• Mystery

    Romance Writing, Historical Cozies, and Drawing a Thread Between Past and Present

    Historical Details and Human Truths

    September 17, 2020  By Callie Hutton
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    The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

    Sophie Hannah

    "After making her astonishing announcement, the woman with the unfinished face clammed up so determinedly that further debate proved impossible. Ignoring the outraged splutterings of Alfred Bixby (“The very idea, M. Poirot! A murder on a Kingfisher Coach Company motor-coach? Such a thing would never happen!”), Poirot ordered the driver to stop so that he could take the unhappy woman outside and attempt to get to the bottom of it all."

    September 16, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Agatha Christie and The Art of Opening a Mystery Novel

    Few authors ever drew readers so swiftly into a world of mystery and suspicion. The Queen of Crime was a master of the craft.

    September 15, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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    Eight Great Books About Women Who Disappear

    Sometimes the best characters are ones who vanish from the page.

    September 15, 2020  By Wendy Walker
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    Alexander McCall Smith: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    Exploring the vast, big-hearted world of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency—and a truly prolific career.

    September 11, 2020  By Neil Nyren
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    Nancy Jooyoun Kim on Koreatown and the Mysteries of Immigrant Family Life

    A new novel explores the darker side of the American Dream in Los Angeles's Koreatown.

    September 11, 2020  By Mimi Wong
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    Five Crime and Mystery Novels Featuring Deaf Characters

    These authors refuse to use deafness as a narrative device.

    September 11, 2020  By Nell Pattison
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    The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020: Fall Preview

    50 new crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers to get you through the end of the year.

    September 10, 2020  By Molly Odintz
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    How Josephine Tey Crafted a Masterpiece of Paranoia in Postwar England

    Lady Antonia Fraser examines a classic mystery of the middle class.

    September 10, 2020  By Antonia Fraser
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    The Sleeping Nymph

    Ilaria Tutti

    "The sun cut sideways into Massimo Marini’s face, drawing out a blaze of color as it filtered through his brown eyelashes."

    September 10, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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