Features
Kinsey & Her: The Sue Grafton Interview
A fascinating conversation with one of the icons of contemporary mystery fiction.
by Kevin Burton Smith
Criminal Associations: Allingham, Carr & Doyle
A signed book from Margery Allingham’s library reveals a host of literary connections.
by Douglas G. Greene
Desecrating Poe
The Following, a new TV drama, crosses a line when it invokes Edgar Allan Poe as part of its glamorization of the serial killer.
by Laura Miller
Gormania: 10 Great John D. MacDonald Novels
Widely admired for his Travis McGee mysteries, MacDonald also wrote some fine standalone crime novels.
by Ed Gorman
Fave Raves of 2012
Books that linger in the mind long after year’s end.
by Mystery Scene contributors
Life Upon the Wicked Stage: Amnon Kabatchnik
A monumental work of scholarship chronicles the history of mystery theater.
by Joseph Goodrich
“3.14159” Mystery Crossword
by Verna Suit
Departments
At the Scene
by Kate Stine
Mystery Miscellany
by Louis Phillips
Hints & Allegations
Edgar Award nominations, 2013 Grand Master Awards, Every Picture Tells a Story, Dilys Award nominations, Nero Wolfe Awards
New Books
The Novelist as Grave Robber
by Holly Goddard Jones
The Babysitter’s Legacy
by Jenny Milchman
The Hook
First Lines That Caught Our Attention
Reviews
Small Press Reviews: Covering the Independents
by Betty Webb
Very Original: Paperback Originals Reviewed
by Lynne Maxwell & Hank Wagner
What About Murder? Reference Books Reviewed
by Jon L. Breen
Sounds of Suspense: Audiobooks Reviewed
by Dick Lochte
Short & Sweet: Short Stories Considered
by Bill Crider
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