• Mystery

    Science Fiction, Locked Room Mysteries, and the Joy of Literary Games

    Olivia Waite on rewriting the rules of the universe and solving a mystery in space

    March 19, 2025  By Olivia Waite
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    Architectural Misdirection: Seeking Out Secret Staircases and Hidden Rooms

    Novels with puzzles built into houses

    March 18, 2025  By Gigi Pandian
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    7 Spectacular Books that Mix Mystery with Romance

    Bellamy Rose on a classic combination of genres.

    March 18, 2025  By Bellamy Rose
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    Sherlock Holmes in the World

    R.P. O'Donnell on Victorian era London and the strange circumstances that demanded a character like Sherlock Holmes.

    March 17, 2025  By R.P. O'Donnell
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    5 Novels About Government Betrayal, Corruption, and Abuses of Power 

    "How can we convince more people to stand up for the rights of others? Maybe the answer lies in reading stories about all the ways power can be abused."

    March 17, 2025  By Jacqueline Friedland
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    Criminals Don’t Take Holidays, Or, A Crime Writer's Take on St. Patrick's Day

    "Whatever the reason, crime and holidays often go together."

    March 17, 2025  By Norman Birnbach and Tilia Klebenov Jacobs
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    How TV Procedurals Make What’s Bad Feel So Good

    On "the procedural as its own separate space in mystery storytelling."

    March 13, 2025  By Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare
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    On Season One of Search Party

    Olivia Rutigliano does a deep dive into one of the great, under-sung mystery pastiches

    March 12, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Why We Find Bad Friendships So Compelling, In Fiction and IRL

    "The intensity of the connection becomes the intensity of the repulsion."

    March 12, 2025  By Hayley Scrivenor
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    How a Career as a Diplomat Informed a Life as a Writer

    "[D]iplomatic life can look charming and elegant in movies. In reality, it can prove dangerous and stressful. What does this have to do with writing? Everything."

    March 12, 2025  By Stephen Holgate
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