• Mystery

    10 Classic Radio Mysteries Every Crime Fiction Lover Should Know

    They were one of the world's most popular entertainments and helped define mystery for generations. They're still around.

    October 27, 2020  By Stephen Spotswood
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    Elizabeth Hand on Outsiders, Punks, and the Crime Fiction of Subcultures

    If you're not reading the Cass Neary series already, now's the time.

    October 26, 2020  By Lisa Levy
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    The Unlikely Detectives: Unlicensed, Unqualified, and Fully Invested

    These amateur sleuths never asked to get mixed up in a murder investigation—but they won't stop looking until they find the truth.

    October 23, 2020  By Peter Colt
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    Mixing Genres Is All About Messing With Structure

    "Knowing what people are expecting allows you to subvert the trope. Expectation is its own red herring, built right into your reader."

    October 22, 2020  By Stuart Turton
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    Bringing the Traditional Murder Mystery to India

    RV Raman has loved Agatha Christie style murder mysteries his whole life. But where were the stories from India?

    October 22, 2020  By RV Raman
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    Edgar Allan Poe and and the Rise of the Modern City

    "The Man of the Crowd" was arguably Edgar Allan Poe's first detective story. It's also one of his strangest.

    October 20, 2020  By Scott Peeples
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    Toronto: Crime Fiction in North America’s Safest City

    The mystery scene is booming in Canada's largest city.

    October 19, 2020  By Paul French
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    Murder on Cold Street

    Sherry Thomas

    "A Norwegian fir occupied a corner of Mrs. John Watson’s afternoon parlor, its scent green and resinous, its branches festooned with ornamental hot-air balloons and handmade horns of plenty."

    October 16, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Westing Game may be a murder mystery—but it’s also a ghost story.

    On remembrance, inheritance, and legacy in one of the most beloved children's novels of all time.

    October 15, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Agatha Christie Centennial: 100 Years of The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    Christie's debut novel was famously rejected by a host of publishers. Many, many editions later, it's an iconic mystery.

    October 15, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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