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A Family Affair

The Clarks, mother Mary Higgins Clark and daughter Carol Higgins Clark, each new books on the shelves week: Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark and Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark.

This got us thinking about other mystery writers whose relatives also made their mark in mysteries.

Dick Francis' latest mystery, Dead Heat, was co-authored with son Felix Francis. Christopher Rice, son of Ann Rice, has several of his own books out, the latest of which is Blind Fall.

E.W. Hornung, who gave us Raffles and the Crime Doctor, was brother-in-law to Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. And while Joe Hill, author of The Heart-Shaped Box and 20th Century Ghosts, is a popular writer, his dad Stephen King is no slouch in the thriller department. Fans of Scotland Yard’s Inspector Ian Rutledge may not know that the vernable British detective is the creation of Charles and Caroline Todd (shown left), an American mother-son team.

By the way, Jesse Kellerman, son of authors Jonathan and Faye Kellerman, has a new book out also; it's called The Genius.

News for readers of short stories: We are now carrying The Strand Magazine. The current issue features stories by John Mortimer, Terence Faherty, Brendan DuBois, Martin Edwards and Charles Todd; interviews with Elizabeth George and Sue Grafton; and an article on Dashiell Hammett's Nick and Nora Charles.
Great reading.

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