We were selected as the Fan Guests of Honor for Bouchercon 2015 “Murder Under the Oaks” in Raleigh, North Carolina, and were presented with a hand carved bowl from native North Carolina Red Oak.

We were totally stunned to win the 2011 Anthony Award for Best Mystery Website/Blog at the “Spirits of St. Louis” Bouchercon in St. Louis. Our thanks to all our fans who nominated and voted for us both in person and in spirit.

We were absolutely thrilled to win the 2008 Anthony Award for Best Mystery Website/Blog at the “Charmed to Death” Bouchercon in Baltimore, presented on the stage where Lawrence Block had stood only moments before! Our thanks to Bonny Brown, the originator of this site, to Floyd Surber for introducing us to SYKM, and to all our fans who nominated and voted for us both in person and in spirit.

Finnegan is not convinced this new cat toy is worth our leaving him for 12 days.