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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.