The Malice Domestic Mystery Convention announced that Carolyn Hart will receive the Amelia Award at Malice Domestic XXV in Bestheda, MD May 3-5, 2013.
The award is named in honor of Amelia Peabody, heroine of the best-selling Elizabeth Peters' novels, in recognition of contributions to the traditional mystery. Hart's 50th mystery -DANCE WITH DEATH - will be published by Berkley Prime Crime in May 2013 and is the 23rd in her Death on Demand series.
Hart novels published in 2012-2013 include:
September 2012, a never-before published suspense novel CRY IN THE NIGHT as a Berkley ebook
October 2912, WHAT THE CAT SAW, Berkley Prime Crime suspense novel. A young woman looks into a cat's eyes and learns more than than she can safely know.
November, 2012, SKULDUGGERY, Seventh Street Books, reprint of early suspense novel set in Chinatown.
February 2013, THE DEVEREAUX LEGACY, Seventh Street Books, reprint of Southern gothic set in South Carolina. Leah comes to South Carolina seeking the truth about her past.
May 2013, DANCE WITH DEATH, 23rd in the Dearh on Demand series, Berkley Prime Crime. Annie and Max Darling seek a beautiful young woman last seen walking into the pines on the night of the Fourth of July.
October 2013, HIJACKED GHOST, fourth in the Bailey Ruth series, Berkley Prime Crime. Bailey Ruth may never work her way back to Heaven.
Other recent pubklications include ESCAPE FROM PARIS, a WWII suspense novel in its first full publication, and reprints of RENDEZVOUS IN VERACRUZ, young people run into dark and dangerous times in Mexico, and coming in August FLEE FROM THE PAST, a woman confronts a traitor, all from Oconee Spirit Press. .
