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Crimespree Magazine is publishing some of my reviews! Here's my review of the true crime book THE SERIAL KILLER'S APPRENTICE (https://crimespreemag.com/the-serial-killers-apprentice.../). and here's an article I wrote on ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING (https://crimespreemag.com/five-things-to-hope-for-in.../).

The latest issue of Mystery, Crime, & Mayhem is out today! My true crime essay “The Agatha Christie Serial Killer” is in it, along with my Funderburke and Kaiming short story “Pay Up or Walk to School.” Please take a look!

Stolen Cars (Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem Book 18) Take a joy ride with a woman desperate to escape her past. Or maybe deal with car thieves who keep stealing your car for an ever increasing ransom. Maybe delve into the mystery of a car that isn't really stolen--it just disappears for a while. Or get into a rideshare car that appears to be driven...

Some huge news tonight– the Next Generation Indie Book Awards just announced their list of winners and finalists– they have numerous categories, and each category has a winner and up to six finalists. GHOSTING MY FRIEND was named a finalist in the mystery category! (https://indiebookawards.com/previewwinners.php?t=992536). Congratulations to the winner, Teri Case, and all of the other finalists, and further congratulations to my fellow LBB author C.L. Tolbert, a finalist in the Thriller category!

The Autistic Sleuth Kickstarter is a Success!

The Kickstarter for The Autistic Sleuth ended today, and it was a success! Backers pledged more than double our initial goal! In the coming weeks, backers will be sent forms for how they wish to receive their rewards, and ebooks and paper books will be sent out later this summer.

Thanks so much to all who contributed!

The Autistic Sleuth Kickstarter is a Success! The Autistic Sleuth Kickstarter is a Success! The Kickstarter for The Autistic Sleuth ended today, and it was a success! Backers pled...

More information on THE AUTISTIC SLEUTH episode of I HEAR OF SHERLOCK EVERYWHERE!

https://chrischancrimeandcriticism.blogspot.com/2024/05/my-interview-on-i-hear-of-sherlock.html

The Autistic Sleuth Kickstarter is off to a great beginning! We've met our funding goal, and there are still nineteen days to go! Huge thanks to everybody who's signed up so far!

The Autistic Sleuth Kickstarter is Off to a Great Start! The Autistic Sleuth Kickstarter is Off to a Great Start! I want to thank everybody who has signed up for The Autistic Sleuth Kickstarte...

The Autistic Sleuth has just launched a Kickstarter campaign, where you can sign up to purchase digital, paperback, and hardcover copies of The Autistic Sleuth and my other books. Please take a look! There are twenty-eight days left.
https://www.kickstarter.com/.../the-autistic-sleuth/comments
As I did my research, I realized that there are a LOT of TV shows, movies, and filmed stage adaptations that address autism through mysteries, Here is a list of the productions being covered in the book:
Filmed Stage Productions
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012)
Death Note: The Musical (2015)
Movies
Death Note (2006)
Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006)
Death Note 3: L: Change the World (2008)
The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018)]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
The Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), The Girl who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2009))
The Night Clerk (2020)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
Television Series
24 (2001-2010)
24: Live Another Day (2014)
Astrid et Raphaëlle (also released as “Astrid” and “Bright Minds”) (2019– Present)
Bones (2005-2017)
The Bridge (2013-2014)
The Bridge (Bron/Broen) (2011-2018)
The Brief (2004-2005)
Chasing Shadows (2014)
Community (2009-2015)
Criminal Minds (2005-Present)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2015)
Detective Sweet (2016)
Dexter (2006-2013)
Dexter: New Blood (2021-2022)
Doc Martin (2004-2022)
Elementary (2012-2019)
Elsbeth (2024-Present)
Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022-Present)
Hannibal (2013-2015)
IQ 246: The Cases of a Royal Genius (2016)
King & Maxwell (2013)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–Present)
Law & Order: Trial By Jury (2005)
Miss Sherlock (2018)
Monk (2002–2009)
Mr. Mercedes (2017–2019)
Murdoch Mysteries (2008–Present)
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (2008)
The Outsider (2020)
Professor T (2019–Present)
Queens of Mystery (2019–Present)
Sherlock (2010-2017)
The Shield (2002-2008)
The Tunnel (2013-2018)
Also, here’s the table of contents for the book:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction – Autism, Crime Dramas, and Understanding
Chapter 1 – How Mysteries Taught Me How to Connect with Other People
Chapter 2 – A Collection of Potentially Autistic Fictional Sleuths
Chapter 3 – Autism: The Condition That Must Not Be Named
Chapter 4 – How Realistic is “Realism?”
Chapter 5 – Autism: Born or Made?
Chapter 6 – Wardrobe Functions
Chapter 7 – Visual Representations of Mental Processes and Observation
Chapter 8 – Love, S*x, and Autism
Chapter 9 – But You’ve Got to Have Friends
Chapter 10 – The Autistic Perpetrator
Chapter 11 – Looking Through an Autistic Lens
Conclusion – Personal Perspectives, Connections, and Suggestions for Improvement
Appendix: 12 Things to Know About Parishioners with Autism
Bibliography
Thank you!
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I have some incredible news! First, I learned this week that Future Horizons has named me one of the 2023 winners of the Temple Grandin Awards, named for and funded by Dr. Temple Grandin! This is a tremendous honor and I'm very grateful!

Secondly, MX Publishing will be publishing another one of my books this September: The Autistic Sleuth: Screen Portrayals of Detectives on the Spectrum in Sherlock Holmes Adaptations, The Millennium Trilogy, The Bridge, Death Note, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and Other Productions. We have a Kickstarter for it starting next week: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chrischancrimecritic/the-autistic-sleuth. Please take a look!

https://chrischancrimeandcriticism.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-temple-grandin-award-and-autistic.html

Dale Ahlquist just wrote a great review of SHE RUINED OUR LIVES in GILBERT! You can read an excerpt from the review here:

A Great Review of She Ruined Our Lives in Gilbert! A Great Review of She Ruined Our Lives in Gilbert! Dale Ahlquist, the president of The Society of G.K. Chesterton , just wrote a great...

SHE RUINED OUR LIVES: The second book in the Funderburke and Kaiming series, a story about a fractured family, a fatal decision, and a chance to make up for missed opportunities: https://www.amazon.com/She-Ruined-Our-Lives-Funderburke/dp/1685125603/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2E003QCSRYGJ5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.EFBGcaZq-nCy7IFrRLrVPA.RjNSnv6_wOKNdMtoEW-tY0XEoyITy-JFLckNb6iXp3Y&dib_tag=se&keywords=she+ruined+our+lives+by+chris+chan&qid=1711941786&s=books&sprefix=she+ruined+our%2Cstripbooks%2C106&sr=1-1

GHOSTING MY FRIEND: The first book in the Funderburke and Kaiming series, featuring an unsolved murder from the past and an identity fraud case: https://www.amazon.com/Ghosting-My-Friend-Funderburke-Kaiming/dp/168512321X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=G4WYDUTKW14G&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XDOV8XK2fTWCaQ6kTpEaf8uyyvfKby7K5rnH5RdzCMnGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.4KysC9Z3Zx8bGgkzNKBhblvH-1e23fdP8PlpTIhw0mA&dib_tag=se&keywords=ghosting+my+friend&qid=1711941620&s=books&sprefix=ghosting+my+friend%2Cstripbooks%2C107&sr=1-1

NESSIE'S NEMESIS: The second book in the SHERLOCK'S SECRETARY series, featuring a murder mystery on the shores of Loch Ness: https://www.amazon.com/Nessies-Nemesis-Sherlocks-Secretary-Chris/dp/1804242438/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VOW0RLTON3PO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UElGfN8C8KeweN-lfOPp_w.KhrdmPvvMC4kLOnrq7KefdDUxTvHFJfTqSYMUUNtuuI&dib_tag=se&keywords=nessie%27s+nemesis&qid=1711941350&s=books&sprefix=nessie%27s+nemesis%2Cstripbooks%2C105&sr=1-1

SHERLOCK'S SECRETARY: The first in a series of comedic mysteries featuring a man who answers Sherlock Holmes' mail: https://www.amazon.com/Sherlocks-Secretary-Chris-Chan/dp/1787058840/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hbzkyGEjXck4pB15524YwVaYkTXgYBYq-0B-R5Rgvt3E2IgwnbrF6-uSIqTjWWQlJCAragqltNu6JUCK9ikyaco6nJOK4hIBZ6VlSy22dxPhMC1oTj71UDwjXLAtzs4_yPyDGpqvGI8_GZ9vtEkDxQ.djIA8oHUcv5zR6L1-T9noIJ7cBkRfBUIvB7JY2ynpeo&qid=1711941250&sr=1-1

OF COURSE HE PUSHED HIM: Thirteen Sherlock Holmes short stories: https://www.amazon.com/Course-Pushed-Sherlock-Stories-Volumes/dp/1804240567/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2282Y3O1ICLS5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.oQ0Ry-IPr-hXd8gGc56E0q4Kn2RspZ_W_2dj6DJKkqzGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.Wk3ye0Q8gqM-xSXdd513vWLWLBuchLpmciiGzs4I-iI&dib_tag=se&keywords=of+course+he+pushed+him&qid=1711941172&s=books&sprefix=of+course+he+pushed+him%2Cstripbooks%2C102&sr=1-1

SHERLOCK & IRENE: My critical analysis of "A Scandal in Bohemia" and the fact that there may be more between the meeting of Mr. Holmes and Miss Adler than previously suspected: https://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Irene-Secret-Scandal-Bohemia/dp/1787056147/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=AUTHOR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SKDUZ3nPYDzs7en4xVL07U1YmrFTtF5AXpjGcL6D5UPnFuL7uh9TDibY--D-mt9tjZhDFQ0w0hBXYlHZVbAuyuIMSw_XGeq-4pT4ZhiqBdqHyJPWAnc4PpOuS2NwhxsRY5Pq7-a6bMG4pI7Dcr55ZUyLHj6ww_0LNAvuQij0HbpURU3sb5VbzrAGMLlcY9DhiGsAz1A9j-VR9FiapOKZf4Oh5gaNQi7XWHja5whKgIM.ZMJEtGi48csKe3eEAYKKe0INoosdQ32F4t23oo-6Wi4&qid=&sr=

Murder Most Grotesque: My tribute to the comedic crime fiction of Joyce Porter: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Most-Grotesque-Comedic-Fiction-ebook/dp/B09D31FXGW?ref_=ast_author_dp&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SKDUZ3nPYDzs7en4xVL07U1YmrFTtF5AXpjGcL6D5UPnFuL7uh9TDibY--D-mt9tjZhDFQ0w0hBXYlHZVbAuyuIMSw_XGeq-4pT4ZhiqBdqHyJPWAnc4PpOuS2NwhxsRY5Pq7-a6bMG4pI7Dcr55ZUyLHj6ww_0LNAvuQij0HbpURU3sb5VbzrAGMLlcY9DhiGsAz1A9j-VR9FiapOKZf4Oh5gaNQi7XWHja5whKgIM.ZMJEtGi48csKe3eEAYKKe0INoosdQ32F4t23oo-6Wi4&dib_tag=AUTHOR