May 14, 2013
Time for horn tooting: Publishers Weekly just gave THE KEEPER OF HANDS a starred review, calling it “masterful.” Kirkus Reviews has an extensive interview and the Rap Sheet ditto. Check them out:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7278-8269-1
http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Keeper-of-Hands-J-Sydney-Jones/pid=6003010
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/high-society-meets-low-murder-jones-imperial-vienn/
http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/
March 11, 2013
The Brazilian edition of The Empty Mirror is now available:
March 1, 2013
THE KEEPER OF HANDS is out in England today– and here is link to a nice interview about it and the series as a whole:
The fourth in my Viennese Mysteries series, THE KEEPER OF HANDS, is out today in England, as is a nice interview re the book and series:
http://www.karencharlton.com/guest-interviews.html
October 19 2012
Here’s the cover for book 4 in the Viennese Mysteries series:
August 23, 2012
The fourth book in my Viennese Mystery series, Keeper of the Hands, will be out in England, February, 2013, and in the U.S. the following June.
March 11, 2012–
The Russian editions of The Empty Mirror and Requiem in Vienna are just out–here is the cover art:
September 1, 2011
Kirkus Reviews lists THE SILENCE, just out in England, in its “10 Thrillers to Watch for this Fall” list.
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/mysteries-and-thrillers/10-thrillers-watch-fall/
July 12, 2011
Worked with a great graphics guy for ebook covers. Check him out.
June 16, 2011
This just in–the cover for book three in the Viennese Mysteries:
April 17, 2011
The Silence, third book in my Viennese Mysteries series, will be out in England this August. Sorry, U.S. readers–you’ll have to wait for December for the American edition. Werthen and Gross are once again battling wrongdoings in Vienna 1900 in a novel that features the real life mayor of Vienna, Karl Lueger, and an adolescent Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Stay tuned for sample chapters.
March 3, 2011
Nice cover for another edition of Requiem in Vienna:
February 25, 2011
Book three in the Viennese Mystery Series, The Silence, will be out this August in England, December in the U.S. At work now on book four, The Keeper of the Hands.
October 3, 2010
I talk with interviewer/reviewer Ruth Paget on Blog Talk Radio about Requiem in Vienna and Vienna in general:
July 30, 2010
Scene of the Crime was listed as one of the 2010 Top 45 Mystery Blogs by Online PhD Programs
July 15, 2010
You might want to pop over to author Jim Thompson’s excellent blog, Jimland, for a look see at a guest blog I did for him today. About my early days in journalism and the (dis)honesty of the fourth estate.
July 14, 2010
The Silence, book three in the Viennese Mysteries series, is coming out soon, and in a very interesting way. Follow the story here.
Scene of the Crime 
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