NGAIO MARSH
Discovering a new (at least to me) mystery author always excites me, especially one who writes the classical English style of detective novel. Such a find is Ngaio (pronounced Nye-oh)…
Hard-boiled Detectives
Raymond Chandler and Erle Stanley Gardner are among the authors that popularized a very different style of detective from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's cerebral sleuth Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's…
Who are we?
"Better the lies that exalt us than the truths that demean us." That saying may be well known, and many may agree with it, but it would more accurately be…
Rita Mae Brown
Not many writers have a four-pawed collaborator, in this case "Sneaky Pie Brown," helping them to tell a story. But Rita Mae Brown boasts such a sidekick. In the Mystery…
MIRANDA JAMES
Feminine amateur sleuths are common in the Mystery genre, but Miranda James's hero in her "Cat in the Stacks" series is a Southern gentleman who loves his 36-pound Maine Coon…
JILL CHURCHILL
"I thank all that is holy that you two didn't go into law enforcement." That is the sentiment of a detective in the Jane Jeffry Mystery series of Jill Churchill.…
NANCY ATHERTON
An advantage of the Cosy Mystery genre is the fact it requires no grisly murders or deep drama. Aunt Dimity and the Summer King provides an excellent example that keeps…
Change of Habits
To now, my blog has contained weekly posts. But life is changing and I need more time for other projects; so, I'll be posting less often from here on out,…
Peter Robinson
If you enjoy England and crime stories, you'll want to read Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks Mysteries. Though an older book, Wednesday's Child has a timely topic: child abduction and abuse.…
Heroines
Once upon a time women in novels were frail creatures always in need of rescuing, or silly dolts who could not be expected to know the time of day, or…