Traditional Mystery
The White Priory Murders, A Christmas Mystery That Deserves To Be Remembered
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The White Priory Murders is an โimpossible crimeโ novel by the master of the locked-room mystery, John Dickson Carr, masquerading as Carter Dickson, the name associated with his stories…
Agatha Christieโs Most Romantic Murder Mysteries
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A closed circle of dubious personalities gather in one house at the invitation of a mysterious host. They hide tragic secrets, financial disasters, and desperate ulterior motives as they…
The Regency Mystery Arrives to the Ball
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Iโd wager a box of my favorite tea that youโve heard of Bridgerton by now. Maybe even that itโs that occasionally spicy period drama based upon author Julia Quinnโs…
The Best Locked Room Mystery Youโve Probably Never Heard Of
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From the very first sentenceโฆwe are into the realm of nightmare. Miracles gather and explode. A dead man returnsโor does not return. A flying ghost, apparently, swoops down and…
Rhys Bowen on Using Real Experiences As Inspiration
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My new book, The Proof of the Pudding, is the 17th in the series featuring Lady Georgiana, 35th in line to the throne in the nineteen thirties. When I…
Killing the Rich: Why Privilege Has Always Been at the Heart of the Whodunnit
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For more than a century weโve been addicted to a particular flavor of murder mystery story. A group of wealthy, upper-class people are gathered together in a country house….
Dann McDorman on Exploring Literary Hijinks and Meta Mystery
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While mysteries can usually be trusted to compel the reader within the first chapter or even the first few pages, itโs rare for them to hook us from the…
5 Christmas Mysteries To Get You Ready for the Holiday Season
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Itโs a rare crime fiction reader who doesnโt love curling up with a mystery during the winter months, especially if that mystery is one of the many Christmas-themed puzzles…