• Mystery

    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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    Six Perfectly Alluring Academic Mysteries

    From libraries to dining halls, from manslaughter to murder

    January 22, 2021  By Edwin Hill
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    That time Sherlock Holmes appeared in an Arsène Lupin story as "Herlock Sholmès"

    When author Maurice Leblanc tried to write the great English detective into his latest Arsène Lupin story, Arthur Conan Doyle protested. Fortunately, Leblanc found a solution.

    January 22, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Mystery Is Holmes: Why We Return to Conan Doyle's Stories Over and Over Again

    "if Holmes’s thoughts were laid bare, if his methods ever became commonplace, then Holmes would lose his mystery..."

    January 21, 2021  By Timothy Miller
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    What Writing About the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre Taught Me About the Madness of Crowds

    A historical fiction author considers a sixteenth century atrocity with too many lessons for the present, and the role of fiction in representing the past.

    January 21, 2021  By Kate Mosse
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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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    Winter Thrillers: Snowstorms, Mountain Chalets, and Murder

    You're on the mountaintop, a storm blows in, the phone lines go dead...

    January 19, 2021  By Allie Reynolds
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    Detective Fiction and Dementia: A Biopsy

    What does the intersection of detective fiction and Alzheimer’s disease tell us about the paths of mysteries and the course of this tragic disease?

    January 15, 2021  By Frederick Weisel
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    A Novel Is So Much More Than Just The Sum of Its Parts

    After launching a new series in a new setting, P.J. Tracy reflects on the meaning of novelist synergy.

    January 15, 2021  By P.J. Tracy
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    Diamonds in Literature: The Ultimate MacGuffin

    "Radiant, indestructible, immortal – diamonds are what we are not, and our admiration of them comes to no good."

    January 14, 2021  By Victoria Gosling
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