Opening A Mystery

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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 solving of a crime.

    November 4, 2021
  • Dorothy L. Sayres: A Queen of the Golden Age

    Mystery readers have long named Dorothy Leigh Sayers as one of the queens of the Golden Age of British detective writing.

    October 29, 2021
  • Review of What Doesn’t Kill Us by David Housewright

    In David Housewright’s latest novel released this year, What Doesn’t Kill Us, Rushmore McKenzie has been shot and lies in a coma.

    October 21, 2021
  • PIs and Spies

    One of the things that I want to do with this blog is introduce you to mystery novels, authors, and those that love them. There are so many good blogs that are about mysteries. And this week I’ve read two that I want to share.

    October 19, 2021
  • Miss Jane Marple: Agatha Christie’s Surprising Senior Citizen

    In 1927, Grand Dame Agatha Christie introduced to the world one of the most popular mystery characters, Miss Jane Marple.

    October 14, 2021
  • Paranormal Suspense

    Paranormal suspense considers a world that contains certain phenomena that are outside the realm of scientific explanation which science may explain one day.

    October 7, 2021
  • Tear Me Apart by J. T. Ellison

    Best-selling author J. T. Ellison takes us from ski course to the ER, to the family closet where the most private family skeletons are hidden

    September 30, 2021
  • What do we really know about John le Carré?

    John le Carré is one of Britain’s most popular spy novelists.

    September 23, 2021
  • 2021 Anthony Awards Winners

    This year’s Anthony Awards were announced at the virtual Bouchercon this past weekend.

    September 2, 2021
  • “All The Devils Are Here” by Louise Penny

    The 2021 Agatha Award for the Best Contemporary Novel went to “All The Devils Are Here” (Minotaur) by Louise Penny. “All The Devils Are Here” is the sixteenth book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series.

    August 26, 2021
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