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2022 Left Coast Crime Awards (The Lefties)
The Left Coast Crime Awards (Isn’t that a great name?) announced the nominees for their 2022 awards.
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2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominees
This week, the Mystery Writers of America announced their 2022 awards and the nominees for the 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Awards.
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Legal Thrillers
The legal thriller is one of my favorite genres of crime fiction. They let me into the world of courtrooms, suits, lawyers, paralegals, and their innocent, not so innocent, and some down-right shady clients.
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International Mysteries
Whether it is living in a foreign country, another region of the US, or in a time past or future, watching the characters interact an international mystery is a great way to become immerse in another world.
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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.
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Christmas Mysteries and New Books
This is a time of year that has always been important to crime fiction.
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Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
Sleeping Murder was the last Miss Marple mystery
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Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone
When you think of a troubled police officer character, Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone series comes to mind. Recently, I saw an article where the writer was warning against writing about an alcoholic detective. The writer said that the trope was being overused. And one reason that the character is so popular is because of…
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Historical Mystery
Historical mystery is the party mix version of crime fiction genres—it contains a little something for everyone. It can include history, romance, travel, politics, true crime, archeology, and of course, a crime. To be a historical mystery, the author places the story in a historical era from the author’s viewpoint, and the plot involves the…
