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Features

 

Wild, Wild West

Wyoming is the heart and soul of C.J. Box’s atmospheric novels.
by Oline H. Cogdill

Ink in His Blood

Brad Parks brings his journalism chops to his award-winning novels.
by Oline H. Cogdill

Dorothy L. Sayers, Detective

While her reputation rests on her fiction, Sayers herself had a flair for real-life mysteries.
by Martin Edwards

Eyewitness: Chicks Dig the Car

Could the dearth of good private eye TV be due to a lack of cool cars?
by Kevin Burton Smith

Erin Hart

Like her detective character, Hart is an American enthralled by Ireland.
by Lynn Kaczmarek

The Inner Sanctum

One of classic radio’s most influential and successful hits.
by Michael Mallory

Linda Barnes

After a hiatus, this ground- breaking author makes a welcome return.
by Brian Skupin

Oline H. Cogdill: A Critic’s Eye

An award-winning mystery fiction critic discusses her career and calling in a wide-ranging chat.
by Betty Webb

On Reading Robert B. Parker

What he left out of his books was just as important as what he put in.
by Lisa Scottoline

“How Did the Victim Die?” Mystery Crossword

by Verna Suit

Departments


At the Scene

by Kate Stine

Mystery Miscellany

by Louis Phillips

The Hook

First Lines That Caught Our Attention

Hints & Allegations

Edgar Award nominations, 2013 Grand Master Awards, Every Picture Tells a Story, Dilys Award nominations, Nero Wolfe Awards

New Books

La Dolce Vita
by Katherine Hall Page

Night Terrors
by Dennis Palumbo


Reviews


Small Press Reviews: Covering the Independents

by Betty Webb & Sharon Magee

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

Mystery Scene Reviews

Miscellaneous


The Docket

Letters

Our Readers Recommend

MS Online

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Peter Swanson on Reading for the Season
Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Naomi Hirahara’s powerful new book, Clark and Division, follows the Ito family in 1944.

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Naomi Hirahara on "Clark and Division"
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Jane Stanton Hitchcock on Giving Voice to Great Reads
Thursday, 18 October 2018

"For me, the books I read were the call—the call to adventure, to thinking, to acknowledging other points of view. But to complete the ritual, I needed to respond."

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Reading: A Call and Response
Saturday, 16 June 2018

Cynthia RiggsI am surrounded by books. Every room, every space in my large, sprawling 1750s house is full of books...

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Cynthia Riggs on Living in a House of Books
Monday, 30 April 2018

Our history and experiences can define us, inspire our actions, and as writers impact our words and stories. Mine most definitely has: my father was a small-time gangster. Really.

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My Book: The Gangster’s Daughter
Thursday, 12 April 2018

"My ah-ha moment came when I read The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.... That was it for me – I was off to the races."

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Jacqueline Winspear on The Great Gatsby
Sunday, 01 April 2018

Nietzsche once wrote, “There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”

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My Book: Head Wounds
Thursday, 15 February 2018

"Mystery books were daring and exciting, firing up my imagination and making me yearn to become a girl detective or even a secret agent. They also empowered me to make up impromptu ghost stories around the campfire for my Girl Scout troop and sneak into the cemetery at night on a dare."

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Laura Childs on Growing Up Reading
Thursday, 27 July 2017

vietselaineCR CristianaPecheanuFire and Ashes, the latest Angela Richman Death Investigator mystery, is an exploration of a fatal fire. To research this novel, Viets delved into the devastating consequences of junk science and arson investigations.

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Fire and Ashes and Arson