• Tess Gerritsen

    Terry (Tess) Gerritsen knew she wanted to write when she was a little girl growing up in San Diego, California. With a Chinese immigrant and a Chinese-American seafood chef as parents, she dreamed of writing her own Nancy Drew stories. According to an interview in the July 15, 2021, New York Times, Tess thought Nancy…

    August 5, 2021

  • Let Me Re-Introduce Myself

    Welcome back to Opening a Mystery, where I hoped to share with you my love for mystery stories and novels.

    July 10, 2025

  • 2024 Thriller Awards

    International Thriller Writers announced the winners for the 2024 Thriller Awards for outstanding work in the field written in 2023.

    June 19, 2024

  • 2024 ITW Thriller Awards Nominees

    The International Thriller Writers announces the 2024 ITW Thriller Award Nominees to be awarded at Thrillerfest on Saturday, June 1, 2024.

    March 5, 2024

  • Mystery Readings for August

    Suggestions for mystery reading in August,

    August 2, 2022

  • The Locked Room Mysteries

    The locked room mystery, also known as the impossible crime or closed-circle mystery, is not really a genre, but a popular type of mystery.

    December 10, 2021

  • Police Procedurals

    One of the key features of the police procedural genre is the attempt to accurately show and tell the profession of law enforcement

    March 25, 2021

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