• Detective Fiction

    Murder at Keyhaven Castle

    Clara McKenna

    "Unable to bear the stench of bananas, horse dung, smoke, and salty air, Jesse James Prescott pulled the red bandanna up over his nose."

    July 13, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Shark-Infested Waters of Hawaiian Detective Fiction

    The history of detective novels set in Hawai`i is long and exceedingly complex. Where is it all headed?

    June 9, 2021  By Eric Redman
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    The Vanishing Museum on the Rue Mistral

    M.L. Longworth

    "'I’d forgotten how beautiful this drive is,' Marine said to her best friend, Sylvie."

    April 13, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The 100 Best, Worst, and Strangest Sherlock Holmes Portrayals of All-Time, Ranked

    Once you eliminate the least compelling Sherlock Holmes performances, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the best.

    April 8, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Cook of the Halcyon

    Andrea Camilleri, translated by Stephen Sartarelli

    "'Can I come in?' asked Fazio."

    March 16, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Magic of Moonlighting

    Revisiting the screwball rom-com mystery series from the 80s that was impossible not to love

    February 12, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    So, who is Arsène Lupin, anyway?

    Everything you need to know about turn-of-the-century-France's beloved, detection-prone gentleman thief

    January 22, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    When Poe Invented the Detective Story, he Changed the Literary World Forever

    Poe's contemporaries and forebears had a lot to say about the new genre, and his detective, the brilliant Dupin

    January 19, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    A Short History of Classic TV’s Most Unusual Investigators

    In the late Sixties everyone wanted to create a TV detective. But how to make your fictional sleuth stand apart?

    January 8, 2021  By Keith Roysdon
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    Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

    In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.

    January 8, 2021  By Craig Pittman
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