, nationality, or history of a name.


Resources for Mystery Writers

Forensics

American College of Forensic Examiners
Internet Pathology
U.S. Justice’s Handbook of Forensic Services

Crime Scene Investigation

General Crime Scene
Crime Scene Walk Through

Law and Crime Links

http://www.wga.org/forwriters_index.html

Mystery General

The Mysterious Home Page
Mystery Writer’s Resources
The Classics Mysteries Page


Researching Real Crime

The Crime Library
Gangs and Crime Families


Law Enforcement

FBI
Vermont State Police
National Police Agency of Japan
DEA
CIA
APB News — Law Enforcement News
Murder Statistics (FBI) — Requires Adobe Reader
Police 10 Radio Codes
Rules of Evidence


Psychology

Important for psycho thrillers
Dictionary of Psychology


Weapons

Find a particular model
Gallery of Guns


Links for mystery readers and fans

Mystery Readers International
Mystery Reviews Online
Ultimate Mystery Guide
The Gumshoe Site
Overbooked
Absolute Authority on Mysteries
Mystery Chats from A&E
For Hardboiled fans
For Sherlock Holmes fans
Deadly Pleasures
Online Hardboiled
Mystery.net

Kunati Book Publishers — dashline

General Mystery Related

Serial Killer Encyclopedia
Hardboiled Slang Dictionary
More Mysterious Links


Helpful Mysterious Information

The MacGuffin Searchable Database of Detective Fiction


Crime and Mystery Novel Conferences

AuthorLink

Bloody Words

(416) 497-5293
soles@sff.net

Bouchercon
(877) 607-7223
Boucheron 2003 Vegas

Cluefest
(972) 669-9932
ClueFest@aol.com

Mayhem in the Midlands
jennk@aomaha.lib.ne.us

Midatlantic Mystery
(215) 448-0211
shp@erols.com

Of Dark and Stormy Nights
buddy@interaccess.com

St. Hilda’s Mystery Weekend
(01144) 186 527 6867;
eileen.roberts@st-hildas.oxford.ac.uk

Book Passage Annual Mystery Conference


Writer Associations

American Crime Writers League
Writers Guild of America
Crime Writers of Canada
Association of Authors’ Representatives
Sisters in Crime


Reference

Reference Desk Home Page


Useful, Helpful and Hard to Find

Boston University Archives
Brandeis University Library
Columbia University Rare Books


General Reference

Dictionaries, translation and thesaurus
How Stuff Works
A great general resource for researching the quirky, the unusual and even the ordinary.
Encyclopedia Online
A unique online ‘ask an expert service’
Copyright


Movie Screenwriters

NY Screenwriters
The Academy
Variety
Done Deal – Scripts Sold