Mysteries Ahoy!

Swords, Sandals and Sirens is a collection of short stories published by Crippen & Landru. It collects works by Marilyn Todd, a writer who specializes in historical mysteries set in the Ancient World. Previous to this, I had only read I, C...

The world of advertising offers rich opportunities for the budding mystery novelist. Dorothy L. Sayers famously drew upon her experience working as a copywriter when penning Murder Must Advertise. She was hardly alone: Richard Lockridge wrote Or Was He Pushed? about an ad exec who takes a mysterious tumble off the top of a building. You might even argue ...

Folks, I think I have a new favorite Jim Thompson novel.

The Getaway, published in 1958, tells the story of a quartet of criminals who have pulled off a bank job. The plan they have agreed on is to pull a bloodless heist. They will then split the money four ways and then sneak across the Mexican border as a group. Of course, several members of the crew ...

When I reviewed The Murder at the Vicarage earlier this month, I did so with a couple of reasons in mind. One was to continue my efforts to even up my coverage of Christie’s two major sleuths. The other was to make sure I h...

Having seen less than a dozen episodes, I would hardly count myself a devoted fan of The Golden Girls. In spite of that, I had a surprisingly good time with Rachel Ekstrom Courage’s Murder by Cheesecake, the first...