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I mentioned last year that John Curran’s latest book, The Murder Game, had revived those ancient armchair detective instincts that turned me into a serious mystery reader in the first place. Folks, I used to take notes when reading Agatha Christie!!
Every generation has something to use as “training wheels” for exercising the little grey cells. Fo...
Let me set the stage for you . . .
Everyone who loves Agatha Christie has discovered her in their own unique way. Ask someone “What was the first Christie you read?”, and there are sixty-six possible answers – and that’s if you’re only counting her mystery novels. Each of us has our origin story, whether it was a cast-off paperback found in a summer cabin or a gift...
On a cold and rainy weekend in Northern California, I curled up on my sofa with a cat on either side of me and binge-watched all eight hours of Harlen Coben’s Run Away on Netflix.
AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Coben has written nearly forty books – well, they’re not books actually; they’re more like Rube Goldberg contraptions in pri...
Yes! Yes! Yes!!! I confess it!! I love you, Perry Mason! More than that, I need you!! I need my monthly fix of history’s best defense attorney to cope with this life. Your formula works for me: take one downtrodden client and shove them through the doors of Mason’s office, where secretary Della Street and Gertie the receptionist are there to make them feel at home. Run down t...
What is up for the Ah Sweet Mystery blog in 2026? Some of that is a mystery even to me! You never know what may be right around the corner, waiting for us to discover it! Still, there are a few things things I’d like to share that I hope will whet your whistle as much as they do mine and keep you coming back to check things out.
